@awesomemeerkat told me about some nesting owls at Kirstenbosch and a friend helped locate them. My dad and I went and took some pictures and just enjoyed being so close to wild owls. I didn’t get any good ones of the chick. But we’ll go back.
Morning Trinket. Do people only still make black and white photographs to seem cool and sophisticated? The answer’s a little complicated. Knowing why you’d prefer a picture in black and white means you’ve spent a little time thinking about photography - which makes you a more ‘sophisticated’ appreciator of photographs. So then, in a sense, yes. But I can give you that ‘sophistication’ in not many words: Eliminating colour makes you more conscious of form, light and shadow, and detail. So, like any abstraction, it shows you things that that the full set of information may conceal. It helps you see the trees for the wood. ...
I’ve always wanted one of these pancake 40mm lenses to turn my trusty little camera of 25 years into a proper compact when the mood strikes me. And this one looks and feels almost unused.