Sandart

Camera: E-3
ISO: 800
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -1.0)
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 24mm
Bounce flash


Playing with crafty birthday pressies already.

The Alphabet Book

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f7.1
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 45mm

Today was Zara's birthday so what other photo would I post than her opening her alphabet photo book! She loves it and is absolutely stoked that everything in there is familiar.

This is what graffiti looks like in the public toilets of a town full of hippies

Camera: E-3
ISO: 1250
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.4
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 23mm

ANZAC

Camera: E-3
ISO: 2000
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 60mm


My grandfather's funeral. He wanted a bagpiper there because he was loyal to his Scottish heritage. The flag over the coffin in the background has a pretty special and unique story.
My grandfather was a Prisoner-of-War (POW) in Saigon for four years during WW2. He and his fellow POWs were tortured to the point of near-death (and past for many). My grandfather and 67 other Australian soldiers were alive when the war was over. To celebrate the victory they made an Australian flag. The red and white sections of the flag were cut from the flag of their captors, the Japanese. The blue section was from a mosquito net in the prison camp.
All 68 soldiers signed the flag with their names, battalion, and service numbers. My grandfather was the youngest of the group so they entrusted the flag to him for safekeeping. And that he did, from 1945 until his death on April 13th, 2009 - two weeks before his 88th birthday.
From the 68 soldiers who put their names to that flag, he was the second last alive. Now only one of those soldiers remain.
A very special and unique piece of ANZAC history.

Bathtime

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f8.0
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 12mm
Bounce flash

Yummy Incy Wincy

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 60mm


My awesome friend made this awesome cake for Zara's 5th birthday party. It was sooooo yummo!

Before & After

Camera: E-3
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f8.0
Shutter: 1/500
Focal length: 12mm


Today's photo is an edit on a very boring photo - just played with it in Lightroom till it was dramatically different :D
Here is the sooc image:

Smiley

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f2.8
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 12mm
Bounce flash

Flowers

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 60mm
Bounce flash


Taken last thing at night.

E is for Eeyore

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/10
Focal length: 12mm

W is for Watermelon

Camera: E-1
ISO: 800 (whoops - left high from the day before!)
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias +0.3)
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/2500
Focal length: 200mm

Wyndham Estate

Camera: E-1
ISO: 1600
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 43mm

E is for Easter Eggs

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/250
Focal length: 117mm


Thought I would try selective colour here for something a little more interesting although I'm not really a fan of it. I used the adjustment brush in Lightroom to do it - would be quicker in Photoshop but the computer with PS on it is no more. Which is ok because I only ever used it once in a blue moon.
DOF is all wacky in this image - still not accustomed to just how shallow a DOF I can still achieve from quite a distance with my new 50-200mm.

Pressed Penny

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/50
Focal length: 54mm
Bounce flash


Almost forgot today's photo. Zara showing off her souvenir from the Zoo was all that was handy.

Labyrinth

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/1250
Focal length: 14mm

New Life

Camera: E-1
ISO: 400
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/2500
Focal length: 54mm

New life after the devastating Victorian bushfires.

Brighton Beach Huts

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f16
Shutter: 1/250
Focal length: 17mm


This looks strangely fake and I did do a bit of adjusting and editing in Lightroom but the original doesn't look much different to this! I was there at a hard time of day to shoot - the sun was low in the sky on a cloudless day which resulted in full sun coming in directly on those huts. But this resulted in being able to get good exposure for both the huts and the vibrant blue sky :)
There were very harsh shadows in the sand so I upped the fill light, and also increased the clarity and the vibrance. Also I cloned out some annoying bushes above the first hut on the right, and to the side of the far hut.
I love it! So bright and vibrant and almost surreal!

I like Big Butts

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/800
Focal length: 123mm

Deer Park

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 23mm

Yes this is a lounge in a field. The story behind this is quite funny but I won't go into it here.

Melbourne Marathon

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/640
Focal length: 200mm

On the Road to Gundagai

Camera: 1050SW
ISO: 100
Program: Auto
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/30
Focal length: fixed
Direct built-in flash


Only got the camera out this once - 14 hours of driving all up today.

Q is for Queen

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/60
Focal length: 52mm

New Haircut

Camera: 1050SW
ISO: 1600
Program: Auto (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/20
Focal length: fixed


Just showing off my new haircut. Not that you can really see it! I converted this to sepia... I usually hate sepia but thought I'd try it. Lots of noise at ISO 1600.

A is for Apples

Camera: E-3
ISO: 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/80
Focal length: 60mm


Another image for the alphabet book.

U is for Umbrella

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias +0.30)
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/800
Focal length: 200mm


Another image for the alphabet book... not sure if I'll use this one exactly, I took about 20 - so many cute ones :D

Mantis

Camera: E-3
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias 0.7)
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/400


Strange alien dude crash landed on my arm.

Cow

Camera: E-1
ISO: 400
Program: Aperture priority (exposure bias -0.3)
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/80
Focal length: 96mm

G is for Gumboots

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/160
Focal length: 57mm


Another image for the alphabet book.

ISO 3200

Camera: E-1
ISO: 3200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.4
Shutter: 1/200
Focal length: 158mm

We were outside at dusk and I realised I hadn't taken today's photo - to take the opportunity to explore the noise level the E-1 produces at ISO 3200.
I deliberately underexposed the shot in camera, and then brought the exposure back up around 1.5 stops in Lightroom to accentuate the grain/digital noise. The compression here means it is not so obvious but viewing the full-size version the noise is quite bad!
To see it better, here is a 1:2 crop of the image. The first shows the digital noise/grain out of the camera. The second shows the same image with basic noise reduction applied in Adobe Lightroom.

Z is for Zebras

Camera: E-1
ISO:200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/160
Focal length: 123mm


This is another image for the alphabet photobook.

M is for Milk

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f2.8
Shutter: 1/80
Focal length: 54mm


Another image for the alphabet book I am making.

Clever Girl

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.2
Shutter: 1/4000
Focal length: 101mm


I exposed for Jemima for this shot, who had the strong afternoon sun on her back, throwing the background into shadow.
Isn't she clever! She started pulling herself up on things a few days ago. Six and-a-half months.

B is for Books

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 54mm
No flash


I am compiling a photo book for my Zara's birthday - it's an alphabet book made with photos I have taken. Starts at 'a' - and there will be say, four images of things starting with 'a', next page will be 'b', and so on...
So this is one of the 'b' images.
The DOF is a little shallow but I'm not piling those books up again!

Ready Aim Fire!

Camera: E-1
ISO: 200
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/800
Focal length: 200mm


Little terror tried to get me with the hose this morning!

Olympus

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 60mm

Freaky Owl

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority, exposure bias -2/3
Aperture: f3.3
Shutter: 1/200
Focal length: 108mm

Heaven

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f8.0
Shutter: 1/200
Focal length: 21mm

Stalks

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f16
Shutter: 1/100
Focal length: 12mm


Saw really strange clouds, ran inside to get the camera, and of course by the time I came back out they weren't so weird anymore! But I shot them anyway.

March 11

Camera: E-3
ISO: 250
Program: Manual
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 20 seconds
Focal length: 12mm


Totally ran out of inspiration for today's photo!
This was done with my mobile phone because I couldn't find a torch! It was a PITA because the screen kept turning off halfway through writing.

QT

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.0
Shutter: 1/80
Focal length: 63mm


Straight out of the camera.

Moon pony

Camera: E-1
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f8.0
Shutter: 5 seconds
Focal length: 56mm


Straight out of camera. I thought this cloud moving over the moon looked like a pony :D
Crappy pic of the day but I left it too late and it's all I've got for today.

Dog and Sky

Camera: E-3
ISO: 200
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture:: f2.8
Shutter: 1/640
Focal length: 12mm

Willows

Camera: E-3
ISO: 125
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: 7.1 (not sure how it ended up there, this was a shot I wasn't prepared for, was in between adjusting the camera, and just had to grab it while I could!)
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 53mm


So I shot a wedding, have a had a flick through all the pics, but not really a chance to sit down and go through them all. I liked this one. Not my favourite from the day, and definitely far from technically perfect, but I think it has a nice feeling to it!

Puddy Tat

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.0
Shutter: 1/640
Focal length: 60mm

Used an antique preset in Lightroom.

Rainbow

Camera: E-3
ISO: 250
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.2
Shutter: 1/125
Focal length: 19mm


This just has to be today's image, I love sun flare, look, it made a rainbow! :D

Nebula

Camera: E-3
ISO: 100
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.4
Shutter: 1 second
Focal length: 26mm


Straight out of the camera apart from a crop.

Vintage Flower

Camera: E-3
ISO: 1000 (playing with the camera to see how far I can push the ISO up)
Program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.8
Shutter: 1/1250
Focal length: 37mm


Decreased the vibrance and saturation for a vintage look.

TBA

Today's shot was again on film so it will have to wait :) Just a shot of the local courthouse as I drove by. Can only remember I'd set the aperture to f8.

TBA

Today's photo is on film so I will scan it in in a week or two when I get the film developed and post it then.
I took three photos, of my bub sitting under a tree, one where the dog got in too :D Black and white film.
I know I will forget so the settings were:
ISO 400
Program: Manual
Aperture: f3.5
Shutter: 1/1000 (1st & 2nd), 1/500 (3rd) - I suspect the first two will be over-exposed, I wish I had a light meter!
Focal length: About 55mm