Time lapse

OK can somebody tell me where that last month went? I must confess to gross blog neglect, but it came down to the choice of family, food, sleep or blog with the schedule I've been on! 

Over recent weeks I have seen more sunrises and sunsets than ever with my continuing travels around the country, getting shots for my client outside of business hours. It's fun but tiring and I just wish I could squeeze more time out of my day to get some extra landscape shots from all the locations! The 'sweet spot' light wise for these shots is very slim at this time of year, probably only around half an hour depending on weather conditions.

In between the travels I have been getting to try out one of Canon's tilt shift lenses, the 24mm TSE to be precise. Been dying to try one out and when a client asked for some fairly radical angle product shots that required a good depth of field front to back, I knew this was the tool for the job! Thanks to the good folks over at Kingsize I was able to hire one and was not disappointed! It is just incredible how good the images are even at full tilt settings, really sharp and perfect for the job. Would be really good on architectural work too and great for surreal selective focus shots. A big thumbs up Canon and another one for the wish list... which is getting very long!

The shot above was taken last weekend at Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty. It looks lovely and serene which belies the fact that it was taken whilst racing to the next location before the light went! If you see someone sprint past you with a tripod that will probably be me!