12:52 AM
As I walked home the other day using a route on the waterfront I don’t always use, I almost passed by this bollard without noticing its peculiar features. Luckily the corner of my eye caught this amusing face someone drew on the bollard. You will see I shot the picture on f5, so for effect the blurred background is thanks to Lightroom.
1:00 AM
Beautiful sunrise today on the Wellington waterfront. I am still shooting the Tamron with what I consider safe settings just until I can get to grips with the quality and capabilities of the lens at more extreme settings. Aperature was set at f5 at 25mm, and I am very pleased with the resulting depth of field. At the same time I have a new camera to learn. I love the size of the Sony a5100 and the flip up screen is real useful to take pictures from angles other than the typical eye level photos. Oh, and have I mentioned how quick focusing is with this little camera! One downside is that it does not have any manual dails on the camera like my Fuji X100T has. Everything must be set via the menus and rotary dial. Not ideal, but with practice I am sure I will master this.
2:16 AM
It has been 10 years since I posted on this blog. In celebration of my return, I took the photo below with my new Tamron with my recently purchased secondhand Sony a5100. It is early days, so I cannot yet offer any feedback regarding this camera and lens, but keep visiting this blog to learn more about my experience with these new photography tools.
