Testing Holga lens for DSLR - Flowers on ironwood eucalyptus tree

I have previously used a Holga film body, but had gotten out of the habit of using it as, frankly, the time and costs needed to use film these days was getting annoying.

But I recently decided to obtain and try out a Holga HL-N lens that is built to go on my Nikon D90. I took my first test shots with it today, including this view of flowers on an ironwood eucalyptus tree.

I especially like the trademark Holga vignetting, which really jumped out after I ran the image through the Raw converter. I was happy with the results without any further processing except resizing for online display.

I plan to keep using the lens.

Green in autumn

Green in autumn, a photo by jeffwc00 on Flickr.

While strolling the UCSD campus looking for photo opportunities, I was struck by this one green leaf (obviously from another plant) laying among many leaves dropped by a tree.

Defiance

Defiance, a photo by jeffwc00 on Flickr.

Having taken a class toward the UCSD Extension photography certificate in a room at the Mandeveille Center on the UCSD campus, I became aware at the time of graffiti being done on walls of the building, especially in one staircase. These were apparently being done by the students of the University's Visual Arts program, which is based at Mandeville Center.

After that class, when I make periodic visits to the campus to search out photography subjects, I've gotten into the habit of going by the Mandeville Center to see if there was any new graffiti to view.

Today, January 4, 2013, I discovered many copies of this sign on the Center's walls. Seems the administration ran out of patience with the graffiti and cracked down. I found this defiant statement on one of the signs. Of course it constitutes graffiti itself as defined by the sign.