23 September 2018
My Sister Frances, who moved up to Auckland to retire a few years ago took up Art Classes with a preference to do portraits.
Here is her interpretation of my Japanese Bride.
You can see more of Frans work on her website: www.franb.lotsforall.com
or follow her on instagram: www.instagram.com/franb_art/
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15 May 2017
Brent came and saw me as a patient last week. He was more interested in showing me some pictures on his cell phone
than opening his mouth.
Anyway when I saw them I said “wow” and then asked him if he could send me the Raw files so I can enhance them more .
I did this in Lightroom , Nik software (Dfine and Viveza) and then sent back the images to Brents for his approval before publishing here.
I love astrophotography images as it brings me back to the days of having a telescope in Blenheim and staying up late to view the night sky.
Now I’m too tired to even try to get out to a dark place and stay up late. Old age for ya.
Thanks Brent for your wonderful image of Aurora Australis.
1. 22 April 2017 Pentax K1 iso3200 28mm f2.8 20sec Pentax 15-30mm f2.8
2. 22 April iso 3200 17mm f2.8 20sec
Peter, photographing an out house
1 August 2015
I met Peter on the tour to the the Rice Terraces in China.
My first words to him was “do you speak Engrish?”
Joking aside we found we had so much in common.
Things like beautiful wives, love of chinese street food, previously employed by HK Govt, and the same camera!
Anyone who owns a Fuji 5s pro can’t be that bad……. In fact nowadays unless you are an old timer you wouldn’t have heard of the Fuji ! Peter was surprised I even knew about his camera. Peter was fanatical about sharpness and his pixels. He uses a tripod for most of his work and enjoys recording nature.
We were showing each other photos stored on our cell phones (as photographers do) – its a bit like I’ll show you mine if you show me yours……. Or, if you are showing off to a non photographer they always say “did you really take these shots with your cell phone? ” Yeh I reply my HTC is really that good….
Anyway I enjoyed looking at these folllowing images that Peter showed me.
The student protest movement and the camping with tents in Central especially. The contrast of the small tents with the tall buildings in the background along with the HK flag next to the Chinese flag was very symbolic to me.
Apparently Peter did not even have my interpretation in mind when he took the shot…..
