[Rhodes22-list] Hanna leaves us; Not political, so take a break ; ^)

[elle]

Mike, 

thanks for the critique....I'm working on being able to better anticipate results from totally manual settings, so I go out & set A, SS & ISO & see if I get the exposure I expected. I'm getting a bit better at starting closer to the desired result....at least for that particular excursion. 

Now if I can just figure out why my computer won't recognize my fax & scanner today.....aaargh...I HATE this...;^)

elle



We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Wed, 9/10/08, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

> From: Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hanna leaves us; Not political, so take a break ; ^)
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 11:29 AM
> Elle,
> 
> Welcome to the real world of photography as opposed to
> picture taking 
> (before digital, it may have been the "reel"
> world, but that's a whole other 
> story.)  The "P" position on the dial is for
> emergency or documentation 
> pics, shots that you could not have anticipated but needed
> to capture, truly 
> "point and shoot," nothing more.  Partial auto
> ("S" or "A") is acceptable 
> when conditions vary quite a bit and you need to maintain
> particular 
> minimums such as shutter speed or depth of field.  BTW, I
> prefer to manually 
> focus most of my shots; I am usually much better at knowing
> what I want in 
> focus.
> 
> I see you have also changed your "film speed" to
> ISO-400, a fairly good 
> compromise between noise and speed on the D80.  With longer
> exposures, the 
> noise is less of a problem.  I particularly appreciated the
> 1/13 sec 
> "partial blur" of the water in DSC_0149 - look at
> the focus you are able to 
> achieve at an effective F/29!
> 
> While I am not a fan of the pine tree camera movement
> images (I guess I am 
> more of a purist) I am very impressed that you used a 4s
> shutter in the 
> image.  The color and composition is very interesting and
> brings to mind a 
> water fall more than a tree.  Hmmm ... the more I look at
> it ... nah, you 
> can't convert me that easily :~)
> 
> Your tuition appears to have been well invested and worth
> every penny.
> 
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>