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PADs #104–108

efix — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:47:20 +0000

This week was a week of crazy skies and beautiful light.

PAD #104 | “Sunrise” | Around 8:30 a.m. at my office, I saw the sun rise above the hills surrounding Marburg. Recently, sunrises have been extraordinarily beautiful around here.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/4, 1/200 sec, ISO 200

PAD #105 | “Morning light on the city” | As the title says. Morning light, shortly after sunrise, diffused by a slightly overcast sky, hitting the historical upper city of Marburg.

Olympus E-P1 + [...]

PAD #103 | “Exit this way”

efix — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:16:17 +0000

In the car park.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/4, 1/30 sec, ISO 2000

Hm. I seem to be in black-and-white mode lately …

PADs #100–102

efix — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:16:32 +0000

PAD #100 | “Prized” | When he was younger, my grandfather was a passionate hunter. This is the head of the first elk he ever shot, back in the sixties.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/25 sec, ISO 400

PAD #101 | “On the road …” | … leaving 2011 behind.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/100 sec, ISO 1250

PAD #102 | “Happy New Year 2012!” | Somebody seems to have used this “Robby Bubble” [...]

PADs #97–99

efix — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:18:16 +0000

Here are my PAD picture of the last three days, which I didn’t get around to post until today.

PAD #97 | “New toy” | This is one of Emil’s new toys that he got for christmas, a little wooden train with wooden tracks that can be arranged in a number of ways. Especially fun for a little boy like him: the trains runs on a battery!

Leica M8 + Planar 50/2 @ f/2, 1/45 sec, ISO 1250

PAD #98 | “Wooden star” | The day before yesterday, we had breakfast [...]

PAD #92 | “Santa”

efix — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:10:38 +0000

I took a picture of a small Santa figurine yesterday, but left my camera at home (we’re at the in-laws’ for the holidays.) So this post is a placeholder for PAD #92 until we’re back home

PAD #90 | “Starlight”

efix — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:42:22 +0000

Visiting friends yesterday. I didn’t really find an opportunity to take pictures, until I saw this candle holder. Goes nicely with my latest wintery-christmassy theme

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/8 sec, ISO 200

Since I could rest the camera on the table, i set the ISO to 200. The auto mode would probably have selected 1/80 sec @ ISO 2000. Duh.

P.S.: It started snowing early this morning, and when we got up everything was white. I shall see if I can’t capture some of that winter spirit [...]

PAD #89 | “Paper stars”

efix — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:41:27 +0000

We visited the christmas market again yesterday — this time without Emil’s stroller, which made navigating through the crowds a lot easier! I took a lot of pictures, but this is one of my favourites. The booth was selling illuminated paper stars in all sizes and colours.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/125 sec, ISO 200

More pictures to follow!

PAD #86 | “Trash bin”

efix — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:10:06 +0000

I like the rusty texture of these trash bins. I believe they were already rusty when they were put up.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/250 sec, ISO 200

PAD #85 | “Nighttime phone booth”

efix — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:26:44 +0000

On my way back home from the department’s annual christmas party. I hadn’t had a chance to take a picture all day, so this sparsely illuminated phone booth came just right. I tried to develop it in colour first, but found it didn’t work so well.

Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/60 sec, ISO 2000

My photographic christmas wishlist

efix — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:55:45 +0000

These days I’ve been thinking a lot about stuff I’d like to treat myself with for christmas. Alas, the budget for new toys roughly equals zero this year. Still, being the gearhead that I am, here’s a list of what I would have Santa bring me

M.Zuiko Digital 45mm f/1.8 — Olympus’ latest Micro Four Thirds lens offering, equivalent to a 90mm portrait lens / short tele in 35mm terms. Being raved about by everyone who has it, and generally getting quite favourable reviews. This would complement my Lumix 20/1.7 nicely for a two-lens kit.