Monday 20 December 2010
A Christmas Robin....
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Merry Xmas to the pixxel8
Friday 3 September 2010
The Field
Click.........
Friday 30 July 2010
Tuesday 27 July 2010
The Roaches
The Burton Photographic Society had a visit to the Roaches, a beautiful area near Leek, on Saturday 25th July, and Steve, Suzy, Eric and myself joined them for a ‘little walk’.
After picking up the team, Steve took us to the Priory Centre at Stretton where we met some of the others from the Society. After waiting for any others to join us we headed for the Roaches.
Julian was our guide and he took us up to see some amazing views from the Roaches, and then down to see a hidden church.
Below are some of my images from the day:
There are some characters you see on your travels
“What noise Eric ?, just move back a little more !”
Then it was a case of going from the highs of the Roaches, to the lows of Lud Church:
Thanks again to the team for another good day out with some good friends !
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Course results
Can't believe we received the reults so quick,has Mr Steve had a bollockin??
Steeb
Surprise in the post (no pun intended)
Had a surprise in today’s post ……….. the certificate for the module (studio) that we have just finished ! A bit disappointed with the presentation grade (the cake wasn’t that bad was it ?), I can only assume that my work was marked earlier than I thought, and some of my work may have missed the deadline ;-((.
Has anyone else got their certificate, or is it an error !
The accreditation / exam date was 02/07/2010.
As for the balloon debate, I will wait until a few more people have voted, before I say anything. But it is interesting to see four slightly different photographs of the same thing, with differences in colours, tones etc.
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Monday 12 July 2010
Saturday 10 July 2010
Jimbo's Sigma APO DG EX 70-200mm f/2.8 Macro
This telephoto zoom lens has a large constant maximum aperture of f2.8 through the zoom range and it is optimised for digital SLR cameras.
This large aperture telephoto zoom lens has a minimum focusing distance of 100cm (39.4”) throughout the entire zoom range, making it very convenient for close-up photography. It maintains a greater working distance that enables you to capture the small animals and insects without disturbing them.
HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) for silent and fast auto - focus
The HSM provides quiet high-speed AF function, as well as full time manual focus capability.
Inner focusing and inner zooming systems
This lens incorporates an inner focusing system, which eliminates front lens rotation, allowing the use of a petal-type hood and more convenient to use of circular polarizing filter. Since focusing and zooming do not change its overall length, this lens is easy to hold and use. This lens comes with detachable tripod mount.
APO Tele-Converter EX (optional)
The lens can be used with the 1.4x EX or 2.0x EX Apo Tele Converters (optional), becoming a 98-280mm F4 telephoto zoom lens or a 140-400mm F5.6 telephoto zoom lens respectively. It is also possible to use AE (Automatic Exposure) function, when EX Tele-converters are attached.
Lens Construction | 18 Elements in 15 Groups | |
Angle of View | 34.3 - 12.3 degrees | |
Number of Diaphragm Blades | 9 Blades | |
Minimum Aperture | F22 | |
Minimum Focusing Distance | 100cm | |
Maximum Magnification | 1:3.5 | |
Filter Size | 77mm | |
Dimensions | Diameter 86.6mm X Length 184mm | |
Weight | 1345g | |
SRP | £817.38 |
The thing I like about this lens is it's ability to separate the background from the mani subjetc it does this by being a telephoto which compresses the perspective and by alos being a fast len of 2.8. the object was only 1 meter in front of the lens.
The following photo is of a wind chime ball decoration hanging from the light switch in the middle of my conservatory which is only 10ft across and clearly show the shallow depth of field separation.
ISO 800 f2.8 1/500 sec at 200mm
As well as creating good Bokeh it is a sharp lens at it distant subjects too!