Wall Mural

TG-4, f4.5, 1/500, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm

Walking Past Street Art

GR, f6.3, 1/320, ISO 400, RAW

Althought it was raining in the morning the sun came out in time for my lunch break so I took the opportunity to go for a walk and take photos around Brick Lane and Shoreditch High Street. This underpass I liked and the light was very nice so I took a few photos around.

The Wall

GXR A12-M, f6.3, 1/1520, ISO 200, RAW, 42mm (Ricoh GR f2.8 28mm L)

BerlinArt

A small series of the different art you can encounter during your visit to Berlin. It was great to have another day in Berlin although it was freezing outside and using a metal camera is not always great, especially when you also need to focus the lens. The GXR at least fared very well in these temperatures and had no problems at all although the focus on the Nokton got more difficult to turn.

The Scribblings on the Wall

GXR A12 28mm, f2.5, 1/18, ISO 3200, RAW

Warning

GF1, f5.6, 1/640, ISO 200, JPG b&w, 56mm (Ricoh GR f2.8 28mm L)

Cans

GRD, f2.4, 1/20, ISO 200, JPG, 40mm

Today I finally made it to Leake Street, the new home for graffitti artists and unfortunatelly vandals alike. It is an interesting place right under Waterloo station where you can see some nice graffitti art but unfortunatelly also some stupid scribblings by talentless vandals. The guy in the picture is an artist so while I dislike stupid scribblings I agree with what he's doing and think it's cool. Well worth a visit if you're in the area.
I cropped the picture to the 1:1 format, removed some color noise and boosted the contrast a bit. The focus was on the cans and I wanted the guy in the background slighty out of focus and have some motion blur.

Street Art

GRD, f3.5, 1/160, ISO 100, JPG

Today, I decided to go and see the 'Street & Studio' exhibition at the Tate Modern. Before going there I took a walk along the Southbank and took quit a few pictures on the way. Most were with the LC1 but the GRDs were also with me so got a bit of work to do, too. For quick street shots there is nothing better than the GRDs and I know I repeat myself here. The LC1 works great in manual focus mode but the AF is just too slow for some situations.
The exhibition itself was interesting and it was nice to see some classic street shots. I would have preferred it if the theme would be only 'Street' without the 'Studio' since my main interest were the street shots. Studio pictures for me are posed and "fake" so not really interesting. Nothing against studio photography but for me this does not capture the essence of "a moment in time that would be lost otherwise". This for me is photography, capturing a moment that will never return in the same form.