Month: July 2016

sardines

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Sardines, paella and humanity
In Valdelagua

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We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

DSC_6471iced

DSC_6423stirred

DSC_6419tapped

DSC_6426salted

DSC_6428burned

DSC_6437queued

DSC_6452smoked

DSC_6456shovelled

DSC_6462seated

DSC_6465forked

DSC_6470deserved

DSC_6482served

DSC_6493consumed

All shots taken with Nikon D700 and Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4 lens in Manual mode and ISO200. All other settings made on the fly using the camera’s on board exposure meter, plus I confess to drinking and shooting.

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Huevos fritos (fried eggs)

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Huevos fritos in Valdelagua.

A photo essay in black and white.

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What happens when people open their hearts?
They get better
―Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

fingered
(three)legged
resigned
seated
poured
stacked
seated (again)
cooked
spotted
branded
pulled
fried
wired
bugged

A social event involving fried eggs, a certain suspension of disbelief, and a bug.

And, the additional application of manual settings.

This was a tough test of my manual aspirations, I had to adjust ISO, aperture and shutter speed. These images are far from perfect but they were an interesting challenge.

All images were made with my Nikon D700 and Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4 lens.

This time out I chose to shoot in JPEG (fine) and use the Nikon monochrome picture control. Yes, it was an experiment. The images were processed in Lightroom CC but all I did was to make some crops and apply the lens profile adjustments that I referred to in an earlierpost.

And you, what do…

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