c149 - on Plymouth Hoe
Opening up the UK had been made more difficult by the emergence and increasingly rapid spread of the 'India' variant, but the Government intends to open up fully on 19 July - all precautions ditched, which has provoked disbelief among many. Vaccinations are being pushed to cover both younger adults and those needing their second shot. Meanwhile, providing vaccines to poorer countries and cutting international aid have become very topical.
Since the March 2020 lock-down for Covid I have taken the opportunity to upload shots from before September 2010. In-between contemporary shots, I am uploading photos pre-SPNC, from the days of my old Olympus E-1/E-330/420. Not many are any good but the exercise has given me an opportunity to look back. One thing that has struck me is how limiting the effect of noise was when trying to take (very early) street shots at ISO 800 in relatively dark conditions. I still used zoom lenses quite a lot until SPNC and am glad to have been educated in the use of a wider angle lens.
c149 - on Plymouth Hoe
Opening up the UK had been made more difficult by the emergence and increasingly rapid spread of the 'India' variant, but the Government intends to open up fully on 19 July - all precautions ditched, which has provoked disbelief among many. Vaccinations are being pushed to cover both younger adults and those needing their second shot. Meanwhile, providing vaccines to poorer countries and cutting international aid have become very topical.
Since the March 2020 lock-down for Covid I have taken the opportunity to upload shots from before September 2010. In-between contemporary shots, I am uploading photos pre-SPNC, from the days of my old Olympus E-1/E-330/420. Not many are any good but the exercise has given me an opportunity to look back. One thing that has struck me is how limiting the effect of noise was when trying to take (very early) street shots at ISO 800 in relatively dark conditions. I still used zoom lenses quite a lot until SPNC and am glad to have been educated in the use of a wider angle lens.