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February 3, 2012 by Professor Rollmops
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So many great shots. Where to begin. I’m very curious to know what lense/camera you use. Such great colour, depth and composition – clearly you’ve got a great eye! This and your Darjeeling post has been a real highlight.
Thanks for your kind comments – my camera, to be honest, is in serious need of an upgrade – it’s a Canon EOS 450D, and I’m using the following lens:
http://www.canon.com.au/For-You/Camera-Lenses/EF70-200mm-f4L-IS-USM-Lens
for long shots, and, would you believe, shamed though I am to admit it, the 18-55mm kit lens that came with the body. Looking forward to an upgrade this year!
Cheers. By the way, I’m curious about your academic/professional mix – Classics and scriptwriting, among other things I see. I’ve just finished a PhD in Classics at Melbourne (on the Iliad) and have done quite a bit of comparative work on modern cinema (Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray etc.). I haven’t started scriptwriting yet, though I’ve been intending to for a long time.
Congratulations on completing your PhD, it’s a lot of work. The Iliad is such a great read and I think it’s about time I read it again. I worked in the late-Roman early medieval Italian period – on the c. AD770 “Historia Romana” of a Lombard Italian chap called Paul the Deacon, looking at the idea of the Roman past in that period, continuity / discontinuity. I started my PhD at Sydney university then got a scholarship to Cambridge which was a truly amazing experience, but I probably chose the wrong period for getting a job. I’m not actually working academically at all – teaching ESL doesn’t qualify : ) – As to the screen-writing, it’s a recent phenomenon – been writing mostly novels, short stories and poems – but started a year and a half ago to write a television show with a good friend, and now we have strong interest from a production company and are polishing our season 1 scripts to send this week, leaving me rather shattered with work!
Cheers, finishing was quite a slog to put it mildly! Your topic sounds very interesting but life has a way of dictating the real agenda. I wish you every success with the script. Sounds like a great opportunity. Who knows, maybe an historical epic is on the cards some day?
I enjoy your photos. They are very strong in their colors. 🙂
🙂 exceptional work