Welcome to The third edition of the series - Scenes from a bike
The concept is simple, I've bought an electric bike, on this bike I explore my hometown, Melbourne Australia and take photos, Priority 1 - Finding new places in Melbourne, Priority 2 - taking better photos, Bonus - Earn back the cost of the bike by creating content and getting paid for it on HIVE.
This Edition facts:
Location: A little pocket of Kensington - this is a tiny pocket which is still filled with warehouses, including some very old ones, but things are changing, there is recording studio, craft brewers and of course apartments being built.
Date & Weather: Saturday the 17th of June, It's winter in Melbourne, it's been raining most of the week, but the sun have peeked it's head out on this early afternoon.
Equipment: My Fujifilm X-T3, and I'm starting to push the envelope a little. I've mated it with a 18mm (27mm in full frame speak) prime lens to see how minimal I can go. it's still in a bag which I learnt quickly was annoying, I need to just go shoulder strap I think
Finances: The bike cost $1,100 USD. So far I've earned $23.12 meaning I've paid for 2.1% of the bike and I have $1,077 to go.
Other stuff: Still haven't charged the bike - by the end of this ride (which wasn't far) we have done 63 or 64km and still have maybe a 5th of a 'tank' of power left, I want to see how far it can get.
So less writing, more looking at what I found.
The shot at the top I liked simply for the light and I'm a sucker for shadows of trees, the pattern is the logo of the company housed in the building - I'm ambitious to make the whole wall you logo but I like it.
4f, 200ISO, 1/1000, 27mm
This building is just so cool, it's the huge 'Young Husband' building, back in the day it was a big old storehouse, including for skins and hides as well as flour, all sorts of things. There is a train line running behind the building. It's be empty for years, but has just be sold to developers and is about to get restored.
7.1f, 200ISO, 1/500, 27mm
I was drawn to this building by music, this is actually a very old building which has been restored, For 6 storeies up I could here the music, but there there are various things in here, the recording studio, stage builders, and of course it has all modern like fire system.
11f, 200ISO, 1/200, 27mm
It's like the evolution of industrial building around here, this is a 1650's or 60's red brick, some would say boring, I would say beautiful.
9f, 200ISO, 1/500, 27mm
Probably not a shock that do in the dead part of town there is a fair amount of graffiti, but what a canvas to work on.
6.4f, 160ISO, 1/500, 27mm
One of the new apartments springing up, this looks almost finished, I like the starkness of it in the current state, I'm sure it will soften with plants once people actually move in.
5.6f, 160ISO, 1/1000, 27mm
Back at Young Husband after doubling back to find my dropped lens cap (my set-up really wasn't working for me today) although I should mention all but two of these shots today are literally from a bike in the sense that I was still sitting on the actual bike when I took them (stopped of course, I'm not that good)
5.6f, 160ISO, 1/800, 27mm
I loved this little piece of art, it's obviously deliberate but was it an artist with a vision or simply one of the nearby workers who found a drink bottle, a can and a plank of wood and thought - you know I see an owl in this?
