Last Chance

Warm Up │ NEX-7 + Konica Hexanon 135mm F3.2 │ 135mm F5.6 1/2000s ISO800With the onset of milder temperatures, this creature's habitat is disappearing rapidly. By next week, sightings such as this one should belong to the past.

This photo was taken with my 200mm FF equivalent Konica Hexanon AR 135mm F3.2 lens stopped down to F5.6. I prefocused on the track, then captured the skater using a 10 frame per second burst as he raced across the frame. I didn't need to repeat that many times before I had shot a hundred frames in only a few seconds.

Through the Snow

Respite │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F3.5 1/640s ISO400A little snow certainly isn't enough to make Amsterdamers leave their bicycle at home. I was out braving the elements on my trusty steed as well. My bicycle is more than just a means of transportation; it's also part of my photography gear because it provides unfettered access to potential subjects. When I see something that I want to photograph, it's a simple matter of throwing my bicycle against the nearest railing and I'm ready to shoot. You don't have to circle around the block in search of a parking spot nor do you have to feed your hard earned cash into parking meters or scrape the windshield free of ice when you're ready to leave again. That would be enough to make me think twice about stopping to take a few photos. You can't get very far on a bicycle of course and you will have to take measures to warm up again when you get home, but bicycles are great around town. That's probably why I wasn't the only one out cycling in the snow.

Balancing Act │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Biogon T* 35mm F2.0 ZM │ 35mm F2.8 1/500s ISO200

Tricycle │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F2.5 1/80s ISO100

Let it Snow

Serentity │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Biogon T* 35mm F2.0 ZM │ 35mm F2.8 1/200s ISO200

Waver

Parked │ Panasonic Lumix TZ3 │ 29.20mm (178mm) F4.8 1/320s ISO100How is it that when I'm not equipped to take photos, the sun always shines? All the serious gear was already carefully packed for tomorrow's flight when I decided to head out this morning. I could have unpacked it, but thought it might be fun to use an old point and shoot for a change. Might even make me appreciate my state of the art camera a little more.

Pair │ Panasonic Lumix TZ3 │ 8.2mm (50mm) F4.2 1/400s ISO100I processed all the photos with a grainy, high contrast look which suited the images from the small sensor. And it's really small: almost 10 times smaller than the sensor in my GH2.

Abcoude Spires │ Panasonic Lumix TZ3 │ 32.7mm (199mm) F11 1/1000s ISO100
Grassy Waves │ Panasonic Lumix TZ3 │ 19.5mm (119mm) F4.7 1/640s ISO100

Early This Morning

Marching Shrubs │ GH2 + Konica Hexanon 40mm F1.8 │ 40mm F4.0 1/80s ISO160 I don't have a preference for any particular genre of photography. If I were forced to concentrate on a particular subject matter for any length of time, I would get terribly bored. We're surrounded by so many interesting things, and at one time or another most of them will inspire me to take a photo. That could take the form of abstract, architectural, portrait, street or, as in this case, landscape photography. But the distinctions between the genres are never so clear cut: the Dutch polder landscape also has architectural qualities with its repetitive elements arranged in rows.

In Between │ GH2 + Konica Hexanon 40mm F1.8 │ 40mm F5.6 1/3200s ISO160

Invader │ GH2 + Konica Hexanon 40mm F1.8 │ 40mm F5.6 1/1000s ISO160