The camera is here! Actually a couple of days before I expected it, they delivered it to the RV park office monday morning. I was expecting mid-week, but waiting is sooooo tedious....
Anyway, I've been out snapping away and have already gotten several keepers, anyone interested feel free to check out my Flickr page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paleopete
Nice camera, it will take some time to learn how to use all th features and get consistently good shots, but I'm getting there fast...only problem is I forgot all my lenses at my sister's house in Texas, so I'm missing some shots that would be loads better with a different lens.
Time for more black stuff...then I'm out the door for more pictures...
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Freakin great pictures. AS good as your music.
Got any brew in the nude shots?
Got any brew in the nude shots?
Yes I like the camera really well, been shooting as much as possible to get accustomed to it. I've shot close to 500 so far, only a small percentage are worth showing off.
Thanks George and Glenn
Nope, no brew in the nude shots, but I'm hoping to catch a couple of cute girls skinny dipping in the creek right down the street sometime.
Got a couple of nice shots today, but mostly too bright, still trying to figure out the compensation settings for different lighting. one butterfly came out great though, it was like he sat there and posed for me while I took about a dozen shots...and 6 inches away, that was cool.
Thanks George and Glenn
Nope, no brew in the nude shots, but I'm hoping to catch a couple of cute girls skinny dipping in the creek right down the street sometime.
Got a couple of nice shots today, but mostly too bright, still trying to figure out the compensation settings for different lighting. one butterfly came out great though, it was like he sat there and posed for me while I took about a dozen shots...and 6 inches away, that was cool.
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Phil - I take my camera every day, everywhere. That's one of my photography tips, always have a camera handy. Read the manual and really get to know the camera, know the settings, etc, shoot lots and lots of pictures to get comfortable with it, (with digital it's cheap, just delete the bad shots) use rechargeable batteries, and watch your composition. Most point and shoot (P&S) cameras do a pretty decent job set on auto, I use P (program mode) or M (manual) so I can set specific ISO, shutter speed or aperture, and just shoot till I know what to expect when I press the shutter button. That's what I'm doing now with the new K-x. Over 850 shots in less than a week...
Composition - most people automatically tend to center their subject, but if you read the books, it's actually recommended you put your subject off center by about 1/3 frame. I don't always do it, but often do when I crop.
Lighting and flash - watch out for direct sun, P&S cameras tend to get washed out pictures in direct sunlight, I try and get my shadow over small items, and use M mode to underexpose at times. For backlit subjects, sun or lights behind them, use the flash to fill in.
Motion - Follow the subject, don't try to hold the camera still and let the subject go across the frame. You'll get blur...following the subject will blur the background, but usually will stop the motion of the subject, if you have good light and therefore fast shutter speed.
Hold the camera still as possible, and get a tripod or monopod for low light conditions. A $15 tripod has been with me for about 20 years, and helped get me dozens if not hundreds of nice shots, both day and night.
That's just a few quick things to watch for, but always look for a picture. I'm always looking, I keep my camera in the front seat while I drive, and close by most other times. Walking around to get the wildlife shots and flower macros, I walk slow and watch for any movement. It might be a damselfly, they're not easy to spot sometimes.
But none of this matters if the camera is sitting at home on your desk...that's how I missed a shot of two hawks circling 20 feet above me. Perfect conditions - cloudy day, very close for hawks, nothing in the way like tree limbs... Camera 2 miles away on the kitchen table...ohhh I won't need it today...famous last words. Oh, cloudy day...that's the best time for outdoor shots by far.
Try black and white, you get some cool shots, especially trees and buildings.
Bring spare batteries...and a plastic bag to drop the camera in if you get caught in the rain.
Composition - most people automatically tend to center their subject, but if you read the books, it's actually recommended you put your subject off center by about 1/3 frame. I don't always do it, but often do when I crop.
Lighting and flash - watch out for direct sun, P&S cameras tend to get washed out pictures in direct sunlight, I try and get my shadow over small items, and use M mode to underexpose at times. For backlit subjects, sun or lights behind them, use the flash to fill in.
Motion - Follow the subject, don't try to hold the camera still and let the subject go across the frame. You'll get blur...following the subject will blur the background, but usually will stop the motion of the subject, if you have good light and therefore fast shutter speed.
Hold the camera still as possible, and get a tripod or monopod for low light conditions. A $15 tripod has been with me for about 20 years, and helped get me dozens if not hundreds of nice shots, both day and night.
That's just a few quick things to watch for, but always look for a picture. I'm always looking, I keep my camera in the front seat while I drive, and close by most other times. Walking around to get the wildlife shots and flower macros, I walk slow and watch for any movement. It might be a damselfly, they're not easy to spot sometimes.
But none of this matters if the camera is sitting at home on your desk...that's how I missed a shot of two hawks circling 20 feet above me. Perfect conditions - cloudy day, very close for hawks, nothing in the way like tree limbs... Camera 2 miles away on the kitchen table...ohhh I won't need it today...famous last words. Oh, cloudy day...that's the best time for outdoor shots by far.
Try black and white, you get some cool shots, especially trees and buildings.
Bring spare batteries...and a plastic bag to drop the camera in if you get caught in the rain.
I'm a member of the BOMB SQUAD.
If you see me running, better catch up!
http://billy-griffis-jr.artistwebsites.com/
If you see me running, better catch up!
http://billy-griffis-jr.artistwebsites.com/
Keeping the camera handy is the mean trick now isn't it.
Years ago I was up on a battery gauging a tank way out in the countryside.
I heard a faint but piercing scream.
I looked straight up into the eye of a "hawk tornado". It was early in the season and there had to be hundreds of band tails circulating from just over a hundred foot above me up to what seemed to be thousands of feet.
Never before or since have I seen anything like it.
A camera in my hand that day would have made me world famous.
Years ago I was up on a battery gauging a tank way out in the countryside.
I heard a faint but piercing scream.
I looked straight up into the eye of a "hawk tornado". It was early in the season and there had to be hundreds of band tails circulating from just over a hundred foot above me up to what seemed to be thousands of feet.
Never before or since have I seen anything like it.
A camera in my hand that day would have made me world famous.
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