Author: Richard Muscat Azzopardi

  • Some updates – posts on the interwebs

    I have had quite a few articles away from the blog over the past few days. Here goes: Fixing What’s hot on Google+ (Media Tapper) – (#75 of 366 X 2012 project) Running out of ink (EuroTech) – (#76 of 366 X 2012 project) WikiLeaks: Assange To Run For Office (EuroTech) – (#78 of 366 X 2012 project) Apple in Hot Water in Europe. Again. (EuroTech)…

  • Windmill

    Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 f2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture priority Focal Length: 55mm (35mm equivalent: 88mm) Aperture: f2.8 Exposure: 1/2500s ISO 100 I spotted this windmill in the middle of a field while on a day-trip to Gozo last week. I’m not a big fan of heavy editing to give pictures a retro…

  • Nissen Huts

    Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 f2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture priority Focal Length: 17mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm) Aperture: f3.5 Exposure: 1/320s ISO 160 Remember the Filigree shop from in the Crafts Village from yesterday? The rest of the crafts-people work from Nissen huts that were left over from the time when this area was…

  • Please Come Back Tomorrow

    Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 f2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture priority Focal Length: 17mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm) Aperture: f3.5 Exposure: 1/250s ISO 160 Visited the Crafts Village in Ta Qali (Malta,) recently and took a few shots in the area. The place is usually bustling with activity most of the day because tourists flock…

  • Clay Snakes

    Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 f2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture priority Focal Length: 55mm (35mm equivalent: 88mm) Aperture: f2.8 Exposure: 1/100s ISO 400 An experiment in extremely shallow depth of field. These are miniature clay snakes that were being prepared for a crafts lesson. Offhand I can calculate a depth of field of a…

  • Grasshopper Bar

    Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 f2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture priority Focal Length: 35mm (35mm equivalent: 56mm) Aperture: f2.8 Exposure: 1/100s (and 1/30s and 1/500s) ISO 100 This is a photo of one of my favourite haunts – a small bar in Lija, a village that is adjacent to Balzan (the village I live…