July 2025
These images were taken in Yunnan province China January 2015.
The Portrait of the construction worker is my favourite. It is not often you have a background like in a photostudio with a white sheet behind your subject. This image reflects the harshness of his work and his stoic adaptation to the job. The style of the image replicates one of my favourite artists Michael Ponder.
Photography gear talk
Its amazing what images I can get from the Nikon D3S as it only has a sensor of 12 MP. After I took the shots I regretted not changing to my D750 which would give me more information on cropping as it has a 24MP sensor. However being a lighter camera and not as well balanced with the 200mm zoom I might have ruined the shot with camera shake. Also all this was taken in less than 5 minutes as the bus was leaving after lunch. So the best camera you have is the one in your hand. Also all the lens tests talk about maximum resolution and sharpness. This obviously is very important, but I feel we do not place enough emphasis on the coatings and flare control. If I used a lens with less multicoatings, the details on the mans face would be washed out with glare. You can boast about the vintage lenses and they may be sharp but can they handle strong backlight?
