Fuji X-Pro1

Über einen Monat bin ich schon wieder zurück von meiner Solo-Durchquerung der Sarek & Padjelanta Region in Schweden und Norwegen. 15 Tage schleppte ich meinen schwer beladenen Rucksack durch die karge Landschaft. Ich traf unzählige Rentiere, arrangierte mich mit Nässe und Kälte und versuchte, jeden Moment zu genießen. Egal ob in Wolken gehüllt oder von wärmenden Strahlen beschienen....

Die Wanderung im hohen Norden boten alles, was eine gute Tour ausmacht. Anspruchsvolles Gelände, wechselhaftes Wetter, Unsicherheit, Freude, grandiose Landschaften, miese Stimmungen und ein tiefes Eintauchen in die Zeit vor Ort. Keine Oberflächlichkeit, kein schnelles Abenteuer. Es war eine Unternehmung mit Haut und Haar.

Die Route:
Saltoluokta – Sitojaure – Aktse – Skierffe – Rapadalen – Skárjá – Álggavágge – Alkavare kapell – Tuottarstugorna – Staloluokta – Staddajåkkåstugorna – Sårjåsjávrre – Sulitjelma

Es hat etwas gedauert, aber jetzt gibt es endlich die komplette Bilderserie der Sarek & Padjelanta Durchquerung zu sehen.

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Last week my girlfriend and I took a road trip to the Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden where I am teaching the tap dance classes this year. For the trip I brought the Fuji X100 and my new X-Pro 1 along with the 35mm f1,4 and the 18mm f2,0. Here are a few pictures taken while being on the road. I must say I really like the 18mm f2,0 as well. I have always liked the field of view from a 28mm lens. The autofocus seems a bit faster than on the longer lenses which does not surprise me. But like I said before I think the speed of the autofocus is not a big concern for me and once you understand how it works, you get very accurate results.

As promised – here are some more shots from yesterday. I must have made a couple of hundreds of images on maybe five different locations with the two models. Looking through them I didn´t succeed nearly as well with the girl as with the boy when it comes down to picking my favourites, although her best is one of the top five. Since I started out with her, I think I will have to get into the right set of mind faster. I thought I would wear out of inspiration before shooting model number two, but it seems that the opposite happened. Anyway – this set of images have been processed a bit more than the ones I posted yesterday, including Aperture, Topaz B/W and PS. Nothing fancy, but each step adds to the final result. I went for a Grit & Grain style with a tone of lavendel here, which I think serves the settings and the models pretty well.

See part one:

http://sthlmstreet.com/2012/10/14/a-tunnel-vision/