Parked

GR, f2.8, 1/250, ISO 400, RAW

It's been a mostly grey and rainy day but I still made it out for a walk during lunch and saw the yellow door first and then the car so had to take a photo of it.

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013

Before heading to Harwich to take the ferry to Holland, I had tickets for the first day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester.

It was great fun but I would have needed a lot more time to see everything and have enough time for some proper photography, it was all a bit rushed in a way. It was still worth going though and the weather has been great.

I used the GR with 21mm adapter mostly but removed the adapter at times to get a bit closer, here the GXR with Leica 90mm would have probably been the better choice. to take some pictures of the cars on the track.

Louwman Visit

If you're in Den Haag and have at least a slight interest in cars, you should visit the Louwman Museum. Even if you don't have interest in cars but just want to have a coffee in a cool setting you should still go for a visit. I don't normally like going to museums when the weather is nice as it feels like I am missing out by being inside but the visit to the Louwman was worth it.

I decided to post a series of pictures from it, trying to be as varied as possible when taking into account that I was taking pictures of cars in a museum. The pictures are taken both with the Gr and the Heliar 15mm lens, which performed extremely well despite the low light in the halls but the wide angle and extra DOF sure came in handy. All pictures processed on the Nexus 7 using Photo Mate, a RAW developer which quickly manages to surpass even RAW Therapee for quality but also ease of use.

Mercedes

GXR A16, f3.9, 1/125, ISO 1903, JPG, 28mm

MG

GXR A12 28mm, f5.0, 1/97, ISO 200, RAW

Parked Upfront

GRD, f2.4, 1/11, ISO 1600, JPG

Rolls Ricoh

GXR A12, f2.5, 1/15, ISO 1600, RAW

Maybe not the most interesting of pictures but I really like the colors and the 'Ricoh Blue' in the sky so wanted to post it.

Another Morris

iPhone 4, f2.4, ISO 80, JPG

Another picture in my series of Morris cars, I will keep this series up and only use the iPhone for this so you might see some more pictures whenever I see more of them arround.

Morris

iPhone 4, f2.4, 1/736, ISO 80, JPG

Pinhole GF1

GF1, 1/20, ISO 3200, JPG

One of the main reasons for buying the GF1 was to use it as a pinhole camera. Now you might ask why would I spend so much money for a advanced camera and use it for pinhole photography if I can just take a box and a roll of film and it would be much cheaper.
Well, I don’t like film and find it too much hassle. Besides, the GF1 offers many advantages which film can not offer, like live view for example.

The picture posted here was one of the first sample pictures I took with the alpha version of my pinhole ‘lens’, some tinfoil over the C-mount adapter I had here. This was for testing purposes only to see how big the hole had to be and check a few things about the distance.
I have now made a beta version and will take it for a spin tomorrow.

I have said it many times but the ability to play around with old lenses or pinhole photography is exactly why I think the m4/3 format and especially the GF1 are so good and currently the best camera around. I surely hope Ricoh releases something similar soon, best thing would be a m4/3 sensor module for their GXR.

Standing in the Rain

LC1, f2.4, 1/100, ISO 100, JPG, 90mm

Today I got wet twice, first in the morning while it was raining, and then again in the afternoon while walking along the Malecon to take pictures of the waves.
In both cases my LC1 and GRD III got quite soaked but kept on going without problems.

This was not my favorite picture from today but being in Cuba for a few days already I had to post a picture of a old car and this I really like. My favorite picture is of the old lady in the yellow raincoat that you can see in my Gallery.

Curves

GRD, f2.4, 1/8, ISO 1600, JPG b&w

Took this picture in the evening while walking home. I liked the light and shapes of the car. It seemed like it would make a good b&w picture and it did come out very well.

Abandoned

GRD, f4, 1/250, ISO 400, JPG b&w

When I passed this car the first time I liked the setting but the light was not right, it was cloudy so I did not take a picture. On my way back, the sun came through and the light was much better. This shows that although a scene or setting can be right, without the right light you can't get a good picture. After all photography is all about the light. Took the picture in black and white but added a sepia toning to it, since it gives it more of a timeless appearance.