This was taken on the way home. It looked cool on the camera, but turned out less exciting on the computer. The B&W seems to give it a little more punch.

I have been hard at work, so I have not had the opportunity to take photos today.

I thought it would nice to share a few photos from my recent trip:



This photo was taken in the morning when the roads were still closed (the sky needs fixing). We were going up Tongariro (the snowy mountain to the right).

The pointy mountain in the distance is Ngauruhoe. There is another mountain called Ruapehu (not on this photo). They are the only snow...

I got back from my tramping (hiking) and climbing trip yesterday. Here is the first of my shots, please see Flickr for a more detailed description.

The local photography store still hasn't gotten the VF-2 to me (it has been delayed for a month now), so I could hardly compose in the bright snowy conditions sadly.

(Taken with Cosmicar/Pentax 25mm f/1.4. Default LR conversion)

The photo is probably a bit too tight for my liking.

Here's another one:


The lens is turning into my favourite lens because it is small and produces nice colours, just a joy to shoot with. Now if only it doesn't vignet (only covers 16:9 fully), and I am still waiting for my VF-2 to arrive.

I found my old violin and got it restrung. I don't think I have ever named it, or realised there was a name on the bridge before. 'Carmen' is written on there, may as well name it that.

Now I have to get it retuned and start playing again.

Some PP in LR (mainly to change the background hue)

It is close to the end of winter, but still quite cold here. I saw the flower blooming on the way home, so that got me hoping for spring to come.

Can people please let me know if they see the background as green/yellow-ish or red-ish (I see different colours in LR and in Firefox, but I am also red-green colourblind.)?

Tom bought me back a c-mount Cosmicar/Pentax 25mm f/1.4. This is the first shot to see how well it fits. The colours look nice to my eyes (shot in RAW and straight out of LR)!

It has been raining a lot here in Auckland lately, but this weekend seems to be good for once. I took the photo early in the morning when I left home.



P.S. My E-PL1 with case (it is the budget one mentioned on the forum before), also comes with a top part.

I have had a bit of a break, wondering about a lot of things (photography or not; a little bit of identity crisis and wandering in life). The case for my E-PL1 has just arrived today, so it kind of made me starting taking photos again.

My subject today is a nice bottle of Korean Raspberry wine. This makes a nice circle coming back to the Cheery wine, which I posted near the beginning of my PAD.