Critique Welcomed Mauritius - a few shots

[Nik Cannon]

Hi,
A few shots from recent, and not so recent trips to the wonderful Island of Mauritius!


Blue Dawn by nikjcannon, on Flickr

Canon 600D
Tamron 17-50/2.8

An early dawn stroll trying to capture the previous mornings amazing dawn, instead I got this moody bugger!


This shot below is from the Festival of Maha Shivarati,


Curious by nikjcannon, on Flickr

Canon 600D
Tamron 17-50/2.8


An older shot from 7-8 years ago, shot on a Lomo. (I know better now!) probably cruising round the Island with my brother -in-law ( my wife is Mauritian) showing me some culture! Being graphic designers, we were both drawn to this stores wonderful hand painted signage!

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Street shot by nikjcannon, on Flickr

More from the Festival of Maha Shivarati, these two girls were dancing to drumming, percussion and singing from the people behind, I had to capture them, they were infectious!


Dancers by nikjcannon, on Flickr


Well, you can find a few more from my Flickr, it's ony recently been updated with around 40 shots, but more will arrive as I edit and process

Flickr: nikjcannon's Photostream

Thanks,

Nik

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[Beth Carter]

wow, love the first one. the third is pretty sweet too, wonderful environment.

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Love the first one Nik. Clouds!!!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I like them all, Nik, even the lomo My daughter (16) is really into graphic design, and is today finishing a week's work experience from school in a graphic design office. Seems to be loving it.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Very nice Nik. Really love the first one.

 

[Brian Moore]

Great set, Nik. That first one is a stunner.

Like Rob, I too like the lomo one. (Curious, though, what did you mean by "I know better now!" with regard to the limo?)

 

[Nik Cannon]

Great set, Nik. That first one is a stunner.

Like Rob, I too like the lomo one. (Curious, though, what did you mean by "I know better now!" with regard to the limo?)

When I bought the Lomo, I knew very little about lens quality, etc.. Drawn to the funkiness of the design of the camera ( shoot me, I'm a designer!) while I had an Om-1 gathering dust under the bed, now I have seen the light so to speak, and have a nice selection of lenses for the OM-1 which I use on my DSLR too, and thanks to the wonderful www, I've learned how to repair light seals, fix the missing ASA dial on my OM-1 ( probably why I wasn't using it) so I'd probably use this or one of my rangefinders as a walk around if I knew then what I know now! But as they say, the best camera is the one you have with you!
Now the Lomo is gathering dust under the bed, and I have a growing army of rangefinders I'm putting thru their paces or repairing, the latest the Olympus 35SP is proving to be a damn fine addition, and will probably mean I'll be getting rid of my Electro 35's and the others once they're repaired, it's larger viewfinder and precise metering compared to the others, not to mention it's smaller size, are just what I've been looking for, and as close to the OM-1 in quickness in adjusting the setting not to mention focussing! Next up is a £5 OM 10 that needs new light seals, I want to give this a good test in a street shooting setting

 

[Chris Dodkin]

The clarity and color palette on #1 is just stunning - worth getting up early for!

Love the lomo shot - it has a lot of atmosphere and the lofi colors really go with the theme

Looking forward to seeing what the Olympus 35SP can do - I've been eyeing them on EBAY for ages

 

[Pete Askew]

Superb set there Nik and I love the Permaglaze shot. The palette and faded look works so well.