In my walk to the office yesterday I came across this lovely little “vehicle” as my mother would describe it! A Ferrari 599 GTB. I wouldn’t ever want to own one of these (it would be wasted on me and I would panic about scratching it every 3 seconds) but they aren’t half pretty …
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Another diversion to Kings Cross
A short visit to Kings Cross this morning as a result of a train delay then diversion. The 70’s extension is now no more and the work to prepare the public piazza at the front of the station continues apace. Taken with my X-Pro1 and 18-55mm lens, processed in Capture One
Birthrights Launch (and some thoughts on flash photography)
Birthrights Launch Last night was the official launch of Birthrights, a UK organisation devoted to protecting human rights in childbirth. Birthrights is dedicated to improving women’s experience of pregnancy and childbirth by promoting respect for human rights. Birthrights believe that all women are entitled to respectful maternity care that protects their fundamental rights to dignity, …
The vanishing Post Office?
If you go anywhere in the UK you’ll find local people complaining that their nearest Post Office has closed and they now have to go a nearby town to post parcels etc. The rural Post Office network has been decimated. 2,500 sub-Post Offices closed between 2008 and 2009. Its urban counterpart has followed suit in …
A view down snowy tracks
Nothing much to this one other than a realisation that the foggy view down the tracks from my local train station this morning might make a nice photo…
Snow at the Tower…
I had a very tedious lunchtime queuing at the post office for 20 minutes, so I decided to head off to the Tower of London to get some time in practising with my X-Pro1. I really need the 14mm to turn up now, I have been fine with the 18mm and the zoom up till …
Let it snow…
The weather has turned cold here in London and snow was falling on Friday and Saturday mornings. Foolishly I decided to wander over to westminster in the snow. I cannot claim the pictures are any good! While the snow didn’t make taking pictures very easy, the diffused light made for great pictures of near objects. …
Farm in the City
Walking through the City at lunchtime I came across a small exhibition celebrating Britain’s farmers. This was all because the annual Evensong service arranged by the Addington Fund was taking place in St Paul’s that evening. The Addington Fund provides homes for farming families living in England and Wales who have to leave the industry …
Capture One – Some Comparisons with X-Pro1 Jpegs and LR
I never really understand why people have such negative attitudes about developments and technology that are designed to help them. That’s why I was mystified at the mixed response this week to the release of Capture One Pro v7.0.2, which included preliminary support for the X-Pro1 and X-E1. I had tested it over a couple …
Some lovely X100 shots from the Park
So today I went to the park with my family and in an effort not to cause too much trouble with my photography I thought I would take the X100. I can only say I was staggered by how good the results were. The X100 is far from perfect, it still lacks DR and resolution, …
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