Tag: photography

  • When do you call yourself ‘a photographer’?

    It’s a more interesting question than it seems and until recently I would not have said that I am a ‘photographer’ rather, I would have said that I take photographs. My friend Gary an accomplished artist, in response to my question, “How do you become an artist”, replied “When you say you are”. I think…

  • What’s in a viewfinder? The every-day-carry camera.

    This essay wanders around subjects from my new ‘street’ every-day-carry camera to the advantages and disadvantages of viewfinders and JPEGs. Perhaps the place to start is how most people take photographs and what they then do with them. About 1.8 trillion photos are taken annually, translating to 5 billion daily or 57,246 every second. Whoa! The…

  • Adding a camera to the Bresser Infinity Microscope

    The Bresser Infinity microscope is pretty good but like all microscopes it has its limitations. I am a passionate macro-photographer and thus a camera port on a microscope was a ‘must’ for me. A few minutes reading on the microscope forums provides some information on how to best utilize the port but also flaged up…

  • Can an amoeba think?

    At 72 years of age one comes to reflect upon why it is that one chose a particular path through life. There are only a few things of which I am certain. The first is that I am a scientist and a firm believer in the Scientific Method. In a world where the irrational seems…

  • Spirostomum the fastest thing in Vaour?

    This is another short essay on some of the fascinating creatures that live in the water of the rather intriguing pond to be found at the Cite du Lac in Vaour. In this case, a unicellular worm that lives on the floor of that pond. When thinking about fast animals one’s mind usually springs to…

  • A tale of two ponds

    This essay is about two of our local ponds in France. The 20th century has not been kind to ponds. In both France and Britain, many were drained to create more farmland or filled in to make room for new developments. Some ponds went to waste and others were stuffed full of it! In France and…

  • Outing to the lakes

    This is my first post under ‘Macro’ but it could equally well perhaps have appeared under another of my web-site’s headings (‘Eco’, ‘France’, etc.). It’s about a couple of short trips to find and photograph dragonflies. There are a number of places near Penne and Vaour where one can find many species of these most…

  • Electro – electronics and electro-optical projects

    Nothing here yet but old projects can be found at www.petermobbs.wordpress.com. New projects will be added here. All the pictures and content on these pages are the copyright of the author and of petermobbs.com. They may not be reused in any form without the express permission of the author.

  • Techno – all things technological & probably photographic

    A review of a Chinese-made diffuser that is much cheaper than most on offer. https://petermobbs.com/techno-2/ Some of the things I have either learned or not learned about macro-photography. Why is it so damned difficult!? https://petermobbs.com/techno-3 Rationale for the design of a new LED-based moth lamp. https://petermobbs.com/techno-4 A novel tape-based moth lamp. https://petermobbs.com/techno-5 All the pictures…

  • Micro – all things smaller than are visible with the naked eye

    Micro – all things smaller than are visible with the naked eye

    Review of a compound microscope that I recently purchased – the Bresser Infinity Microscope: https://petermobbs.com/micro-2 How to make Rheinberg filters: https://petermobbs.com/diy-rheinberg-darkfield-and-other-filters/ A story of how a tiny unicellular worm can beat the speed record!: Some of the other tiny creatures that inhabit the pond recently restored by the people of Vaour: All the pictures and…

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