Saturday, March 28, 2009

This fortnight's Round Robin Challenge - By the Numbers

This is how they describe the challenge...

"Time for an all new challenge! Jill who authors the blog, South Bay Soliloquy, recently emailed me an idea... "By The Numbers" Here is how she explains it...

"How about something called "By the Numbers" as a topic? Anything showing numbers: signs, a child holding up fingers to show how old he is, a number on a shirt, house numbers, whatever...""

Here is what I was thinking...

As always any critique or feedback is very much appreciated.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Introducing Stilla

The old girl may be just a scrawny little tabby but she still can hold her stare and look positively regal.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Violet

Roses are red...

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Latest Lens - ED 50mm f2.0 Macro


This will be the last lens I will be purchasing for a very long time. I think it compliments my other two lenses very well. ED 50mm f2.0 Macro prime lens from Olympus. Got a pretty good review from Dpreview. If you are interested have a look at the review here.

Here are the details:

Product Name
ED 50mm f2.0 Macro

Type Macro Lens

Model EM-P5020

Focal Length 50mm

35mm Equivalent Focal Length 100mm

Lens 11 elements in 10 groups, including 1 ED lens element.

Mechanism Floating focus mechanism

Angle of View 24 degrees

Closest Focusing Distance 0.24m

Maximum Image Magnification 0.52x

35mm Equivalent Magnification 1.04x

Number of Blades 7

Maximum Aperture 1:2.0 (wide)

Minimum Aperture 1:22

Filter Size 52mm

Dimensions 71mm (D) x 61.5mm (L)

Weight 300g


PS the previous 2 posts Berries and Autumn Sky were taken using the new lens.

:)

Berries


At work we have these hedging bushes and I noticed these pink berries growing in them. Not sure what they are exactly bu the soft pink colour was quite eye catching.

Autumn sky


The weather in Sydney at the moment is just about perfect. Cool mornings mild days and cool evenings. The sky is also pretty fantastic, with really nice cloud formations. This would have to be my favourite time of year. :)

Sunday, March 1, 2009