and sometimes i just sits » photography by ferraby ling

Something random……

The Drunken Admiral Restaurant, 17-19 Old Wharf, Hobart Town, Australia.

I wonder how’s the food. Might just pop in for a try the next time i’m around.

I rarely shoot close ups nowadays as i much prefer to see the bigger (wider) side of things. It is for this same reason that my telephoto lens (Nikon 100/2.8 E) sees very little use these days. 

When i started getting serious about photography, the aim was to get lenses that can cover from the widest to the longest.
Well, how was i to know – i was still too green to have my picks and preferences. Now that i’ve been doing this for more than a year, i can say for certain that i prefer to see the bigger (wider) side of things – focal lengths 28, 35 & 50mm is home territory for me

P.S. will talk about super-wides (sub 28mm) in the near future.

Typical Tassie countryside.
I was rather lucky with this shot. As you can see, it was a very cloudy day. In fact it poured soon after.
As i was about to take the shot, the sun managed to peek out which allowed for a faster shutter speed and smaller sperture, thus underexposing the sky a little giving the clouds a more dramatic look. All in all, the transient ray of light gave the picture more contrast.

The image below was taken soon after the sun disappeared. It has a more atmospheric, ‘early morning’ look to it and lacks total contrast.

Which is better? I’ll leave it up to you. I think both has its place.
Personally, i have a slight preference for the 2nd picture.
Somehow the low contrast and muted colors gives me a sense of ease.

“Tobacco drieth the brain, dimmeth the sight, vitiateth the smell, hurteth the stomach,
destroyeth the concoction, disturbeth the humors and spirits, corrupteth the breath,
induceth a trembling of the limbs, exsiccateth the windpipe, lungs and liver,
annoyeth the milt, scorcheth the heart, and causeth the blood to be adjusted” 
                                                             Tobias Venner (1577-1660), VIA RECTA AD VITAM LONGAM 

Tobias Venner, a physician, recognizes the prevalence of tobacco smoking as early as 1621. Venner criticises those who “cannot travel without a tobacco-pipe at their mouth”, as well as those who smoke between the courses at meals. He also warns that “this custome of taking the fume downe into the stomack and lungs” is “very pernicious.” The lungs will “consequently become unapt for motion, to the great offence of the heart, and ruine at length of the whole body.