Was out on a walk with Alfie this evening and you get great light during the golden hour when the sun is low along the horizon but not quite setting yet. Bought a Nikon lens adapter for my GF1 when I got it last year so I stuck the 50mm 1.2 on it.

Saw this scene and knew I could isolate the foreground from the background with the shallow depth of field. Wanted to take advantage of the light reflecting off the grass in the middle. At f1.2, contrast isn’t great, so I brought the colour back with some adjustments in post processing.

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I’ve been wanting to do a photo book for the past couple of years. Prior years I have just printed the photos on my printer and stuck them into a sort of scrap book. This time round, I feel more confident with my photos from the trip to China and with at least a theme surrounding the photobook, I can limit the selection of images. I have over 300 images to choose from, but would like to keep the book to under 100 pages. Heh, there are many things I’d like to do with my photos, and there’s an image I’d like to do a large print of, but slowly exploring my options on what online services to use.

Hope to get this shipped before the end of February. It’s a start at least.