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You heading back down through LA, or taking the route through SLC?

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If you’re serious, have a chat with Don Giannatti over at SteelID.

Tell him John G. sent you. 😉

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Today:

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Hah! I’ve already had that offer… in a New York-style deli… From an elderly guy.

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Self-imposed weeknight limit. I work 5AM to 3PM, then watch the baby while the wife does her stuff in the afternoon (which means I can’t start driving until 5PMish, usually) leaving me about 3 hours if I go out.

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If you happen to pass through the Phoenix area, I’ll stand you to a beer.

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I’ll be down in Tucson on Saturday – pretty good chances. But I don’t see much happening tonight or tomorrow within 50 miles of Phoenix.

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Yeah… that’d be why I didn’t go up the hill past Four Peaks that night. 😉

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Yeah, um… I think I mentioned the boots, hat, and flashlight – right? Where did you run into the hail? I was only out for about an hour or so last night, hit the turnoff for Sugarloaf/Sycamore Creek from 79.

Edit: A few years ago, I almost stepped on a rattlesnake getting out of the car. Since then, I look… carefully.

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The shot I posted is from just behind the initial “wall.” Lightning struck somewhere off to the right and set my trigger off while I had my eyes closed…

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Spiffy!

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It’s been icky this year.

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That’s pretty much it. A “true macro” will let you get 1:1 image/sensor. There are “other macro” lenses that do 3:1 or so… but a “macro” lens is generally built to be a lot sharper than the equivalent non-macro lens.

For example, these were both shot with the same Tamron 90mm f/2.8:

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Awesome! I’ve looked at that one myself before, but I’m not sure if I’d use a macro enough to justify it.

Just because a lens is a “macro” lens doesn’t mean that’s all it’s good for.

I use my 90mm “macro” lens more for portraiture than for bugs…

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