Thanks everyone, for the kind comments! Replies to some questions and
comments:
Henrik Dahl wrote:
>
> Great photos Roger. Thanks for sharing.
> What's the exposure info on the Melbourne night scenes?
>
> Henrik Dahl
Let me see... the first one from high up the Rialto Towers was taken on
Fuji Sensia 400, the other two on Sensia 100. I know for the third one,
aperture was f/16 and it was roughly a four minute exposure. The other
two were shorter, a few seconds or thereabouts, with aperture somewhere
roundabout wide open. The Flinders Street station shot was 30s at f/8
on Sensia 100 if I remember rightly.
>
> PS Your site itself also looks very nice
>
Thanks! But further to recent comments about browsers, note the
different background in Netscrape or Exploiter. Bloody style sheets :)
Dorothie Rapp wrote:
> lovely pictures!
> I quite enjoyed the icelandic ones too, having been there in 1979...
>
> cheers
> Doro
>
I bet there weren't too many other tourists about then! People seem
only to have realised in recent years that there's a country out there
in the North Atlantic. Nowadays I would wager that Iceland features in
at least one UK newspaper travel section every single weekend. The Blue
Lagoon is ubiquitous!
David Thatcher wrote:
>
> Roger,
>
> ...a stirring display of some of the sights of my
> hometown, which we tend to take for granted here. I thank you.
>
> DavidT
> Adelaide, South Australia
I agree very much that we take our own locale for granted. I have not
taken as many photos in six years in London as I took in three weeks in
Australia, and I have not even visited half the attractions here. Must
try harder...
> "Wright, Steve (Darlington)" wrote:
>
> I noticed you list the non Oly Tokina 70-210mm f/4.5 in your kit. How
> do you rate this lens? I got a mint example with my recent OM4 off
> Ebay 2 months ago and I haven't used it yet. Is it work keeping?
>
> Steve Wright
>
It's never been a favourite lens of mine, just because a variable focal
length is really one too many variables for me. But it seems like a
fairly decent performer. Australia shots that were taken with it
include
http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/travel/australia/2001/photos/sydney/au14-s14-06.jpg
http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/travel/australia/2001/photos/greatoceanroad/au07-s07-37.jpg
both of which show a good lot of sharp detail on the original slide, and
have come across reasonably well on the scan. I only really used it on
the trip because I was lacking a 135mm lens at the time, but that's now
sorted out so it's back in semi-retirement. I'd certainly give it a
try.
Thanks again to everyone!
Roger
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