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Subway

 

Subway, originally uploaded by jezza323.

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The final shot which I will blog from my Saturday morning walk in downtown. I was finished up, so I headed down to the subway to go home.

Packing Up

As I sat there removing the Tair-11a from my Pentax K200D body, and the tricky M42 adapter ring, I noticed this man reading quietly next to me. Looking down the platform I decided it would be worth getting a shot of the train pulling into the station.

Preparation

I popped the Sigma 30mm lens on, dialed in a slowish, but not too slow exposure and waited for the train to arrive. Fortunately my subject remained seated and reading until the train came to a complete stop, so I was able to get the shot I was looking for. I actually fired off 4 quick shots (I often do this if shooting a slower shutter speed, as 1 of them is bound to be sharp enough). It is a kind of cliche shot but I enjoy it.

Processing

All editing was done in Lightroom. I cropped the image to a 16:9 ratio (I do enjoy 16:9), adjusted the levels a tiny bit, made it black and white, then increased the contrast quite heavily.

Just Driving Along

Just Driving Along, originally uploaded by jezza323.

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This is another shot from my honeymoon in New Zealand. This was taken while on a Lord of the Rings tour as we drove down the well named “Paradise Road” which lies not far outside of the very small town of Glenorchy. Quite a few movies have had scenes filmed down this road, and I would recommend you check it out if you are in the area.

I took this with the Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6 handheld, from the passenger seat of the 4wd van. The dirt road was quite rough, but I wanted to get the motion blur, so I am l lucky that I was able to get one where the distant parts of the scene are fairly sharp.