Happy New Year 2013!

Happy New Year and all the best for you in the new year!

Another year is gone and things have changed as they always do but things have to change some more and you will see some changes here soon. Thanks for following my blog in 2012 and hope you will be back in 2013.

Have a great time celebrating the new year and have a fantastic 2013!

First Visit to Kew Gardens

A small series of pictures I took on my first visit to Kew Gardens, the weather was not great but at least it was not raining and the sun even came out for a bit. I took my Nokton lens and the Leica OUFRO macro adapter along for the trip.
While the adapter works fine, macro with a small sensor camera is just easier though and gives better results than with any large sensor camera and macro lenses where the DOF is just too shallow.

More Rain Clouds

Nexus 4, 1/33, ISO 200, JPG, Snapseed app

This is kind of a follow up to the Rain Clouds picture I took with the iPhone 4 a while ago but taken with the Nexus 4. The Nexus 4 camera is not nearly as good as the iPhone 4 camera and it's a pretty crappy camera even without comparing it with anything else.
The phone is great though but I doubt I will use the camera much, despite the panorama and Photo Sphere features being quite nice. It's a shame there is no Hipstamatic app available for Android as this would probably make it more fun to use the Nexus 4 camera.

City of London Enterprise

GXR A12-M, f1.4, 1/1125, ISO 336, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Underground

GXR A12-M, f1.4, 1/125, ISO 476, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Pier

GRD IV, f6.3, 4 sec., ISO 951, RAW

Red

Been a rainy Christmas day here in London so just had some fun with the GXR A12-M and the Leica OUFRO macro adapter.

Happy Christmas 2012

Have a happy Christmas and fantastic holidays, all the best for you and your family.

Thanks for visiting my Blog and hope you enjoy it.

At the Blue Table

Nexus 4, 1/40, ISO 100, JPG

The Nexus 4 is an amazing phone and probably the best phone to buy right now, especially given the price. The camera however is really poor even when compared with the iPhone 3GS, the focus and shutter lag makes it impossible to get any kind of moving shots. On the positive side it can adjust the EV compensation so this might come in handy at times.
Still, since I don't think much of any phone camera it is not really a problem for me. It would be nice to have the Hipstamatic app for Android though.

Market Grub

GXR A12-M, f2.8, 1/133, ISO 200, RAW, 53 mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Delivery

GXR A12-M, f4.0, 1/125, ISO 367, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Light in the Dark

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/125, ISO 2263, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Walking Home

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/125, ISO 1745, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Helmet

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/125, ISO 1532, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Focused

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/36, ISO 3200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Man at the Diner

GRD IV, f1.9, 1/125, ISO 2810, RAW, Snapseed

Being British

GRD, f2.4, 1/20, ISO 1600, JPG b&w

Ok, it's a bit shaky but I still like it and decided to post anyway. Some processing done with Snapseed.

Playing by the Notes

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/125, ISO 2810, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

At the Bar

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/125, ISO 1345, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Fog Over London Bridge

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1/470, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Walking Home

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/68, ISO 3200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Yellow Light

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1/52, ISO 400, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Flyover

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 1/500, ISO 200, RAW, 42mm (Ricoh GR f2.8 28mm L)

In Colour

Went to Somerset House today to see some of the photo exhibitions there and in particular the Cartier Bresson exhibition 'A Question of Colour'. It is well worth seeing and very interesting, although I did not like or even understand all of the street photographs there.

In spirit of the exhibition I took my Epson RD-1 along and have chosen the title for this post.

Friday Night at The Comedy Pub

Went after work to The Comedy Pub to listen to some live performances from a few bands and Nacee, you might remember the name from my post about the CD covers pictures I have taken. This was the first time I actually got to see her perform live so it was great to see her on stage.

This is a short series with some of the pictures I took during the evening.

Taxi

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1/233, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

The Shard

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 1/410, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 53mm)

Together

GXR A12-M, f2.8, 1/660, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

One Way

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 1/125, ISO 456, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Silhouette

GRD IV, f3.5, 1/1870, ISO 80, RAW

Caution

GXR A12-M, f2.0, 1/153, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

A Shard Sunrise

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 1/2000, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

On the Cathedral Steps

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1/125, ISO 400, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Looking for Directions

GXR A12-M, f2.8, 1/125, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Under the Bus

GXR A12-M, f2.0, 1/125, ISO 1822, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Return to Bodiam

It was supposed to be a nice and sunny day, it surely started that way but then the rain came. Still, it was Sunday and I decided to head back to Bodiam castle.
Last time I have been here was in 2009 and I had the Panasonic LC1 with me, this time I took the GXR A12-M with the Nokton 35mm and my favourite lens the Heliar 15mm.

The first picture is taken from the same spot and should give an idea how little things have changed (including the weather) since my last visit.