Fun and Games

GR, f2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100, RAW

It is always a god idea to not only have your camera on hand but also turned on when walking or just waiting outside as you never know when an opportunity presents itself. I liked her playing with the kids and they all seemed to have a great time, I was happy to capture the moment.

In front of the o2

A small series of pictures I took outside the o2, the light was very good and a lot of people were out in the sun and just walking around.

Tarmac

GR, f8.0, 1/640, ISO 100, RAW

Weather has been great and I went for a long walk around north Greenwich but did not take too many pictures.

Cinema

GR, f5.0, 1/2, ISO 1600, RAW

While in the cinema and waiting for the movie to start, I liked how the screen looked and decided to take a picture. The nice thing about being able to go earlier in the day to the cinema is that it's pretty empty so you feel like it's your own personal screening.

Running Through Water

GR, f6.3, 1/1000, ISO 100, RAW

Took the GR out again for some shooting around the O2 and Greenwich, wanted to post another series but decided to stick with only one picture for today.

I continue to be impressed with the GR, it is fast and just works, I like the colours it produces and the detail is impressive despite being used to the GXR A12-M.

Spire

GRD IV, f5.6, 1/640, ISO 80, RAW

As you can see from my pictures I have spent quite some time at the O2 recently but having time and a cinema card means I have been around there a few times.

Took the GRD IV with me to test my new Eye-Fi SD card and see how well it woks, I used it yesterday in the GXR but since the GRD IV has built in support I wanted to see if there is any difference. So far it's great, mostly for the ability to finally have some (more or less accurate) geo-tagging in my pictures since it's something Ricoh has not implemented in any of their cameras. While it works fine in JPGs, DNGs don't have the data embedded so any RAW conversion loses the data but I guess it's better than nothing.

Greenwich Beach

GRD, f6.3, 1/640, ISO 400, JPG b&w

Another grey day in London, what's annoying is that now when I am home the weather is like this but when I was stuck in an office till 6pm it was nice and sunny. But on days like these I can go to the cinema and not feel like  miss out.

Took the GRD I again with me since the b&w images it produces seemed best suited for the grey sky today.

AirLine

GRD, f6.3, 1/640, ISO 64, JPG

Took this during a walk around the O2, after the grey and rainy day yesterday it was quite nice today. I wanted to travel light and decided to take only the GRD I with me today. Unusual for me if you've been following my blog but I actually used it at ISO 64 and shot in color, found the scene required it.

Waiting for the Bus

GRD, f2.4, 1/160, ISO 400, JPG b&w

No camera produces b&w images quite like the GRD I, it is quite unique and this is partly what makes the GRD I special and why in my pinion it still stands out between all the small sensor compacts and why I would recommend it over any of the newer GRDs.

Llynch

GXR A12-M, f5.6, 1/217, ISO 200, RAW, 75mm (Jupiter-8 f2.0 50mm L)

Greenwich

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 1/1070, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Jupiter-12 f2.8 35mm L)

North Greenwich

A small series from North Greenwich, all taken during a walk with the GXR A12-M and Heliar 15mm lens today.

Dark Clouds Passing

GF1, f1.4, 1/250, ISO 100, RAW 16:9, 50mm (Voigtländer Nokton f0.95 25mm)

Fire in North Greenwich

GX100, f5.6, 1/800, ISO 100, RAW, 72mm

My last pictures were all a bit dark and without much happening in them, or a bit boring in other words.
Today, I decided to take a walk through Greenwich on my way to the cinema. I saw the smoke of a fire in the indutstrial area and decided to take a picture. I tried to give it a slightly warm tone by using the cloudy WB setting in camera.

End of the Line

GRD III, f2.8, 2 sec., ISO 200, RAW

Got back to London this morning and back to the rain here. It did stop raining in the afternoon and evening though so I could take a few pictures on my way back.
Since I had the GRD III with me, I decided to use it for some long exposures, these work much better now and are a lot more usable than the smudgy results one gets from the GRD I.
I used a strong sepia photo filter in Photoshop for the image as I did for the one yesterday to give it an older look. I also wanted to have some noise and shot the picture at ISO 200 but added more noise in Photoshop since I felt the ISO 200 noise was not enough.

No More Games

GRD III, f1.9, 1/1740, ISO 64

I took this on my way home in North Greenwich, I liked the feel of the abandoned parking lot and the lonely ball there.
I used f1.9 and focused on the ball to try and get a bit of shallow DOF. This worked very well although the ball was 3-4m away.

Sandmountain

GRD II, f5, 1/500, ISO 80, RAW

The weather has been grey and rainy all day so I have not been taking many pictures and have been a bit uninspired. On my way home I saw this though and found it would make a nice picture due to the colors and contrast between the sand and sky. I added strong vignetting and used a very high contrast for this to give it an almost HDR look.