Photo Shumi: Australia

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Friday, 1 August 2008

View From A Beach House

Pentax FA 28-105 f/3.2-4.5 : f/11 : ISO - 200 : Shutter - 1/750 : Focal Length - 28mm

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This is the view from my families beach house at Point Lowly, South Australia. The only real way to appreciate it (apart from actually being there) is to see it by panorama. This photo was constructed with five photos, all at 28mm focal length.

Tuesday, 20 May 2008

I Will Perform For I...

Pentax FA 18-55 : f/5.6 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/250 : Focal Length - 55mm : black & white conversion

This guy wasn't pulling much of a crowd at this particular time in Rundle Mall in Adelaide so it was a perfect opportunity to take a few snaps. I took a few shots of him with his eyes closed and I thought I'd drop a few coins for his troubles and then he started dancing which was even better. Thanks mate!

The DA 18-55 kit lens is not usually plugged into my K10D that often but in the mall and for street shots, the 18mm wide angle is pretty handy. Although this shot is at 55mm, it's a nice range for portraits and cropped 1x1 frames his shoulders with the balls nicely.

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Australian Trip - Cleland National Park : Pt 1

Cleland National Park is located in Crafers in the Adelaide Hills near the Mt Lofty Summit and houses many native Australian animals. I went there with my mum, dad and brother on a family day trip the day before I went back to Japan. I decided to take the FA 28-105 lens because it gave me a little range if I'd need it, which I did.

Pentax FA 28-105, f/4.5, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/180, Focal Length - 28 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/8, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/90, Focal Length - 105 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/4.5, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/45, Focal Length - 105 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/4.5, ISO - 1100, Shutter - 1/120, Focal Length - 105 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/4.0, ISO - 140, Shutter - 1/750, Focal Length - 70 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/4.5, ISO - 140, Shutter - 1/3000, Focal Length - 85 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/4.5, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/500, Focal Length - 105 mm

Saturday, 26 April 2008

Australian Trip - Grange Beach

After a hardy meal and a few beers at the Grange pub, I walked to beach and took a few photos with the FA 28-105. It was very windy and a little rainy and sand was blowing around so the harder elements were new for me to shoot in. I like the resulting harshness in the photos like dark clouds, sand blowing, angry waves and rain splatters on the lens. I converted a few images in this shoot to black and white as I thought the contrasts in the clouds and the waves would work well, hopefully they did.

Pentax FA 28-105, f/13, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/90, Focal Length - 60 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/60, Focal Length - 28 mm (b&w conversion)

Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/900, Focal Length - 50 mm (b&w conversion)

Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/15, Focal Length - 60 mm (b&w conversion)

Pentax FA 28-105, f/4.5, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/1000, Focal Length - 105 mm (b&w conversion)

Thursday, 24 April 2008

Australian Trip - Whyalla: Views from Hummock Hill

Here's some shots taken from Hummock Hill in Whyalla, there's some interesting views of One Steel, the foreshore and and the old WW2 bunkers. I used the FA 28-105 which was good for long distance wide angle and the M-50 1.7 for in the bunker (low light) and better use of DOF.

Pentax FA 28-105, f/3.2, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/1500, Focal Length - 28 mm

Pentax M 50 mm 1.7, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/4000 (b&w conversion)

Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/80, Focal Length - 50 mm (bleach bypass)

Pentax M 50 mm 1.7, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/350 (b&w conversion)

Pentax M 50 mm 1.7, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/1500 (colour boost)

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Australian Trip - Port Bonython "The Shack" : Pt 1

My family own a beach house at Port Bonython and is a great getaway from the hustle and bustle of Whyalla...hahaha, just kidding, it's great just to get away from Whyalla!

I've been looking forward to taking photos out here with the K10D for a long and it was a lot of fun as theres lots nature, sand dunes, beaches and cool sunsets.

Pentax FA 28-105, f/3.2, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/1000, Focal Length - 28 mm

Pentax DA 18-55, f/6.7, ISO - 400, Shutter - 1/125, Focal Length - 38 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 280, Shutter - 1/250, Focal Length - 43 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/27, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/45, Focal Length - 85 mm

Pentax FA 28-105, f/8, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/180, Focal Length - 34 mm

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

Australian Trip - Whyalla: The Backyard

Here's some random photos of my parents backyard taken with the Takumar 55mm 1.8 and the Pentax DA 18-55 with a macro filter attached.

Pentax DA 18-55 - macro filter

Pentax DA 18-55, f/4.5, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/190, Focal Length - 40 mm

Pentax DA 18-55, f/4.5, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/30, Focal Length - 40 mm (cropped)

Pentax DA 18-55, f/4.5, ISO - 400, Shutter - 1/350, Focal Length - 40 mm (cropped)

Pentax DA 18-55, f/4.5, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/125, Focal Length - 40 mm

Super Takumar 55mm 1.8

"Pipa" - Takumar 55 mm 1.8, ISO - 400, Shutter - 1/60 (bleach bypass)

Takumar 55 mm 1.8, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/125 (B&W conversion)

Takumar 55 mm 1.8, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/180 (cropped)

Takumar 55 mm 1.8, ISO - 200, Shutter - 1/250 (cropped)

Monday, 21 April 2008

Australian Trip - Glenelg & West Beach

As I said in an earlier post, I took way too much camera gear when I went home to South Australia. My main lens when I was there was the Pentax FA 28-105 3.2/4.5 and the Pentax DA 18-55 3.5/4.5, two great walk around lenses, even though they do overlap somewhat in certain ranges. These two lenses woked best for me during the daytime and dusk, but for sunsets, night shots and general low light situations I changed to the Pentax M 50mm 1.7.

Because I have about 600 photos, I will do a best of broken up into different time frames and places. Here is the first set taken on the first morning with a Stella / Coopers hangover which were taken at Henley Square on Henley Beach and at Glenelg Beach.

Takumar 55 mm 1.8, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/4000

Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/250, Focal Length - 105 mm (cropped)

Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/180, Focal Length - 105 mm (cropped)

Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/180, Focal Length - 28 mm