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Telephoto Oulton Broad
Thursday 11th of May 2017
I’ve had an old Pentax-M 135mm f/3.5 for a while now – something I inherited along with a Pentax MX film SLR that sadly no longer works (the mirror is gummed up). sailing dinghies on Oulton Broad I’m really not much of a telephoto shooter – the only other long lens I can use is my wife’s Fuji XC 50-230mm, which is… well, about what you’d expect for a modern low cost plastic lens: nothing particu…
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Oulton Broad in winter
Sunday 29th of January 2017
It happened again: nice shiny morning, then overcast by the time I get to my destination. It even rained this time, just to rub it in. So, here’s some kinda dull pictures taken around Oulton Broad today. Lenses 60, 35/1.4 and 14, as usual. No 18 – 55 this time. life ring holder blue hose reel and rusty metal plate seagulls on a jetty dinghy park life ring around a pole stack of flotation barrels WOB…
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Oulton Broad Boats, and lens/camera musing
Saturday 24th of September 2016
Since the weather was lovely this evening I went for a walk around Nicholas Everitt Park in Oulton Broad with my X-E1 and 18 – 55mm lens. This was also to satisfy some curiousity I had about the lens: have I been too dismissive of it in the past? (I’ve never really enjoyed using it.) small boat prow The lens gets a lot of praise, being sharper and faster than the average kit lens, and better-built t…
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OCOLOY Week 41
Sunday 20th of December 2015
I digressed a little this week, photographically speaking: the first two pictures in this post are not from the usual 35mm lens. The first is from the Fuji 18 – 55mm f/2.8 – 4, the mid-range ‘kit lens’ that most people seem to think is undeserving of the negative connotations such a term suggests. It certainly is a nice lens, especially given its price when bought as part of a kit, but I think I’ve be…
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OCOLOY Week 30
Sunday 4th of October 2015
Thirty! It seems like the end is in sight now, and I’m not sure how I feel about that. It’s been an interesting experience being limited to one (ish) lens for so long, and having that restraint lifted… well, I’m looking forward to it if nothing else because it’ll be something new. Will I start using my 18 – 55mm lens more again? Maybe. As much as I started out not feeling all that comfortable with…
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OCOLOY Week 24
Sunday 23rd of August 2015
I’m wavering. Black and white, or colour? I can’t settle on one, I like both. I think it’s the weather – shiny days make me want to capture in colour, and the weather represented by this week’s pictures is certainly sunny (and for walking around Ipswich, sometimes uncomfortably so). Although I did a bit of shooting during the week, none of it resulted in much of interest, so all of these pictures …
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Oulton Broad
Saturday 21st of March 2015
I recently went to nearby Oulton Broad , a large lake and marshland west of Lowestoft. Luckily the weather was shiny, and although a little chilly, by the time I’d done a fair amount of walking I was plenty warm. Hopefully when the weather warms up a bit more Zoe and I will go out here for a picnic, and have a walk around the local town. Oulton Broad looking east from Bridge Road The view east …
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