
It was a heavily overcast morning, but as the sun rose over the horizon the clouds opened up in the distance. I’m glad I made the effort and stayed for the light show.

Almost Grey Nomads caravaning around Australia


Here is a link to a very detailed review of the new Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM Lens, a lens I have been thinking about getting.
It seems the f/4 version of this lens got a decent upgrade while the f/2.8 didn’t get much in the way of improvements at all.
Read more at The-Digital-Picture.com
Big and bad, good and little – Equivalence. It’s the bugbear of anyone who reviews Micro Four Thirds lenses. You are being conned says the incoming mail. Your f/1.4 lens is really an f/2.8. And your so called shallow depth of field is commensurate with f/2.8, too, not f/1.4. It’s an argument I’ve heard so many times and while factually true, is pointless and irrelevant. The only rational response is -so what?
Read more at Dave Thorpe blog



On June 20th, 2018 Adobe released Lightroom 7.4 which has a few new feature updates to Lightroom Classic, CC as well as Lightroom Mobile on your phones and tablets. In this video we’ll take a look at what’s new.
Skylum Software has released the latest update to its award-winning photo editing software, Aurora HDR, bringing improved performance, new features, and updated tools to both MacOS and Windows versions.
There is a discount for those upgrading from a previous version.
Read more: https://skylum.com/blog/aurora-hdr-is-better-than-ever
I discuss the notion of keepers in landscape photography and discuss some of my images that I think are portfolio worthy and some that aren’t. The key message here is that making great images isn’t easy, so don’t worry if things don’t always go your way.

Canon 6D Mk II iso 200, f/13, 2 sec 100mm