Personal photography
In this Sunday morning, I went back to another winter Sunday morning I spent walking around the parc du Luxembourg in Paris (where the senate sits).
For me it sounds silent. And what tells the story is the cane. That old woman got dressed on a cold winter morning, went to the parc, and watched people for while. That was her goal and she made an effort for it.
I have had a Canon 50mm f/1.4 for several years, but I’ve never used it because it was way off and the 5D couldn’t do micro adjustments.
I discovered recently reading the 6D manual that the 7D is also able to do micro adjustments to align lenses with cameras. As the 50mm becomes a 80mm because it’s the 1.6 crop factor, it makes it a pretty good portrait lens.
I made adjustments today and then tested on a semi cooperative ginger cat.
Going over old photos, I spotted this one. It was taken on the 15/07/2006 with the Canon 350D + Sigma 10-20mm (my standard landscape shooting gear at the time). I liked it because the wreck looks like a beached whale.
I converted it to monochrome years ago, but I wasn’t entirely happy with the result. So I processed it again.
While I wait for the 6D to arrive and for time to go out and take photos, I’ve been converting some old photos.
I called this one “Ivy tunnel”. It was taken in Paris on the 30/09/2006 using the old Canon 350D + Canon 17-55 f/2.8 IS.
For the 6D I bought a new lens: Canon 17-40mm f4L. I’m planning to use it for landscapes mainly (it’s very big with the grip and intimidating for street) and I didn’t have a wide angle FF lens in stock.
I took on photography over 20 years ago. I was looking for a hobby and I had never done any photography before. So I bought a Canon 350D with kit lens because a friend of mine had a 300D and it looked nifty, and started learning.
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