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  • Rain Away

    Rain Away

    After what feels like a few more weeks of amazing weather, works end welcomed the rain. I parked the car and strolled down to the beach, just missing the main rain cloud as it passed Rangitoto. The beach, flooded with rain, showed no sign of footsteps or human contact that no doubt crazed it earlier in the day. No sooner had I rolled off a few shots, and the next cloud of rain arrived, hastening me back to the car.

    Shot on the Sony Nex, it was my first outing using the new 16-50mm power zoom lens Sony has released. Initially faulted on the 5N (due to firmware not being up to date enough for it), the latest firmware should fix most of its issues. I must say, it makes the Sony a nice small unit with a 35mm equivalent of  24-75mm zoom.

    Image wise, in Gimp as usual, I resized, cropped adjusted contrast and sharpness a little.

    Catch you tomorrow!

  • Off to Another Land

    Off to other Lands

    Another short and sweet post text wise today. Image shot on the Sony Nex from Mt Victoria, Devonport, North Shore.

  • Forgotten Jetty

    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

    I am a bit sick today, so excuse the limited text. Forgotten Jetty, shot last week on the Olympus E-500. Converted to B&W in Gimp with vignette added as well as pushing the contrast a bit.

  • Blue and Yellow

    Blue and Yellow

    With ongoing in/out internet connections this weekend, I have managed to finally upload today’s shot, ‘Blue and Yellow’.

    Shot on a recent walk, I love walking through the bush and looking up at the leaves of trees stretching up to the sun. On a clear day, the plain background highlights the details of the tree, and makes for a refreshing colour burst on the camera.

    Post shooting, I pushed the contrast some in Gimp and resized.

    Fingers crossed the internet is back proper tomorrow!

  • An Audience at Albany

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    The internet has gone down at home today, so I will take the opportunity for another mobile post.

    Whilst up in the old Albany village, we stopped in on the local ducks with a loaf of bread. Something I learnt new was that common ducks can swim quite well fully underwater. I have only seen them bobbing, bums up, until today.

    Todays image is shot with the vignette app on my galaxy s2