Challenge 8 - Tom's first

Seem to have spent an inordinate amount of time standing in stations recently, waiting to go home. So these seemed apt.

A usual a favourite and a close runner up.

Challenge 8 - Home

Thought I'd go with something suitably vague, after Kev's rather specific challenge last time.

So...Home. Whatever the word means to you really: it can be a pictures of the interior/exterior of your home, it can be pictures which suggest various meanings of the word, it can be trying to capture the feeling of home...whatever takes your fancy.

Five pic limit, as much or little PS'ing as you like.

New galleries feature at DPReview

Sure you've probably noticed, but DPR offering free hosting space to users.

Kevin's Best of 2009

Definitely this one. Wandering round midtown Manhatten on a September evening. The Rockefeller Centre looks like nothing during the day, but at night, it's stunning. I think I found an angle to show off the buildings to their best.

ISO 3200, f/4, 1/10s

It was a toss up between this and the blue glass building / reflections shot from Prague.

Best of 2009

Found this on dpreview this morning, their meta-best-of-2009, some superb shots here.

http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2398

So.... what's your best/favourite shot taken during 2009? I'll have a think and come back with my entry.

Snow Garden

Got back to the chalet about 8pm last night after struggling through the snow. Took a few snaps with the Pen. The first one was on Auto Iso (3200, sooooo noisy), and it was dreadful, even on the screen. I set the ISO to 800 and the aperture to the largest available (f/3.5). The shutter speeds were from 1/5 to 1/13 for the lowest light ones, and all hand held. They don't seem too blurry to me (edit: on reflection, looking at the full size shots, I withdraw that!)

No PP done, too busy at work :(

They are all over here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinl2048/sets/72157623050916328/

Non-challenge Sunday

Shooting into the sun with my 50mm f/1.4 results in dohnuts. Yeah, I've overdone the sharpening but I like it. Currently my desktop wallpaper.

I was given some lego and I finally got around to making it. He's a fierce wee beastie.