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01 - Wicker Crash ZoomTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A crash-zoom shot of the side of a wicker basket, with a bit of post processing to enhance the impact.
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02 - Gold & BlackTaken with the Sigma 50mm. A macro shot of some rather tasty Green & Black's Butterscotch Twists (hence the G&B logo).
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03 - MetalTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A semi-closeup shot of the metal banding on the side of one of the cupboards in the house, with the built-in flash to give the highlights.
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04 - ReluctantTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A late-night self-portrait, hence the massively dilated pupil. Everything bar my face was desaturated, then I did some colour correction on my eye (to bring out the blue ;o).
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05 - Server RoomTaken with the Tamron 28-75. The front panels of several of my rackmount servers, given a red colour cast (apart from the Intel logo, of course). Reminds me of long nights spent fixing critical systems in noisy air-conditioned datacentres...
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06 - Freshly FriedTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A closeup shot of the contents of a large bag of 'spicy jalapeno' potato snacks, using the built-in flash. Makes me hungry just looking at them...
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07 - FanTasticTaken with the Tamron 28-75. My brand-new PSU fan, with built-in blue LED lights on the fan (not faked in PS!), taken when I was doing some POSTs to make sure this PSU didn't cause the arcing the old (seemingly burnt out) one did. Shiny :o)
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08 - Mid FlowTaken with the Tamron 28-75. One of my first attempts at a stop-motion shot, using the built-in flash to freeze the water, and it doesn't seem all that bad. I was tempted to go b&w, but the stainless steel gives an almost monochrome feel already.
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09 - Candle In The WindTaken with the Tamron 28-75. An outtake idea for the 'Bokeh' DPC challenge that I decided not to enter, not because it lacked bokeh, but because the weather was so crappy that there is no vibrancy to the shot. I still like the shot, but I know it could be much better...
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10 - Upper TorsoTaken with the Tamron 28-75, along with the Canon 420EX Speedlite flash. I bounced the flash off the side wall, to get the graded highlight behind me - yes, it's a self-portrait, who'd a thunk that I'd start taking photos of myself! :o) I then played with the levels a heck of a lot, to get as much contrast as possible without blowing my neck out or darkening too much.
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11 - Deus Ex MachinaTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A frame from Wong Kar Wai's 1995 film "Fallen Angels", which was on the TV at the time, using a long exposure and a bit of camera movement, which gives this ghostly floating head effect.
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12 - Blue TowerTaken with the Canon S40. I wandered past this office building while exploring the Hammersmith area during my lunchbreak, and the colour of the glass along with the clear blue sky made me take a quick snap. I desaturated the left and right sections to make the central part stand out, and yet remain linked to the sky around it.
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13 - Mind The GapTaken with the Canon S40. I was wandering around Hammersmith again today, and ended up being lazy and taking the tube back one stop to get back to the office. However, the trains were running slowly, so I had a chance to take this shot on the platform at Ravenscourt Park tube.
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14 - Camera ShyTaken with the Tamron 28-75 with the Canon 420EX speedlite. I'm not a fan of being in front of the camera - in fact it's one of the reasons I like photography, since I'm the one not in the shots! - so this seemed like a good compromise between taking a photo of myself and not actually being that identifiable. Interestingly, desaturating the yellow channel made the background monochrome (but it's not a yellow wall, how odd), which made the shot stand out more.
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15 - Wish I Wasn't Here...Taken with the Canon 70-200. An airliner flying over London, lit by the (nearly) setting sun. Seeing planes fly over always makes me wish I could just hop on a plane and go fly somewhere new... but I've only got 2 more weeks til my skiing trip! Patience, patience... :o)
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16 - Chiltern HillsTaken with the Tamron 28-75. The view from the Ridgeway path near Ivinghoe Beacon, looking back over the Chilterns.
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17 - SulleyTaken with the Sigma 50mm and the Canon 420EX SpeedLite. A macro shot of the upper part of a 'Sulley' (from Monsters Inc) stuffed toy that I got with an Easter egg a few years back.
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18 - USMTaken with the Sigma 50mm and the Canon 420EX SpeedLite. This is a macro of the lenscap of my Canon 70-200, which I shot handheld, with auto-focus turned off, and a very shallow DoF - damn tricky in other words! Thankfully the lens is fast (f2.8) and the flash bounced off the walls nicely - still took me several attempts to get the entire word within the focal bracket...
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19 - LashesTaken with the Sigma 50mm and Canon 420EX SpeedLite. An attempt to shoot the clichéd macro eyeball shot that went wrong - the AF found my eyelashes and exposed for the background rather than my face - but I prefer it to all the eyeballs shots! Staring into a lens with one eye while trying to keep the camera steady is definitely an artform, for which I definitely need practice if I'm ever gonna use the MF...
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20 - DaffodilTaken with the Sigma 50mm and Canon 420EX SpeedLite (just like all the others this week!). Another macro shot, this time of the stamen and petals of a daffodil. Not as well lit as I hoped, but I really need a remote/macro flash for this sort of work - mind you, the lens was almost touching the petals...
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21 - Cheers!Taken with the Tamron 28-75 and the Canon 420EX Speedlite. A tasty pint of ale (well, less than a pint left in this shot ;o), in one of my London Beerfest glasses.
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22 - The Fire MonumentTaken with the Tamron 28-75. A tele shot of the 1666 Great Fire of London Monument, with the skies post-processed to reflect their fiery nature. I'd forgotten that you could go up there until I looked back at these photos and noticed people up on the platform - would have been a good view too... Can't win them all :o)
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23 - Assorted CandlesTaken with the Tamron 28-75 and the Canon 420EX SpeedLite. A new tray of small candles, with the focal row inverted. I admit that this was a hurried "Argh! I've forgotten to take my PaD!" shot just before I went to bed, but I still like it :o)
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24 - Beer VisionTaken with the Tamron 28-75 and the Canon 420EX SpeedLite. Bit of an unusual one this - I used the AF to focus on my face, then switched it to MF and held a beer bottle in front of the lens. I then played around with the colours a bit and desaturated a lot, giving this weird effect.
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25 - Stacked SetTaken with the Tamron 28-75 and the Canon 420EX SpeedLite. A small set of spanners that I've got knocking around, arranged to make them a bit more interesting, and a hue adjustment from browns to blues. Shiny :o)
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26 - TowellingTaken with the Tamron 28-75 and Canon 420EX SpeedLite. A not-quite-macro shot of the fabric of my dressing gown, since I'm feeling too lazy to move from my chair to take photos today.
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26 - Ready For The SlopesTaken with the Tamron 28-75 and the Canon 420EX SpeedLite. While busy packing for the forthcoming ski trip, I couldn't resist trying on the goggles and beanie again, and this time took a quick couple of photos, just to see how daft I looked - after all, I was looking at the world through rose (well, orange actually) tinted lenses...
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28 - AttentiveTaken with the Tamron 28-75 and the Canon 420EX SpeedLite. A quick snap of the family dog, looking as expectant as ever.
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29 - InnsbruckTaken with the Canon S40. The view from the tarmac of Innsbruck airport in Austria - it really was hemmed in with mountains!
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30 - PenkenBahnTaken with the Canon S40 and the Tiffen 2x Tele. A couple of the numerous cablecar gondolers going up from Mayrhofen to the Penken.
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31 - A Crown Of CloudsTaken with the Canon S40. The view from the top of the Penken, looking out over the Ziller valley.
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