Notes From The Top Left Corner

[Chris Bennett]

I see things Rob. I see things other people don't see.
And it's scary being me!

 

[Pete Askew]

Love the stones and water - great textures.

I think they might have been disturbed before they could remove the B and add a C!

Yeah, lots of posties have second jobs I hear!

 

[Dave Farnes]

The stones and water make a great image, as does the detail study of the postbox. Not a clue about the meaning of the sign though.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Thanks for yourcthoughts, Dave.
I must say that I am liking the riverbed image more every time I look at it.

 

[Chris Bennett]

A new lens landed yesterday: a Jupiter 8.
I love it, it's great, so £12.50 well spent!
I spent the day with it in Preston today. I didn't know it, but there was all sorts of activity going on for Armed Forces Day -not least, a whacking great Spitfire fighter plane in the market area (see my post 'The Non-Conformist'...Click Me)

 

[Chris Bennett]

Footling about with Fuscias

We have a fuschia in the garden and there's a dogwood bush about 4 metres behind it. The show of flowers on it is great this year. I've been looking at it through a few different lenses over the last week.



Takumar 50mm f/1.4 @ f/2

 

[Chris Bennett]

Takumar 35mm f/3.5

 

[Chris Bennett]

Taisei Kogaku Tamron Twin-Tele 135mm f/2.8 @ 3.5

 

[Chris Bennett]

Jupiter 8 50mm f/2 @ f/2.5(ish)

 

[Chris Bennett]

Helios 58mm f/2 preset

 

[Chris Bennett]

...and one more from the Takumar 50mm

 

[Chris Bennett]

Just back from a short trip to Wales. I took the Canon DSLR and that Pentax P30 with me. It was the first time I have tried to use the P30 with my Adaptall 17mm lens. There were some really great results from this happy liaison. Here's one I particularly like...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, that's a good one, nice comp too.

Of the fuscias, the Jupiter 8 does it for me.

 

[Chris Bennett]

The Jupiter is becoming a real favourite of mine, Rob. And not just for the fuzzy foliage trick!

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is a beautiful woodland scene, love it.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Thanks a lot for your thoughts David.
The stream is Afon Cedig, a few hundred metres before it empties into Lake Vyrnwy, in Powys.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Still playing with the 17mm Tamron on the P30, I spent an evening recently wandering around the campus of Lancaster University, which is just outside my village. There is some interesting architecture there.

The Chaplaincy



The Ruskin Library

 

[Chris Bennett]

Saturday mornings are my street photography time.


The Eyes Have It

My wife got her degree in fine art and she likes to keep her skills sharpened by attending a life drawing session for a couple of hours. She tells me it's an essential activity and I tell her I think it's just an excuse to look at willies, but anyway, while she does that I prowl around the streets of Lancaster, and sometimes Morecambe, with a camera and take photos of the good folks in the streets there.

Here are a few that I haven't posted on RPF before.


Unidentified Item in the Bagging Area




Wind




Musical Appreciation




Saucy?

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is interesting architecture. Really like the first one of the Chaplaincy, the way the roofline curves up to form the side of the steeple is a fine piece of design. You have captured it very well. There are some interesting effects from pointing a wide-angle upwards, but it is also easy to end up with something that looks like a bad estate agent pic!

Great set of street pics, all very good. Particulary like the first and last ones.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Thanks David