{"id":1229,"date":"2016-02-16T19:45:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2016-02-16T20:05:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T01:05:28","slug":"my-new-camera-lense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=1229","title":{"rendered":"My new camera lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was spent at the Boston Museum of Science with the Mystic Joneses. Today, we took Beta back for the thing she loves most: The Butterfly Garden. (We couldn&#8217;t go yesterday because it was sold out. Pro-tip, avoid the MOS on Federal Holidays at all costs.)<\/p>\n<p>For my birthday I got something I&#8217;ve been wanting for a while: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B014CXK9FQ\">a set of lenses for my phone<\/a>. I went a little nuts with the macro lens. I can&#8217;t even say I&#8217;m sorry about it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1242\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/husband-for-scale.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1242\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1242 size-large\" src=\"\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/husband-for-scale-670x1024.jpg\" alt=\"These butterflies fake being owls. Very successfully.\" width=\"660\" height=\"1009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/husband-for-scale-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/husband-for-scale-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/husband-for-scale-768x1173.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These butterflies fake being owls. Very successfully. There is a husband in the background for scale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1239\" style=\"width: 3920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/you-cannot-see-me.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1239\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1239 size-full\" src=\"\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/you-cannot-see-me.jpg\" alt=\"you cannot see me\" width=\"3920\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/you-cannot-see-me.jpg 3920w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/you-cannot-see-me-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/you-cannot-see-me-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/you-cannot-see-me-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This guy was just hanging out, playing the You-Can&#8217;t-See-Me game. Poorly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of these were taken from just a couple of inches away. The butterflies and moths in this exhibit are so relaxed around people, its is amazing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1237\" style=\"width: 1796px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pretty-white.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1237\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1237 size-full\" src=\"\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pretty-white.jpg\" alt=\"pretty white\" width=\"1796\" height=\"1059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pretty-white.jpg 1796w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pretty-white-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pretty-white-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pretty-white-1024x604.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caught this butterfly mid-flutter. Very lucky shot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I played with my settings, and found out that trying to use the macro lens on butterflies on swaying branches was a guaranteed failure.<\/p>\n<p>The details I managed to get were astounding, though.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1234\" style=\"width: 3920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/curled-tongue.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1234 size-full\" src=\"\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/curled-tongue.jpg\" alt=\"curled tongue\" width=\"3920\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/curled-tongue.jpg 3920w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/curled-tongue-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/curled-tongue-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/curled-tongue-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can even see his little curled-up tongue!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some pictures came out with some real drama. You can almost see his scales!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1240\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yummy-flower.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1240\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1240 size-large\" src=\"\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yummy-flower-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"yummy flower\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yummy-flower-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yummy-flower-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yummy-flower-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/yummy-flower.jpg 1543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 85vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This guy was hanging out and sipping from the flowers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am really pleased with these little lenses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1232\" style=\"width: 3920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/battle-hardened.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1232\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1232 size-full\" src=\"\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/battle-hardened.jpg\" alt=\"battle hardened\" width=\"3920\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/battle-hardened.jpg 3920w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/battle-hardened-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/battle-hardened-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/battle-hardened-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This little guy has been pretty beaten up. I&#8217;m guessing he&#8217;s a couple days old.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And of course, I had to do a gratuitous, super-close-up of a flower. For Reasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pink-flower.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1243\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1243 aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pink-flower.jpg\" alt=\"pink flower\" width=\"2913\" height=\"1874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pink-flower.jpg 2913w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pink-flower-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pink-flower-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pink-flower-1024x659.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was spent at the Boston Museum of Science with the Mystic Joneses. Today, we took Beta back for the thing she loves most: The Butterfly Garden. (We couldn&#8217;t go yesterday because it was sold out. Pro-tip, avoid the MOS on Federal Holidays at all costs.) For my birthday I got something I&#8217;ve been wanting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=1229\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My new camera lens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o3FW-jP","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}