PAW 2008, Week 03

Technically this shot has been taken before the one I published earlier. However I couldn't decide upon this shot. I would look at it again and again and think - is it worth it or is it not.

I seem to think that I might post it. So here goes.



The lens - SMCP FA 77/1.8 Limited.

PAW 2008, Week 02

Actually the second week of this year hasn't been too fruitful photographically. However, my replacement SMCP FA 43/1.9 Limited lens arrived which of course makes the last few days somewhat special.

So, yesterday I had a chance to actually shoot with the new lens, which is one of my favorites. Although as a matter of fact, all my Pentax Limited lenses are favorites of mine.



Hertzlia Marina


I admit I tweaked a bit colors and saturation in LightRoom 1.3.

PAW 2008, Week 01

This is my third year as a member of Picture A Week (PAW) mailing list. I don't have any better idea than to promote my blog by means of posting my PAW images here.

So here it comes.



Indoors parking



Lunch for three

Both shots were made with Pentax SMC FA 77/1.8 Limited.

Invitational

Usually I save a web-size (800x600 or so) versions of the photos that I think came out well in a directory called Web\K10D. And then of course I take a look at these photos every now and then. And so yesterday I noticed that most of the recent photos of mine are of the people whom I mostly know. And then the recollection came down at me...

I went to Prague to have a good time and also because the husband-soon-to-be asked me to take some pictures at the wedding. Then there was this company party and I was shooting again. Yesterday I had a nice walk in the park shooting my co-worker's firstborn.

People who know me are starting to ask me to come and take some pictures for them!

No, I am not charging money or anything of this kind. However this is really amusing.

As a side note, if you read this blog/message, please leave a comment so that I'd know if there are more than one person whom I happen to know in person ;-) reading my ramblings...

May the light be with you...

Prague, day 3 and day 4

As a matter of fact, I was rather exhausted on the next day after the wedding. I did not any pictures really worth showing, except may be the obligatory elevator mirror portrait.

During this trip something has clicked inside my head and now I tend to shoot with both eyes opened, not just the viewfinder eye...



On the fourth and the last day of the trip I had great pleasure meeting Frantisek Vlcek - a Prague dweller and a fellow photographer, formerly Pentax user...

Here is he wielding his Jedi sabre Canon camera...



Then I proceeded to Jan Saudek museum. It was quite a blast! It is good though that you could find most of the work presented in the museum in the electronic form on the above web site.

Then I just roamed the old town for quite a bit and these are the pictures that caught my eye:









And then unfortunately we had to head back to the airport...

P.S. All pictures were taken with Pentax SMC DA 21/3.2 AL Limited lens.