Mothers Day, Madame Tussauds and E100VS
It was Mothers Day yesterday, so I guess I should start off by wishing all the mother’s out there a belated “Happy Mothers Day”. It has been an busy week once again, but at the same time I have managed to squeeze in a bit more photography, courtesy of Nikon Australia, who held a Roadshow Night at the new Madame Tussauds in Sydney. Despite the dimly lit displays the D700 proved its worth once again.
I also managed to finish processing the scans of that roll of Kodak E100VS.
Overdue film + Supermoon
It just occurred to me that I had promised to share some images from a roll of Kodak Ektar that I took back in January. I had actually processed, scanned, edited and posted images to my gallery but had not shared any images here. I only realised this as I was sorting my freshly scanned Kodak E100VS which will hopefully edited and posted in the next week or so.
Scanning colour film is always a challenge so it is often incredibly difficult to get colours to appear natural. This is compounded by daylight balance that film has, unless you are going to carry and use correction filters your white balance (so easily corrected in digital) will be wrong.
Last night was “Supermoon” where the Moon was much closer (astronomical definition of closer) than it has been in a long time. I spent a bit of time out with some friends hoping to get some images. Sadly I cannot claim to have nailed the images that I had envisioned, but I was rewarded with some half decent images. It was really handy to have the Nikon J1 + FT1 adaptor (that crop factor really helped).
Month in Review: April 2012
This has been an interesting month. Having been away for most of March, I have spent much of April trying to make ends meet, paying off my credit card bills and trying to get back into the swing of things. However the mass of public holidays (Easter) was out to get me, denying me of work (and pay) right after I arrived back.
Photographically I have had an interesting month. I have had a good look at my overflowing arsenal and have made some decisions about where I am and where I am headed. I simply have too much gear for my own good, so over the next few months I will be parting with some lenses, and will be headed into a strict regime for further procurement.
In terms of actual images, I have been active day to day, but less active in terms of getting out and about to take photos. I have also turned back to film and will be able to share some film images soon (after they are scanned and processed). Almost all of the images have been posted as they have been taken, so I will leave you with images and outtakes from my miscellaneous April collection (ie random captures from my 365 Project).
Here are some images from and impromptu night shoot on the night before ANZAC day.
Food Blog?
It has been a very busy few weeks, so I have to admit that I have been very lazy and not really taking many photos, hence I have spread out my trip photos etc. It feels like the only thing I am managing other than the random street image is doing the very Asian thing and photographing what I eat….maybe I should start a food blog? Now if Nikon made a nice wide macro (30-40mm equiv) for the Nikon 1 (CX) system I would be very happy.
This week (and a bit) I have been to Spatchcock in “the spot” in Randwick…
and Petaling St on the fringes of Chinatown.
Blue Mountains, IR and Pyrotechnics
I have been spending a bit of time sharing some of the images from last months’ trip as I didn’t want to bombard you all with so many images at once. However, since I have been back I have been able to get out and about with the cameras a few times due to the recovery days associated with my time off and the Easter silly season.
Just days after arriving back in Sydney I managed to sneak off into the Blue Mountains with my Nikon J1 and an F80. The idea was to enjoy some time away from the big smoke and try to finish off some film (in the F80). The latter failed miserably but I did manage to get some images.
The weather has been nice and sunny with clear skies, so I decided to get out there and continue my lens testing for the infra red spectrum. I will happily tell you that the 17-35mm f/2.8 and the 40mm f/2.8 Micro are both fine IR lenses on my D80IR.
Just a few nights ago, I joined some friends for a night out with the promise of EL wire, cold cathodes and some pyrotechnics….Unfortunately my D700 RRS L-brackets have yet to arrive, but my D300 was up for some action. We did try quite a few different concepts, not all worked, but lots of fun was had.
Back….HK/Macau/Singapore…pictures to come
As I mentioned in my last post I was taking a break. Well I just thought I would let you all know that I am back after a few weeks travelling overseas. It has been a great few weeks, and my bank account as well as my credit card don’t like me at the moment. What this means is that there was great food, awesome experiences and some new bits to add to the arsenal.
Watch this space as photos will be going up very soon.
February in Review….taking a break
Well that was the end of a very busy (sadly non-photographic) February for me. I have once again collated the “misc” images that I have taken for the month, mainly extras from my 365 Project. However I am also announcing that I will be away for a few weeks, leaving in a few days and will probably not post much whilst I am away. The positive is that I will have some down town and will be taking photos in a few foreign cities, so what I do post should be much more photographic. So long for now…and with a bit of luck I will be back at the end of the month.
