May 23, 2006

[](https://eecue.com/p/30936/Railway-Above-Los-Angeles-River.html) I just bought a complete Mamiya RB67 setup (in pieces) from ebay for my mom's birthday. She used to have the camera about 10 years ago, but sold it when she went digital. I took some photos to test it out this weekend and I am very happy with the result. This is not the final image, but once I get back the higher resolution scan I will replace it. **UPDATE** I just got back the 39mb scan of the image from A&I and it looks great. I played with it a bit to bring the detail in the shadows up and also to remove some dust. I am looking forward to printing this. If it looks good @ 10x12 I may get a drum scan done so I can go even bigger.

[](https://eecue.com/p/26394/Royal-Blue-and-Golden-Flower.html "Royal Blue and Golden Flower") I love flower macro photography. Desert flowers are my favorite, their tiny buds are so beautiful up close. There is something about a plant that only survives for a few weeks out of the year, yet opens its lovely petals to attract pollen transferring insects in order to sustain its life cycle, that is really amazing. Here is the [full gallery](http://eecue.com/images_archive/eecue-album-1339-1-Springtime_at_the_Huntington.html) of my flower macro photos from this weekend.