Victoria Falls

I’m posting these two pictures because it was the first time I’d ever taken photos with a shutter speed of 1/8000 sec; this seems to be too fast for WordPress media library as it reports 1/501s. Other meta data: ISO 160, f/2.8, -0.3 EV, 40mm. The camera is an Olympus OMD E-M1; the lens is the Olympus 12-40 f/2.8 Pro.

The Falls were pretty amazing even in the low season without much water. I’ll be posting more photos in a new album when I have finished processing and weeding.

Facepaw

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Gia and I have just been on safari; so I’ve lots of pictures to process. This one won’t make the final cut because it’s not quite in focus. But it’s the only facepaw I got.

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.
― Henri Cartier-Bresson

In these days of digital, I reckon that number needs to be rethought.

See more HCB quotes here.

Because the world needs another cat photo

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I wish WordPress’ image display quality was better.

Prague Old Town Square At Night

I like the way these came out.

 

 

 

Prague Astronomical Clock

The Prague astronomical clock could be seen from the window of our hotel in Prague. It is, according to Wikipedia, the oldest working astronomical clock in the world. It attracts a crowd on the hour to watch The Walk of the Apostles as the clock chimes. The clock continues to chime through the night, though I cannot testify to the size of its audience at 4am.

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Parakeets in the Park

Kelsey Park in Beckenham is my local park, and I’ve spent many hours taking pictures there. I didn’t visit yesterday, but round 19:00 I heard the familiar screeching of the parakeets; there is a large flock of ring-necked parakeets in the park. I walked onto the balcony and saw the flock had gathered to eat nuts from a tree (no idea what kind) just inside the park fence. I grabbed my camera and took a few shots. They’re ok, but quite heavily cropped as I no longer have a camera with a sufficiently long telephoto lens.

I’m on iBooks!

After we came back, at the end of May, from our holiday in Jordan, I decided to try to create an ebook containing some of my photos and a commentary using iBooks Author just because…

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Photopainting: Waterlogue and Petra

I’ve been playing some more with the very excellent Waterlogue. Here area few pictures from our recent trip to Petra that have been given the treatment.

 

One hundred years of Leica cameras

… photojournalist Tom Stoddart, who works with a Leica camera, shares his thoughts on a number of classic photographs as well as the background behind his own favourite image.

via BBC News – One hundred years of Leica cameras.

Great video.