Amsterdam in light and shade (pt. 2)

 

The black and white half of my Amsterdam photos, emphasising the light, shade, texture, form and details over the colour. 

 

We are off to Thailand on Friday for three weeks, so it will be a while before I post again.  Hopefully when I do it will be with a big backlog of monk, temple, landscape and Thai portrait photos to process!  Bags are packed, route is planned, camera is insured .. just counting down to lift off now!

 

My travel camera kit is still a bit undecided, but it'll be whatever I can pack into and strap to my trusty crumple shoulder bag.  Whether the flash or macro lens make it will probably end up being a last minute decision..

 

ISO100, 160mm, f/9, 1/160s 

Sunset canal
ISO200, 150mm, f/5.6, 1/125s, -1ev, cropped

ISO1250, 160mm, f/5.6, 1/160s, -1ev

Courtyard roof of the naval museum
ISO100, 16mm, f/4, 1/160s, -0.7ev

ISO5000, 33mm, f/2.8, 1/40s, -1.3ev, noise reduction

Amsterdam in colour (pt.1)

 

Some photos from last Novembers Amsterdam trip.  For the sake of not flooding them all in one post I've decided to split them into colour and mono (pt.2).  The first four are just nice scenic shots that kind of sum up Amsterdam on a beautiful autumn day, of which we were lucky enough to get 3 of in November!  Personal favourite is the cyclists in the sunset lit cobbled street, potential to crop into it on both sides, but I like the whole photo as it is too.  Lots of potential for reflections and shadows here, both in windows and water which is nice.

 

The middle two are from the Halloween parade .. always great when others are celebrating your birthday!  ;o)   The big 40 last year, so had a great time with the help of some local beer and superb food.  Happy days.

 

The last was a snapshot of a child photographer taking a photo of the glamorous graffiti.  Fairly risky shot in these times, but I really like it .. I don't do nearly enough street photography and happy with this image, even if it was at super high ISO.  .. and I was especially impressed that the girl had a proper camera and not a smart phone held at arms length!  Hallelujah!!

 

 

ISO125, 35mm, f/9, 1/40s, bracketed composite image

ISO320, 31mm, f/8, 1/30s, -0.7ev, cropped & straightened

ISO400, 365mm, f/5.6, 1/320s, -0.7ev

 

ISO100, 35mm, f/2.8, 1/2500s, -1.3ev, cropped & straghtened

ISO12800, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/125s, -1ev, noise reduction

ISO12800, 390mm, f/5.6, 1/160s, -1ev, noise reduction

ISO12800, 170mm, f/5.6, -1ev, noise reduction

Canal Kingfisher

Taken in low light along a cloudy canal-side walk.  Not a great photo, but since they are my long-time nemesis I thought I'd post it anyway.  Seen a lot of them recently on walks down both the local river and canal, hopefully the latter managed to survive the canal icing over last week. 

 

This little guy (males have all black beaks) was pretty chilled out about our presence, so this was taken from about 7m distance and we just sat watching him fish for about 20 minutes, being successful on the last of 4 attempts (2nd photo - note fish in beak).  It would be a good spot to take more KF shots, but usually this path is busy with dog walkers - thankfully we were out in the cloud, cold and rain, so it was quieter.

 





ISO2000, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/500s, +0.3ev, cropped, de-noise