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Tri-X Film - 12.8mm at f/4, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/1000 sec
Tri-X Film - 9.3mm at f/4, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/1000 sec
Trent - 5.1mm at f/2, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/200 sec
Morten - 9.3mm at f/4, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/1000 sec
Petra - 5.1mm at f/2, ISO 80, 1/160 sec
Morten - 9.3mm at f/4, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/1000 sec
Petra - 5.1mm at f/2, ISO 80, 1/160 sec
Trent - 5.1mm at f/2, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/200 sec
'Central' - 12.8mm at f/2.8, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/1000 sec
This post goes out to anyone who's ever had a really poor view from a hotel window. I took this photograph above from the top floor of a bus just after we'd crossed south over Waterloo Bridge, London, and I was looking East as I pressed the shutter. Fleeting? Yes. Free, more or less, and I didn't have to wake up to it. Perfect. Unfortunately I will get to see it again. Nevertheless it's quite a site in color, as you can see from the image below. Quite realistic I think. Obviously because on close inspection you'll notice two labourers towards the the foreground of the photograph. One digging a hole, and the other expertly supervising him. No comment on the headline on the Sky advert, me being a McLaren supporter. Which reminds me, McLaren recently teamed up with Specialized to develop a road bike, the Venge, they are calling the fastest bike ever made. We're talking bicycles here. Perhaps they strapped it to roof-racks on the MP4-23 to perform the speed-test.
Nothing Changes on New Year's Day - 5.1mm at f/2, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/400 sec
After reading Leica Camera's final blog post of the year, "Thank You For a Great 2010!", I thought I'd end 2010 on a what was a personal high note for me during the year: photographs from the photo-walk I enjoyed the most in 2010.
2010 will go down for me as quite possibly one of my most significant years on planet Earth. Not just because of photography and this blog, but for many other reasons too. I got to see Guns 'n Roses for the second time in my life, and this time right against the front barrier to have Axl singing "mired in denial and so afraid" from the song Madagascar ♫ , right to me. There I was, shaking my head at him. hehe. To hear Chinese Democracy live again after so many years, was for me, something really special. I know this isn't a blog about music or Guns 'n Roses, but I'd like to reflect a little on what went on in my life behind all the photo-blog posts. I'm not going to tell you everything of course. Getting to see Europe live was even more meaningful to me, because hey, I still listen to them after all these years, and it was a first for me.
I really enjoyed experiencing my first Apple store grand opening. You can read all about my experience in the post titled "The Largest Apple Store in the World Grand Opening". I attended two courses at the Leica Akademie at their Mayfair store in London. They were great, so thank you to Leica for running them and to Brett and Will Cheung RFPS for passing on their hard earned and valuable knowledge. You can read about the introductory M9 course I attended, given by Brett, in my post titled "Leica M9 Akademie Day (Camden Town Remains)".
Pushing Forward Back - 6.8mm at f/2.5, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/160sec
Gumball Raccoon Kodachrome - 12.8mm at f/2.8, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/2000 sec
Incident At The Window - 5.1mm at f/2.2, ISO 80, Shutter speed 1/250 sec
I thought I'd publish the black and white version of The District Line image I posted a few days ago. I ran this through Silver Efex Pro and spent most of my time concentrating on the light in the shadows. I thought it would be better to bring out some of the sides of the train hoping it would give more depth to the image. The area I'm attracted to most in this photograph is the foreground with the two young women waiting for the train to pull into the station. The way the light touches the crumpled jeans looks really cool to me.