With
my vivid imagination I picture some sort of juvenile delinquent
stalking vertical surfaces with a duffel bag of spray cans in the
middle of the night. But what kind of delinquent breaks the law to
embellish walls with Christian symbols!?
There's
not much blue to be found in the skies these days, so I have to look
for it elsewhere. I would have preferred a dose of yellow, but that
color is tougher to find.
Blue
Glenda │ Sony RX1 │ 35mm F2.5 1/100s ISO100
Some
of you may have noticed my new blog format. It's intended to make the
photos more dominant as these are supposed to be the focus of this
site. By removing the side bar, the site's look will be more
consistent across the various platforms (mobile and desktop).
Hopefully there won't be too many teething problems...
No,
we weren't able to get on this tram, it seemed to be reserved for
more important people than ourselves. But the weather was more suited
to cycling anyway.
The
RX1 is very quiet; nobody hears the shutter being released, even at
close quarters. I'd still be noticed though if I were to spend a lot
of time composing the shot perfectly, so I didn't. This is very much
a spontaneous shot that I took among some of the other patrons
waiting in front of the counter. It's a bit raw with a dangerous list
to the left, but captures the atmosphere.
I've
taken photos of this corner before, but never when the sun's rays
where split evenly down both sides of the building. It's almost as if
the bow is pushing forward through an ocean of photons.
Normally
this time of the year, I'm outside reveling in the return of warmer
weather. Not so this year with uncomfortably cold winds still blowing
out of the east. The wind made it feel so cold that we sought refuge
in the art gallery's warm interiors.
Among
the Flowers │ Sony RX1 │ 35mm F2.0 1/80s ISO1250
Pretty
soon a purple stain will spread into one of the city's numerous
canals.
It's
too bad I wasn't able to see the event which left this landscape in
its wake. I suspect that some sort of protection for the camera would
have been in order though.
More photos to come...
Purple
Drain │ Sony RX1 │ 35mm F5.6 1/160s ISO100
Postage
Stamp Headlights │ GF2 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │
50mm F4.0 1/500s│
ISO100
Here
are two very different views of the same object. One is a semblance
of reality, the other a distorted abstraction. In the first image
light leaks around the back of the object, in the second image it is
blasted by the sun.
Blasted
Abstraction │ GF2 + Lumix 7-14mm F4.0 │ 7mm F4.0 1/500s ISO100
In
a final image the object is no longer the center of attention.
Transient
Reality │ GF2 + Nikkor-P 105mm F2.5 │ 105mm F5.6 1/2000s ISO100
There's
no better way to prove that I'm back in Amsterdam than showing a
photo with bicycles in it. The girl stopped to do some texting is
causing a little obstruction. It's still much better than the
alternative of texting while cycling one handed, which is more
common.
Now
that I'm back home, I have a lot of photos from London to sort
through. I'll be posting more images from my collection over the
coming days.
I've
taken photos of the EYE Film Museum before, but the light was never
this good. I took some photos with my lovely RX1, but nothing can
beat an ultra wide angle for this building. The dramatic perspective
accentuates the acute angles and the building seems as if it's
counting down to take off.
Splitting
│ GF2 + Lumix 7-14mm F4.0 │ 7mm F4.0 1/80s ISO100
There
was no hiding the fact that I was photographing these two: they were
coming straight at me. Upon reaching the top of the steps, they asked
to see the photo. I guess they liked it enough that they asked me to
email them a copy. Now it was just a matter of finding a suitable
writing surface to jot their address down.
Writing
Surface │ Sony RX1 │ 35mm F2.0 1/80s ISO10,000
Access
to this pair of petrol stations was cut off after the city lowered
the level of the highway. Rather than tear them down, they've been
transformed into pavilions that serve a new park along the highway.
The
underside of the hot pink canopy is a light installation, so coming
at night is the thing to do. Stay tuned for part 2.