Friday, February 25, 2011

Peach Tree Island

Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic Lumix 14/2.5

There are only a few small islands next to the Portuguese coast. This photo shows one of them, called Peach Tree Island, in the Southwestern coast. It once held a fort, built in the XVI century, for defence from pirate attacks.

The name does not came from the actual tree (pessegueiro, in Portuguese), but from the Latin piscatorius, meaning "related to fishing", since the island was used in Roman times for fish processing.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The jail

The Cadeia da Relação building, in Porto, was built in the XVIII century to house the city jail. Despite the degrading conditions in which most prisoners were held, it served that purpose until the 1974 revolution. After that, some suggested that it should be demolished, since it was such a lugubrious monument. Gladly it was preserved and now houses the Portuguese Photography Institute.

Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic Lumix 14/2.5

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Horses

Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic Lumix 20/1.7

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

By the river (II)

Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic Lumix 14/2.5

Thursday, February 10, 2011

By the river

Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic Lumix 14/2.5

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Flare resistance

One thing I like about the new Panasonic 20 mm f/1.7 is that it is not prone to flare. Contrast and saturation are not significantly degraded when shooting towards the sun, even without a hood.

Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic Lumix 20/1.7

One thing I don't like so much about this lens is the chromatic aberration (purple fringing), which is quite evident. It can be efficiently corrected by software, though.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Beach at twilight

This photo was taken at the end of a January afternoon. There is nothing special about it except for the way how the remaining daylight combines with electrical lighting. The colour balance is not quite right, but I like it that way.

Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic Lumix 14/2.5

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Winter landscape

Olympus E-P2 + Panasonic Lumix 14/2.5