Kategori: The Quiet Picture
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A sunny and warm April. We started with a snow cover of a whopping 71 cm but as the temperatures got over zero every day, the snow was gone by the 24th. Or not all gone, but all that’s left are random patches and piles that can’t be called ”snow cover” even with the best…
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…flowers and a macro lens! I got my 40D back earlier this week and would you believe that it was repaired under warranty? I didn’t even have to pay for postage – it was written off as goodwill. Good will indeed – I’m one happy Canon customer right now! So with the shutter button fully…
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It was a glorious day yesterday and seems to be almost as good today, so the motorbike season is well and firmly open now. The amazing thing was that when I uncovered the Tricker and fired it up for the first time, it started without a single hiccup – just like the winter break never…
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Compact cameras have quite awesome closest focusing distances. I mean, how many SLRs with macro lenses can brag with CFD of 1cm? So compact cameras must be really good at macro, right? Pur-lease. Honestly, what’s the point of focusing at 1cm when you have to do it at wide angle? But I’m sure everyone who’s…
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Something new every day. I just had three teenagers knock on the door (it’s 9.15pm) and ask if I have a tent I could borrow them. No. Well, actually I do, but it’s a one person tent and you’re three. And even if I did have a bigger tent, I’d still not borrow it, because…
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Have I mentioned how I hate April? Yes I think I have. And I’ll probably do it again, next April. We have a little bit of snow left, and all of it is ugly. Then the ground that has been revealed from under the snow, that’s all ugly as well. Months don’t get more in-between…
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Yesterday I mentioned that I was disappointed when I found that out of two locations, the better one was the one which was harder to get at. Is that really how lazy I am? That I’m disappointed because I have to walk an extra kilometre and climb a bit more? What’s really disappointing is that…
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I have a bit of a tradition to do a day trip to the mountains in the springtime. When the snow is disappearing at home, there’s still plenty of it in the mountains for skiing – or snowshoeing, as the case may be. I had some concerns about the snow though, because it has been…
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The other day a friend of mine asked if I could take a look at his dSLR because it was having some exposure issues. We went outside to the parking lot and I took some test pictures of the sky because it was an easy and neutral subject. Suddenly this guy comes along and is…
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April is my least favourite month for photography so I had no expectations when I went for a walk, only took the G10 with me just in case. The 40D is in service now anyway and no way am I going to waste film on dirty snow. Sure enough, I wasn’t seeing anything interesting at…