A wind surfer at Pozo Izquierdo in Gran Canaria, taken using the Olympus Pen EP2 and 40-150mm lens set at 150mm.
The water was quite tame so there wasn’t much major action. It seems they can jump several meters in the air on active days.
Peter Bargh
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A sculpture found on the Paseo Costa Canaria in Playa Del Ingles. I used the hipstamatic camera in the iPhone and chose grainy black and white film mode.
A couple walking over the dunes at Maspalomas. I used the iPhone and Hipstamatic, cropped to vertical format for more impact.
A walk in the boat yard at the marina of Puerto de Mogán provided a good opportunity to shoot people restoring their boats. I have a closer shot of this chap but like this version for the sense of scale. Taken with the Olympus EP2.
This is of the big wheel at the Holiday World fairground in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria. I mounted the Olympus EP2 on a tripod to hold it steady for a 10sec exposure at f/22 ans ISO200.
We’d hired a car to go in to the mountains and took the road up to Roque Nublo. We stopped at various scenic points along the way and the light was at times amazing. On the walking ascent to Roque Nublo I spotted these trees backlit in the valley below. They stood out from the drab volcanic surrounds. I used the Olympus Pen EP2 with 40-150mm at the 150mm setting to get a tight crop and the most compressed perspective.
Taken while on a week’s holiday in Gran Canaria. We stopped in a bungalow at the Cordial Green Golf in Maspalomas. The first thing I noticed on arrival was the number of cats. This one had beautiful blue eyes.
A simple arrangement of uncooked spaghetti and farfalle (butterfly) pasta.
Lit from the side to give depth with an Elinchrom light fitted with a softbox
Taken with an Olympus EP2 and 14-42mm lens
Will Cheung had today off and asked if I wanted to go taking photos. So I booked the day off too and suggested we went over to Rivelin Valley as I knew the leaves would be fresh on the ground and the river has some interesting areas.
As a child I spent most of the school holidays and weekends either up Loxley or Rivelin Valley on boy adventures, so I know it well. I’ve rarely been up taking photo though and today was ideal.
As luck had it the weather was perfect – over cast and dry. Also very warm for this time of year. We parked at the old post office car park and walked back down the valley. There are various remnants of Sheffield’s industrious past, small bridges, streams that have been routed off the river, and dams.
My main task was to get some slow shutter speed waterfalls with leaves to add colour. And I got a decent collection for my files. I also found a couple of tiny fungi that were worth shooting and I’m pleased with what I got.
As the light faded we squeezed a few last shots out and then headed off over to Broomhill to Record Collector and finished the day off over the road with a curry at the Balti King.
For the blog I’m uploading a simple view of one of the slightly scary aspects of the valley as a kid – stepping stones. They seemed much further apart and dangerous as a 10 year old. Today I was just worried about slipping and knocking a hip out of place or something else middle aged!
Will Cheung emailed this morning to say he’d been to see Yes last night, and that they were playing Sheffield. I looked them up and realised the gig was tonight. So I quickly ordered a ticket and managed to get centre position in the Circle at the Sheffield City Hall.
I’ve been listening to Yes since the early 70s but I have never seen them until tonight. Shame Jon Anderson wasn’t singing or Rick Wakeman on keyboards, but the line up was solid and almost a 2 1/2 hour set was played, including all the golden oldies such as Roundabout and And You and I, plus at least one track from their new album which I hadn’t heard before.
This is them playing the opening title track from the album Fly From Here – it was a 20min long song. Prog rock lives on!
- Guitar, Vocals: Steve Howe
- Vocals: Benoit David
- Drums, Percussion: Alan White
- Bass, Vocals: Chris Squire
- Keyboards: Geoff Downes
Notice Steve has his own special carpet. I wonder if that’s like a comfort blanket?
Taken with the Olympus EP2 and 40-150mm zoom set at 40mm. ISO800 so noise is quite bad.