Photography: Photo of the Day – 2nd November 2010

So it’s been a long time since I’ve updated this blog, mainly because I’ve been concentrating on Dedicated to Disneyland Paris, that and I’ve been working from home with my right hand in a splint thanks to a chronic case of De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis. Since I last posted I sold my Panasonic FZ38, bought and sold a Panasonic FS30, and took took delivery of a Panasonic TZ10 just this morning. My latest camera acquisition was helped in some way by the £30 cash back currently available with this camera.

The TZ10 is a powerful compact camera that is small enough for me to take anywhere, but packed with features and manual controls such as aperture, which I really wanted. I’ve only had it a few hours and at lunch I went into the back garden and took a few snaps – not easy with your hand in a splint! Anyway, on a dreary day like today there wasn’t much to take a photo of, until I saw this guy munching away on his lunch.

Spider with lunch

It took a few goes for me to get a decent shot as the wind was blowing quite violently, but I managed in the end. I’m pleased with the results and it reminds me of the great spider photos I took with my Panasonic TZ7. Will I keep this camera for more than a few weeks or months? Who knows, only time will tell – it’s my 9th camera since last August!

I also owned a Kindle 3G for 24 hours earlier this week, but more on that in another post!

Photography: Photo of the Day – July 7th 2010

I’m cheating a bit as this was actually taken on Monday (5th July) but it’s taken till now for me to get around to uploading it and getting on this blog! We were doing some clearing in the back garden and must have disturbed this guy’s nest as he ran along the ground and up the fence. This was taken using my Panasonic TZ7 rather than my Sony A300 (which I no longer own – no seriously! Story to be told at a later date!) as it was low light and the macro on the TZ7 is far superior.

Panasonic TZ1 Macro Mode | 1/30 | f/2.8 | ISO-80

He was about 2-3 inches wide, with legs not fully extended, and big enough to send my wife running inside and not something I was keen on encountering, especially as I had sandals on and of course no socks!

A second photo shows what I’m almost certain are the flies that started off life as the larvae I took a photo in this post.

Panasonic TZ1 Macro Mode | 1/50 | f/2.8 | ISO-100