mykodachrome: 2010

Some civil war soldiers taken with the Nikon D3100. I have had the camera long enough now to know I like it. The big benefit is the small size compared to my Nikon D300s. The video has some better features than the D300s too. Likely I will use the D3100 a lot. What I notice though, is that the D300s does have the edge with image quality and also the D3100 pictures looking a little washed out, nothing that can’t be fixed in post processing though.

portrait in a hallway

resistance

A shot of a lamppost offering support to the Steel Worker's strike. Given the ways protests have been dealt with in Canada recently, I would not be surprised if this lamppost is arrested

lockout

Another shot of the Hamilton lockout. Notice the van in the background - it is full of private security guards. Ordinarily when I take pictures of the steelworks gates the security guards come out to harass me. This time they did not, probably because there were a few dozen angry striking steelworkers standing behind me when I took this shot.

pensions & benifits

A sign outside a Hamilton Steelworks today where the Local 1005 of the United Steelworkers remain locked out by U.S. Steel since early November.

let it snow

sharp shooter

snowball throwing

james (visiting canada)

plum (visiting canada)

aisle 5

Airport parking at 2E aisle 5

westdale

So far the D3100 is testng well - intitial focus point tests are good. Here is a nighttime shot.

fence (test)

Still testing the Nikon D3100

nikon d3100

So busy with classes and grading over the past whilte no time to post. But I did get time to go pick up a Nikon D3100 body. No chance to do any serious testing yet – but I will soon, The intent is this will replace the D60 as a lightweight backup body to the D300s. The D3100 also has video capabilities (unline the D60) and these are supposed to be better even than the D300s video — we will see over the coming weeks if this is so.

sidewalk greengrocer (HK)

hong kong

beijing bicycle

angie (beijing)

shoes in a hall

haunted house

blue car (havana)

country house

hot wheels

My neighbours car! Which I sometimes get to drive!

moving day

Helped R and T move into their new house this weekend - and of course I took some photos.

mask (capitoline museums)

rebecca

halloween - sherlock

halloween- underworld

halloween - mask

halloween party

50th

A break from the Halloween photos to celebrate the 50th birthday of a neighbour and friend. In fact our entire street went to celebrate at the night club Berlin. I am not usually a nightclub kind of guy, but when it includes all the neighbors, it becomes my kind of thing - what a party!