May 2011 archives

Peacock

On our last lunch photowalk we went to the Palace “Het Loo” and there was a peacock showing of. I only had my EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM with me so more closeup photos, but I think it gives a nice result. And luckily I didn’t record sounds, because they look great but sound [...]

Danbo – First Day

After a long journey from Japan Danbo has arrived. 3 more photos after the break.

In Formation

Mother with her ​​nine offspring

No Music Today

Street scene on my lunch-break.

Windesheim / X Building

Today started with rain but at the end of the morning the sun broke through and there were beautiful clouds. So I went on a little photowalk on the campus of Windesheim specifically to take some photos of the X Building which won an dutch architecture price recently. Made this Black and White HDR from [...]

Evening Cat

The sun was already set when I took this HDR photo with the NEX-5. First tried the EOS 7D with the 24-105 but I couldn’t get a good composition because of the terrain. The machine was standind on a little hill (3 meters high). But with the NEX-5 and the 16mm I got a better [...]

The Green Lane

On my last photowalk on the palace “Het Loo” I had also my Sony NEX-5 with me. On it was the 16mm pancake lens which gives a nice wideangle. There are some beautiful long lanes with tall trees there and this is one of the shoots I took.

Fancy Fence

Yesterday I decided to take a walk at the palace “Het Loo” It’s a royal palace within a few kilometers of my office and the weather was beautiful. It was not the first time I visited this place but there was a new building, very modern with a beautiful fence. I decided to take some [...]

Nature’s busy little worker

Handheld shot with manual focus on the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm F2 ZE while walking in the park “Het Loo”. See it on Flickr: Nature’s busy little workers.  

Fairground

There was a fairground in Apeldoorn last week. During my lunch break I took some photos with the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm F2 ZE to practice manual focus and manual mode on the 7D.