Liverpool - Part One: Family Gathering - my first, but not last trip to this lovely city - July 2011 - meeting many nice, distant relatives

Welcome to Liverpool

Albert Dock - Liverpool - Photo:RandiAa©

THURSDAY JULY 28TH
The trip of my life to Liverpool started on Thursday July 28th - Plane journey with City-Hopper Trondheim-Amsterdam-Liverpool was a smooth, fast and easy way of travelling - will go the same way next time.
Russell and June from Liverpool, and Kristin from California met me at the airport. Did I deserve all this hospitality?
On our drive from the airport to my Ibis hotel, Russell and June had arranged a little visit to the eldest of the Stene line in Liverpool, Clifford. he is grandnephew of my great-great-grandfather Ole Johnsen Stene.
What a dear, old man, with all his brain and senses "intact", and in addition - a lady's man. He told about his time in RAF during the war, we discussed TV programmes, soaps as well as news and Foyle's War.

We even had a little sing song with "You are my Sunshine...." and the like.

Clifford Steen born 05.09.1915 - Liverpool - Photo:RandiAa©

Clifford's house: daughter Debbie, Randi, Kristin, June - Liverpool - Photo:Russell©

Dinner in the evening at The Pump House pub in the Albert Dock area. More information on Albert Dock here.

Photo:RandiAa©

Photo:RandiAa©

Photo:RandiAa©

Also see - Liverpool - Part One: THURSDAY JULY 28TH

Also see - Liverpool - Part Two: FRIDAY JULY 29TH

Also see - Liverpool - Part Three: SATURDAY JULY 30TH - The Great Photo Walk-1

Also see - Liverpool - Part Four: SATURDAY JULY 30TH - The Great Photo Walk-2
Also see - Liverpool - Part Five: SATURDAY JULY 30TH - The Great Photo-Walk-3
Also see - Liverpool - Part Six: SUNDAY JULY 31ST - My last day in Liverpool

See more pictures:

Liverpool Gathering - a set on Flickr  - Photo:RandiAa©

Fotoutstyr - Objektiver

Foto:RandiAa©

Litt utstyr må til når man har foto som hobby - men det er lurt å kjøpe litt etter hvert når behovet melder seg. For meg var det viktig fra starten å ha tilgang til litt "macro"-utstyr. Det anskaffet jeg nokså raskt. Objektiver - heter det på norsk, mange bruker feilaktig ordet linser. På engelsk heter det "lenses". Et objektiv kan bestå av mange linser. Hva er et objektiv? Se her. Mer  info om objektiver. 
Objektivene jeg har koster fra et par tusen kroner til 10.000 kroner. Man kan få billigere objektiver, og langt, langt dyrere.... teleobjektiver med lang rekkevidde i hundre-tusener-klassen.
Til macro-fotograferingen har jeg tre macro-objektiver og et sett med extension tubes. Stativ er også viktig her. Macro-fotografering. 
Dette er noen av mine objektiver:

Foto:RandiAa©

Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro (solgt)

Canon EF-S 60mm  f/2.8  Macro  USM 

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS - tele

Canon EF-S 10-22mm  f/3.5-4.5 USM - vidvinkel (dyrt)

Sigma 150mm F2.8 APO EX DG Macro for Canon - macro(dyrt)

Tamron SP AF 17-50MM F/2.8 XR Di II LD - normalzoomen som brukes mye

Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 ASPH Pancake

Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S (dyrt)
Panasonic Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 OIS pancake

Her er ellers litt av mitt foto-utstyr:

Canon EOS 50D-kamera

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1-kamera

Canon Digital  ixus 850is-kamera

Minolta Hi-matic 7s-kamera analogt

Minolta Dynax 3L-kamera analogt

Canon EOS 400D: solgt 26.05.2009 Canon EF-S 18-55mm

Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro (solgt)

Canon EF-S 60mm  f/2.8  Macro  USM 

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS 

Canon EF-S 10-22mm  f/3.5-4.5 USM

Sigma 150mm F2.8 APO EX DG Macro for Canon

Tamron SP AF 17-50MM F/2.8 XR Di II LD med

Kenko AF (Macro) Extension Tube Set DG Canon EF-S SV06 

Canon Speedlite 430EX

Remote Controller EOS RC-1: solgt med kamera 400D

Velbon Sherpa 600R fotostativ 162cm, 2,1kg

Velbon RUP-43 Monopod)

67mm HOYA CIRCULAR POLARIZING Phottix Wireless Remote Set C8 for Canon 30D/40D/50D/5D

Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 ASPH Pancake

Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S

Canon Solblender ET-67B 1 5.99
ET-67B Hood For Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM 

I tillegg kommer en del fotosekker og bagger, og et lite bibliotek av bøker om fotografering - her er noen av bøkene:

Foto:RandiAa©

Bøker kan sees i dette blogg-innlegget.

God informasjon om objektiver for Canon fra Akam

Her er det neste objektivet jeg sannsynligvis kjøper til mitt system-kamera.

Her er noen nyttige videoer om objektiver:

Behind the Glass Part 1: An Intro to Lenses from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.

Behind the Glass Part 2: Focal Length from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.

Behind the Glass Part 3: Depth of Field from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.

Macro Photos, a set on Flickr - Foto:RandiAa©

Some of my Macros: