Ben's Photo Sketchbook

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Paking - 自転車と大木

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 42mm
F8, 1/80, ISO-400

I have down the clarity a bit to make soft focus effect.

Sunday, 27 January 2013

Revenge of Vinyl - レコード

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 14mm

F9, 1/100, ISO-160

Saturday, 19 January 2013

Leek - ネギ坊主

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon FG
Ai-S Nikkor 50mm F1.8
F1.8, Auto, ISO-100 (FujiColour expired film)

Original Scan + auto toned. Film was not completely flat at the edge when the scanning has made,.

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Riverside - 川縁

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon FG
Ai-S Nikkor 50mm F1.8
F1.8, Auto, ISO-100 (FujiColour expired film)

Snap! After having a little lunch at riverside.

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon FG
Ai-S Nikkor 50mm F1.8
F8, Auto, ISO-100 (FujiColour expired film)

In the CBD, high noon (ish?) with very strong sun light. It was another hot day. The frame of this sign had a very shiny refection of sun ray whcih caught my eye. It was just before the Christmas Holiday and this place was advertising the function planned.

Original Scan

Monday, 14 January 2013

Veranda - ベランダ

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon FG
Ai-S Nikkor 50mm F1.8
F8, Auto, ISO-100 (FujiColour expired film)

Sorry for little poor scan...

Original scan

Sunday, 13 January 2013

No Secret Deals - サイン

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon FG
Ai-S Nikkor 50mm F1.8
F8, Auto, ISO-100 (FujiColour expired film)

A B&W conversion has been applied and cropped a bit to 8x10 aspect, here is the originals scan. My priority at the time was to include the legs of the guy at the corner, he was coming straight toward to me at fist but detouring when he saw me shooting the making.

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Decay - 腐敗

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon FG
Ai-S Nikkor 50mm F1.8
F1.8, Auto, ISO-100 (FujiColour expired film)

Aged wooden fence surface with strong partial light from angle. The camera was on a table tripod and directly on the end of this wood surface. The lens is its closest focus position with wide open aperture.

Monday, 7 January 2013

Storm Cloud - 嵐の前兆

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D200
AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm F3.5-4.5D @ 56mm
F8, 1/1000, ISO-100

Sun is just behind the thick but somewhat patchy storm cloud. There was lightning and thunder as well.

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Hills - 丘

Nelson, New Zealand

Nikon D200
Ai-S Nikkor 300mm F4.5 ED-IF
F8, 1/30, ISO-100

Actually, it was too much bias put in camera and compensated back 1.35EV with PP.

Monday, 31 December 2012

Olympus OM-4 - レトロ

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 30mm
F5.6 1/125, ISO-160 (Flash fired)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Lunch Time - 昼時

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 42mm
F8, 1/320, ISO-160

Monday, 10 December 2012

Sunset - 夕暮

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 42mm
F5.6 1/3200, ISO-160

I should have set to F8 or F11.
Slight colour tint ha been applied on shadow and highlight in different way (Smiler to DUO Tone).

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Nikon FG/FA - カメラ

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 31mm
F5.5, 1/5, ISO-1600

Because those ware on my desk...

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Hot Day - 初夏の日

Nelson, New Zealand

Panasonic Lumix GX1
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S @ 14mm
F7.1, 1/800, ISO-160

Applied graduation filter to brown up the asphalt ground n LR.