This was taken with just the +10 macro filter on top of the Lensbaby. It’s my favorite of the test shots.
It’s really windy today, which didn’t help, especially since I was using macro filters. Every movement is literally magnified.
Day: May 1, 2008
Flowers
Sassafras Flowers
Dandelion
These were taken with both the Lensbaby 2.0 and the Lensbaby macro kit (+4 and +10 lenses stacked). I did a crap job of focusing on the bottom photo, but I kind of like the softness. Next efforts will be better!
Lensbaby 2.0
I ordered it on Tuesday, and it arrived today. I don’t think it gets much faster than that. Shipping was free, too!
I had to test it immediately. After the first couple of test shots, I realized that I’d better set my camera on aperture priority, because everything was seriously overexposed. Oops! It helps to RTFM.
I foresee much experimentation over the weekend.
Happy Accidents
One of the things that makes genealogical research difficult is transcription errors. I think I’ve probably mentioned this before, but I’ve got a wonderful visual example of what I’m talking about, so I thought I’d share. Also, it’s a minor triumph. I spent four hours last night trying to connect up a couple of stray Basquills. I wasn’t entirely successful, but in the process, I stumbled across the 1871 English census for a family I’d given up on. Huzzah!
So, without further ado, I’d like to introduce y’all to Rennie and Eline Basguel. Or, rather, Denis and Ellen Basquill. For a start, the enumerator bolloxed up Ellen’s first name. And then, for good measure, the transcriber turned Dennis into Rennie and Basquil into Basguel.
Denis is my great-great-great uncle, by the way (Walter’s elder brother). He and Ellen Carney were married in Forkfield, County Mayo, on 15 April 1862. They emigrated to England by 1871, then to the US (Denis came over in 1883 and Ellen brought the children in 1890). The family finally settled in Fall River, Massachusetts. (Yes, the home of Lizzie Borden. I wonder what they, as newcomers to this country, made of her parents’ murders?)
I’ve filed corrections with Ancestry.com, and they ought to show up in the next few days. In the meantime, I’m delighted with this minor accidental victory.
red paper boat 