Silverstone Classic 2013

The Silverstone Classic always makes for a nice day out and this year was no exception, the weather held up nicely despite it raining the night before and rain being forecast.

I took the GXR A12-M with Heliar 15mm, Jupiter-11 135mm and the Leica Elmar 90mm lens with me although I used mostly the two longer lenses as you can see in the series here.

London Marathon 2013

Another great day in London with sunshine and mild temperatures, almost perfect for the 2013 London Marathon to take place although the runners would have probably preferred it a bit cooler.

I got up early in the morning, packed my GXR with Heliar 15mm, Jupiter-8 50mm and Leica Elmar 90mm lenses and set out to take pictures of the marathon. I took the Heliar with me because I had some specific pictures in mind I wanted to take with t and the Elmar to try and use a longer focal length and see how I would get on with. For most part I got on well but I had a bad manual focus day so got quite a lot of out of focus pictures due to me not paying attention to the distance markings or the screen.

Here a slightly longer series with some of the pictures I like best, I also tried to keep it varied so hopefully it's not too repetitive.

Blinds

GXR A12-M, f4.0, 1/203, ISO 200, RAW, 135mm (Leica Elmar f4.0 90mm L)

Just had some fun with the lens flare of the Leica lens when the sun hit it through the window while having a pint at a local pub. I took some other pictures of the band playing but somehow liked this best since it's simple.

Silverstone Classic 2012

Went to Silverstone to see the Classic Car 2012 event, it was a great day and the first real day of summer. I took the GXR with Heliar 15mm and Leica 90mm lens along. People always say you can't do sports photography without having a dSLR and fast AF but the focus is at infinity anyway and the rest you just need some practice with panning shots which also work fine with using the screen.

It was great to see some 80s classics like the Countach, the F40, Testarossa, Porsche 911 and the Lotus Esprit. The races were also fun and very loud depending on the cars on the track.

One Tree Hill

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 1/310, ISO 200, RAW, 135mm (Leica Elmar f4.0 90mm L)

Bird on a Wire

GXR A12-M, f4.0, 1/125, ISO 436, RAW, 135mm (Leica Elmar f4.0 90mm L)

Flowers of Savill Garden

Went for a visit to Savill Gardens and took a set of 3 lenses with me, the Jupiter-12 35mm, the Voigtlander Heliar 15mm and the Leica Elmer 90mm. The pictures posted are taken with the Jupiter-12 and Leica OUFRO macro adapter and the Leica Elmar lens. I took some with the Voigtlander Heliar but did not end up selecting them for the post.

In Thought

GXR A12-M, f4.0, 1/189, ISO 200, JPG b&w

After the rain stopped I went out for a walk in the park and to take some pictures. Even the sun came out and I could enjoy a pint in the sun by the river.

London Marathon 2012

As with every year some pictures from the London Marathon, not my best year in terms of quality and I also got out a bit later so missed the main action.
Took all with the GXR A12-M, Jupiter-8 and Leica Elmar 90mm lenses.

Reading in the Painted Hall

GXR A12-M, f4.0, 1/68, ISO 3200, RAW, 135mm (Leica Elmar f4.0 90mm L)