This is my contribution to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: January Close Up or Macro.
Jujubes (or Ju-jubes or JuJubes, take your pick) photographed with a cheap 35mm CCTV lens adapted to a mirrorless rather than a macro lens. An experiment that didn’t really work out as expected. The lens doesn’t seem to produce the swirly, streaking corners and edges when close focused.
18 replies on “Jujubes”
Take my pick? I pick the juicy strawberry ones. (before they’re all gone) 😉
Actually, they were pretty old and tough. I picked up a small bag of them from the local Dollar Store to play around with.
Thanks for the warning. I’ve lost teeth biting into ones like that. ;(
Yes, if you want cheap props/close up subjects go to the dollar store. If you want something edible don’t go to the dollar store.
Two words for your photos “Gummy Yummy”. 😀 😀
Actually Cee I picked them up from the local dollar store so they were pretty hard and stale.
It would be interesting to see how higher priced, higher quality jujubes would look! 😍
I won’t be picking anymore up from the dollar store. Some colours were sticky and staining the glass light table I had them on. I probably spent more time cleaning the glass than photographing the Jujubes.
Aww so good a reminder!! I call them gummy bears though not shaped in gummies!
Gummy bears are much more chewy than Jujubes in this part of Ontario. I’m not a fan of either, I prefer jelly beans.
Thanks for sharing the differences. Aah jelly beans like Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch’s favorite snack😀(I hope I remember correctly!!)
I’ve no idea about that. I know they’re from a children’s T.V. show but growing up in the U.K. we may not have got the show.
I watched Sesame Street in lil red dot. I must rack my brains on this haha. You grew up in UK, classics like Dad’s Army was hilarious.
I grew up with Dad’s Army.
What I like about British humor is that the comedies are well written and played. There was a series on Mr Brown the night teacher for English classes for adult migrants. I forgot the title though!
Oh and another classic, Fawlty Towers…Mrs Bucket pronounced Mrs Bouquet haha!!
Fawlty Towers will always be a classic. I much preferred Last of the Summer Wine to Keeping Up Appearances, both were written by Roy Clarke.
Aah I must look for the 2 sitcoms by Roy Clarke. Thanks for the share.