Remember when I said I’d done buying lenses? Yeah 🙁 I noted in my recent Northern Lights post, the issue that I’d had with coma on the classic Nikkor AF 24mm f/2.8 lens, when trying to shoot astrophotography. This started something of a GAS itch, I think. I suppose in recent years I’ve been spoiled … Read more Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm 1:2.8D
This post is but a simple cautionary tale:- Beware of cheap accessories! There are only two types of filter that I use in/on camera. The first is a “big stopper” ND1000 10-stop neutral density filter, which I occasionally use for long exposures to capture motion blur, typically that of clouds or water, over multiple seconds … Read more Filter Fail
As you are no doubt aware, and are even likely to have witnessed, on October 10th we saw another amazing display of the Northern Lights here in the UK… Read more →
Filling more gaps I’ve gone ahead and added an 85mm lens to my line-up, as discussed in my previous blog, and I’ve done buying lenses now… I think! I have a lens line-up which in theory should suffice and meet my focal length needs. I’ve charted the lens line-up that I now have, below. After … Read more Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G
Work gets in the way sometimes… Photographically speaking it’s been quite a quiet summer for me. I spent most of August working every day, and even worked 21 days consecutively. For a part time job, that’s a lot of hours out of my day when I would otherwise be out enjoying photography. Not complaining, though! … Read more And The Living Is Easy
Filling in the gaps I bought a new, old, lens! It’s an old Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 and it was very cheap! As you know, I’ve been struggling with my full-frame (FX) lens line-up since my AF-S 24-120mm f/4 died. The 24-120mm was for me the ideal general photography lens and I absolutely loved using it. … Read more Nikon AF NIKKOR 24mm f/2.8
In May, Glenn and I took a trip through Scotland to the Outer Hebrides and back, over a period of ten days. It was an epic trip and we saw (and photographed) some amazing sights. The weather, especially for the Outer Hebrides, was extremely kind to us – arguably even too kind, with mostly bright … Read more The Outer Hebridean Adventure
One more off the bucket list! Last night, Sheryl and I drove a little way into the countryside to witness this year’s (possibly this decade’s) best visual spectacle, viewed from the UK. This year, 2024, is anticipated to be the “year of the aurora”, with potentially frequent displays reaching much further south from the North … Read more Aurora Borealis, 10th May 2024
Death of an icon I’m deeply saddened to report the demise of my wonderful D800. It would appear that no other camera since my Nikon D1x has suffered so much at my hand as this camera in the three years I’ve owned it. Thanks to the fact that I’ve placed most of the spray-and-pray wildlife … Read more Old Friends in Good Places
As I wrote in a recent post, I’ve been trying to mix it up a little and move between photography genres. I have, and regularly use, three different cameras. They are fairly distinct in their purpose. I’m using my D800 with a 50mm lens mostly for street photography and a 14mm … Read more →
