Pondering Something in Tsukishima

Another shot from Saturday's outing with +Shinyong Lee into Tsukishima, Tokyo. +Edwin Zapata had finished his shots with our lovely model and I shot a few quick ones for myself, using the Loreo Lens in a Cap; a great little variable-aperture pinhole for DSLR.

Shinyong and I were out for a few hours of shooting with Edwin, who has had a few lessons and workshops with me since he has been in Japan. Edwin goes back to Panama very soon.

We did some work with lights and then just freestyled a bunch of shots in the streets of this charming part of town.

The outing wasn't about me shooting but I can never completely resist, so I snatched a few of my own as I was keen to try the pinhole on something other than landscapes and urban scenes.... and it works so well for fashion, especially when you mess with the fact that it is so easy to make this lens flare in direct sunshine.

The Tech Stuff

Nikon D700
Loreo Lens in a Cap @ f/16
In-camera monochrome using my Monochrome HC-01 setting
Toned in Photoshop.
All the flare effect occurred in-camera.

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

Everywhere I look these days in Holland the landscape has been transformed into a winter wonderland. There's not much snow, but two weeks freezing temperatures has rendered all the canals frozen and there are skaters everywhere.

Nikon D700, 14mm-24mm

#PlusPhotoExtract, #lensman , #photography , #travel , #Netherlands , #canals , #kinderdijk , #winter , #skating , #elfstedentocht

A quick shot from this easy Sunday afternoon. This is what I do when I have a few sunflowers growing. I cut one! ;-)
As usual the lighting diagram and other setup info i'll publish on my blog in the next few days. Thanks for looking! :-)

#PlusPhotoExtract

Beitostølen :)

entre plélan et paimpont .......le tunnel

http://www.flickr.com/photos/philippemanguin/
and
http://www.photosdebretagne.com

Half way in to February and we finally got some snow fall. Up until the past few days, we've been fortunate enough to spend most of the Winter so far in temperatures around 50 degrees. As soon as I woke up and noticed the snow, I grabbed my camera and headed out. I had an idea of where I was headed, but not a specific location. I saw this while driving and looking for something completely different which just serves as a reminder to always keep your eyes and mind open.

#BWFineArtLE by Joel Tjintjelaar
#FineArtPls by Marina Chen
#photoplusextract by Jarek Klimek

Time for a new wallpaper? Ok then.
This shot was taken during an incoming storm at Austinmer, NSW, Australia.
The raw power of the ocean.
As always my wallpapers are free to use for your desktop and not to be used for any other purpose. They come in 3 sizes for your convenience 1280x800 - 1680x1050 and 1920x1200
I hope you enjoy them and please if you do, consider sharing :)
Thanks!
Head on over to http://kieranoconnorphotography.com/wallpapers/

A Minimal Bird
Other than street portraits, the other art form that has caught my attention after I joined G+ is the work of minimalist photographers. Here is my 1st post for the theme #minimalmonday curated by +Olivier Du Tré. May or may not be appropriate, but I am trying to get the hang of things here :-)

I just arrived in Venice after a whirlwind tour through London, Paris & Istanbul in 6 days. With only one day to capture a city I was under some serious pressure. It didn't help that Europe is in a deep freeze! 8 hours in -6C temperatures is a challenge.

I have 4 nights in Italy, so hopefully I'll have a few hours downtime to catch up my Google+ friends on my journey!

http://mostlylisa.com/worldtrip

Hope everyone is still shooting and sharing their photos often :)

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