RodneyT's photostream  

Aspiring amateur photographer, trying to make the transition from personal snaps to interesting photographs and to overcome left-brain academic nature, developing "vision and imagination" (GS)! Mainly interested in natural portraits (incl. strangers), landscapes and cityscapes. Also macro shots. Very happy to have discovered and been accepted by the friendly, supportive and talented community at Flickr, which I started using naively in December 2008 and more seriously in April 2009. One feature I particularly like about this community is that every photographer I've met is on a learning journey, constantly trying to improve. Need to do more landscape photography...

Equipment:
1. Nikon E4100 Canon PowerShot A590 IS.
2. Canon EOS 450D Canon EOS 60D, with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6, EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, EF 24mm f/2.8, EF 50mm f/1.8 II EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lenses. (Too many lenses!)
3. Manfrotto 190XPROB tripod and 804RC2 3-way head. SLIK Sprint Pro II GM travel tripod. GorillaPod SLR-Zoom mini-tripod (given away, a mistake?).
4. Hoya, Marumi and Canon UV and circular polarising filters, Cokin ND and GND filters, one Lee GND filter.
5. 430EX II speedlight.

Software: Mac OS X, Aperture 3, Photoshop Elements 9, Photoshop CS5 Extended, Photomatix Pro 4, Noise Ninja. Digital Photo Professional (unused).

(Flickr contacts should probably ignore the occasional batches of family, friends, go and work-related photos.)

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What I've learned: To take a good sunset shot, you have to get your feet wet! A landscape photographer's most important accessory is a good alarm clock.