Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Series E lens Testing

Someone lovely got me the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 E series lens and right now I'm pretty much loving it.

It is kind of hard to manual focus, especially because my eyesight is really... it's been really flexible(?) recently and that makes manual focus really difficult-- I used to be pretty good at manual focus, too :(

But the adjustable aperture and nature of the images is really nice :)

I love the quality of the photos :'D

So I went out to lunch today with a friend for a catch-up session and decided to test it out :) 

Mind you, there aren't many shots, because there was kind of a greater focus on catching up and talking, rather than photography, but I tried to test it out a bit.

Still gotta get used to the lens, but I really like it so far :)

Definitely would consider getting more.

[All photos taken using the Nikon 50mm f/1.6 E series lens on the Nikon D7100. Photos edited in Lightroom]

It also looks so neat :D

Stopped by at Happy Labs!

Went out to lunch at Hana Hana :D

And then some nice (and expensive) desert

Candles

Some old photos, but I stumbled across a new method of photo editing so I thought I'd give it a shot by editing some old shots really quickly.

It's not the best; took me a few minutes, but I thought it was pretty cool and easy to do :D

For reference, I watched this video to learn this technique: here [link]

For the record, one day I want to try taking photos of flour! Hopefully the colour run will provide something of that sort, but I'm not sure how I'm going to protect my camera... LOL.

Sydney Zombie Walk, 2013

[All photos taken with the Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 lens on the Nikon D7100. Edited in lightroom]

Went out with a friend to the Zombie Walk, but of course, we explored the city a bit as well :)

Mmm haven't had frozen yoghurt in ages. 

And all these books :'D I just wanted to sit there and read them all

 Using google maps because both of us have the geographical navigation of a blindfolded marshmallow

Amazing street art!

Then we headed off to Happy Labs, which was just eye-candy and literal candy everywhere :'D

Finally reached Hyde Park for the Zombie Walk!

Then headed off to Darling Harbour for some play time :P

Theeeeen finally off to dinner at Wagaya and then headed off home

Long day, full of walking and fun times :)