Currently there is a topic on FlickrCentral, about your best shot of 2007. In the end I picked this one, because it caught the moment really well. It was really hard choice to make as I’ve taken a number of photos this year which I’m really proud of.If you’re on Flickr I suggest you go over and comment with your best shot. Also comment here if you wish.
I’ve been away visiting my Mum over Xmas, and managed to get take some photo’s as well eating plenty of Turkey.
This one was taken from the car in a parking lay by just off the A1 heading south in the borders.
A colleague very kindly lent me a his Speedlite 550 EX and I’ve tried out taking photo’s with off camera flash.
The added shadw does make a surprising difference to these few simple shots of few plastic ducks.
The camera geekery all the pictures in this set were taken with a Speedlite 550 EX on camera in master mode with a Speedlite 430 EX slave to the left on the shelf.
This post on the Flickr blog is worth checking out if you use the site. It details a new feature which gives you a stats on the traffic on your photostream. However it’ll take a wee while (up to 24 hours) before it’s got complete stats.
It’s been far too long since I posted any pictures and this blog was meant to be mainly about photography and not just techie things.
This evening I had a play with the speedlite and a few different lens. This is the first time I’ve taken a photo with the flash which I’ve been happy with since I got it in June. This was helped by the purchase of some more photography books (does it show that I married a librarian ?) , and it looks like I may be getting a clue about using a flash.
In fact the future may hold some experimentation with off-camera flash. When that happens I may very well need to find some other still life subjects, as different rubber ducks may get a little old quite quickly.
I’ve released a new version of Rails-CMDB with some extra reports and behind the scenes improvements. Details behind the cut, it can be downloaded from here.
