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This image was created by putting the camera low down and between the bars of the crowd control barrier. The blue sky was darkened with a polarising filter. hardware: Canon EOS 1D MkIIN, EF17-35mm f/2.8, PL filter Exposure: ISO100, 1/500s @ f/5.6, -1EV, 21mm Post: Straighten, sharpen.

Shooting into the sky can really throw an exposure meter. This was shot one stop under the camera’s meter. Hardware: EOS 1D MkIIN, EF70-200mm f/2.8 + Sigma 1.4x converter Exposure: ISO250, 1/1000s @ f/9, -1EV, 180mm Post: Cropped, cleaned sensor dust marks, sharpened.

This rusty bollard made for an interesting subject, especially with the strong side lighting. I shot it wide open to throw the wharf behind out of focus, and I deliberately underexposed from the meter reading: a dark subject will cause your meter to read high. Hardware: Canon EOS 5D MkII, 15-35mm f/2.8L Exposure: ISO100, 1/1250Continue reading “Rusty…”

There’s something about a good action pan of a racing motorcycle which makes your adrenalin pump. Knee on the deck, high speed, lots of danger… it’s action captured in a still image. Requires a smooth flowing motion of camera and lens as the shutter is gently released. James Toseland at Phillip Island, 2010. Hardware: CanonContinue reading “Race action…”

Shooting an incredibly bright beach scene with a camera without a viewfinder is a tough thing to do, but shooting with manual exposure and focus helped. Although seeing detail in the camera’s LCD was impossible, I could see enough to make out the rough composition I needed for this panoramic. I shot eight frames andContinue reading “Beach Pano”

Let me just say I like my Olympus EP-1, but it’s not a great camera for macro work. I’ve never tried a DSLR four-thirds kit for macro, but I reckon it would be excellent: it’s the smallest format being taken seriously in regard to high quality lenses, camera bodies and sensors, and the inherent extraContinue reading “Macro with no viewfinder…”