http://splodgephotos.com this, that and the other Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:59:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was reading some comments about the current political scandal involving George Osborne and Peter Mandelson when I realised the name of the yacht at the centre of it is the Queen K. Co-incidentally I photographed this boat in Rijeka 18 months ago. It actually seemed quite small close-up, and rather ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/10/scandal-and-queen-k/ Some beautiful mild autumn weather is around just now. Perfect for catching the trees as they begin to mellow and turn. It's just a bit early for that in the UK but in the next two or three weeks we'll be knee deep in dead leaves. Just time to enjoy ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/10/autumn-turns/ I do like black and white shots but most of the ones I do these days are desaturated colour shots. This one is a desaturated RAW image taken with a Sigma 14. I tend to resist taking mono shots because I always want to be sure i have a colour ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/10/landscape/ You can find graffiti everywhere, even on difficult to reach places. It's an easy photograph. Some sneer that instead of photographing other people's art you should be making your own. Fair enough, this is it. It looks so much better in black and white than it does in colour. Adobe ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/09/341/ I have been fascinated by the news of Sigma's announcement of their next compact digital camera, the DP2. As as owner of the DP1 I am well aware of its flaws - the most irritating being the lack speed at which the camera starts up and the slowness of the ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/09/sigma-dp2/ I've been very impressed with DrawIt an image and drawing program for the Mac. I've not bought it yet but I've had a lot of fun playing with it and following along with the screencasts on the site. It's vector based, with a built-in directory of shapes which can be ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/09/drawit/ Leica announces D-Lux 4 and C-Lux 3: "Pre-Photokina 2008: Leica has announced the D-Lux 4 and C-Lux 3 digital compact cameras. D-Lux 4 features a 1/1.63’ CCD image sensor, 3.0’, 460,000 dot LCD monitor and a 24 to 60mm (equiv) lens. Compared to D-Lux-4, C-Lux 3 has a smaller 1/2.33’ ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/09/leica-announces-d-lux-4/ Yet another one of the beach huts - this time without the human. I wish I had moved a little to the right to get the right-most door in shot and lost the palm leaves on the left. And I should have stood a bit more square on to the subject. I ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/09/green-huts-again/ Following on from the previous image of a line of green beach huts here's another with a splash of red, courtesy of a passing tourist. I told him not to pose, he laughed, and I snapped the shot. Another using the Sigma DP1. This was taken in the early Spring when ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/09/green-huts-red-man/ These huts are on a private part of the beach at Rimini, Italy. The faded and peeling green shuttered doors made a really nice colour scheme against the blue sky. I used a Sigma DP1 for this shot - on auto. The Sigma gives very vibrant colours and strong contrast. It's ... http://splodgephotos.com/2008/09/green-huts/