Monthly Archives: April 2009 Blackheath Fair Last time I photographed Blackheath Fair I think I had a Nikon D200 coupled with the Nikkor 85/1.4 AFD. I used absurdly high shutter speeds to keep the aperture as wide open as possible because I really like the quality of the out-of-focus areas areas produced by this lens (ie bokeh, a qualitative…  Wondering up to Point Hill again since it is now a regular place to walk the dog through. Took the Bessa-T with the CV 21/4 plus yellow filter. Plenty more forest, just a wider angle. This was shot into the sun too, so kudos to the little CV 21 (it did have the LR1 lens…  I didn’t know about this little park adjacent to Blackheath Common. Approaching it from the bottom of the hill it reveals itself slowly and not at all obviously which is the reason I have missed it before. On the way there we pass this plant pot behind bars. Rob had clocked its feet on a… “When I was growing up, everybody had Fox Terriers. There weren’t any Staffies. Fox Terriers then were like Staffies are now, I don’t remember any other dogs. These terriers are like a rare breed today though. When I was young they were common. He’s my third one and he’s eight now” I was talking to… |
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