It is week two of shooting at only 35mm (23mm on my mirrorless APS-C camera) and I did not have a very successful photo walk.
There just weren’t as many people walking along the stretch of Bourke Street where I was – the bit that goes from Southern Cross station to Swanston Street. There was a good crowd of people from Elizabeth Street onwards, but by then I was tired and in a bit of hurry to go home so I only got a couple of decent people shots before I caught the train from Melbourne Central.
Oh well.
Bourke Place tower in the Melbourne CBD
Photo looking up at the rounded corner of a tall, 46 storey office tower located at 600 Bourke Street in Melbourne. A large AMP logo has been installed at the top of the tower.
Negative space
Photo looking up at the blue sky above a medium-tall office building on a sunny day. The photographer is standing at an intersection in the central business district. Behind, to the left, and to the right are all very tall office buildings. The only corner of this intersection without a very tall office building is the one in front of the photographer.
Everyone else was looking down at just their smartphones
Photo of a woman sitting on a stone bench with a metal back support next to a tram stop in the middle of a city. There are several people walking and standing around the tram stop. The woman is working on a Windows tablet with an attached keyboard that she's placed on her lap.
Waiting for the next delivery order to come through
Photo of a food delivery driver sitting on an electric bike on a wide footpath in the middle of a city. The driver is wearing a bike helmet and a bright yellow high visibility jacket. Attached the the carrier on the bake of the bike is a large, neon-yellow, insulated food transport container. Attached to the front of the bike is a smaller insulated container for transporting cold items.
Next week I’ll make my way quickly to Swanston Street (which is always full of people) and then spend a good amount of time taking photos along there.
Will I stick to 35mm for a third week though? Probably not.
I know I haven’t spend enough time at 35mm to get a good feel for this focal length, but I also want to keep moving through the exercise so that I’m done by the time we get to Boxing Day and the lenses I want to buy go on sale.
So next week I’ll move to 40mm. That way I’ll cover 40mm and 55mm in November, and then 85mm in the first half of December. That’ll leave me with enough time to repeat a focal length or two before Boxing Day comes around and I need to make my decision.
Also, I want to spend more time at 40mm than 35mm because my preference is to get a pancake lens and Fujifilm only offers those at 27mm (18mm in the APS-C system) and 40mm (27mm) for their X System cameras.
I already find 35mm a little awkward to shoot at (mostly due to lack of experience) so I’m dying to see how comfortable (or not) I feel at 40mm!