Autumn

Nikon D90 with 17-55mm kit lens @ 3 exposures


Nikon D90 with 17-55mm kit lens @ 3 exposures

Although I hate it that the days are getting colder and the nights are now longer, Autumn does allow for some pretty awesome shots. Great colours on the leaves, and the fallen leaves add for more drama to the image.

Food Glorious Food!

Nikon D90 with 50 mm @ f1.8 (ISO 320, 1/50 sec)

Nikon D90 with 50 mm @ f2.5 (ISO 320, 1/50 sec)

Nikon D90 with 50 mm @ f2.8 (ISO 100, 1/60 sec)

Why do images of food always make me hungry??, I think I can safely say that this food didn't last long on the plate. I swear I had nothing to do with the cake, someone else got to it first!

Windsor Hotel HDR

Nikon D90 with 17-55mm kit lens @ 3 exposures

This photo was taken on another phototrip to the city. The Windsor Hotel is a grand hotel in Melbourne city and dates back to 1884. This photo was taken with 3 exposrues and combined using Photomatix. I was quite fortunate to have an old style tram stopped infront of the hotel , it definitely adds to the theme.

Tell it as it is

Nikon D90 with 55-200mm kit lens @ f5.6 (ISO 320, 1/800 sec)

This pic was taken on a "Mancation" with the boys out at Walkerville, unfortunately the weather wasn't great but I still managed to come away with some pretty awesome pics. Even though I don't remember much from the weekend. This bird was flying from branch to branch and I just managed to catch him in mid flight, pure fluke and I doubt I could ever do it again.

Nikon D90 with 55-200mm kit lens @ f5.6 (ISO 100, 1/250 sec)

On one of my phototrips into the city, I caught this guy perched on a branch. It was pretty windy, and the sun kept going into some clouds which made it difficult to take a decent shot, because everytime I thought I had the exposure correct, the conditions changed on me!!!. The good thing was I had my kit lens zoomed out to 200mm which meant I was standing a good 2-3 meters (possibly more) away from this guy, which helps when you don't want him disturbed and flying away at the wrong moment.

Nikon D90 with 55-200mm kit lens @ f5.6 (ISO 100, 1/160 sec)

Nikon D90 with 55-200mm kit lens @ f5.6 (ISO 100, 1/160 sec)

My wife and I spent our second wedding anniversary (wow that makes me feel old) at Apollo Bay, we booked this awesome apartment/cottage up in the hills and got some amazing views of Apollo Bay (and some pretty impressive sunrises). This photo would have been taken around 7 AM and the sun was just beaming. I took the opportunity to take as many shots (and in as many artistic ways) as I could. I was surprised at how large a Kookaburra actually is, I always expected them to be small birds but the size of this guy certainly surprised me.

Decided to post up some photos that I have taken that have absolutely no post processing at all. Each photo has it's own little story in a way, some shots were just a matter of right place right time. Sometimes you just get that fraction of a second to capture that image, but when you do, it's pretty awesome. The best thing is that all the photos were taken with just the standard Nikon kit lenses, no fancy glass was used and no fancy phtoshop or any other program was used.

C'Mon Bombers.. Fly UP!

Essendon new recruit Mark Williams (round 2 vs Fremantle)
Nikon D90 with 55-200mm kit lens @ f5.6 (ISO 400, 1/200 sec)

Round 3 of the AFL series, and tonight my beloved Essendon Bombers take on Carlton in what has to be a season changing clash, potentially for both clubs but moreso for my Bombers. So far we're winless out of 2 matches and if we go down again tonight to Carlton, we can all but kiss our season and hopes of making the finals goodbye. Last week I went and saw us lose to Fremantle, a match that we should have won if not for our own errant style of football. There was seemingly no plan, no leadership and structure. All I can hope is that today, against our oldest rivals, we can turn things around and give all bomber fans hope that there is some life left in the team after all.

Go BOMBERS!!!

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

As soon as I got my new 50mm f1.4 prime lens all I did was play around with the depth of field. The depth of field is selected by changing the f-number (f-number is always a weird term), I found it confusing at first, because it's inverse to the aperture size (i.e. the smaller the f-number the larger the aperture, hence the more light that is captured). By decreasing the f-number you also create a "shallower" depth of field, or blurryness to the image. Sort of like when you stare at something intensely, causing everything around it to go blurry.

I love depth of field and the feel it gives to a photo. Here are some of Dex, none of them have had any post processing (except for some minor vignetting). All were shot at f1.4, hence the shallow depth of field, using natural light. For those that are curious, Dexter is a 35 month old Staffy x Mastiff, he's the biggest softie you could ever meet and yes my wife named him after the TV Show!.

Happy Easter!

Nikon D90 with 50mm @ f1.4 (ISO 100, 1/100 sec)

Nikon D90 with 50mm @ f1.4 (ISO 320, 1/60 sec)

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Easter Holidays!. I haven't posted much for a while (I've been gorging on too many chocolate eggs). Hope to have some more photos up soon!.