Monday 31 December 2012

Happy New Year 2013!


Happy New Year and all the best for you in the new year!

Another year is gone and things have changed as they always do but things have to change some more and you will see some changes here soon. Thanks for following my blog in 2012 and hope you will be back in 2013.

Have a great time celebrating the new year and have a fantastic 2013!


Sunday 30 December 2012

First Visit to Kew Gardens


A small series of pictures I took on my first visit to Kew Gardens, the weather was not great but at least it was not raining and the sun even came out for a bit. I took my Nokton lens and the Leica OUFRO macro adapter along for the trip.
While the adapter works fine, macro with a small sensor camera is just easier though and gives better results than with any large sensor camera and macro lenses where the DOF is just too shallow.





Saturday 29 December 2012

More Rain Clouds


Nexus 4, 1/33, ISO 200, JPG, Snapseed app

This is kind of a follow up to the Rain Clouds picture I took with the iPhone 4 a while ago but taken with the Nexus 4. The Nexus 4 camera is not nearly as good as the iPhone 4 camera and it's a pretty crappy camera even without comparing it with anything else.
The phone is great though but I doubt I will use the camera much, despite the panorama and Photo Sphere features being quite nice. It's a shame there is no Hipstamatic app available for Android as this would probably make it more fun to use the Nexus 4 camera.

Thursday 27 December 2012

Tuesday 25 December 2012

Red


Been a rainy Christmas day here in London so just had some fun with the GXR A12-M and the Leica OUFRO macro adapter.

Monday 24 December 2012

Happy Christmas 2012


Have a happy Christmas and fantastic holidays, all the best for you and your family.

Thanks for visiting my Blog and hope you enjoy it.

Sunday 23 December 2012

At the Blue Table


Nexus 4, 1/40, ISO 100, JPG

The Nexus 4 is an amazing phone and probably the best phone to buy right now, especially given the price. The camera however is really poor even when compared with the iPhone 3GS, the focus and shutter lag makes it impossible to get any kind of moving shots. On the positive side it can adjust the EV compensation so this might come in handy at times.
Still, since I don't think much of any phone camera it is not really a problem for me. It would be nice to have the Hipstamatic app for Android though.

Friday 21 December 2012

Wednesday 19 December 2012

Tuesday 18 December 2012

Monday 17 December 2012

Saturday 15 December 2012

Being British


GRD, f2.4, 1/20, ISO 1600, JPG b&w

Ok, it's a bit shaky but I still like it and decided to post anyway. Some processing done with Snapseed.

Thursday 13 December 2012

Wednesday 12 December 2012

Tuesday 11 December 2012

Monday 10 December 2012

Sunday 9 December 2012

Saturday 8 December 2012

In Colour


Went to Somerset House today to see some of the photo exhibitions there and in particular the Cartier Bresson exhibition 'A Question of Colour'. It is well worth seeing and very interesting, although I did not like or even understand all of the street photographs there.

In spirit of the exhibition I took my Epson RD-1 along and have chosen the title for this post.





Friday 7 December 2012

Friday Night at The Comedy Pub


Went after work to The Comedy Pub to listen to some live performances from a few bands and Nacee, you might remember the name from my post about the CD covers pictures I have taken. This was the first time I actually got to see her perform live so it was great to see her on stage.

This is a short series with some of the pictures I took during the evening.






Thursday 6 December 2012

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Saturday 1 December 2012

Friday 30 November 2012

Monday 26 November 2012

Sunday 25 November 2012

Return to Bodiam


It was supposed to be a nice and sunny day, it surely started that way but then the rain came. Still, it was Sunday and I decided to head back to Bodiam castle.
Last time I have been here was in 2009 and I had the Panasonic LC1 with me, this time I took the GXR A12-M with the Nokton 35mm and my favourite lens the Heliar 15mm.

The first picture is taken from the same spot and should give an idea how little things have changed (including the weather) since my last visit.