Rodney Campbell's Blog

Week 59

Had another training course in North Sydney so here are a few more from that location (with the 8mm UWA)… unfortunately I’m not particularly happy with either of these :(…

NIKON D7000 + @ 8 mm, 1/640 sec at f/7.1, ISO 100

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NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8 mm, 1/160 sec at f/5, ISO 320

Week 58

I was having ice cream with my children on George St in the heart of the city one day when this couple were putting on a little show with and near some sculpture on the street just next to where we were sitting.

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 140 mm, 1/60 sec at f/4.8, ISO 140

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NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 95 mm, 1/80 sec at f/4.5, ISO 100

Week 57 – Help me Choose?…

Taken on Australia Day in the city just across the road from St Mary’s Cathedral. People everywhere but I felt I could find an image here – I took a number of slightly different compositions but liked this one the best. I’ve processed this to monochrome in two different ways (same source image). Personally I like the first (darker) better but it may be too dark I’m not sure – I’ve included a much more stark high key rendition as well so I’ll let you the viewer decide – which do you like better?

NIKON D7000 + 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 @ 12 mm, 1/400 sec at f/5, ISO 100

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NIKON D7000 + 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 @ 12 mm, 1/400 sec at f/5, ISO 100

Week 56

Another from North Sydney – this time some architectural street imagery.

I came back to this shot on consecutive days – the first I only had my 17-50mm and it wasn’t wide enough to do what I wanted to do. I came back with my 12-24mm on and took this – it started life as a handheld HDR (3 shots at 0, -2 and +2EV) which I then processed into monochrome and was really happy with this particular conversion – particularly the really glassy finish (which the building had with glossy tiles and sparkling glass and chrome)

NIKON D7000 + @ 12 mm, 1/250 sec at f/5, ISO 100

Week 55

Some from North Sydney this week…

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

I liked these tables and benches and the way the early morning light was hitting them…

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 26 mm, 1/160 sec at f/5, ISO 110

When I first took this shot I was thinking black and white and I liked the way the “infinitely” tall building on the right juxtaposed the green open space on the left with the row of tall trees and the smooth path down the middle – I just waited for an appropriate subject to be in the right position in my frame and snap…

However during post processing I created this colour versions of the image (note – these aren’t the original colours) which I really liked (possibly more than the mono version) – but I’d like to let you the viewer decide – which do you like the best?…

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 1/400 sec at f/5, ISO 100

and here’s a monochrome conversion I’ve done

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 1/400 sec at f/5, ISO 100