https://pixels.jallier.xyz/categories/photos/ Recent content in Photos on Pixels Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 22 Jan 2023 02:48:55 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/23/22-jan/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 02:48:55 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/23/22-jan/ As it is now 2023 I decided it was time to again check out this project once more. I knew it had been a while since I last published anything, but I didn’t realize just how long it had actually been. Rather than go through all the effort of trying to write posts for every month that I missed and totally losing motivation to do anything, I thought it would be more fun for me to just find a few of the photos from last year that I really liked, and publish them instead. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/22-feb-favourites/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:04:37 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/22-feb-favourites/ Birds birds birds. Lotta birds this month, plus I finally got a chance to try some more astrophotography. Gulls These photos were the result of my father and I heading out to the lake. We are both big fans of the work of a friend of ours, Tony. Since the day was overcast, we decided to try and emulate his style - pushing the exposure of the background to make it white, while exposing the bird correctly. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/22-january-favourites/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:04:37 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/22-january-favourites/ New year, same old me. Once again I have neglected this page for months and am doing catch up. One of these days i’ll remember to keep up. A lot of the photos i took in january ended up being portraits, or photos that no one apart from me will care about, so i’m not going to post them here. Lake birds A shag drying it’s wings in the sun 1/400 secs. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-december-favourites/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:04:37 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-december-favourites/ Finally made it to the end of the year! The 2021 lockdown in Auckland finally ended on the 15th, which meant that we could finally leave the city and head down to Rotorua to see my parents for Christmas. What a long time coming that was. While the lockdown was an interesting change of pace, and allowed me to do some things that I wouldn’t normally have had the chance to, after 3 months it really felt like it was dragging on and nerves were starting to fray. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-nov-favourites/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 23:40:00 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-nov-favourites/ Entering Novemember we were coming up on 3 months of lockdown. Being stuck in one place was starting to get a bit frustrating, and I took very few photos this month. Animals Cat 1/80 secs. | f/2.2 | 50mm | ISO 2000 Horse 1/1000 secs. | f/2.2 | 50mm | ISO 100 Neither of these two are super amazing, but I like the cat one, it shows her personality. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-october-favourites/ Fri, 31 Dec 2021 22:44:10 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-october-favourites/ October was a little thin on the photos front. The weather wasn’t cooperative at all, and with the lockdown still in place, I couldn’t go to many places outside the farm. On the farm itself, I spent a long time chasing birds trying to get some nice shots of them. Sadly I really struggled to get close enough to get anything in good detail before the bird would fly away. This made me decide to look for a larger zoom lens (which I did end up getting, although it didn’t arrive until christmas). https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-september-favourites/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 23:39:43 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-september-favourites/ Remember last month when I said I took a lot of bird photos? I wasn’t kidding. I like to think I improved a little bit from the previous month and I generally like these photos more. So here you are, lockdown birdpocalypse - part 2. Flower shots I’ll get these out of the way first. Not sure what kind of tree this is 1/640 secs. | f/5.6 | 135mm | ISO 100 Looking up at the blossoms 1/2500 secs. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-august-favourites/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 22:05:08 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/21-august-favourites/ Wow, nearly at the end of November and only just getting around to posting august. In august, Auckland got hit with a delta outbreak and so I got stuck in my flat for the entire month. Luckily it was spring, so flowers were just starting to bloom and all the tui starting coming out. So this month and next month are totally dominated by birds, espcially Tui. This was my first time trying to take photos of them, so these photos are a little rough. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/07-30-21-july-favourites/ Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:18:31 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/07-30-21-july-favourites/ I didn’t take many photos in July, mainly due to the weather making it much more difficult to get outside. Grass Grass shoots? I can’t remember their name 1/1250 secs. | f/2.5 | 50mm | ISO 100 You know, I just realized I don’t actually know what these things are called. That’s pretty embarassing. Anyway, this was just playing round with aperture some more and practicing getting the focus right. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/06-30-21-june-favourites/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 07:18:31 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/06-30-21-june-favourites/ This month I managed to get some sweet night shots. This was my first time trying long exposures, and i’m pretty happy with the results. This was of course before the winter weather set in, so it wasn’t quite so cold. Sky Tower Sky Tower 1/10 secs. | f/5.6 | 79mm | ISO 3200 This shot was taken without a tripod, but luckily the Sky Tower is lit up bright enough that using a steady brace with my elbows was enough to prevent motion blur. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/05-21-may-favourites/ Mon, 31 May 2021 07:18:31 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/05-21-may-favourites/ Well winter is here finally, and with the onslaught of bad weather the oppourtunity for taking photos has taken a dive. Thats not to say I haven’t gotten anything, but most of them came from the start of the month when it was warmer and I had more of a reason to go outside :D Now that winter has arrived I’m finding the motivation to get out and do things much harder to come by. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/camping/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 07:18:31 +0000 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/camping/ I went camping last weekend with my girlfriend, so I used the excuse to try and take a few photos. It was a really fun weekend, we had a little fire and watched the stars. Sadly I didn’t have a tripod so I couldn’t try any more astrophotography, so I tried to practice taking some regular photos. I didn’t really have much time for it, but I managed to get a few snaps. https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/easter/ Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:50:00 +1300 https://pixels.jallier.xyz/posts/easter/ Easter was the first chance i’d had to get out and take some photos since I got the new camera, so I was quite eager to get into it. Click the photos to embiggen them. Ducks These first two were just plain old ducks - nothing too interesting, but they were a good way to start getting used to the camera and how to use it properly Duck 1 1/1000 secs.