day 258: what happens when you get rid of a 0 (zero)

subject: what's in my bag
why: There is a new addition to my bag today. I am so excited! I had gone to Hawaii back in August and I really wanted to make this purchase before I left. So much so that I was calling locations around town the night before our flight, so I could go buy the camera body. But I was also praying about it. Alot. It is a hefty purchase and I wanted to make sure I had the money. But sigh, I didn't feel at peace with making the purchase before Hawaii. As much as I wanted to.  I prayed, and I didn't purchase the camera. I waited. I was glad I did because the next day I got our CC bill and there were some charges on there that I had forgotten about. Whew! Praise the Lord for answering prayer!  I have still been praying and it was finally the time and I knew it was time and I felt at peace about it.  Just in time for the holiday season and the busy time ahead of me. I am so excited!  Basically this is one of Canon's high end Professional Camera's (definitely not the highest end- Flagship) but it is a nice full frame camera. Which means the image sensor is the same size as the frame of a 35mm (36×24 mm) film camera. Basically when you take a picture- none of the outside edges are cropped out or shaved out of the photo with the full frame camera. But perhaps I can explore this more later and share.

SOOC- the camera I am currently using as of yesterday. notice the 50D

SOOC- drop the "0" and I get the 5D. This is the AFTER, this is what I will be using tomorrow.

day 223: What's in my bag

subject: 3 of 61 photos of tomatoes
why?  today I had some tomatoes I had left on my counter a bit too long to go into a fresh salad. I was going to take them out to my composter but then decided- they still look like they would taste good and they are usable, just looks like they need to go into a recipe of some kind, maybe a salsa, maybe in a tomato sauce. I thought- surely I can use them in something without wasting them in the composter. I settled on roasting them. But not before I took a significant number of photos.  61 total from beginning to end. But tomatos are so pretty! And they have this beautiful vibrant red color. I could not stop snapping pictures.
Don't worry- I will not show you the 61 photos. However, I decided to share with you WHAT'S IN MY BAG! I have 3 lenses in my camera bag. I decided I wanted to get as close as possible as I could to take the photo of the tomatoes and see.  These photos are only before and after because it is before I change lens and after I change lens. But I am at least sharing what is in my bag.  By the way- all these images are SOOC.

LENS [EF 50mm f/1.4mm USM]  This is my 50mm, I actually really love this lens but don't use it as often as I would like to. I think it is because I have to walk closer or get further away as opposed to using a zoom that zooms at the turn of my wrist. I must be lazy. BUT out of the 3 lenses, by far I cannot get very close to the tomatoes as I can with the other lenses.

LENS [ EF 17-40mm f/4L USM]  This is my "wide angle" I love this lens, always have, it was my first lens. I love that I can get super close but then it is great if I want to photograph a tiny bathroom or a building where I have minimal space to move but need to get alot in my shot.  It is just an awesome lens. I may have to upgrade it to something with a lower aperture like:  [Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM]         BUT look how close I could get to these tomatoes - I mean what is the closest I could stand and then zoom in from there and the detail is great.

LENS: [EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM] This lens is actually my most recent purchase. I use it often. It is versatile. In hind sight I wished I would have gone wth the lower aperture one but since I bought a new body at the time, and the other lens was going to be another $800-1000, I held off. Please let me read this post next time I buy a lens to remind myself..... Anyhow, it is a good work horse lens for me. It also works when I am trying to photograph a child without being intrusive. I can stand back but zoom in.