Bournville Boat Pond, 11th May
Can it be too bright? I’ve been using Aperture Priority mode recently and it keeps topping out at 1/1000sec at wider apertures, and I’m not even pointing at the sky. This is not a problem, more a measure, but it really makes you appreciate “soft” light. If only there was a way to keep the clarity of the brightness with slightly less of the contrast.
Still, at least it’s bright. This Sunday is the Birmingham Flickrmeet, an afternoon’s stroll around the Jewellery Quarter followed by pub. If the weather is like it has been the last couple of days this should be perfect, especially as the red bricks of Birmingham simply glow in the sunshine. But the forecast is for dark clouds and rain. We’re in that late-Spring period where the weather don’t know what it’s doing, which all very interesting but shite for the planning. At least there’s the pub.
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Couple of music tips for ya.
Yes Virginia by The Dresden Dolls is quite, quite wonderful. I’ve had the CD on my old-skool walkman-thing for a week or so and feel like I’ve known it forever. It leaps ahead of their previous album both musically and emotionally and I can’t recommend it enough.
Show Your Bones by Yeah Yeah Yeahs is growing on me slowly. Less yelping, more tunes and while nothing is leaping out at me I’m going to stick with it for a while. Ben has more thoughts.
For those of a more Rock bent, the Wolfmother CD has been getting a lot of praise in this house for its audacious but forgivable “homages” to all things Sabbath and more besides. Personally I find it amusing and then somewhat tiresome after about 20 minutes. Just like Sabbath really.
I thought the new Morrissey album was turgid shite, but I was never a Smiths fan. What it is with the adoration of this guy? No, don’t answer that. Please.
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Birmingham Invaded by Greenfly Hoards, although it seems to have passed now.
I got caught in it cycling home. Greenfly in my ears, greenfly up my nose, greenfly crawling around my t-shirt. There were clouds of them. It’s was mildly disturbing.
Many people told me I should like the Smiths / Morrissey because I’m a miserable bastard. Don’t you just love being told what you should like, often with the implication that you’re some kind of twat if you don’t?
My brother had a Smiths CD which he played often. In my opinion it was Teenage Bedroom Masturbation Music. Plus Morrissey sings flat most of the time.
For situations where it’s too bright for you to play with wide apertures to your heart’s content, what you’re probably after is a neutral density filter. Of course I don’t know how easy it is to get one to fit your camera or whether it’s wholly suitable, but it’s the idea…!