Sail Before Steam
A lone windsurfer eyes the competition on a grotty day off Stanley, Hong Kong.
Canon G3X at 220mm (600mm equivalent) iso400 1/320 f5.6. Cropped and tweaked in LR
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Tung Chung High-Rise
Thirty years ago, Tung Chung Wan was a sleepy village on the north coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Then along came the new airport …
This block is one of many in present-day Tung Chung, a bustling new town of around a quarter of a million people a stone’s throw from Chek Lap Kok, HK’s international airport.
We nearly stayed in an airbnb in one of these, but in the end chose a more rural, bicycle-only village on Lantau’s southern side – half an hour on the bus from Tung Chung and another world. Long may it remain.
Canon G3X 24-600 equivalent optical zoom ISO800 1/800 at f8, 153mm equiv.
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Fireflies
July is the season for fireflies around our garden in the hills of Tuscany. Having shown them to entranced six-year-old granddaughter Mali, I decided it would be fun to photograph them. As ever, the Internet was a font of ideas and this is the result of my efforts.
Six shots taken with my Canon 40D with EFS 10-22mm lens at 22mm, mounted on a tripod with ISO set at 1600, each exposure 15 seconds at f4.5. All files pulled into PS and overlaid as layers. Block all layers (copy the background one first so it’s included) and set the blending mode to ‘lighter colour’. This has the effect of letting the bright spots through the layer pile while ignoring the rest of the images, which then effectively adds all the lights from the fireflies in each shot to the top layer Pretty cool – and Mali now has a lasting record of her magical experience.
Bumble Bee
Bumble bee on lavender filling her pollen baskets. Taken in garden at Gupole, Tuscany.
Canon 1DMkII with Canon EF 300mm 2.8 lens with Canon 25mm tube. ISO160 f8 at 1/800 Tweaked on LR
Hong Kong Eye
This Hong Kong version of the London Eye is currently (February 2015) attracting many visitors, along with the fairly wild fairground alongside it. The fairground is temporary, but perhaps the ‘Eye’ will be around for longer. For now, it certainly adds an additional perspective to the already stunning backdrop of Central, Hong Kong Island.
Canon 40D with Canon 10-22mm EFS 3.5-4.5 lens at 10mm. ISO 500 1/25 at f3.5. Frame as taken, exposure tweaked minimally in LR
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Welcome to the revamped dgcPhoto site, complete with a new theme and a new look.
I’ve been rather busy with other things for a while, so I thought a makeover was more than overdue. I hope you like it.
In many ways, the site is the same as before except that with the new theme it’s easier to navigate and more efficient to load. And the layout is far cleaner.
I’m currently using two cameras: the truly excellent Canon 90D I bought several months ago that is streets ahead of any other camera I’ve owned over the years, and a Canon 100D that I’ve had for a couple of years — a really lightweight little workhorse. I am also using my iPhone SE far more than I expected. The latest OS makes it an incredibly versatile camera.
Keep checking out the galleries; the old ones have been reinstalled and new ones are being added.
What were the ‘other things’?
Check out ‘My Novels’ here or in the menu above where a couple of clicks will take you to the world of ClarkeFiction and details of my seven edge-of-the-seat thriller novels and my wife Gail’s wonderful fully illustrated children’s books.
