{"id":136,"date":"2008-04-13T13:39:05","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T12:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk:80\/paws\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2008-04-13T13:39:05","modified_gmt":"2008-04-13T12:39:05","slug":"week-15-beach-stuff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=136","title":{"rendered":"Week 15: Beach stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a bit of a slow week, photographically speaking. Many of my pictures, especially during slow weeks, are from the beach, simply because we live 800 metres from it, and we use it more than I expected when we moved here (I am not a beach bum and regard swimming as a useful skill if I am ever on a boat that capsizes, but not as a leisure pursuit). My favourite way to enjoy the beach is to sit in an outside bar with something cold in my hand and looking at the human traffic.<\/p>\n<p>And that is exactly what we did Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main<\/strong><br \/>\nMy wife. I like this picture because of the reflections in her sunglasses:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15.jpg\" alt=\"4061704\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nThe alternates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 1<\/em><br \/>\nWhile sipping a cold beer, I was just looking around. The cute dog waiting to cross with its owner caught my eye:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt1.jpg\" alt=\"4061702\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 2<\/em><br \/>\nA beer or so later, the same woman came back from her beach walk with her dogs, confirming once again that dog owners look like their dogs:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt2.jpg\" alt=\"4061705\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 3<\/em><br \/>\nWe then moved down towards the city and met the same sand sculptor whom I photographed a couple of weeks ago. He had a different sculpture this time:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt3.jpg\" alt=\"4061711\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 4<\/em><br \/>\nEarlier that day, I was walking my dog and we came across this cat, sitting on the fence:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt4.jpg\" alt=\"4061696\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 5<\/em><br \/>\nOnce the cat decided that my dog and I were too close for comfort, he majestically sauntered away:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt5.jpg\" alt=\"4061697\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next 3 pictures are actually just a lens test. I had ordered a 1.4 Olympus teleconverter and wanted to test it Thursday afternoon on my way home from work. I was especially interested in seeing how it would behave with a &#8220;non-compatible&#8221; lens, in this case my 100mm Leica Apo Macro Elmarit. As you can see, it worked fine, although the images do show the limitations of handholding what amounts to a 280mm lens (in film terms).<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 6<\/em><br \/>\nI parked on a good spot overlooking a coastal road to try out my long lens outfit. This couple on their motorcycle obliged by parking down below:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt6.jpg\" alt=\"4101733\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 7<\/em><br \/>\nAfter taking off their helmets, they admired the waves for a moment:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt7.jpg\" alt=\"4101734\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 8<\/em><br \/>\n&#8230;and proceeded to &#8220;eat face&#8221;, unaware they there were being watched by an amateur paparazzo:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt8.jpg\" alt=\"4101735\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last two images are from &#8220;our&#8221; beach Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 9<\/em><br \/>\nA fisherman enjoys the peaceful sea:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt9.jpg\" alt=\"4121765\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Alternate 10<\/em><br \/>\n&#8230;at least for a short while:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2008\/15alt10.jpg\" alt=\"4121766\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a bit of a slow week, photographically speaking. Many of my pictures, especially during slow weeks, are from the beach, simply because we live 800 metres from it, and we use it more than I expected when we moved here (I am not a beach bum and regard swimming as a useful skill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":121,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}