Category: Travel
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Sweet Valentine
Shot with a Canon EOS 50D (w/ 17-55 f2.8 IS USM lens) Shot on Aperture priority Focal Length: 54mm (35mm equivalent: 86mm) Aperture: f2.8 Exposure: 1/160s ISO 200 When in Grenoble a week or so ago, we took a tram across the city from where we were staying and then walked back. The temperatures were well below…
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Grenoble by Night
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: f2.8 Exposure: 1/5s ISO 1600 I walked past this square in Grenoble, France, on Sunday in daylight and wasn’t too impressed but when I spotted it after dinner (through a narrow alley which leads to…
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Random Musings – Vol 3 (Travelling off the beaten track)
I tend to be a bit of an extremist when it comes to travelling. I avoid things I label as tourist traps like the plague, even at the expense of missing out on some obvious land marks. I’ve been to Paris three or four times, yet I’ve never gone to the Eiffel Tower. I visit…
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Sailing trip results
Nothing like a couple of days on a sailing boat to really set your mind thinking. Thanks to a very kind boss and by putting in a lot of extra hours in advance, I managed to take a day off work (in a very busy period) and spent four days on the family sailing boat…