{"id":1516,"date":"2015-12-03T13:03:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T12:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1516"},"modified":"2015-12-05T16:49:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T15:49:43","slug":"week-50-testing-a-new-lens-around-alicante","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1516","title":{"rendered":"Week 50: testing a new lens around Alicante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a new lens for my Fuji X camera, a nice and compact f2\/35mm. So this week I was testing it. Some people test a new lens by photographing a newspaper pinned to a well or some such, but that is not for me. I simply go out and take pictures, preferably including some at the maximum aperture&#8211;every lens looks OK at f8, it is at f2 that one can see the quality (or lack of it). So, here are my test shots, all taken during meanderings around Alicante, and all except no. 3 taken with the new lens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>50_1<\/strong><br \/>\nTaking a break, Calle Garcia Morato, downtown Alicante:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_1.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_2<\/strong><br \/>\nThe golf course cats eating the food I have just left for them:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_2.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8604\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_3<\/strong><br \/>\nMercado Central, the meat section:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_3.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8606\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_4<\/strong><br \/>\nA lady butcher:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_4.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8607\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_5<\/strong><br \/>\nA gentleman butcher:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_5.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8608\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_6<\/strong><br \/>\nPerhaps he should go to the fruit and veg section instead:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_6.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8610\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_7<\/strong><br \/>\nVegetables, Mercado Central. Spain has the best fruit and veg of any place where I have ever lived or visited:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_7.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8617\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_8<\/strong><br \/>\nVarious veggies:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_8.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8620\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_9<\/strong><br \/>\nLittle sweet peppers:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_9.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8622\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_10<\/strong><br \/>\nFungi:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_10.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8619\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_11<\/strong><br \/>\nCrowded caf\u00c3\u00a9 on the square behind the Mercado Central:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_11.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8625\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_12<\/strong><br \/>\nBeer and flowers:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_12.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8624\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_13<\/strong><br \/>\nPerched:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_13.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8623\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_14<\/strong><br \/>\nBig umbrella:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_14.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8628\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_15<\/strong><br \/>\nSmoke break:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_15.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8629\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_16<\/strong><br \/>\nJogger, Playa San Juan, about 2 km from my home:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_16.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8635\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_17<\/strong><br \/>\nClouds over Playa San Juan:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_17.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8636\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>50_18<\/strong><br \/>\nClouds and moon over Playa San Juan:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"uploads\/2015\/50_18.jpg\" alt=\"DSF8640\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a new lens for my Fuji X camera, a nice and compact f2\/35mm. So this week I was testing it. Some people test a new lens by photographing a newspaper pinned to a well or some such, but that is not for me. I simply go out and take pictures, preferably including some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1321,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1516\/revisions\/1521"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}