My blog has moved!

I have very slowly been moving my blog over to a wordpress site on my own hosting, and the time has finally come to make the switch. I will be switching the feed from this blog over to the new blog after this post so you will get all the posts from the new blog very soon.

So please continue to read and follow over at my new url - http://jezza323.com/blog

I am still getting the post categories and tags sorted, but all the old posts have been moved over, and there are some new posts for you to read also! Enjoy!

Peregrine Winery, Gibbston Valley

Peregrine Winery, Gibbston Valley
Originally uploaded by jezza323

The old building at the Peregrine Winery, Gibbston Valley, Central Otago, New Zealand.

Highly recommend their wines!

Taken with Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6

Single shot processed in Lightroom 3

Sunday Morning Stroll

Originally uploaded by jezza323

Went into the city on Sunday morning to collect some tv shows off my work pc and meaning to get some long exposure IR shots. As it turns out im far too lazy to lug my tripod around the city on a Sunday morning, so just took a couple of street shots instead.

I spotted these interesting shadows so was just waiting for the right person to come along to snap this shot.

Taken with the Pentax K200D and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens @ 50mm f6.3, ISO 200 and 1/1250 shutter speed

Tree with Trails

Tree with Trails
Originally uploaded by jezza323

A short startrail with a nice foreground tree. This is a single exposure, with long exposure noise reduction switched on in the camera. I was quite lucky that there was almost no wind, the tree seems very sharp considering the length of the exposure.

I took this on my Moogerah camping trip

Remax Balloon Flight

Remax Balloon Flight
Originally uploaded by jezza323

Here is a shot taken with my lovely Tair-11a lens. As we were getting ready to head off some balloons launched and drifted across between the lookout and the city. The 135mm Tair-11a provided a "close up" (not very close at all really!) of the early morning light on the balloon.

Morning Shadows

Morning Shadows
Originally uploaded by jezza323

This is a shot I have been wanting to get for a while, but am often running late or don't have my camera with me. I finally took time out on my way to work to capture the great shadows along the sidewalk between the train station and my building in the morning.

The sun reflecting off the paving really contrasts against the deep long shadows well. This is also the first shot posted online from my brand new Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens which I purchased from Citiwide online ebay store. I had a $50 paypal credit for a survey and a 20% off paypal voucher which made the purchase much cheaper than it had rights to be.

Enjoy!

Night Lights and Dawn Sky

Night Lights and Dawn Sky
Originally uploaded by jezza323

View from Mt Cootha Lookout before the lights go out, but while the sky is beginning to light up

Taken with the Pentax K200D body, noompty's Pentax SMC DA 70 f2.4 Limited lens, Slik 500DX Pro tripod and remote cable release. The detail from this lens is quite amazing

3 shots at +/- 2.0 EV blended using Photomatix Exposure Blending.