OLI Photography

So I finally got it.  The macro lens of my dreams..well the dreams I can afford anyway.  I got my Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens. I now have a new super power.  One that annoys the snot out of all who are around me.  For the past few hours I have been learning about macro photography in a whole new way.  The above shot is actually of the box in which this magnificent magnifying lens came in.  Why would you want such a thing you may ask.  Because everything is cooler really close up.

Now most of my photography is pretty raw on the photoshop side.  I use lightroom to clean up my terrible white balance and exposure mistakes.  However, I took some photos at the top of Black Mountain and thanks to Vegas the shots were hazy.  Luckily for me, I have photoshop elements and the internet.  I stumbled apon this article and found some interesting tricks to fix it.

I feel very accomplished as it does some fun stuff and now you can see the Las Vegas Strip in my picture However, it does some weird things as you can see in the shadows of the mountain.  Brings out rocks and other contrasty objects a little funky.