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kribuHave had a relatively busy Saturday morning - had coffee, cleaned up the kitchen a bit, scrubbed the walls where the cats sleep (and sneeze), and picked out a handful of pics from last Sunday's walk at Pirita, mainly in the convent ruins.
So here's the picspam before I have to start working.
All pics with the DSLR and the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens - the first outing for that lens. As always with primes, the fixed focal length sets its limitations, but on the other hand, it's a rather nice "normal" length, so it's not quite as challenging as some others.
A lot of road building going on in the area, hence the dust.
The obligatory front shot of the convent (it's been in ruins since 1575).
And a side view.
The side passages are lovely.
Outside, with a view towards the river.
Side passages on the other side.
Lovely, but the dynamic range is trying for the camera... had to go on manual mode for a lot of these shots as P insisted on overexposing everything.
An old grave with lilies of the valley planted all over it.
Autumn.
Erm. No idea what that's supposed to be, apart from art.
More autumn.
And yet more autumn.
And the obligatory rust shot.
Right, time to work... mum seems to want to go out today too as it's lovely and sunny, so I ought to get at least a few dozen lines done before that.
So here's the picspam before I have to start working.
All pics with the DSLR and the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens - the first outing for that lens. As always with primes, the fixed focal length sets its limitations, but on the other hand, it's a rather nice "normal" length, so it's not quite as challenging as some others.
A lot of road building going on in the area, hence the dust.
The obligatory front shot of the convent (it's been in ruins since 1575).
And a side view.
The side passages are lovely.
Outside, with a view towards the river.
Side passages on the other side.
Lovely, but the dynamic range is trying for the camera... had to go on manual mode for a lot of these shots as P insisted on overexposing everything.
An old grave with lilies of the valley planted all over it.
Autumn.
Erm. No idea what that's supposed to be, apart from art.
More autumn.
And yet more autumn.
And the obligatory rust shot.
Right, time to work... mum seems to want to go out today too as it's lovely and sunny, so I ought to get at least a few dozen lines done before that.
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Date: 27 September 2008 11:17 (UTC)I love the gargoyle-mated-with-conch-shell thingy one, and the mushroom, and all the pictures of the convent (is klooster the Estonian word for convent? They have the exact same word -- or at least spelling of it, likely isn't read the same -- in Dutch), and the rusty pole... And you've successfully reminded me that my camera is still in for repairs, so I'm experiencing fierce camera!envy right now.
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Date: 27 September 2008 11:23 (UTC)Klooster's the Estonian word, yes. We've nicked a lot of words from German and Low German (which is very close to Dutch), so there are bound to be quite a few similar ones! I think some 25% of modern Estonian vocabulary are German + Low German loans (plus a lot of Latin and/or Greek through German).
Oh dear, being without a camera... *feels sympathy*