Showing posts with label black and white. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black and white. Show all posts
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Day 2 : Part 2 - Osaka
A crossing for people and people crossing each other.
Stranded, she once felt alone.
The same crossing but one for mechanical serpents.
A meal and mirror and we can smile.
Monday, 1 September 2008
Friday, 15 August 2008
Fukuyama Matsuri #4
Pentax M 50 mm 1.7 : f/1.7 (?) : ISO - 560 : Shutter - 1/180
A beautiful woman should always be in focus and luckily, this one is. The reason I cropped the photo square was due to the distracting elements in the background which took away from the young lady and her graceful movements. This is one of the few photos of the night that were actually well exposed and in focus.
On another note, I also found the Pentax M 50mm 1.7 a little difficult to focus while 1: under pressure as my mother-in-law wanted to see every photo I took on the LCD, 2: lack of light and 3: The M 50mm lens focusing ring is smaller than the Super Takumar 55mm 1.8.
On another note, I also found the Pentax M 50mm 1.7 a little difficult to focus while 1: under pressure as my mother-in-law wanted to see every photo I took on the LCD, 2: lack of light and 3: The M 50mm lens focusing ring is smaller than the Super Takumar 55mm 1.8.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Where I Used To Be
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/1.8 : ISO - 280 : Shutter - 1/10
I think this photo has an interesting, dark and moody feel to it especially due to the lighting, glass and tone. I'd like to take some more photos behind this frosted glass as I think it produces some really interesting shapes and shadows.
Saturday, 9 August 2008
Sundown & A Fire In The Sky
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8 : f/1.8 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/500
This was shot at the same time as my last post, except that it was taken with the Super Takumar 55mm 1.8 with an open aperture and low ISO, so it was a quick shot in low light, so therefore not a lot of detail was captured in the clouds. When I converted the photo to mono, the low and interesting cloud formation really popped out, giving it a ghostly, splashing wave like feel.
Thursday, 7 August 2008
Yoko's Eye & Half
Super Takumar 55 mm 1.8, f/1.8, ISO - 560, Shutter - 1/125 (black & white conversion)
This photo was taken last December, 2007 at the Souzou v.1 opening night which I had forgotten to post on flickr. It's a photo of my friend Yoko who had recently just bought herself a Pentax K10D and I was showing her the wonders of Takumar lenses. I really like the cropping of this photo, the sharpness of her eye and the beauty of the bokeh produced by the Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8.
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Miyajima #3
Super Takumar 135 mm 3.5, f/3.5, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/90
This photo was taken at Miyajima, an island close to Hiroshima City. Miyajima has a few deer roaming the island annoying visitors with nudges and by eating your clothes.
I decided to only use my Takumar lenses on this outing, especially the Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 and the SMC Takumar 28mm 3.5. I would have preferred if the hand was more in focus, so I should have used a much faster shutter speed with a higher ISO.
I decided to only use my Takumar lenses on this outing, especially the Super Takumar 135mm 3.5 and the SMC Takumar 28mm 3.5. I would have preferred if the hand was more in focus, so I should have used a much faster shutter speed with a higher ISO.
Monday, 28 July 2008
Seperated
I can't find the original of this photo so I don't know any of the specs (lens, f/stop. etc). I particularly like this photo as Naomi's eyes are nicely focused but from the side and through the hair but you can still see where she's looking.
Friday, 11 July 2008
Give Me Structure
Auto Tamron 35 mm 2.8 : f/5.6 : ISO - 200 : Shutter - 1/60
"Give me convenience or give me death" - Jello Biafra.
Gotta admire the Japanese and their love of building things, just like kids with lego. Anyway, I really like how this image turned out in black and white with the strong contrasts. I took this image from a train so I was blessed with a nice reflection of what looks like a wire fence...don't know where that came from but I like it there because it shouldn't be.
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Serenity
Auto Tamron 35 mm 2.8 : f/5.6 : ISO - 200 : Shutter - 1/125
On the train to Hiroshima from Fukuyama, this is the area just after Onomichi and it's really beautiful with the ocean and mountains in the background. I used to travel this way every morning and looking at it made me not think of where I was going, which was work.
I had about 4 seconds to quickly take this shot of the lone boatman and overall it came out pretty good, this image isn't cropped or straightened (as I try and think more about composition) with only a b&w conversion and added vignette to help center the boatman.
I had about 4 seconds to quickly take this shot of the lone boatman and overall it came out pretty good, this image isn't cropped or straightened (as I try and think more about composition) with only a b&w conversion and added vignette to help center the boatman.
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.
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.
Monday, 19 May 2008
Sand Art
Pentax FA 28-105 f/3.2-4.5 : f/4.5 : ISO - 100 : Shutter - 1/750 : black and white conversion
I took these three shots while at Port Bonython, South Australia. It was the first time I'd seen this design in the sand hills before even though I had been going here since I was a kid. I liked this design as a triptych as they compliment each other nicely but something about it does not quite fit, maybe the composition, angle or maybe even the scale.
Thursday, 15 May 2008
My Dad
This is Juan. A great man and a greater father. Thanks for letting me be whatever I wanted to be.
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/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 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)
Australian Trip - Port Bonython "The Shack" : Pt 2
These shots were taken the following morning.
Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/90, Focal Length - 28 mm (b&w conversion)
Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/90, Focal Length - 28 mm (bleach bypass)
Pentax FA 28-105, f/11, ISO - 100, Shutter - 1/60, Focal Length - 28 mm (b&w conversion)
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)
"Pipa" - Takumar 55 mm 1.8, ISO - 400, Shutter - 1/60 (bleach bypass)
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