delayedflight.keikakudoori.net http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:14:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 National Multicultural Festival 2012 Part 1 – Anthony Callea http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/national-multicultural-festival-2012-part-1-anthony-callea/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/national-multicultural-festival-2012-part-1-anthony-callea/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:48:14 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1386 Canberra Multicultural Festival 2012 - Anthony Callea 00One more set before crashing. The National Multicultural Festival happened last week with Anthony Callea opening the festival with a brilliant performance. Fortunately for me I took the day off work to be able have this opportunity to test out my brand spanking new Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 but lo-and-behold I ended up shooting on the 70-200 pretty much the whole night.
That night I had a ball photographing Anthony, fortunately the lights were done by pros so I had no issues with poor lighting, Anthony was awesome on stage which provided many opportunities to produce many keepers and finally my own gear could actually keep up with the speed of the concert.
All in all a great success.
I was also able to catch the last half of Bombay Royale’s performance so keep an eye out as I’ll post the set when I’m done processing. Otherwise enjoy my set and if you’re not already a fan of my Facebook page send me a ‘Like’ if you enjoy my work.

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/national-multicultural-festival-2012-part-1-anthony-callea/feed/ 0 Summer Sounds 2012 Part 3 – Matt Handel Quartet http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-2012-part-3-matt-handel-quartet/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-2012-part-3-matt-handel-quartet/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:47:37 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1370 Summer Sounds 2012 - Matt Handel Quartet 10

This is the last part of my three part series from The Australian National Botanic Garden’s Summer Sounds series for 2012. It features local jazz outfit the Matt Handel Quartet closing the night after the Liam Budge Trio.
Anyway I won’t talk anymore enjoy the set and if you’re not already a fan of my facebook page, be an awesome reader and send me a ‘Like’ if you enjoy my work.

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-2012-part-3-matt-handel-quartet/feed/ 0 Summer Sounds 2012 Part 2 – Liam Budge Trio http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-part-2-liam-budge-trio/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-part-2-liam-budge-trio/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:37:46 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1366 Summer Sounds 2012 - Liam Budge Trio 09

This is the second part of my Summer Sounds collection and features the Liam Budge Trio. This time round I had finally replaced my Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 with Nikons’ 70-200 f/2.8 VRII. The lens was an absolute dream to shoot with; super sharp, fast and devoid of any sort of faults.
It was fun shooting both bands that were performing that day.
I’m keeping both bands as separate posts so the final post should be up soon after this one.

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-part-2-liam-budge-trio/feed/ 0 Summer Sounds 2012 Part 1 – Annie and the Armadillos http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-2012-part-1-annie-and-the-armadillos/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-2012-part-1-annie-and-the-armadillos/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:42:31 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1363 Summer Sounds 2012 - Annie and the Armadillos 16
The Australian National Botanic Gardens have been hosting their Summer Sounds series last month featuring Jazz and dance talent. Of course this means an opportunity to sharpen my skills at photographing bands.
With an day off work I decided to clear my calendar and head off to the Botanic Gardens to photograph Annie and the Armadillos. Hope y’all enjoy the set!

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/02/summer-sounds-2012-part-1-annie-and-the-armadillos/feed/ 0 Visit to the zoo http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/01/visit-to-the-zoo/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/01/visit-to-the-zoo/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:50:20 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1357 DSC_5211
Last week I went for the first time in a while to the National Zoo and Aquarium, Canberra’s own little piece of animal heaven. It was an opportunity for me to give the Tamron 70-200 a good workout and get in some animal shots.
Unfortunately for me my laziness for not going the previous day had penalised me with the lack of big cats since they were all hiding in the shade from the sweltering sun.
Luckily I was able to get some good reptile shots and managed to get really close to get a few portraits of the Wallabies in the native animals display. Anyway I won’t bore you with more talk, enjoy the photos and if you like them leave a comment.

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/01/visit-to-the-zoo/feed/ 0 New Years Eve Concerts 2012 http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/01/new-years-eve-concerts-2012/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/01/new-years-eve-concerts-2012/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:30:55 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1345 Ian Moss 11
This new years eve I went out to photograph Ian Moss who was performing that night. He was the headlining act but before that local band Bridge Between were performing covers and their own original songs.
It was fortunate that I got there early and found a decent spot to photograph from because as Bridge Between was starting to finish up the spots near the crowd barriers were getting packed. Anyway the night was great, I got to enjoy music, watch two fireworks displays and gave my camera a good thrashing.

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This was the second occasion I was able to put the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 to work, it performed okay for the night but as I found the lack of stabilisation made getting shots a bit less comfortable requiring more energy on my part to keep the camera and lens pushed against my face to reduce camera shake. Auto-focus was a bit on the slow side but kept up with what was happening.
One thing I can’t fault with this lens is the image quality the shots that I got were tack sharp though it was showing a quite a bit of aberrations wide open. Despite the slower autofocus, lack of stabilisation it performed admirably and produced the goods.

Anyway here are the fruits of my labor enjoy!

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2012/01/new-years-eve-concerts-2012/feed/ 0 Thunderstruck Kickboxing Fight Night http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/12/thunderstruck-kickboxing-fight-night/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/12/thunderstruck-kickboxing-fight-night/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:07:22 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1338 DSC_2052Earlier this month I went to a fight night (yes that one I talked about in my last post) and these were the photos that resulted. Overall I am fairly happy with the shots that resulted. Though I had a few handling issues with the Tamron 70-200 on an ungripped D7000.
Hopefully this should be remedied as I have a new grip which should make the camera less front heavy. Anyway enough of me rambling feel free to browse the slightly large set.
Enjoy!

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/12/thunderstruck-kickboxing-fight-night/feed/ 0 I am Nikon and have night vision. http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/12/i-am-nikon-and-have-night-vision/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/12/i-am-nikon-and-have-night-vision/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:39:08 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1322 I am D7000
Alright, I’ve been a bit behind on updates. But here’s what has been happening lately. After owning my K-7 for 2+ years now it’s time for an upgrade so I took the plunge, bought myself a secondhand Nikon D7000 and Tamron 70-200 f/2.8.
The main reasons for purchasing the D7000 was for improved AF performance and better low light performance.

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I took out the camera for it’s first real outing last week to photograph a local band playing at a bar. Needless to say the lighting conditions were abysmal and I found myself shooting at ISO 12600 for more or less the whole time.
I was very surprised as to how much detail was retained and the minimal noise reduction required to get usable photographs. I’ve also got photos from a kickboxing fight night to process, so keep an eye or follow me on twitter to get the latest updates.
Anyway, enjoy the set and as always feel free to leave a comment if you like what you see.

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/12/i-am-nikon-and-have-night-vision/feed/ 0 Belconnen Skatepark http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/10/belconnen-skatepark/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/10/belconnen-skatepark/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:54:00 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1297 Mid Flight
Went to the local skatepark to burn off some film. Unfortunately there was to be none of that I ended up shooting mainly digital the whole afternoon.
Anyway here are some shots of the day.
Enjoy!

]]> http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/10/belconnen-skatepark/feed/ 0 Skidpan Day Photos http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/10/skidpan-day-photos/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2011/10/skidpan-day-photos/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:05:43 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/?p=1294 DSC_2736I went to a skidpan day with Lardman a few months back and got my first taste of photographing cars in action. Although I processed the photos of the day I never ended up posting them.
Until now after trawling through my hard drives I discovered them languishing and unloved. Unloved they are no more and have now been [finally] posted.
Enjoy!

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