Shot like this is a quintessential winter shot to me. It's so typical for january in the Polder. Wind, grey skies grey water...
Cleaned it up just a tad with neat image. Because of the lack of light I had my camera set to iso800.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Hyacinth
Toying with my 50mm and some flowers on the table. Just an experiment to to gain some experience with RAW processing but it turned out really nice.
Monday, January 22, 2007
6000 views on my flickr album
To celebrate I'm posting this KLM Boeing 737 that just landed in rather heavy crosswinds on the Polderbaan of Schiphol airport.
Shot in RAW and processed in Photoshop. I'm slowly getting the hang of that whole RAW thingy. In this case it allowed me to depict the fact that the plane just had a bit of sun on an otherwise rather miserable day.
Shot in RAW and processed in Photoshop. I'm slowly getting the hang of that whole RAW thingy. In this case it allowed me to depict the fact that the plane just had a bit of sun on an otherwise rather miserable day.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Baked some buns
Baked some of these as a treat for Sunday lunch using that excellent flower I buy at windmill "de eersteling". Decided to take a few shots while they were cooling.
I'm quite pleased with the light. Did a WB measuring on the outside of the coverage of the warm light I have over my stove. This way I retain some warmness without getting excessive yellow.
I'm quite pleased with the light. Did a WB measuring on the outside of the coverage of the warm light I have over my stove. This way I retain some warmness without getting excessive yellow.
New glasses
Went to the Pearl yesterday to pick 'm up. Getting used to it but I think I like 'm. All the women I know think they're a good choice.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Not you and that camera again!
Portrait of my friend erica. 50mm 1.8 and SB600 of the opposite wall. Looks like I captured her at an inconvenient moment but mostly she's nice and harmless.
Visit to Meise
To spend some time with my friend Erica, drink too much wine and the next morning a visit to the National Botanical gardens where I shot this.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
feeling a bit silly
Know the feeling, an art exhibition that just doesn't appeal to you much? You end up shooting things like this.
Also, just noticed that my album has 5,375 views. Not bad for an amateur I think.
Also, just noticed that my album has 5,375 views. Not bad for an amateur I think.
Finally got another 50mm 1.8
When the last one died I realized just how much I was missing it. So I searched a bit and found an old non-D version with the HS-2 hood and a real Nikon skylight filter for 100 euros.
After getting it home I was toying with it a bit:
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2
Focal Length: 50 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
ISO Speed: 800
After getting it home I was toying with it a bit:
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2
Focal Length: 50 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
ISO Speed: 800
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
I went to see the latest James Bond, Casino Royal tonight. First time in 5 years I went to the cinema by my self. Very nice to spend some time doing something without anyone else.
The film itself was rather good. Of course it only loosely followed the book but hey, that's 53 years old now. What it did have was a lot more feeling of the real James Bond. James is, let face it, just not a very nice guy. Daniel Craig is, in my opinion, possibly the best James Bond since Connery did Dr. No in '63.
Script did keep some of the unexpected changes of direction the book also had. Eva Green playes a nice Vesper Lynn, sexy in a way you wouldn't expect in a major hit film these days. All in all, highly recommended! IMDB gives it a 7.9 which might be the highest rated Bond ever.
The film itself was rather good. Of course it only loosely followed the book but hey, that's 53 years old now. What it did have was a lot more feeling of the real James Bond. James is, let face it, just not a very nice guy. Daniel Craig is, in my opinion, possibly the best James Bond since Connery did Dr. No in '63.
Script did keep some of the unexpected changes of direction the book also had. Eva Green playes a nice Vesper Lynn, sexy in a way you wouldn't expect in a major hit film these days. All in all, highly recommended! IMDB gives it a 7.9 which might be the highest rated Bond ever.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Now why can't I shoot these (yet)
Excellent use of DoF, good light, nice expression. Practice, practice I suppose.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Happy 2007 to everyone. Over here in the netherlands we always eat oliebollen on new year's eve. Oliebollen:
They are made by using two spoons to scoop a certain amount of dough and dropping the dough into a deep fryer filled with hot oil. This way, a sphere-shaped "oliebol" emerges.
The dough is made from flour, eggs, yeast, some salt, milk and optionally some sultanas or currants and sometimes apple pieces. The dough needs time to rise for at least an hour. Oliebollen are usually served with powdered sugar.
(From:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliebollen )Monday, December 25, 2006
Esther enjoying a cup of tea
After christmas dinner. We had Esther's mother and grandmother over. Nice, not too crowded, kids in bed at a decent time. Not bad at all for a christmas dinner.
This year my christmas stollen turned out better than ever. I suspect it did because I bought flour at the old windmill in town. Best flower I've ever baked with.
This year my christmas stollen turned out better than ever. I suspect it did because I bought flour at the old windmill in town. Best flower I've ever baked with.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
turns out I have a macro lens after all
This was shot with my old 35-70 in macro on manual focus. Crop of a larger pic. I'm stunned by the detail this old lens can produce.
Light from a SB600 on camera and bounced off the wall which it why there's a shadow on the face.
Light from a SB600 on camera and bounced off the wall which it why there's a shadow on the face.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
2000 page views on my flickr album!
Yes, around 1700 CET my flickr album went trough the 2000 page views. Now if only more people left a comment....
Yes, around 1700 CET my flickr album went trough the 2000 page views. Now if only more people left a comment....
Saturday, November 18, 2006
sinterklaas_klein
It's the time of the year again! Foreigners have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Nikon lens compatibility
There's a lot of confusion in forums on this subject. I thought perhaps it would be useful to write something about it. People seem to think that they need a DX lens or that only older lenses with a D on it will work with their new D50/D70/D80
Here's the deal:
Any Autofocus lens will work on your digital body!
There's a few sigma lenses that can cause problems under some conditions, Sigma is aware and fixes the problems. There's also lenses made for the pronea serie, labeled as IX. These turn up at very attractive prices on the second hand market but cannot be used on your Nikon dSLR.
Manual focus lenses will work as long as they're Ai.
Non ai lenses can be converted, see http://www.aiconversions.com/ for information. Mounting an unconverted lens can seriously damage your camera.
However, on anything but the D1, D2 and D200 these will not meter. What does that mean to you? It means you're own your own to get your images properly exposed. You can use a hand-held light meter, you can simply guesstimate and use your histogram but you're own your own!
What AI lenses to avoid?
According to my D50 manual the following lenses should be avoided because they can damage your camera.
Some fisheyes: 6mm f/5.6, 8mm f/8, OP 10mm f5.6
21mm f/4
ED 180-600mm f/8 (serials 174041-174180)
ED 360-1200mm f.11 (serials 174031-174127)
200-600mm f/9.5
Anything made for the F3AF
PC 28mm f/4 (serials below 180900)
PC 35 mm f/3.5
1000mm f.6.3
1000mm f/11 (serials 142361-143000)
2000mm f/11 (serials 200111-200310)
As you can see a lot of rather exotic lenses on this list. If you have a Thom Hogan ebook (which I can recommend, there's also a table in there of what works and what doesn't. If you're happy enough to own a D200 have a look at http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/d200_and_non-cpu_lenses/index.html
There's a lot of confusion in forums on this subject. I thought perhaps it would be useful to write something about it. People seem to think that they need a DX lens or that only older lenses with a D on it will work with their new D50/D70/D80
Here's the deal:
Any Autofocus lens will work on your digital body!
There's a few sigma lenses that can cause problems under some conditions, Sigma is aware and fixes the problems. There's also lenses made for the pronea serie, labeled as IX. These turn up at very attractive prices on the second hand market but cannot be used on your Nikon dSLR.
Manual focus lenses will work as long as they're Ai.
Non ai lenses can be converted, see http://www.aiconversions.com/ for information. Mounting an unconverted lens can seriously damage your camera.
However, on anything but the D1, D2 and D200 these will not meter. What does that mean to you? It means you're own your own to get your images properly exposed. You can use a hand-held light meter, you can simply guesstimate and use your histogram but you're own your own!
What AI lenses to avoid?
According to my D50 manual the following lenses should be avoided because they can damage your camera.
Some fisheyes: 6mm f/5.6, 8mm f/8, OP 10mm f5.6
21mm f/4
ED 180-600mm f/8 (serials 174041-174180)
ED 360-1200mm f.11 (serials 174031-174127)
200-600mm f/9.5
Anything made for the F3AF
PC 28mm f/4 (serials below 180900)
PC 35 mm f/3.5
1000mm f.6.3
1000mm f/11 (serials 142361-143000)
2000mm f/11 (serials 200111-200310)
As you can see a lot of rather exotic lenses on this list. If you have a Thom Hogan ebook (which I can recommend, there's also a table in there of what works and what doesn't. If you're happy enough to own a D200 have a look at http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/d200_and_non-cpu_lenses/index.html
Monday, November 13, 2006
Rocks Rock
Not often you'll see me blog somebody else's photo but with this I just had to. Not only a very good composition but also an excellent B&W conversion.
Available light
Is sometimes not much like yesterday at 13.00 when I shot this.
Finally some time for a walk with the family and the weather's like this. Shot about 60 frames and this was the only decent one. I like it, reminds me a bit of the Lord of the Rings films.
Finally some time for a walk with the family and the weather's like this. Shot about 60 frames and this was the only decent one. I like it, reminds me a bit of the Lord of the Rings films.
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