Yep, 800 is good on the K20. Nice job, Larry. 1585 & 1635 look nice.
Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Womer" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Today's lessons
There are some very nice shots in there. I don't see any reason to be
trying so hard to keep your ISO down; 800 on the K20 looks great unless
you're making a poster-sized print (and maybe even then).
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
--- On Sun, 1/17/10, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Larry Colen <[email protected]>
Subject: Today's lessons
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 9:28 PM
I took a quick run to the hardware
store to get something to make the flash widget with, and to
pick up some rubber bands, (or O-rings) to help seal the
base of my lenses. On the way home I decided to take a short
detour to one of the local parks and wander around a bit
with my camera.
My plan was to use the DA40, but it quickly became apparent
that it was just a bit too long for the photos that
presented themselves, so I switched to the FA31. I quickly
realized that I am very lucky to not only have someplace as
pretty as Fall Creek less than half a mile out of my way,
but to be in a position where an FA31 can be my alternate
lens.
I quickly confirmed my suspicions that while overcast skies
can be rather blah when photographing out in the open, they
can make for some gorgeous lighting in the forest.
When I got home, and looked through the pictures, however, I
also learned that what is gorgeous in real life, doesn't
always translate well in a photograph. I can see that
I have a lot to learn about photography in the forest.
I also quickly realized that hand holding the camera wasn't
really going to work well, so I grabbed my monopod out of
the trunk. After looking at the photos, I gained an
appreciation of how much better a tripod would have done for
keeping the camera steady, though if I take the tripod, I'm
sure that I'll have just as much appreciation for how easy
the monopod is to carry.
As much as I love the process of shooting with just one
prime, I can also see how handy the 16-50 would be, though
it would absolutely require a tripod on a day like today.
The in camera metering was doing so well, that I even shot
on automatic exposure. I found Tav mode to be quite
handy for this, as ISO 100, again, wasn't usually quite fast
enough for the shots I was trying to get.
While it will take a while to learn better how to
photograph in the forest, especially with the busy
backgrounds, I think that I ended up with a few decent shots
for 45 minute detour on the way home from the hardware
store:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623231725744/
I can see that in places like this, where I'd want to
selectively focus on things, and would also need a wide
angle of view, that this would be a situation where it would
be nice to have a larger sensor to make use of lenses like
the 50/1.4.
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Larry Colen [email protected]
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