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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

James, the biro maestro

Check out what James can do with just a biro and his imagination, he was literally painting the whole thing from right to left without any other props in the middle of Pitt Street Sydney. Awesome work and kudos to James.

Best friends, for life

This was so cute, just had to take a snap of it, these boys were waiting outside for their owner to come out. They looked like they were having a good time relaxing.

adidas!

Always loved adidas classic styling since I bought my first black and white pair couple years ago, saw these through a window in Pitt Street Sydney. Can't wait to bring these babies home when the opportunity arises.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Focus Stacking

Was playing around with my 100 macro, figured I take some photos of my Carl Zeiss 135, setup my tripod, A77, ring flash and remote, set the 135 on a white piece of paper and took a few shots. After loading them onto the computer I noticed the lack of depth of field at f16, tried a few more shots with even smaller aperture, no good, images were getting limited by diffraction at extreme small apertures, so I decided to do focus stacking to solve the problem. I took three shots at varying planes of focus, then in CS5 I opened the 3 images as layers and merged them. Results as below, wonderful technique and easy as pie.

Focus 1

Focus 2

Focus 3

Stacked Image

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Sydney Aroma Festival

Sydney Aroma Festival, largely reputable for the numerous brands of coffee showcased , hence the name aroma. It is held annually in The Rocks right next to the Sydney Harbour. It attracts a significant sized crowd every year as one would imagine due to the popularity of coffee in Australia. Coffee is the main attraction, but it also boasts a huge variety of food and beverage stores to perfectly match your cup of coffee. We arrived there early in the day, ready for some coffee loving. Beautiful overcast day perfect for photography, having been trapped in my dry cabinet for a while, I decided to grab my A850 with a 50mm 1.4 for the day for some full frame goodness. We grabbed some waffles with chocolate sauce for breakfast, very tasty with the slightest hint of crunch on each bite, fluffy and full of flavour inside. Browsing through the stalls one by one we started from the Circular Quay train station and went all the way to the tip of The Rocks under the Harbour Bridge. The scene was amazing, jazz in the air, celebrity chef from Ready Steady Cook Damien Heads on the barbie, persistent aroma of coffee in the air, camera in hand, what more could I ask for.