Sail Before Steam
A lone windsurfer eyes the competition on a grotty day off Stanley, Hong Kong.
Canon G3X at 220mm (600mm equivalent) iso400 1/320 f5.6. Cropped and tweaked in LR
Free as a bird
I was sitting on the balcony of our apartment in Phuket, dozing over the corrections to my new novel, when I was awoken from my reverie by what sounded like a large lawnmower flying overhead. Looking up, the beast turned out to be a powered paraglider (aka paramotor) skimming the roof and the treetops. Grabbing the camera, I fired off a few shots as the pilot swished around and then descended into the valley over the local village and out over Kamala bay. Looks like fun!
Canon 40D with Canon 70-200mm F4.5 L lens at 200 ISO 400 1/3200 at f6.3
Cropped and tweaked in Lightroom
Passion … fruit
A favourite shot of grandson Frank when he was around ten months old (he’s now just turned eight and he still loves passion fruit!
Canon EOS 1D MkII with Canon 28-70mmL f2.8 lens at 62mm. ISO 100 1/50 at f6.3
Happy Geishas
These ladies were not real geishas, just two of many Japanese ladies one Saturday morning in Kyoto taking advantage of a festival to dress up and wander the streets of the old town. They were loving the fun of the spectacle and a warm October day.
Taken in pre-digital days on Fujichrome Astia 100 transparency film with a Canon EOS3 and Canon 70-200mmf2.8L lens. Scanned with a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED scanner.
Montecchio maiden
Montecchio is a village in Tuscany on the road between Castiglion Fiorentino and Cortona. As a village, you’d drive through it without noticing it, but up on a hill behind is a medieval castle that opens its doors once a year in September for a medieval pageant lasting two days. It’s a very local affair, attracting people from all over the surrounding area. As well as the main players such as members of the procession, knights, maidens, flag throwers, trumpters etc, there are stall-holders also dressed up in medieval costume preparing traditional doughs as well as the ubiquitous pastas.
This beautiful maiden was part of the main procession that wound its way up from outside the castle and through the grounds, passing trumpeters blowing fanfares, and culminating in a formal ceremony prior to jousts and flag throwing. The wonderful thing about Tuscany is that when the people dress up in the costumes of 500 years ago, they are look like they have stepped out of a renaissance fresco – all the facial features are there.
Canon 1DMkII with Canon 70-200mm f2.8 lens at 190mm; ISO 200 f4.5 1/500
Going fishin’
At low tide on the reef all along the Kenyan coast, huge numbers of fishermen make their living searching for shellfish and reef fish. This patient man was pictured at Mtwapa a little north of Mombasa.
Canon 1D MkII with Canon 300mm f2.8L IS lens and Canon 1.4 extender.
ISO 500 1/8000 at f6.3
Welcome to the revamped dgcPhoto site, complete with a new theme and a new look.
I’ve been rather busy with other things for a while, so I thought a makeover was more than overdue. I hope you like it.
In many ways, the site is the same as before except that with the new theme it’s easier to navigate and more efficient to load. And the layout is far cleaner.
I’m currently using two cameras: the truly excellent Canon 90D I bought several months ago that is streets ahead of any other camera I’ve owned over the years, and a Canon 100D that I’ve had for a couple of years — a really lightweight little workhorse. I am also using my iPhone SE far more than I expected. The latest OS makes it an incredibly versatile camera.
Keep checking out the galleries; the old ones have been reinstalled and new ones are being added.
What were the ‘other things’?
Check out ‘My Novels’ here or in the menu above where a couple of clicks will take you to the world of ClarkeFiction and details of my seven edge-of-the-seat thriller novels and my wife Gail’s wonderful fully illustrated children’s books.
