The Sound of Drums
Can’t you hear it, Mrs Rook? What do you mean? The drum beat… the drums are coming closer… and closer.
Life on Wheels
Skateboard, suitcase and tool-trolley, Carrer de Elizabets, Barcelona.
Walking the Dogs
Avinguda de les Drassanes, Barcelona. I am not sure how it is even possible to roller-skate on the rough pavement surface!
Sleepy Sundays
The (too) early morning Sunday book market at Sant Antoni, Barcelona.
Flight Mode
Some more experiments with slowish exposures and fill-flash at dusk, Plaça dels Angels, Barcelona. These were taken with the Ricoh GR using the pop-up flash. Probably a longer focal length would be helpful, but the wide-angle with a low point of view seems to work well for these.
Two Gentlemen of Barcelona
Plaça de la Universitat, Barcelona.
Modern Transport
Another photograph from the on-going experiment in using a mix of flash and long-exposures for night-time images of objects in motion. Scooters like these are a surpassingly common form of transport in Barcelona – although the levitation is less common… This was taken with the Ricoh GR’s pop-up flash using a 1/10th second exposure and fill-flash while panning. The wide-angle (28mm equivalent) of the Ricoh means that you need to be a bit too close for comfort with some of these shots – probably a camera with a longer […]
Rough Night
Plaça dels Angels, Barcelona. The square is home to both Barcelona’s main modern art museum, and possibly the largest collection of homeless people in the city. There is a seemingly endless supply of old mattresses that provide at least some comfort in the night, but the unseasonably wet and cold weather at the moment is problematic. In a curious twist on the banking crisis many homeless people are now sleeping inside the lobbies of local banks to avoid the weather. The number of homeless people in the city has increased dramatically since […]
Portrait
Sitting on a plant pot, Plaça del Pi, Barcelona. Taken with the 50mm at f1.2 using auto-focus.
Wave
Another ISO12800 shot, but this time sharper thanks to the use of a 35mm rather than 50mm lens.
Watching
Another example of how using a 50mm lens is difficult in Barcelona. This was taken at f6.3 ISO10000. I would have liked to have been further back and more depth of field, but there was very little space and very little light.
Modern Communications
Carrer Elizabets, Barcelona. This and most of the upcoming shots were taken with the 5DIII and 50mm. In shadow is very very hard to get sharp focus and a fast shutter speed without insanely high ISO values. This image ended up at ISO 12800 at f11.
Cast
Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona.
Bottle
I am not sure how she was able to walk with all of those bags… Carrer de Santa Anna, Barcelona.
Ham
Cutting jamón at a Torres wine, ham and cheese tasting event outside of Palau Robert, Barcelona.
Portrait
Carrer del Carme, Barcelona. The alcove is drinking fountain, built in to the side of the old hospital.
Transient Eye 