I can never resist photographing something like this. Here what used to be a banal building product is revealing some sort of underlying structure as it rusts away.
Incidentally, since I've arrived in Canada, I've been using my NEXUS 7 mini tablet for posting to this blog. From the camera's SD card, I download only the JPEGs that I'm considering posting. That's much easier to do than on the iPad since the NEXUS 7 lets you scroll through the SD card's contents in full size BEFORE downloading them. With full screen previews, I can see enough of a photo to pick out the best ones.
The iPad forces me to download everything into the device's limited internal memory; the preview thumbnails are far too small to make a selection beforehand. Even worse, the iPad doesn't allow you to download only the JPEG or the RAW file; you can't separate the pair and have to download both. So the iPad always filled up very quickly with files I didn't want on it.
On the NEXUS 7, I download only the JPEGs I'm thinking about editing and posting to my blog. All other images, including the RAW files get backed up every day on my little Colorspace UDMA 2. At the moment the Squarespace APP I use to post to this Blog limits the size of uploaded images to 600 pixels wide. Hopefully that will change in the near future.
Patterns of Decay | Sony RX1 | 35mm F2.8 1/80s ISO1600
When the gunk at the bottom of the chicken coop had frozen over, I took the opportunity to crawl around on my hands and knees to take some photos. No closeups of the inhabitants were possible as they kept a wary distance. I'm sure if I sat there for an hour in my most nonthreatening pose, they'd eventually risk a closer look. Joining the cat in front of the fireplace seemed like a better idea though.
Under a Mesh Sky | Sony RX1 | 35mm F4.0 1/80s ISO400
Inside Links | Sony RX1 | 35mm F4.0 1/80s ISO160
Outside Links | Sony RX1 | 35mm F4.0 1/80s ISO200
On
the first nice day of the year, I always feel this irresistible urge
to head out to the local park to take some photos of the first
flowers. I'll spare you those.
I
still automatically take photos at large apertures – not used to
all the light – but I haven't seen such healthy shutter speeds in a
long time...
Here
the pattern is so dominant and foreign to the actual shape of the
building – a plain block – that it dissolves the edges. I had
hoped for a lost soul to stumble into the frame, but the area was
more or less deserted. So much for adding a frame of reference...
Hardly
a day goes by without rain.
Through the Gaps │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F5.6 1/250s ISO100
These kinds of places seem to make people nervous; as if some threatening figure is going to pop out from behind a pillar any moment. I usually get wary glances from the odd cyclist or pedestrian that's rushing through to the other side...and I don't think I look all that threatening. When there's occasionally a lot of light in the underpass, like in the top photo, the sinister atmosphere disappears. You'd almost want to hang out and take photos.
Slivers of Daylight │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.0 1/80s ISO200
Until now I hadn't realized that the last few days I've been taking photos with the same theme: urban geometric patterns. I don't know why I'm suddenly starting to see them around every corner. Must be the heat!
These rare, nice days when everyone's rushing over the bridges to get to the beach, I'm crawling around underneath them. There's no sun tan lotion required and it's not very crowded either...
Braided Light │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F5.6 1/80s ISO100
X │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.5 1/640s ISO100
I usually photograph a diverse range of subjects, but there are some recurring themes or interests. One of them certainly has to be a love for patterns. I capture them in various degrees of abstraction to isolate them from their surroundings and make them more apparent.
Cascade │ GH2 + Leica 45mm F2.8 │ 45mm F5.6 1/100s ISO160
