PAD #90 | “Starlight”

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 for today’s PAD!

December 20th, 2011, 10:42 am | , | PAD-Project | One comment |

PAD #89 | “Paper stars”

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! :-)

December 19th, 2011, 8:41 am | , | PAD-Project | One comment |

PAD #86 | “Trash bin”

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

December 15th, 2011, 10:10 pm | , | PAD-Project | Leave a comment |

PAD #85 | “Nighttime phone booth”

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

December 15th, 2011, 10:26 am | , | PAD-Project | 2 comments |

PAD #82 | “HOTEL”

Hotel Marburger Hof, Marburg, Germany. We visited the christmas market in Maburg today, but it was terribly crowded, so we decided to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate in the legendary Café Vetter instead. Should you ever visit Marburg, don’t miss their marvelous cakes! This picture was taken on our way back to the car.

Olympus E-P1 + Revuenon 50/1.4 @ f/1.4, 1/100 sec, ISO 400

The Revuenon 50mm is one of the lenses I got with my dad’s old Pentax SLR, and since I can’t afford the new M.Zuiko 45/1.8 at the moment, this’ll have to make do as a portrait lens / short tele. At f/1.4, it shows loads of spherical aberration and very low contrast, but sharpens up considerably from f/2 onwards. The “glow” wide open can have an interesting effect, though — especially in portraits.

December 11th, 2011, 9:35 pm | , | PAD-Project | One comment |
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