Page 16 - Australian Photography - September 2017

YOUR BE ST SHOT

NOLA SUMNER

Aligned

HOW I DID IT a black background and it was a painstaking job
This shot came about while talking on the phone creating the white side to hide the shadows.
and playing with a box of pencils my grandchildren The paintbrush had quite a work out!
had left lying on the table. I was playing with the
orange and yellow and thought they looked nice TECHNICAL DETAILS
together but they were vertical. The more I looked Fujifilm X-T1, XF18-55mm lens, 1/60s @ f5,
(and talked) the more I saw the angle and black ISO 200, handheld.
and white. Of course no kid’s pencil selection
comes with a black or white pencil so it was off to
an artist’s shop to pick the right ones. I shot it on

BEN LITTLEJOHN

Triumph

HOW I DID IT
I’d been enjoying experimenting with old
manual focus prime lenses on my Sony a7, and
my wide angle 20mm f2.8 arrived from eBay
just in time to test it out on a fat biking trip to the
Snowy Mountains. We’d pushed our bikes uphill
through the snow all day, trying to reach our
chosen camping spot before dark. I’d lagged
behind (playing with the camera), and took this
shot as my friend came over the crest of the
ridge. I love the silhouette of the bike against the
clouds, and how tiny it seems against the epic
mountain landscape. Sweaty and exhausted, we
reached the summit just in time to catch sunset
over Mt Kosciuszko. The view from the top, and
this shot, were well worth the effort!

TECHNICAL DETAILS
Sony a7, Canon nFD 20mm f2.8 lens (via
adaptor), 1/800s at f2.8, ISO 100, +0.3EV,
circular polarising filter. Tone, clarity and
sharpness adjusted in Lightroom.