Photography is my escape from IT. In
the time I have been taking photos, I have had some very pleasing results
and some I would rather I never took. I am trying to become a little better
than an amateur and some of my photos have since appeared in newspapers,
advertising and in the TV news during the weather reports.
On this page are some of my
wins.
My kit consists of
Canon EOS 30D Enthusiast
Kit (Main Camera) - 1.6 Crop factor (not full frame)
Canon Film SLR EOS 3000N
Canon IXUS 330 (Point and Shoot)
Canon A470 (Point and Shoot)
Canon EOS 10D -
1.6 Crop factor (not full frame)
Professional Canon EOS 1D Mk 1 - 1.3 Crop
factor (not full frame)
Professional Canon EOS 5D Mk 1 (Full frame)
Canon EOS 350D with 720 nm IR conversion
Intelligent Canon Speedlite
580EX Flash with IR and master slave feature
Gary Fong light sphere diffuser.
Various Hoya Lens Filters
(Skylights, polarizer's, lens flares etc)
Heavy Duty Tripod
reflector (light reflector)
remote trigger
hurricane lens blower
IXUS underwater case
EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 II
USM with lens hood
EF 90 - 300 mm with lens
hood (The Plastic Piston)
EF 28 - 90 mm with lens
hood
EF 70-210 mm 1:4 (From Japan)
EF 24mm 1:2.8 Wide and ultra
wide (From Japan)
Professional 70 - 200 mm 2.8 L
series IS USM
Tamron 500 mm Tele Zoom
with Lens hood
Super Wide/Fish Eye/Macro
2x Teleconverter
Angle Eyepiece
OM to EOS converters
Various 8 GB Compact Flash
and Micro Hard drives
All this and more in a Lowepro backpack
New kit items 2008:
Flash Rotating Bracket
TTL Off Camera Shoe Cord for Canon OC-E3
Photographic
Background Stand with Backdrop
Portable Photo Background Light Tent
Saxon Quick Release 3 Way Camera Tripod
28 piece lens
filter kit
Studio light Barn
doors with coloured Gels
58mm Flower Lens
Hood Cover (and other hoods)
Car windows camera mount
SCA 1.25" T-Adaptor for a telescope
Extension Tube Macro Ring
Canon EOS 10D with BGE8 Grip (Not full
frame)
Pro Photography
600W Strobe Flash Light Set
light stands
600W studio lights
white/silver reflective umbrella
rectangular softbox's
radio slave set
New kit items 2009:
Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8
Lensbaby muse
Canon A470
Remote Trigger with timer
Minolta Auto Meter III
New kit items 2010:
Canon Bellows EOS (For
Macro, Manual Focus)
52mm Macro Reverse Adapter
Ring (For Macro, Manual Focus)
Manfrotto
Tripod 055XPROB + 804RC2
Sigma Macro 105 mm F2.8 EX DG
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Lens
Professional 70 - 200 mm 2.8 L series IS
USM
Professional Canon 5D Mk 1 (Full frame)
Canon EOS 350D with 720 nm IR conversion
ee-S focusing screen for Canon EOS 5D
Skink Pinhole pancake (EF mount)
Samyang Mirror Reflex 800mm lens and 2x
doubler
Canon EOS weather jacket (Snow/Rain)
Grey Card Flash Exposure cards
Hoodman Hoodloupe
Hoodman HoodEYE
I use and recommend the Eclipse optic lens
cleaning system, Canon EF cloths, LCD clear plastic protectors and Hurricane
blowers.
Exposure Time : 1/60
F Number : 20.0
ISO : 1600
Auto ISO : 100
Base ISO : 1600
ISO Expansion : Off
Shutter Speed Value : 1/60
Aperture Value : 20.0
Flash : Off
Canon Flash Mode : Off
Focal Length : 500.0mm
Focal Length : 500.0mm (35mm equivalent: 781.2mm)
Max Aperture : 5.6
Min Aperture : 32
Color Temperature : 5200
Aperture Value : 20.0
Max Aperture : 5.6
Min Aperture : 32
Target Aperture : 20
Aperture : 20.0
Coming
home late one night, the moon was particularly clear. You cold not seethe
craters with the naked eye but under the camera at 500mm, they were clearly
visible. In my driveway, using a low shutter, manual trigger and tripod, I
was able to capture some of the magic.
17/12/06
- Sunset over Semaphore
Exposure Time : 1/500
F Number : 13.0
ISO : 200
Lens Type: EF 90-300 mm f/4.5- 5.6
In this low quality web version of the photo, you can not
see the ship beneath the sun. This photo turned out awesome. It is of
a tanker just off he South Australian cost at Semaphore.
28/04/05
- Dragons in Singapore
Exposure Time : 1/60
Auto ISO : 119
Base ISO : 50
ISO : 59
Aperture Value : 3.0
Max Aperture Value : 3.0
Flash : Auto, Fired
Focal Length : 28.8mm
Focal Length : 28.8mm (35mm equivalent: 137.2mm)
Max Aperture : 3.1
Min Aperture : 8
Lens Type : Canon IXUS Built in
This photo was
from a point and shoot camera. A lucky snap whilst at the Sentosa island in
Singapore.
16/04/06
- Wallaroo Dreaming
Exposure Time : 1/6400
Target Exposure Time : 1/6502
F Number : 22.0
ISO : 400
ISO Expansion : Off
Shutter Speed Value : 1/6400
Aperture Value : 22.0
Flash : Off
WB RGGB Levels Flash : 2185 1024 1024 1387
Color Temp Flash : 6262
Flashpix Version : 0100
Flash : Off
Focal Length : 255.0mm
Focal Length : 255.0mm (35mm equivalent: 398.4mm)
Max Aperture : 5.6
Min Aperture : 45
Lens Type : EF90-300mm f/4.5-5.6
This picture was taken at Wallaroo, York Peninsula, South Australia. The
man in the picture is fishing and the sun is reflecting of each individual
ripple in the surf.
17/05/03
- Man at work
Exposure Time : 1/320
Target Exposure Time : 1/318
F Number : 8.0
Auto ISO : 100
Base ISO : 50
ISO : 50
Aperture Value : 8.0
Max Aperture Value : 2.7
Flash : Off
Focal Length : 5.4mm
Focal Length : 5.4mm (35mm equivalent: 34.9mm)
Max Aperture Value : 2.7
Max Aperture : 2.7
Lens Type : IXUS Built in Lens
An overcast day in Gawler, South Australia.
17/12/06
- I'm an Angel
Exposure time : 1/60
F number : 5.6
ISO 500
Lens Type: EF 90-300 mm f/4.5- 5.6
Secrets of the night.
19/12/06
- Adelaide
Exposure Time : 1/250
Target Exposure Time : 1/251
F Number : 2.7
Auto ISO : 100
Base ISO : 50
ISO : 50
Shutter Speed Value : 1/251
Aperture Value : 2.7
Max Aperture Value : 2.7
Flash : Off
Focal Length : 5.4mm
Focal Length : 5.4mm (35mm equivalent: 34.9mm)
Max Aperture Value : 2.7
Max Aperture : 2.7
Lens Type : IXUS built in
Adelaide by the Torrens
19/4/05
- Fairies in the garden
Not recorded (Exif Data lost from resizing)
Christchurch, NZ.
Obviously I can not post all of my favorite photos. I do not have the space.
I will post some up and replace some from time to time. Only the special
ones.
