On photographing marble

I initially found marble very difficult to photograph; the light tends to behave oddly as marble is slightly translucent and it can be difficult to achieve good contrast. This was a rare case that came out despite that and where the orange of tungsten lighting that typically blights many artificially lit photos actually worked to its benefit when brought out by some post-processing.

For a non-flash picture, I like how the background has entirely faded to black, giving the impression of the stone form looming out of the void. I also have a moderate phobia of statues. That might help.

Taken at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

Lens indecision

I've been thinking of reviewing which lenses I use. My cheap Tamron 18-250 that I picked up is alright but seldom does it provide images quite as notably sharp as those taken on either my Nikon 5mm prime or my Tokina 11-16mm. At least part of this is the lack of vibration reduction provided by that model, ever more important at the long end of things.

Swapping it for a Nikon equivalent gives me the options of 55mm or 70mm to 200mm or 300mm. Either way, I'm losing the 18-55 range. From that perspective, Nikon's 18-105mm appeals but them I'm weighed down with four lenses and that certainly doesn't appeal:

Tokina 11-16mm
Nikon 18-105mm
Nikon 50mm prime
Nikon 70-300mm

That's a heavy bag.

Our Glorious Dead

The company I work for is well established in the area of the city where we're based; we have an extensive network of buildings and have had for over a century. There's some really good architecture in our premises, a number of which are listed buildings. One feature I was hitherto unaware of until I came across it yesterday was this; a war memorial built into the very stone of the foyer of the building that houses it. It lists the employees of the company who served and died in the first world war; "Our Glorious Dead".

There must be 3,000 names there.