I’ve shot a lot of coffee making competitions but I haven’t done it for a couple of years now. Here are some images from the 2nd day of the Victorian Barista and Latte Art championships. Really difficult lighting but handled very well by the Nikon D3 and D3s. Images here.
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Shooting a coffee making competition
A list of cafes to try in 2011
From The Age today. A list of places to try.
Cleaning up bird droppings on black car
There’s nothing like bird droppings on a black car. Here’s a nice splodge on the bonnet of our black Golf. It’s been there for a few weeks and normal polish didn’t get it off. Time for some product selection. A bit of Meguire’s Fine Cut Cleaner, a random orbital polisher, orange cutting pad, and it was all gone in 10 minutes. Having the right tools makes it easy. Otherwise, very very difficult to remove.
A-League Round 21
Another 3pm afternoon match. Crazy light, but the upside is that the last 10 minutes was in the Golden Hour. More images here.
Remote camera at the soccer
Inspired by AP photographer Morry Gash’s photo of the NBA match Heat vs Bucks shot with a remote camera I got the Pocketwizards out today.
Most remotes are set behind the goal with a fish-eye lens or an ultrawide. But I decided to try something a bit different. Lens used was a 70-200mm at 190mm. Manual focused and f8 for some depth of field. The idea was to shoot some goal-mouth action. Unfortunately there were no goals scored at this end for the whole match. Nevertheless, it was a great location for the remote: setup near mid-field at about a 45 degree angle to the goal, hidden behind a sponsor’s banners. This angle is usually impossible to get from the other end. If I were to shoot it from the end of the field I’d need a 670mm, or a 400mm with a 1.7x TC. While possible it’s just too cumbersome to put the TC on just for a shot. But a remote worked beautifully. Setup was triggered by a Pocketwizard Plus II. Here’s one of the keepers. Here’s another one. And more images here.
