Daily Photo 2022: Feb. 16-28
I've taken on three themes for this SnapDash post. I begin by filling some photo requests. Next, I move on to something a bit more cinematic. At the end I jump right off the deep end with what might be considered a series of self-portraits (if you squeeze the concept a bit).
2022 February 16
My brother asked me to photograph a dime or two. As luck would have it I actually paid for something in cash, and consequently ended up with some change. I checked; it's legal to photograph Canadian money, so long as no one prints the picture and tries to pass it off as real. I suspect that won't be a problem with pictures of coins.
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 6 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 17
All my brother asked for was a dime... But since I had more change and was hoping to have a more thematic entry, I spent the next few days working my way up the coinage. On close inspection, I think the caribou look an awful lot like an ox.
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 5 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 18
To keep themselves fresh and in-demand, the minters seem to love releasing special editions of their work. This toonie celebrates the end of the second World War. According to Wikipedia, the official Royal Mint spelling is "toonie" rather than "twonie" or "twoonie".
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 6 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 19
Most money exchanges nowadays are not transacted in contanti. Bills and even personal debts tend to be handled online, as is quite a bit of shopping. For in-person purchases, debit cards or phone-based virtual wallets take the lead. This macro of a bank card demonstrates that even though it's fairly new, it's already well-worn.
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 6 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 20
My first theme is not quid; it is photo requests. We move onto one for my Dad. He'd issued a challenge to the family to celebrate Flag Day on February 15. I figured out what to do a few days late. While looking for something tasty at the grocery store, I came across these maple freezer treats. I think it looks pretty good set against a red sweater.
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 2 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 21
We finish of my first set of theme-photos with a request from my sister. She'd asked for more nature photography. 2022 February 21 happened to be unseasonably warm, so I went for a walk through the Public Gardens.
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f4, 1/500 sec, ISO 640
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 22
I am not particularly good at video games, but I still manage to get into them sometimes! I was very excited when learned that the movie based on the Uncharted games was finally coming out. It'd been in development for years and years, and I figured it might never see the inside of a cinema. After two years of Covid-19, I thought I might not see one either! I was lucky enough to catch the flick with friends just as the viral case load was dropping, but before safety measures expired.
The games (and film) centre around a guy named Nathan Drake, who takes it upon himself to seek long lost treasure, initially that of his "ancestor", Sir Francis Drake. On a cord around his neck, Nathan Drake wears a ring bearing Francis' motto, Sic Parvis Magnum - "Greatness from small beginnings".
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 6 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 23
I have gone as Nathan Drake to Hal-Con in the past; I wore my outfit to the movie, too. I was a very happy nerd. With thanks to the game designers, I was a handsomely-dressed nerd, too! Another accessory from the game is a watch worn in a leather cuff. My camera settings were for a six-second exposure, a fact made visible by the second-hand, which is ghostily visible in seven movements in the photo.
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f14, 6 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 24
Here's a collage with the costume bits I wore to the showing. I have Nathan Drake to thank for my love of henley shirts, and perhaps also for my habit of wearing a watch. I tend not to go for Western belts during my day-to-day. Still, it strikes me as a rather solid outfit for adventuring.
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 5 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
2022 February 25, 26, 27, 28
My final theme for this post is a closer look at myself. A fingertip, an eye, an ear, a foot... At what point does a collection of body parts become a person? How much of our identity is really revealed by a finger print? I don't know that taking these pictures brought me to any revelations of identity. Really, I feel like what I learned from this series is how awkward it is to try photographing the bottom of one's own foot.
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 6 secs, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 1//60 sec, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
Olympus E-PL9, 60mm macro lens
f22, 1//60 sec, ISO 800
IrfanView: Crop, Colour
