Some people believe that an expensive camera will help to take better photographs. Is that right? Here’s a test to find out. Look at the three photos below. They were taken with three very different cameras … a very basic (and old) ‘point and shoot’ … a middle-of-the-range digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera … and […]
You have to compromise
There have been a some wonderful sights in the evening sky these past few nights – the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter in unusually close conjunction. Photogenic stuff! Unfortunately, getting good photographs of them is not easy … In general the light is low so you need a long exposure But the Moon is still very […]
And we thought this year was bad …
I’ve posted a couple of times about the iced-up lakefront at Versoix, Switzerland (here and here). For the first 2 weeks of February this year, a vicious North wind that locals call the bise roared across Lac Léman (Lake Geneva), throwing spray over cars, and boats, and trees, and benches, and anything else along the […]
Motor-iced
They’re still frozen in place – the cars of Versoix. I wonder if they’ll pick up any parking tickets? I’ve just got back from the lake-front where this sad Suzuki (yes, that’s what it is under all that icing) has been immobilised. And there are more cars stuck to the street. But they’re attracting the […]