Rosamundi's Photoblog

This blog has moved

rosamundi — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:29:57 +0000

Having owned rosamundi for about a million years, I thought it was about time I did something with it, rather than just using it for e-mail.

Anyway, much poking about in the depths of my control panel later, Rosamundi’s Photoblog is now here.

Excuse the language as I try and remember where I’ve linked to the old site from…

I’ve been walking again

rosamundi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:16:15 +0000

I started walking The Thames Path national trail in May 2007 (photos here), but due to an Unfortunate Incident (involving a tart’s calling card lying in the street, me stepping on it, slipping over and cracking a bone in my foot, then rain, rain, floods, more rain, foot and mouth, oh look it’s raining again), I had to put my plans on hold.

Curses.

Anyway, I managed to go a whole year without breaking anything (cor), and so my new camera and I went for a walk. Three walks, actually, totalling 40 miles. My thighs would like it duly noted that they hate me.

Cricklade to Lechlade:

Lechlade to Newbridge:

Newbridge to Oxford

Taking over 1,300 photos in three days is silly, even for me. My 450D is a bit different to my G7 – there were many, many photos where it didn’t focus where I expected it to, but every day’s a learning experience…

It’s like The Ascent of Man, but with megapixels!

rosamundi — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:22:49 +0000

I was reviewing my flickr stream the other day, thinking about the cameras I’ve used, and how technology has advanced in an incredibly short space of time.

There is almost exactly three years between the top photo (taken on 3rd July 2005) and the bottom one (taken on July 4th 2008).

This picture was taken with one of my first ever digital cameras, a borrowed 3.2MP Kodak.

Hill Top Farm

Next I was given a camera of my own, a 5MP Canon (clearly camera preferences are like whether you can roll your tongue or not, handed down through the family line – my father has used Canons all his life)!

phalaenopsis

Having been bitten by the photography bug (and deeply, deeply relieved that I no longer have to pay for film processing), I then acquired another Canon, the 10MP G7, which could do all sorts of clever tricks such as selective colourisation in the camera itself (saving messing about on PhotoShop, hurrah)

yellow

And now, Canon’s latest SLR, the 12.2MP 450D, which I love to bits already.

flames

Now I just need to practice practice practice!

Another blog?

rosamundi — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:37:58 +0000

Yes, this is my second one. However, my first one is supposed to be about my journey as a Lay member of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans, Black Friars), although it’s actually more ranting about London Underground at the moment.

So I thought I’d set up a separate one as I learn how to use my new digital SLR.

Hello, world!

rosamundi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:53:09 +0000

IMG_0372, originally uploaded by *rosamundi*.

A shiny new photoblog to go with my shiny new camera…