Closeup of the trees from the last post. Here you can see what I mean. It looks decently sharp at this size, but try to open a bigger version of it (or don’t). They’re beautiful though.
There are lots of these trees around. I don’t know what they are called, but if you know, I would appreciate a tip. They’re pretty, and wonderful subjects. However, my efforts yielded no good closeups this time. Essentially I could not keep a wider aperture without a tripod, which I didn’t happen to have on me. In this picture the shallow depth of field makes a rather cool effect though.
It was a busy day on the Welland Canal, I saw four ships in just two hours. Three actually went past me, and I saw another one in a lock further down. No doubt there were ships in all seven locks yesterday.
You know, the canal between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie (the Welland Canal) is only 500 metres away from where I live and I almost never see it? I hear the ships sometimes though. But I’ve lived close to the canal for three and a half years without paying much attention to it. Therefore I took a walk along the canal yesterday in the balmy weather.
I got an early birthday present from Jenna, a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 :) I’ve wanted a 50mm normal lens for a while, so this was perfect. For those who wonder why a lens that can’t zoom is so great, it makes it much more light sensitive (lower f number = greater aperture = more light). Put the other way around, it’s a faster lens since you can use a higher shutterspeed. That means I can take pictures when others have to use a flash, or of things in motion, and that I can take pictures with shallower depth of field (area in focus). Apparently, it produces nice sharp pictures and has good colour reproduction, although I’ve yet to take enough pictures with it to see the difference.
It’s springtime in Canada, and the bees are out. Lots of pics to follow in the weeks to come, methinks. I like taking pictures of flowers.
Here you see Jenna in Germany, glowing like the sun despite the gray and dull day.
Jenna and I went on a “mini cruise”, a three day return-trip on a cruise ship size car and passenger ferry that traffics the route between Oslo, Norway, and Kiel, a port city in northern Germany. We got a few hours to explore the city (mainly the malls and the main shopping streets :P).
I took this panorama at the top of the Decew Falls (we have a hydroelectric power plant on campus). Why on Earth have they fenced in this wonderful view? Everywhere else it’s just impossible to get a clear view because of trees.
Jenna thought she had seen life spontaneously occur in the puddle of green slime and had to investigate! This is from Balls Falls, a historical site and nature reserve just west of St Catharines.
This is where my parents live in Hønefoss, Norway. I’ve been living there also, but only in the summer holidays after I started studying in Canada.
