A night and a day on the streets in Bern with the Fuji X100

August 22, 2011 Time.Captured. Leave a comment

A night and a day on the streets in Bern with the Fuji X100

This weekend I had the opportunity to take the Fuxi X100 out on a photo safari in Bern. Some of the phots were taken at night (after 11 pm) in the station, some on a very warm and sunny afternoon in Bern. I was positively surprised that a relatively large fraction of the shots were quite usable, at least from the technical point of view (sharpness, noise,…). Speaking of noise: the Fuxi X100 virtually has no visible noise up to ISO 3200. I was again amazed by its low light performance.

[ There’s someone behind you, watching ]

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Shooting tips

Square or qeer: the 1:1 aspect ratio

August 19, 2011 Time.Captured. Leave a comment

Square or qeer: the 1:1 aspect ratio

Michael Freeman, a respected authority for composition in photography, writes in his book

Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos [affiliate]

about the square format that “you need a very good reason to choose THIS format over portait or landscape”. There is a danger that square photos can look boring, unattractive (though harmonic and peaceful).

However, viewing conventions can change and actually DID change recently.

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Gear and G.A.S.

Focal length statistics

August 12, 2011 Time.Captured. Leave a comment

Last weekend I used Aperture’s “smart album” feature to filter my photos from 2009 to today into groups of focal length:

(all values converted to 35mm equivalent focal length)

< 35 mm: Wide angle

35 to 65: more or less normal

66 to 135 mm: a typical focal length for portraits

135 to 200 mm: tele

> 200 mm: long tele

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Photo walk

Berries and Cherries: Fruit with the Fuji X100

August 11, 2011 Time.Captured. Leave a comment

Berries and Cherries: Fruit with the Fuji X100

Fruit with the Fuji X100.

I love the colors this camera produces.

[ Alien intruder: peach among apricots ]

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Street Photography

Street photography with the Fujifilm Finepix X100

August 8, 2011 Time.Captured. Leave a comment

Street photography with the Fujifilm Finepix X100

{If you would like to use any of my photos, please consider them as published under the “creative commons” licence (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons for details). In short: you may use any of these photos as long as you do not charge for them, and you have to mention my name as the owner/author in a clearly visible way. In simple words: feel free to use, but give credit and don’t steel.

Time.Captured. (Karsten Seiferlin)}

// Locarno, Piazza Grande //

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instagram

Some Instagram Fun

August 8, 2011 Time.Captured. Leave a comment

Some Instagram Fun

When Instagram appeared in the Appstore for iOS, I downloaded it, played with it, and deleted it. Later I downloaded it again, kept it, but hardly used it. I simply didn’t get it. Recently I developed more and more affection for it – to a big extent because of social interactions. Instagram was able to suggest me a few possible contacts which, to my surprise, all had a certain style of photography that was similar to mine, or, at least, to my taste. I started following a few contacts, they started following me. I “liked” their photos, they “liked” mine. A lot like with Flickr but faster and on the go.

OK, here are some of my instagrams (you can find all of them when using instagram: look for user timecaptured):

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