Fêtes de Genève

I spent my whole day at Geneva. Stroll along the lake, Geneva has changed it face to something looks more like Santa Monica than any other city in Europe LOL. Lake side filled with mostly food stalls and attractions. Very unfortunately, I didn't stay for the fireworks, kiddos got knocked out before 8 PM.

This picture was taken in the middle of the crowd using my EF 24-70mm f 2.8/L USM. This is actually one of my favorite lens for this kind of event, it has a decent focal range, nice bokeh, and "wide" enough to catch up sorrounding's ambience.

Inside my camera's bag (for trip to Tozeur)

Today, I would like to share with you what I carry with me for my trip to the dessert of Tunisia. Since the weather in the desert is fairly fine (clear sky with abundant of sunlight almost 12-hour per day), I could go easily with my standard wide-angle lenses plus a "not so powerful" zoom as a company.

So my Canon EOS 5D mark II will be accompanied by EF 16-35mm 2.8L USM, EF 24-70mm 2.8L USM, EF 70-300mm 4.5-5.6 IS DO USM,  Flash EX-430, and my mini companion (during the gala dinner) PowerShot S60. Other necessary things to be taken with is 4 x 32GB CF card, lens cleaner and of course don't forget battery chargers for both cameras.

For those who has been visited a dessert, you might realise there are two main nature component in this extreme part of the world, the sand and sky. Sand and sky sometimes could make a magnific lighting for your landscape picture, but sometimes, they could ruin all. That's why, for a little help, I will also carry with me my polarization filter.

I am not a big fans of flash, but I have to carry them with me just in case I have to take some in-door picture during the gathering (don't forget, this is not 100% leisure trip for me *wink*).

* Novita *