Tagged: boat

SNOW WHEREVER I GO !!!

Just back from a very snowy Geneva. It was the perfect opportunity to test out my NEW 50mm f1.2 Canon prime lens’ weather sealing, completed with the customary UV filter. There will be another post which trials the lens itself (and that gorgeous bokeh!), but for now, it’s really the weather sealing that is being put through its paces!

In short, luckily it passed the test with considerable ease, and my new lens still works. The airport should take a lesson from Canon’s ability to deal with the elements! Full shots below.

Shot on a Canon EOS 5D mk3, 50mm lens at various f numbers, ISO of 100, and various shutter speeds.

                                                        

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WAIT FOR ME !!!

The snow continues in London, and so does my journey through the hard-disk to find shots that warm me up! This is one of my favourite photos I’ve taken, as it seems to scream ‘Travel’. Captured on the cliffs of Portugal’s Algarve coast under the harsh light of the midday sun, the aspirational qualities that I take from this photo are so indulgent! I like the contrast of the sun-kissed skin (slightly tinted rouge by the light reflecting off the red ferrous cliffs beneath) against the deep blue of the Atlantic Ocean, and the comparison of the delicately hanging earring vs the muscular and imposing yacht in the background! But I can’t quite figure out whether she’s clutching her head in despair that her ride home has just departed, or because she’s having a relaxing stretch / sunbathe !

Shot on a Canon EOS 5D mk3, 24-105mm lens at 105mm, f 4.0, ISO 100, 1/1250 sec

GONE SAILING…

Some have commented that my writing style is very prose-like, so to keep them guessing, I’m going to mix it up in this post.

In this shot, I have captured a girl on a boat. There is some rope, which is coiled – badly. The floor is white. The walls are white. Her trousers are almost white. Her shoes are not.

I have now run out of things to say about this post. Photo look nice.

Shot on a Canon EOS 5D, 24-105mm lens at 24mm, f 11, ISO 400, 1/250 sec.

SKY vs SEA; CLEAR vs CLOUD !!!

The sky in London this evening was beautiful, a proper mix of conditions. It drew my mind to this picture I took earlier this summer in Ibiza. I was on a boat just prior to sunset, and there was suddenly an unreal convergence of the ominous storm front, and the gorgeous day that had preceded it. Set against that, the telltale hump-back formation of the Ibizan mountain ‘jetty’, and I think it makes for a good snap!

Shot on a Canon EOS 5D mk 2, 24-105mm lens at 24mm, f 10.0, ISO 100, 1/200 sec.