Tagged: yacht

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

ON THE UNDERGROUND !!!

In Stockholm, it’s snowing like mad, hands too cold to take out the supposedly ‘weather-sealed 5d mk3’, but i bought along the ‘waterproof’ camera bag to test it all out! Escaping the vertical snow, ducked into this ‘metro’ station, which is basically a barely disguised ravine tunnel!!! The bag was right, Manfrotto are good to their word, all the kit was warmer and dryer than me… then i looked up, and thought ‘the light is flattering, the lines are interesting, the background is dramatic and the general scene would be massively enhanced by a fisheye perspective – 15mm to be exact! More to come…

Shot on a Canon EOS 5D mk 3, 15mm fisheye lens at 15mm, f 2.8, ISO 2500, 1/40 sec.

DEEP BLUE (MARLIN) SEA !!!

DEEP BLUE MARLIN SEA !!!

I was staring out the window at the -2 degrees London skyline during a meeting today (multitasking obviously), and I counted precisely the same number of clouds that are in this picture I took of Blue Marlin in Ibiza a couple of months ago. I had to look very hard for the cloud.

I particularly like how the only evidence of civilisation is to be found in deserted yachts, skidoos and a solitary pair of sandals on the rocks. Not a single person in sight! 24mm was plenty wide to do justice to the jetty’s imposing path, cutting through the lunar-style boulders into the ‘fresh’ Med waters! Ahhh dream of warmth!

Shot on a Canon EOS 5D mk 3, 24-105mm lens at 24mm, f 4.0, ISO 400, 1/6400 sec.