Comments on: Flowers

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 11 May 2005 22:43:17 +0000

That’s really lovely.

Sorry Rob to have taken so long in getting back to you here. You posted on the ‘name of your blog’ post I had a couple of weeks ago, and though I was overwhelmed with over a hundred comments, I thought I had written back to everyone. Now today I see I have since received several more, yours included.

It was good to hear from you, I like what you have here. Beautiful photo, I just adore flowers.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 05 May 2005 06:23:29 +0000

That’s exactly what I want, a digital Pentax SLR. Wishing, dreaming, hoping… Sounds like an old 50’s song.

I have a Pentax ZX-M, SLR with a zoom lens.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 05 May 2005 02:41:50 +0000

Thanks for the plug, Rob! Somehow I manage to stumble my way through marriage and do things right from time to time. It was fun to be able to give her flowers in my own way and I think it was needed for us both during these crazy times. ItÃ‚â€™s a stress reliever and a creative outlet for me and any woman loves to get flowers when times are down, so it worked out nicely.

As for the technical detail, here they are in two different versions:

Tech. Terms:
Camera - Pentax *ist DS
Lens â€“ Tamron AF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 (in macro mode)

Laymenâ€™s terms:
Camera - A 6 megapixel digital SLR. (SLR = single lens reflex, or a professional-grade camera with interchangeable lenses)
Lens - a telephoto lens, roughly equivalent to a 4-5x zoom (which is able to focus on and capture very small details when used in macro mode).

â€¦in other words, a camera that is probably smarter and worth more money then me. But I have a lot of fun with it.

By: julie

julie — Wed, 04 May 2005 22:35:32 +0000

That is incredibly sweet and romantic!

Did he take them with a digital camera? I’m curious what he used. I’d love to have a digital camera.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

*making gagging noises*

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Do you see, people? This is what I’m talking about! Great material.

Note to self: look into her eyes, furrow brow, and repeat Jim’s serenade.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Don’t I have a great husband? I have had a rough few days with finals and work, so it was such a treat when I came back from a rather dull meeting to find these flowers along with a note on my desktop at work. Plus, for a person addicted to scrapbooking, it’s handy to have someone around who can take great pictures! ~I’ll leave the technical details to Jim~

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Great pics and a really fun idea. I’m also curious as to what he used to take them. Makes me even more anxious to get off work today and get out in the beautiful weather!

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I would translate the above camera speak to mean “expensive”…

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’ll leave the equipment question to Jimbo…