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Croatia and Montenegro

posted 13 Apr 2013, 09:31 by James Gibbard [ updated 13 Apr 2013, 09:42 ]

Here's a few photos that I took while on holiday in Croatia and Montenegro in Aug 2012.

Dubrovnik Old Town (1/125, f11, ISO100, 24mm)

Dubrovnik Old Town (1/320, f11, ISO100, 18mm)

Dubrovnik - Ooo (1/160, f11, ISO100, 44mm)

Dubrovnik - Hustle and busk (1/13, f11, ISO100, 55mm)

Lokrum - Fire away (1/160, f11, ISO100, 21mm)

Dubrovnik - Ghetto (1/500, f11, ISO100, 55mm)

Perast - Our Lady of the Rocks (1/250, f11, ISO100, 21mm)

Kotor - Flying (1/320, f11, ISO100, 35mm)

New Photos

posted 9 Jun 2012, 14:51 by James Gibbard [ updated 3 Feb 2013, 06:17 ]

Autumn leaf, 50mm, f/1.8, 1/500, ISO 100. Edited in GIMP

Eric, 50mm, f/1.8, 1/800, ISO 100. Taken in Regent's Park, London

Roof, 34mm, f5.6, 1/125, ISO 100. Taken in the British Museum, London

Crispy, 18mm, f/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 800 (Oops! a lower ISO and a slower shutter would have been better)

More photos

posted 22 Jun 2011, 09:02 by James Gibbard

The Old Boat Shed - 1/60, f/5.6, 18mm, ISO 100, minor colour correction in GIMP.
Taken at Swanbourne lake in Arundel.

Barbed Wire - 1/500, f/5.6, 55mm, ISO 100, minor colour correction.

Bath at night - 13sec, f/11, 55mm, ISO 100
Taken at Alexandra park looking down over bath.

Winter in Bath

posted 30 Dec 2010, 11:45 by James Gibbard [ updated 30 Dec 2010, 11:57 ]

These are a selection of photos I have taken around Bath since I got my new DSLR.

1/50, f/5.6, 55mm, ISO 1600

1/100, f/10, 18mm, ISO 100

1/800, f/5.6, 55mm, ISO 400

1/3200, f/4.5, 32mm, ISO 400

1/200, f/10, 18mm, ISO 400

New Camera - Canon 500D

posted 21 Dec 2010, 08:58 by James Gibbard [ updated 30 Dec 2010, 11:44 ]

I've been looking to buy a digital SLR camera for a long time however the cost has always put me off. I recently decided I had waited long enough and upgraded my Fujifilm Finepix F70EXR to a Canon 500D. The F70EXR was a perfectly capable point and shoot camera but it lacked the complete photographic control that only a DSLR can provide.

I've only had the camera a few weeks but so far I have been very happy with the results. I currently own just the kit lens (18-55mm) but after reading lots of reviews I intend to purchase the Canon 50mm f1.8 as soon as possible.

One of the things that has surprised me the most are the videos produced by the camera. The quality is excellent and it is possible to produce some very interesting results though using a shallow depth of field. Unfortunately unlike the 550D this 500D allows very limited control over the cameras operation while in video mode.

I will post some pictures in the next few days.