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What? Again?

Feb 25

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Wide angle boat You think you have seen this before? It is a photo I took today with my kit lens, since I wanted to recreate the wide angle look I have seen in some photos. I don’t get the fisheye look I had hoped for, but I learned a lot about wide angle and how it affects distances. If you compare it with the photo I took a while ago (right side) A boat in the winter . The boat in the foreground is almost the same size, I am somewhat closer to it on the left, but sort of same size. If you look at the boat out in the water though, there is a significant difference. The wider zoom makes it much smaller.

I think I like the wide angle shot (left) better of the two. The boat is sharper in it as well, but I think that has to do with my focus point, since I do believe that my prime lens in general is much sharper and better image quality compared to the kit lens.

/Kristian

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Great weather today

Feb 21

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Logs in the snow We have had a wonderful weather today.  I went to explore an area around Taulov which I haven’t been in before armed with my camera and a happy dog.

It was a nice walk, and  the sun shine has really given be a boost of energy today which has been much needed. Back to the photo…

I found a few logs in the side of the road, which I figured could make a decent photo.  Not mind boggling or really telling a great story, but a decent and calm photo.

I also took a photo of some trees and their shadow, which was kind of okay. When a car entered the frame it really started having potential. It is only later I realised that my shutterspeed was too fast, so it stopped all motion making the car look like it is parked :/

So today reminded me that I need to practice taking photo with motion, and learn panning techinques.

Happy sunny Sunday
♠/Kristian

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The same boat

Feb 11

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A boat in another light I am posting the same boat again today, and why is that? Well yesterday it was grey and cloudy. Today I walked in the sunset, and with clouds scattered across the sky. That makes a significant different photo, or at least it can. I wanted to check out if I could get that to show in black and white as well. This is the result.

The angle is different. I like the angle yesterday better, due to the boat in the middle of the fjord adding a lot to the photo. But that would mean no clouds in today’s photo.  I wanted a bit of a dramatic sky, so I enhanced the contrast a lot, and I figured I still have a way to go before figuring out the B&W conversion.

Another note I took is that I tried shooting Oskar with my 50mm today which focuses faster than my zoom lens, and that means a lot to the focus when he is running around. So I will be doing that more from now on. Unfortunately I kind of missed the high dynamic range of the him in the snow, so he turned pitch black on most photos.

Anyway, I have learned some things today. Hope you enjoy the result :)

/Kristian

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A boat at winter time

Feb 10

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A boat in the winter Just a short update from me today. I am still playing around with black and white, and I absolutely love how I can change the constrasts in the image and seeing how much it means. Today I have tried to pull out the boat and make it appear as the subject by making it darker.

/Kristian

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It’s a sign!

Feb 8

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It's a sign I have decided to make this week all black and white, scratch that – we call it duo tone week.  I have wanted to play around with black and white images for a while, or duo tone if you like. So why not force my self to do that. All images this week will be in black and white,  so I might get the hang of it.

With black and white I believe I can work more with shapes, lines and textures, since one dimension has been removed, and therefore doesn’t distract. That makes some things easier, and some things harder. Here is my first attempt at a snow covered landscape with a sign.

/Kristian

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Simon visiting

Feb 3

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What are you looking at? I never managed to post anything yesterday, though I got some pretty decent shots. Simon came to stay for a day, since they warned about a big snow storm coming. We never really got that much snow, but it was fun to have him over.  We took Oskar for a walk to get the opportunity  to hone our photography skills. It ended up being pretty dark, but I managed to get this shot of Oskar watching Simon taking photos.

Brians homebrewed beerLater in the evening we went to another colleague’s house (Brian) to taste his home brew beer, so I wanted to post a photo of that, even though it is not my photo for the day. It was really good, and we had a great night trying to confuse Brian with camera stuff since he just bought a Canon D500. I played around with it a bit, and it is really a nice camera. From what I can see it performs really well.

/Kristian

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How to play golf in snow?

Jan 25

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Solitary tree Oskar and I went golfing today, but we couldn’t find the ball after the first shot. It is really hard to find in the snow. So I went to take some photos instead during the sunset.

Finally the sun is shining again, I think it is a week or so since I saw it last, and apparently I need sun to exist. At least I am pretty happy today with the nice weather. It is cold, but that can be dealt with by an extra layer of cloth.

/Kristian

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A plant full of snow

Jan 18

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 It snowed!One of the days full of excuses again. I wasn’t home before it got dark, but I just  got the new and bright lens so that shouldn’t stop me!  Well to be honest I was lazy, but when I walked through the gate to by hotel, I saw a plant lidt by a lamp post, and realised I might be able to play a little more with light and shadows. So I did.

I am still impressed by the lens, it is extremly sharp and captures a lot of light. This shot is taken a few hours after it became dark, and only lit by a single light bulb.  It is all you get for today, a picture by me playing around with my new lens.

It is a pretty boring shot admitted, but it is what I could manage for a day with lots of work. I will try to get up early tomorrow and see if I can get a shot before I need to go to the course.

/Kristian

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Drive by shooting

Jan 12

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Car driving by Once again it was already dark when I got off from work, so a little panicking about what to shoot. I ended up taking a few night shots on a tripod, and the result is what you see here.

A car drove by when I took the shot, or rather it was in the middle of the picture when I finished. That why the lights stop there.

/Kristian

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