The Nocturnal Photographer

The Nocturnal Photographer

I am a member of UTATA and participated in their most recent project, focussing on nocturnal photography.

Urban Pyramids

Urban Pyramids

Toys in 3D

Toys in 3D

I took this last night for Utata’s nocturnal photography project. I used my Sigma 10-20mm lens, zooming out from 20mm to 10mm during a 6 second exposure.

Shake Your Head

Shake Your Head

This was taken at a rock festival, after dusk when it was already quite dark. This woman was behind me in the crowd on somebody’s shoulders. The shot was a handheld F4 1/2 second exposure at ISO1600 and was consequently quite noisy, so I had to reduce the noise as well as tweak the curves to get to the image you see here.

Partying

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Music fans partying at the Rock The Bay festival on 26 Decmeber 2005.

The Old Harbour In Hermanus

The Old Harbour In Hermanus

I took this earlier today with my new Sigma 10-20mm EX DC lens. For more photos taken with this lens see this set.

Karen Zoid

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Karen Zoid performing at the Rock The Bay festival held in Gordons Bay on 26 December 2005. See Rock The Bay: Bands or Rock The Bay: People for more photos from this event.

Oyster

Oyster

I found this abaloneoyster shell on the beach the other day. I initially thought it a stone, but someone suggested it might be an abalone shell. Not being that familiar with varieties of shellfish I agreed, due to the pearlescence visible in places. Later almero suggested it might be an oyster shell, and this has been confirmed by Robbie. I’m slightly embarrased that after living at the coast for six years, it took a Vrystaat boykie to identify this.

Moonshine

Moonshine

As the full moon rises over Theewaterskloof Dam, the dead trees cast eerie shadows.

Direction

I have just deleted some posts that I made with amusing photos from other photographers. I have decided that from now on I will only post photos I have taken and text I have written (this may be painful as I’m no writer) myself.