well thats how i felt today anyway. yes,it was my birthday, i am now 52. an achievement in a way, i have lost many friends at a much,much younger age.

my eyes were blurry from trying to use my glasses to photograph in macro

my head hurt all day and still does

i need to lose weight. i have been craving comfort foods since my dad died and i have put a lot of weight back on that i had lost and of course the extra weight makes my feet hurt .

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Have you ever considered renting a lens before you buy one? At first the thought of doing so seemed like a waste of money. But this past month I decided I just HAD to have a macro lens. I found a very good place to rent in my home state, not too far away, and had them ship a 100mm macro lens.

The lens we purchased with my Canon XTI body is a wide angle lens. I have had issues with things being out of perspective due to being too close or at the wrong angle when I took a shot. The 100mm is suppose to be a good walk about lens. Good for general shots and even does well for portraits. It is also suppose to be a very crisp,sharp glass, almost as good as any L lens Canon offers.

As a portrait lens, I found it to be adequate, although I was amazed at the distance I ...

i think i have learned a lesson....do not stay up late and write a long blog. by morning it is buried deep under a multitude of others. i will try to write in the morning from now on. :-)