FunctionallyUnfunctional

Yesterday I received the new headphones I'd ordered. I don't really want to talk about why I needed new headphones but my old pair has ceased to exist. Since I work in a brick and mortar retail establishment I try to purchase locally whenever possible but due to our Covid 19 situation I had few options if I wanted a pair any time soon. When I got the box I thought to myself "I should play with some black on black lighting."  Photographing anything against its same color presents challenges. Black against black can be especially challenging because edges can simply disappear. So why not occupy some of my free time with such a challenge? My 7D was at the ready and after a bit of digging through my collection of "broken and junk" lenses I settled on an old Nikon 200mm film camera lens. I had to do a bit of modification to attach it but I made it work. I was pleased with the results of black box against a black background I achieved. Its nothing terribly...

Its almost hard to believe that I've been home for a bit over a month due to Covid 19 social distancing and this is the first functionallyunfunctional post I've made. Better late than never right? While home, I've doing a lot of organization projects, one of which had me moving this bicycle. Once a high quality bicycle, its best days are sadly behind it. It may not be the best bicycle to ride today but I can't think of a more suitable subject to photograph given the spirit of this blog! I grabbed my good ol' broken down 7D and some lights and went to work. If you haven't been following the blog and want to learn more about the 7D I'm speaking of, its in this previous post... ( https://functionallyunfunctional.blogspot.com/2019/01/next-came-7d.html )  Based on the bicycle I'd pre-visualized four different images. I ended up with only three because despite it's interesting, classic spring style, the bicycle saddle just wasn't yielding an...