Articles by Rob's Photography
Full frame cameras vs
APS-C cameras:
Analysis
of the crop factor and "telephoto advantage" of an APS-C camera
Advantages and disadvantages of
cropping images to gain extra reach. This article also gives some examples
of the calculation of focal length
Discussion about some factors you should consider when deciding whether you
need to upgrade your digital camera
Index of blogs written by
Rob's Photography
Information about determining the maximum print size of an image from a
digital camera
Analysis of the "pixel density advantage" of two "theoretical cameras":
Template for calculating the approximate mathematical relationships between
pixel density, pixel size, and image size (for both linear and area
relationships)
Examples of the practical application of the "pixel density
advantage" template:
Sony SLT-A77 / Sony SLT-A65 compared with
the Sony A900 / A850
Sony SLT-A55
/ Sony DSLR A580 compared with the Sony A900 / A850
Sony A700 compared with the Sony A900 / Sony A850
Sony NEX-3 / NEX-5 compared with the Sony
A900 / A850
Nikon
D300S compared with the Nikon D3S
Canon EOS 7D compared with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Sony A900 compared with the Nikon D3S
Sony
R1 compared with the Sony A900 / Sony A850
Images by Rob's Photography
African wild dog at Wellington Zoo
Alpaca
Anson
Bay
Norfolk Island
Asian small clawed otters at Wellington Zoo
Avon River Christchurch
Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, Paekakariki Road, near
Pauatahanui
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Bay of Islands Northland
(1)
(2)
(3)
Belmont Rhododendron Dell Lower Hutt
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
(5) (6)
(7) (8)
(9) (10)
(11)
(12) (13)
(14)
Black swans and cygnets at Petone, near Wellington
Boatsheds at Paremata on the Pauatahanui
Inlet (1)
(2)
Botanical Gardens
Wellington
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Bulls On Farm In Wairarapa
Bushy Park
sunrise, near Wanganu
Bushy Park Twin Ponga
Bushy Park: Giant
Northern Rata
Bushy Park Homestead
Butterfly Creek, near Eastbourne,
Wellington
Cable Car Wellington
Camborne Walkway (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(15B)
(16)
(17)
This beautiful walkway
goes along the Pauatahanui Inlet between Paremata and Grays Road.
Camborne Walkway 10:
White-faced heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Camellia Desire
Camellia "Les Jury"
Canada Geese and goslings at Motukaraka Point, near Paremata,
Wellington (1)
(2)
Canada Geese on the Hutt River near Wellington
Catlins Waterfalls Southland
Celebrity Cruises Ship on Wellington Harbour
Chimpanzees at Wellington Zoo
Cooper's Beach Sunrise Northland
(1)
(2)
Cotton Top Tamarin
at
Wellington
Zoo (1)
(2)
Crane
Australia
Cygnets
Cymbidium Orchid
Dahlia
Days
Bay
Sunset Looking Towards Wellington
Ducklings (1)
(2)
(3)
Eastbourne
Coast
Wellington
(1)
(2) (3)
(4)
(5)
Eastbourne Coast:
Interisland Ferry en route from Wellington to Picton, with the Kaikoura
Mountains in the background
Eastbourne: View From Cheviot Road Track to
Ngaumatau Road, Lowry Bay, East Harbour Regional Park
Eastbourne Sunrise
Elephant meets rooster at Auckland Zoo
Emperor Penguin visits
Peka Peka Beach, Kapiti Coast, North Island, New Zealand
Fiji Sunset
Giraffe "portrait" photographed at Wellington Zoo
Giraffes at Wellington Zoo
Goat kid on the walking track
to the Pencarrow Lighthouse, Eastbourne Coast
Goat Butts Sheep
Government House Wellington: The
official residence of the Governor-General of New Zealand
Government House Wellington:
Czech crystal chandelier
Government House Wellington:
Dresden china figurines and grand piano
Government House Wellington:
Norrie State Dining Room
Government House Wellington:
Queen Victoria painting (1843). The artist was Franz Xaver Winterhalter
(1805 - 1873).
Hamilton Gardens: Italian Renaissance Garden
(1) (2)
Hamilton Gardens: Indian Char Bagh
Garden
Haruru Falls Northland
Hibiscus (1)
(2)
Hot Air Balloons at Masterton:
"Balloons Over Wairarapa" Trust House Night Glow
Hot Air Balloon flying over the
main street of Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Kaikoura Mountains
(1)
(2)
Kaiteriteri Sunset Nelson
Kaka at Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre
(1) (2)
Kaka at Karori
Kapiti Sunset (1)
(2)
(3) Images taken at Peka Peka,
near Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast.
Karehana Bay Plimmerton Wellington
(1)
(2)
(3)
Karehana Bay Plimmerton Wellington:
Approaching weather front
King Charles Spaniel
Kingfisher Bird
Kingston
Norfolk Island
Koala Bear Australia
Kookaburra Brisbane Australia
Korokoro Dam (Maungaraki
Dam) and surrounding bush in the Belmont Regional Park, Lower Hutt
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Kunekune Pigs at Staglands
Wildlife Reserve & Cafe, Akatarawa, near Wellington, New Zealand
Lake Dunstan South Island New Zealand
Lake Ferry meets the ocean, Southern Wairarapa
(1)
(2) (3)
(4)
Lake
Rotoiti
South Island New Zealand
Lake Taupo
Lake Wairarapa
Leopard Seal, examples of cropped
images
Lower Hutt Sunset
Lyall Bay
and Wellington Airport.
This image was taken from the top of Mount Victoria using the full frame
24.6 megapixel Sony A900 camera.
Makara Wellington (1)
(2) (3)
Martinborough, Wairarapa
Monarch Butterfly
Monitor Lizard
Australia
Motuara Island Bird
Sanctuary Images: Outer Queen Charlotte Sound, Near Picton
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
Mount Ruapehu: A comparison of two
different photographs
Motukaraka Point Spectacular
"double" rainbow over Pauatahanui
Inlet.
Mount Ngauruhoe
Mount Ruapehu
Mount Marua Heights Upper Hutt : View From Mt Marua Drive
Murray River Sunrise Adelaide
Australia
Murray River Early Morning Mists
(1)
(2)
Napier Marine Parade
Napier
Sunrise
Napier Sunset
Nelson Harbour Sunset :
Image taken from the wharf near the Saltwater Cafe and Bar which overlooks
Nelson Harbour.
Nelson Sunset
New Plymouth: Fishing at dusk near the Breakwater
Nga Manu Nature Reserve Waikanae, Kapiti Coast.
Ohope Sunset
Omapere Northland (1)
(2) (3)
(4) (5)
(6)
Omapere Sunset Northland (1)
(2)
(3)
Oriental Bay Wellington (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Oriental Bay: Image
demonstrating the use of the 14.3mm lens of the Sony R1
Orchid
Pauatahanui Inlet Viewed From Motukaraka Point, Near Paremata, Wellington.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(17)
Paihia
Sunrise
Bay of Islands
Northland
Paihia Township Bay of
Islands Northland
Peacock
at Staglands
Wildlife Reserve & Cafe, Akatarawa, near Wellington, New Zealand
Peka Peka Sunset (1)
(2) (3)
Pelargoniums
Pelican at Wellington Zoo
Pelicans
Noosa Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia
Penguin makes rare visit
to Peka Peka Beach, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand
Petone Beach Sunset,
looking towards Wellington
Picton Images (1) :
Picton Boat Harbour.
Picton Images (2) :
InterIslander Ferry Kaitaki in the beautiful Queen Charlotte Sound
Picton Images (3) :
Inter Island Ferries Bluebridge "Monte Stella" and InterIslander "Kaitake"
at Picton
Pied Shag and chick at Seaview, Lower Hutt
Pied shag at Waikanae beach, Kapiti Coast, New
Zealand
Pukeko bird at Totara Park, near
Upper Hutt
Putangirua Pinnacles Scenic Reserve, Aorangi
Forest Park, Cape Palliser, Wairarapa
(1)
(2) (3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7) (8)
Queen Charlotte Walkway
between Anakiwa
and Davies Bay (1) near Picton (1)
(2)
(3)
Queen Elizabeth luxury liner visits Wellington,
New Zealand (1)
(2)
Queen Charlotte Walkway
This image was taken just north of Furneaux Lodge,
near Picton
Queensland Sunset Mooloolaba Australia
Remarkables Mountain Queenstown
Rhododendrons (1)
(2)
(3) (4)
(5)
(6) (7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
Rose "Loving Memory"
Rose "Tequila
Sunrise"
Royal spoonbill birds: at Pauatahanui
Inlet, near Paremata, Wellington, New Zealand
Royal spoonbill bird in flight
Rugby World Cup 2011: Various images showing support for the All Blacks
and others (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Tonga
Seagulls at Waikanae Beach
Shore Plover (1)
(2) Rare endangered bird
filmed at Plimmerton, near Mana Island, Wellington, New Zealand.
Solace in the wind :
sculpture by Max Patte on Wellington City waterfront
Sumatran Tiger at Wellington Zoo
( Panthera tigris sumatrae ) (1)
(2)
Sun Bear Wellington
Zoo (1)
(2) (3)
Surfing beach near Lake Ferry, South
Wairarapa, New Zealand (1)
(2)
Swans and cygnets
Tahuna Beach Sunset Nelson (1) :
Fishermen on Tahunanui Beach Nelson during a lovely sunset
Tahuna Beach Sunset Nelson (2)
: Amazing sunset and reflections of it in a water pool
Tonga Rugby
World Cup 2011 Pratice at Lower Hutt
Te Mata Peak Hastings
Tui bird on a Cornubia rhododendron
Tongariro River Turangi
(1)
(2)
Tulips at Botanical Gardens Wellington
(1) (2)
Wainuiomata Coast (1)
(2)
Waikanae River Walkway Kapiti Coast
(1)
(2)
(3)
Wairaka Walkway, Wairaka Wildlife Reserve, Pukerua Bay to Plimmerton
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
Water Lily (1)
(2)
Water Lily (3) Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea Director George T. Moore
Wellington City as seen from Hawkins
Hill, looking towards the National War Memorial Carillon and Oriental Bay.
Wellington City as seen from Hawkins
Hill, looking towards Island Bay and Wellington Airport.
Wellington City as seen from the top of Mount Victoria
(1)
(2)
(3)
Wellington City as seen from
Mount Kau Kau (1)
(2)
Wellington
From The Air (1)
(2)
Wellington Waterfront
Whanganui River
Sunset
Whitby Homes
as seen from Motukaraka Point across the Pauatahanui Inlet
White-faced heron Egretta novaehollandiae at Plimmerton, New Zealand
(1) (2)
(3)
White-fronted tern at Waikanae Beach, Kapiti Coast, New
Zealand
Whitireia Park, Titahi Bay, Wellington
Yachts on Wellington Harbour
Zebra
at
Wellington
Zoo
Zealandia - The Karori Sanctuary Experience, Wellington (1)
(2)
(3) (4)
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