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Leica M9 f6.7 1/750s ISO320 Voigtlander 50mm f1.5

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Leica M9 f6.7 1/1000s ISO320 Voigtlander 50mm f.1.5

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Leica M9 f8 1/750s ISO320 Voigtlander 50mm f1.5

I can’t help thinking that the architects who were responsible for this complex had a lot of fun playing with LEGO or some other form of  construction kit to come up with this playfull design.

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Leica M9 f11 1/180s ISO320 Voigtlander 50mm f1.5

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Leica M9 f6.7 1/1000s ISO320 Voigtlander 50mm f1.5

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Leica M9 f8 1/30s ISO 320 Voigtlander 50mm f1.5 – Gentle HDR

A small clearing in the forest is all the black boys need to to become dominant. The clear skies and harsh shadow are one of the curses that confront photographers in Western Australia especially in the hills above the pollution of Perth. So it was an oportunity to use a bit of ‘gentle’ HDR to develop this image.

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I have been a huge fan of Olympus Cameras since I received a PEN EE from the same aunt who years earlier gave me my second camera a Kodak Starflex then later still a Kodak Junior developing kit as birthday gifts. The PEN EE met a sad end when it was smashed by an over zealous Russian customs idiot while visiting Moscow in the mid seventies. The Oly XA was also a brilliant camera a design classic in many ways. I still pass a roll of film through it at least once a year. This camera was the design that set the pattern for most of the point an shoot cameras for next twenty years The only minor fault I can point to in its functionality was the focusing lever, it was proportioned for delicate Asian fingers and not for sausage like phalanges of a western male. I recall reading an off record comment from a Leica spokes person that read ‘the only Japanese camera manufacturer that Leica considered to be worthy competition was Olympus’ – high praise indeed. After being co pioneers of the micro four thirds success it is sad that the company has been brought to its knees by the recent governance woes. The following interview with the deposed CEO by the UK’s Amateur Photographer offers some interesting comments…

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Canon 5D f5.6 1/320s ISO400 EF28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM.

A Xanthorrhoea and a forest background, the fine detail of the flower spike against the soft bokeh of the forest an interesting juxtposition…

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Canon 5D f6.3 1/60s ISO200 EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

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Leica M9 f2 1/2000s ISO Voigtlander 50mm Nokton f1.5

This is sort of a madonna and child shot, the trunk on the large Xanthorrhoea is approaching two metres while the small one in the foreground is about 500mm beneath the fronds and surrounding understory. The mother could quite easily be over 350 years old while the child just a mere 100. When I look around these ancient forests and consider the havoc we have created since white settlement I have do have to wonder if the child will ever reach the same age as the parent…

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