Monthly Archives: August 2015

New lens, bird shooting

I love getting a new lens to test with. This is the first lens I’ve bought for my camera. At 19mm f2.8, it’s great for my food shots, however, not so great for animal pictures. While the pelicans were relatively harmless, I did manage to hover around a family of swans and got chased off by the mother!

So here’s the bird shooting version of picture spam!

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Behind the Machine

I visit Exchange so frequently that I think I can get away with a few things, though I do always ask nicely to make sure. Most of the time. I’ve always been envious of people who can take really cool shots at cafes, so I decided this was my best chance to do so too. I had the perfect excuse of testing out a new lens!

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Pretending to be a chef: More random market hauls

So I’ve got a tiny bit of downtime. Finally! That’s what happens when I decide I should take up an active hobby while still cooking, writing, drawing (ok the second two not so much), eating, coffeeing.

It seems there’s a whole range of interesting things lately, some of which I’ve not seen before or just didn’t have the marginal propensity to spend on. Plus it’s not good when I think that Tasmanian winter truffles are so affordable that I’ve ended up buying more truffle this year than any other time.

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