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A little Vietnamese restaurant I frequent  in Adelaide, the Yen Linh in Field Street,

There’s several elements of  composition illustrated in this picture …..the main one being figure to ground or using light and shadow to let the viewer know the central figure.  A concept covered in depth in workshops I conduct.

 

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There’s a resurgence of interest worldwide in black and white photography…a medium that has fallen  from favour in the digital age.

Taking the colour out of an image and using the contrast available can sometimes make a much more power photograph.

This is the first of a three part black and white series of images …… three lads connected by the  photograph that’s on the  camera’s screen.

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Looking for something entirely different but found this little beauty instead.

My attention span doesn’t reach as far as finding out the name  of the flower  with a purple centre….too busy trying to get a photo that separates the bloom from the background and deal with a bit of a breeze as well.

The Himeji Japanese Garden in Adelaide’s south parklands is a little haven away from the city rat race.

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Fuji X100s. ISO 3200, f2.8, 1/80th sec. Copyright 2014 Peter MacDonald Photography. All Rights Reserved.

Inspired by the work of New York Saul Leiter who died late last year. For any student of photography, Leiter’s work is well worth studying. There’s a documentary about Saul Leiter just released, called “In No Great Hurry: A quick look on the internet will find many of his pictures, life story and the movie, which you can download for about $10.

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Research Lab

Shot just before 10pm Daylight Saving time with a Fuji X-Pro f 6.4, 1/4 sec, ISO 800 with tripod.
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The Research Laboratory and the new Adelaide Hospital under construction

The changing Adelaide skyline looking very space age.

The final test for the Fuji…could it produce really high quality images at night?

This will probably end up as a large print on a wall somewhere because the resolution and detail was outstanding.

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