Porsche

80mm equiv, 1/3 sec at f/5, ISO 200
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This is a preparation shot for the FujiMugs 'Transport' challenge. I went into the Porsche dealer and took a few snaps, but the lighting was poor. This was one of the better shots, but I thought when I got home that it needed less DOF, so I cheated and added the blur in Photoshop.

Luminous Crucifix

62mm equiv, 3.25 sec at f/2.9, ISO 200
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Market

210mm equiv, 1/5 sec at f/6.3, ISO 200
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I like the coloured poles in this market that I just happened to walk past. It was closing for the night so most of the people had left, but there were still a few about.

Fluffy

35mm equiv, 1/45 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
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I wish there was a bit more 'pop' in the greens and yellows in the background, and perhaps the whole picture is a bit underexposed - but at least that stops the fluffy thing blowing out.

Any idea what the 'fluffy thing' is? I haven't a clue...

Jailhouse

89mm equiv, 13 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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This is another shot I took on the same night as the previous photo. Tomorrow I think I might have another for you from this night.

School Crossing

150mm equiv, 15 sec at f/3.1, ISO 200
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The orange streetlights here in the UK are hard to balance but I think the colour temperature of this shot makes it more interesting.

Globe

57mm equiv, 1/13 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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This is an image I took a few weeks ago, I feel like I should post something. Tonight my S7000 did it's very best to piss me off. Things I hate about this Fuji? Firstly I hate the AF in low light. It's rubbish, slow and innaccurate. So to combat this I have to keep switching back and forth between record and play modes to check the shots for focus. This I could just about put up with, but the kick in the teeth is that when you do switch to play the lens will randomly decide to retract back into the housing (thus loosing the settings where it had previously been). If it was constant and predictable I could live with it, but sometimes it does it after 1 second, sometimes it might take a minute.

So tonight I was out taking shots then quickly switching to play, zooming in to check focus, getting half-way there and then hearing the lens motor kick in to retract it back, swearing, and repeating the whole thing. I got home with a bunch of useless shots. Donations for a DSLR welcome :D

Piña

80mm equiv, 1/10 sec at f/3, ISO 200
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I'm preparing for the current FujiMugs challenge - 'Fruit or Vegetable'. I took this shot and I think I can do better, so I'll try something else tomorrow.

Bubblelicious

105mm equiv, 1/340 sec at f/4.5, ISO 200
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I don't feel entirely comfortable posting this, but I'm not sure why. It's a really old shot (infact shot on the same day as the very first post on this photoblog...).

I wasn't in the mood to get the cam out today and thought that I shouldn't miss out on a day's update just because I don't have anything I took today. I think this shot is more than worthy, it's of the Eden Project biomes. Does anyone have a view on this?

Wagamama Alt

210mm equiv, 1/5 sec at f/3.1, ISO 200
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I wasn't sure if I should post this or not, but saying as my outings with sparklers tonight resulted in nothing pleasing I thought I may as well.

It is of course an alternative angle on Wagamama.I like the bike in the background and the nice graininess to the shot.

Sparkly New Bike

79mm equiv, 30 sec at f/8, ISO 200
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This is my entry for the Photofriday challenge - 'Radiant'.

I think I might be making a series out of these type of shots without realising it. The first one that got my imagination going would of course be Laser Chair. I wasn't sure whether to enter this or the chair pic for the Radiant challenge.

This was taken using the multiple exposure feature on my camera (2 shots overlaid, if only I had a DSLR...). My girlfriend bought me some little small indoor sparklers, I'm going to go out today and buy some big monster ones, then see what else I can trace around.

Wagamama

75mm equiv, 1/5 sec at f/3, ISO 200
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THANK YOU GOD! Firstly for giving me proper internet access back (the gimps at work block pretty much anything to do with photos or blogging), and thank you also for helping blogger to come back online. I'm not a religious person, but I think I needed help from somewhere.

To any of my regular visitors - sorry. I wanted to update this sooner, I really want to try to put up a fresh pic every day. But being stuck away from home during the week with work makes blogging difficult. Then when I did get back, blogger was off-line so I couldn't even post anyway, frustrated? Not even close.

I've been lacking in inspiration too whilst away, the weather was crap and I have now started to go to work in the dark and come home in the dark, yay! :\

Oh, I suppose I should explain this shot a bit, it's taken from the inside of the Wagamama restaurant in Bristol.

Please add comments as you think 'em folks, either way if you love of hate the pics - I'd like to hear why.