On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
This one stands out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4282952465/ (pun intended) It's a wonderful shot from among many good ones. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
