http://ossum.co.za , your daily (give or take) dose of Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:58:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Old Biscuit Mill hosts the nicest Hippie Market I have yet visited and also some interesting shops, the most fun of which is ”Clockwork Orange, Mid Century Modern”. Clockwork Orange is full of awesome awesome things from the 70’s and 80’s that I want but would never spend my money ... http://ossum.co.za/2010/09/fastest-hunk-o-junk-in-the-galaxy/ -33.927483 18.457433-33.92748318.457433 Soccer World Cup fever was back for a day as everyone in cape town turned out to watch the demolition of the Athlone cooling towers. Unfortunately, I had to basically shoot from the hip, since the man with the big red button was a bit over-enthusiastic and blew the charges 3 ... http://ossum.co.za/2010/08/athlone-towers-demolition/ -33.946755 18.506209-33.94675518.506209 I had this composition and moody vibe in my head when I took the picture, but I had a feeling it wouldn’t work, so, imagine my suprise when it did (at least, I think it did). I don’t want to be one of those people, but seriously, it looks way better ... http://ossum.co.za/2010/08/storm-at-sea/ I am not terribly impressed with this picture, but I haven't shared anything in so long, I thought I may as well post it. It's all a big internet fad at the moment to make life size things look like miniatures with tilt-shift techniques, but I am much more interested in ... http://ossum.co.za/2010/08/waterfall-in-miniature/ Alys and I spent a long weekend in the bungalow at Leeuwenboschfontein. The stars are just amazing from there. I was a bit limited by my plasticky tripod blowing in the wind. The fact that there was nowhere to charge my battery also meant I only had one or two shots ... http://ossum.co.za/2010/08/leeuwenboschfontein-bungalow/ -33.569325 19.994596-33.56932519.994596 This is another shot from the ruins in Tokai forrest. We were messing around with EL wire and off-camera flash. http://ossum.co.za/2010/07/spirit-kick/ Cycling in winter after work is a constant race against fading light, so we decided stop fighting it and do some photos instead of training. http://ossum.co.za/2010/07/riding-tokai/ -34.040879 18.398601-34.04087918.398601 http://ossum.co.za/2010/07/scareb/ Playing around with long exposures again. See if you can figure out what is actually going on here. This particular exposure was about 3 miutes, at f22. The tiny aperture results in those awesome little starbursts. http://ossum.co.za/2010/07/paths/ -34.04323201687163 18.46323251724243-34.0432320168716318.46323251724243 It has been a long long time since I posted. I came across this today though and couldn't resist taking a picture, so I thought I may as well share. http://ossum.co.za/2010/07/shattered-rainbow/