I took this image about 10 years ago in Tasmania a few hundred metres from the boatshed in the last post. A Nikon 850 with a Hasselblad lens (40mm Zeiss Distagon) I believe. Over the 10 years my taste has changed regarding colour rendering. I did like the way colours came from the adapted lens. However by comparison, in those images, red is to prominent in the shadow areas. Something I didn’t notice at the time. So at any given time in your photographic journey often one aspect takes your attention and only when you are done with that do you move on to the next thing. In many instances we think it might be the camera which will accomplish the task of improving our photography. It is possible that we really like the way another camera does one thing in particular well. If our images contain that element to say 90% then it might well be worth the investment. Otherwise it’s back to the photographic drawing board to develop our voice in other more significant ways, like telling a story.
strangely OK
Three Hut Point, Gordon, Tasmania
Firstly, and this is a personal choice - I’m loving this subdued colour palette. Secondly, on composition, I could have thought it to be imbalanced with so much ‘weight’ on the left side. But somehow, maybe due to the positioning of the boat in the foreground and because it crosses the centreline, it doesn’t seem that way. In any case I feel comfortable with this composition.
Family letterbox
Just resting
After a hard day on the lawn, you just want to put your wheels up.
two wheeled letterbox
A break from coastal images…Outside of the city you have more scope for creativity. Obviously here there are no laws regarding the size and shape of your letterbox. This letterbox is in Tasmania - one of my favourite spots for photography. Not sure if I have more of these but if I do I’ll post them.
Patterns in the sand
Storms mess up the beach so it’s always worth a trip to the coast after an event to see what’s left behind. Footprints give an indication of scale.
Barnacle rock
Seaweed #7
What about Seaweed #1-6? Where do we find those? There aren’t any. It sounds good though. A bit like Edward Weston’s Pepper #30 which I couldn’t really emulate given that at the very least it took 6 minutes to photograph inside a funnel. At least that’s what his notes said.
Three sisters stormfront
One thing I miss about living in the mountains - weather predictability was not a factor. If you’ve ever travelled to a specific place just to do photography and the weather didn’t co-operate, it can be very disappointing. When you factor in your time and expenses involved, it’s understandable. I lived 10 minutes walk from this landmark location. As the weather changed it was easy enough to grab a camera and reach there.
now what?
Church by the Lake
After only a short time in Iceland you really do start to notice how few trees are there. It gives the relatively small island a sweeping vista look in places. No trees to obstruct the view.
man in pool
I think the little sign at the front says 38ºC - the temp of the water. Iceland benefits from having a lot of thermal heating. I arrived there towards the end of summer. As far as photography goes it was good weather - meaning not sunshine everyday. In fact a good mix of overcast, mist, sunshine through the clouds. In one place I stayed on the east coast, another photographer from Italy who had just left apparently was cursing his whole stay - nothing but sunshine. Nothing screams holiday pics like blue skies and sunshine.
Low Mist
Somewhere on the coast of Iceland.
crawling mountains
Taken during a flight over central southern Iceland.
River meets the sea
Southern Iceland. 2012.
Grazing sheep, iceland
Iceland valley
Taken from a Cessna flying over southern Iceland not far from Eyjafjallajökull - volcano that erupted in 2010.
Mind your step
This year (2005) the monsoons filled Lake Pichola. This building otherwise is surrounded by rocks. Probably why the stairs disappear into the water. On the nearside bank is a sitting area - a kind of ghat leading down to the water. Some young people were swimming back and forth with some style - backstroke freestyle, even butterfly. I later found out it was a swimming team using the lake as a training pool. Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Rajasthani Farmer
Around 2005, a friend and myself hired a couple of scooters in Udaipur and rode out into the countryside. There were plenty of scenes on and off road, including temples and towns along the way. For most of the trip I used a Canon 5D MKII (maybe even the original 5D as I had both). Lens most used was the original 100-400mm f4.5-5.6. I found it to be an excellent portrait lens. This farmer was not posed but walking towards me. Amazing the equipment they use to get the job done. Pretty much all manual labour out this way apart from the occasional buffalo.
All hands
Man reads his book. Fashion locale in Budapest.