MITP – Mini In The Park 2010 – Photos

After going to sleep late on the Saturday I woke up super duper early to go to MITP or Mini In The Pod at Santa Pod Raceway. It wasn't as busy as I expected, I think the previous day's weather put people off but it happened to be a pleasant day, nice and relaxed! So I took the opportunity to take only a few photos as previous shows I'd go crazy snapping away. Here are a few shots that I edited, I think these were the best shots of the day.

To see the rest of the photos in the set click >>> MITP - Mini Show <<<

Mini – HDR photo

Here's an experiment I tried this evening with the Mini. Photos for the DHR image were taken on the Nikon d5000 with the standard kit lens (Nikkor 18-55mm) and taken into Photomatix. Hopefully the first of many.

Mr Edison “E’boy” Laroza

Mum was sifting through some old clothes and she found a couple of dad's late 70's, tailor made blazers. I'll end up either ebaying them but before that I got dad to try them on. The blue number was the jacket that dad wore when he first arrived in England in August 1975.

Mum said that when he she met dad, he would still get his clothes tailor made back home in the Philippines and get them sent to England. She showed me some white flares that dad apparently measured her up for and sent the details back 'home' for the trousers to be made. Either they didn't make clothes that fit the properly or they were just as picky as I am with my clothes! He's not too bothered with fashion anymore, he prefers to be comfy clothes. I wonder how long it will be before I want to just wear 'comfy' clothes... whatever that means!? He's still a cool dude in my books.

Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Series E Lens

Managed to pick up a Nikon FG-20 35mm film SLR with a Nikon 50mm f1:8 Series E lens... which basically means... I CAN USE IT ON MY NIKON! SCORE! I was initially looking at the Nikkor AF prime lenses online but they were coming in at £94.00 on Amazon, which I couldn't really afford. So the camera and lens came at a steal for £10!

This lens makes the d5000 so portable. It does however mean that you have to compose your shots with more thought as it it is a prime lens.

It's definitely an experience using a prime lens, you tend to be skipping back and forth trying to get everything in the picture. Then you have to manually adjust the aperture ring and manual focus using the range finder within the view finder. It's going to take a fare bit of practice... luckily you don't have to pay for film or batteries anymore!

My Batcave… what’s yours?

This is where I spend most of my time exploring. We all have our own Batcave... where we solve questions. Or walk around in a mask. What is your Batcave?

First HDR test on Nikon d5000

So I thought... "I have a DSLR now, I better try out Photomatix and some HDR!" Well I didn't say that out loud, but I thought it in my head. Here's a pic of the back garden, with the 3 bracketed exposures.

I liked the saturated colours. I'm definitely going to have to play around more with this! Once I figured out how to the bracketing on the d5000 it was a case uploading and bringing together in Photomatix, which took around 5 minutes. Twas only an experiment, but I really like the results!

Just tried another variant of the same pics:

Jason and his new toy…

So I've always wanted a DSLR and could never afford one. So this summer instead of going on holiday abroad (as I usually do every summer), I decided to invest in one. I had to settle on a budget first or else I would have gone for the Canon 550d or the lower end Canon 500d. Instead I went with the Nikon d5000.

Being new to the DSLR game I had no idea what to expect, but I did go into Jessops and had a play with it. I have had an old 35mm SLR so was used to the manual controls... to a degree, but this is another level as it also has 720p HD capabilities. I like the feel of the camera as it's quite light (in comparison to the Nikon d90) therefore making it more portable and it has a tilt screen. Wasn't sure about the tilt screen... that's until I had a little play. Anyhoo... since last week I've rediscovered my old Flickr account and Vimeo.

Here's a few photos I've taken so far:

And a video I created for a friend of his Supercharged 1330 Rover Mini:

Justin's Supercharged 1330 Mini from Laroza on Vimeo.