TCSOMPAIM Day 10

The continuing saga of my photographic adventures in Melbourne: Day 10

I’ve been on a bit of a spending spree today. I went and bought a Canon EFS 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM which will be perfect for my landscape and cruise ship photos. This weekend, we are planning to go to the Grampians, so it will get a good workout then. I’m  still experimenting with the 450D and the more that I use it and investigate the settings, the more I love it. In one of the best moves by Canon, the ISO button has been moved next to the shutter button. Not only is this more intuitive - making it simpler to change ISO settings without looking at the back of the camera - another great benefit is that accidental ISO changes are virtually eliminated. Every now and then, with the 400D, I would find that I had accidentally changed the ISO setting without realising it. Maybe it’s just me, but it was way to easy to accidentally depress the ISO button and change the setting. Thankfully, that should be a thing of the past now.

I also made an appointment to get two more tattoos on Wednesday. It’s official, I’m hooked. I plan to get another Star Trek related tattoo and also one of the Battlestar Galactica logo. I can’t wait. I’ll post the shots after they are done.

Here are a couple more photos from the Collingwood v Richmond game at the MCG yesterday. Click on the photos to enlarge:

   

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TCSOMPAIM Day 9

The continuing saga of my photographic adventures in Melbourne: Day 9

I’ve been experimenting a lot with my new Canon EOS 450D today. It’s a great camera that has 4,272 x 2,848 resolution and is 12.2 megapixels. The average RAW file is approximately 18MB and the processed jpeg is approximately 8MB.

We went to the MCG to watch the Collingwood v Richomond AFL game. Fortunately we had seats directly behind the goal and I managed to capture some great shots. I’ve only just got home, so I haven’t had a chance to process the images yet, except for these two which I processed just for this blog. The first is a panorama of the front of the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the second is a shot of the Collingwood team at the start of the game. Click on the photos to enlarge:

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