I love walking the streets of the cities I visit. Who doesn’t? On a recent trip to Reykjavik Iceland, I walked the streets with my friend Steve Gosling. We both had the Sony a7r vii. This small little and pocketable camera is very capable. I love it because it can do great still as well as video. It has an equivalent focal length zoom of 24 – 200mm. That’s quite some reach and allows all sorts of possibilities. I didn’t want to be encumbered while walking the streets so this was a perfect choice. We strolled down to the Opera House in the harbor area and spent some time shooting there. This post deals with shooting the building. It’s basically a glass building with intricate glass panels reflecting light and some of them look out of place as they don’t reflect to reflect differently.
I spent a bit of time shooting there and I like what is called the picture in the picture. I shoot at a long focal length and tilt and play with angles trying to get a different look. The windows have a green tint to them and after I got them on my computer I decided to see what they would look like in BW. I varied the settings until I got the look I liked. Here are a few examples of what I came up with. I hope you do too.
