bikes and things

Bikes

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Popped out at lunch for a bit of a spin. Bit wet but here’s a nice picture of our bikes.

I’ve been looking more and more at flickr recently and been adding pics to my favourites. They have impressed me for one reason or another and I thought I would share them here for others to look at.. Each one I have added for a particular reason and I’ll list what I like about them by each pic.

This one is shot with an off camera flash which freezes all the action as well as turning the crest of the wave green. I love that diagonal line of the green and also the fact that it’s a very unusual shot and must have been quite hard to get.

This one of London Bridge is fantastic and I spotted it by accident after the recent foggy spell. I love the square format, the bright light in the top centre and also the fact that the supports to the edges are so well lit. It has a really interesting feel to it.

Would rather not have been back at work this week but hey ho. Still trying to get Bermondsey in for planning and re-planning all the flats. Lots to do and Part 3 deadlines looming.

A few pics from this week out and about on the bike. Been trying to learn a bit more about the D70 and spent a lot of time at my Mum’s over Christmas reading up articles on the net. There’s a lot of info out there. I think I’m probably going to get my A-level photography books out again to read up on aperture, depth of field and all that.

My new lens arrived this morning for the D70. Pretty impressive as I ordered it on Christmas Eve after I paid my Birthday money in.

It seems to be really well built and nice and tight. It’s heavier than the Nikon one I was using but feels very solid. Slightly noisier when changing focus but the macro is superb. The lens gets in the way before I can actually stop focusing. A few examples below. Gonna have fun with this!

Very interesting graphical way of viewing who is linked on flickr and browsing their contacts and pics.

flickrGraph search: theginjaninja1979

Great website which bookmarks odd and interesting images

Just got back from a weekend in Amsterdam with work. Stayed in the amazing Lloyd Hotel in one of the MVRDV designed rooms. The room was similar to this one.

Took over 300 pics but edited it down to these 50 images.

Went out on the bike with Ray from work and took a few pics along the Southbank.

The weather has been getting colder the last few days and I woke up this morning to find a good frost on the ground. Perfect for some photos!

Took a few shots whilst walking to work. The light was great and the frost really made some of the pics.

Got the day off today so went out for a bit of a ride round town on the bike. Got a few Christmas presents and watched the world go by for a while whilst having a coffee in the Seven Dials area. Good to be back on the bike around town after not using it for sometime.

Went out on Sunday with the aim of taking some pics. It rained constantly and the nice afternoon walk became a bit of a drab excursion. Anyway a few pics below which I managed to take. Still lots to learn but getting there I think.