My Dog....again

Adding some more. C & C welcome. Just goofing around trying to get some different perspective. These were also taken as an exercise in doing everything in manual, including manual focus.

Profile
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...6&d=1300191864

Stick
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...7&d=1300191864

Legs
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...5&d=1300191813

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Originally Posted by djg05478

Adding some more. C & C welcome. Just goofing around trying to get some different perspective. These were also taken as an exercise in doing everything in manual, including manual focus.

Profile
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...6&d=1300191864

Stick
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...7&d=1300191864

Legs
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...5&d=1300191813

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These are great Debbie, amazing clarity and sharpness.

Not to mention the compositions, excellent work,

Thanks Dave - Glad you like them :) They kinda took a beating somewhere along the way in post processing/uploading, I did the PP on my work computer and now I'm looking at them on my home computer and 'Legs' looks crazy blue, maybe even a tad over-sharpened for my liking.

Very nice!

Chuck

These things looked pretty good, and some that I can learn, and I hope to learn more on it!

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Originally Posted by CNelson

Very nice!

Chuck

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Thanks for looking Chuck :)

great shot !

I like them, too but have to ask...does it ever not snow there? Hard to imagine there is still snow on the ground somewhere when I am slumming on the beach in my shorts.

Sure Chris...kick us while we are down! :D No snow in the lowlands here but it won't stop raining now until July 5th. Always the week of the 4th. :(:D

If it's any consolation, I had to wear a light jacket this morning to go shoot in the fog. :rolleyes:

It hasn't snowed in about a week and temps have been above freezing all week so theres a lot of melting going on, but I still have a backyard full of snow. However, we are about to enter Vt's dreaded fifth season.....mud season :eek:

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It hasn't snowed in about a week and temps have been above freezing all week so theres a lot of melting going on, but I still have a backyard full of snow. However, we are about to enter Vt's dreaded fifth season.....mud season :eek:

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.....and, all of this wonderful rain, too, is washing the snow away but it's still pretty deep, eh? The sound of running water, is such a relief but our road is a molasses swamp. NOW, what do we take photos of? yech! Back to the florist.

ps but, Debbie, the daffodils by our house are definitely up - 4 inches or so!:D

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Originally Posted by Katy Noelle

.....the daffodils by our house are definitely up - 4 inches or so!:D

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Really? Holy cow..thats quite a difference in just 100 miles, but lucky you :) Although, that is the worst trick in the book, Mother Nature teasing you with daffodils, when you KNOW, she's going to give us at least one more bout of snow...she always does :)

I really hate to be a cruel person...really, I do...but, this is why I live in Florida and what it was like yesterday when I shot the herons. Sighhhhhhhhhh, it really is painful to do this, but I must...I must... ;)

http://i52.tinypic.com/73dw5u.jpg

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These were also taken as an exercise in doing everything in manual, including manual focus.

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Now, that is impressive. Okay with a static subject, but a moving animal ... !!. Well done.

It is a brilliant aid to learning, isn't it? The fact is that you might choose not to use manual focus for something like this again, but the fact that you have imposed the discipline of learnign and mastering this upon yourself makes you, in my opinion, much more in control and command of the equipment you're shooting with.

Interestingly, and in the absence of my virally attacked PC at the moment, I was doodling (do people in other countries doodle, or is there another word for it?) with the camera and my flash unit yesterday evening. I was looking at the back buttons on the cemra and suddenly found that I didn't know what each one was for. And that's because my use of them is so automatic now thas when I consciously think of what each one does, I can't remember. My thumb just goes to the correct button when I've got my eye at the viewfinder. When I look at the buttons and say 'What does that one do?', I couldn't remember.

Now, that's either complete and utter mastery of the camera .......... or senility setting in. I'll leave you to decide!

Senility is not a bad word...I think it works for most of us, though as I tend to term my memory lapses..."sometimers."

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I really hate to be a cruel person...really, I do...but, this is why I live in Florida and what it was like yesterday when I shot the herons. Sighhhhhhhhhh, it really is painful to do this, but I must...I must... ;)

http://i52.tinypic.com/73dw5u.jpg

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Chris! I'm just ignoring you!:p I have my fingers in my ears and I'm looking the other way! Lalalalalalalalalaaaaa~!

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Really? Holy cow..thats quite a difference in just 100 miles, but lucky you Although, that is the worst trick in the book, Mother Nature teasing you with daffodils, when you KNOW, she's going to give us at least one more bout of snow...she always does

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I said "by my house" which could mean horrible things for our energy efficiency... except that we really don't heat the basement so I don't know why. They're waaaay ahead of everything else, around here. The rest is still very deeply buried! 58 degrees, though!!!! YAY!!!!

Let it snow! At this point, winter is doomed!:)

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Originally Posted by Donald

Now, that is impressive. Okay with a static subject, but a moving animal ... !!. Well done.

It is a brilliant aid to learning, isn't it? The fact is that you might choose not to use manual focus for something like this again, but the fact that you have imposed the discipline of learnign and mastering this upon yourself makes you, in my opinion, much more in control and command of the equipment you're shooting with.

Interestingly, and in the absence of my virally attacked PC at the moment, I was doodling (do people in other countries doodle, or is there another word for it?) with the camera and my flash unit yesterday evening. I was looking at the back buttons on the cemra and suddenly found that I didn't know what each one was for. And that's because my use of them is so automatic now thas when I consciously think of what each one does, I can't remember. My thumb just goes to the correct button when I've got my eye at the viewfinder. When I look at the buttons and say 'What does that one do?', I couldn't remember.

Now, that's either complete and utter mastery of the camera .......... or senility setting in. I'll leave you to decide!

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Lately I've felt like my compositions have suffered because I have been too consumed with my focus point; missing the "big picture" just to get the focus point. Which of course the focal point is very important, but I figure if I went to manual focus I would be looking at the whole picture and then putting the focus where I want it. Its a different beast with manual focus, its a really good exercise, highly recommend it.

I also want to practice just using the camera, being able to make adjustments on the fly when it doesnt matter so that I don't struggle so bad when I'm at a good event and time is an issue. Its definitely a skill and if you don't practice, you'll never get better and if you wait until your at the game, or the parade or in the field with the birds...thats not the time to be struggling.

I wouldn't call it senility, I know exactly what you are talking about. I keep my camera manual right next to the television....I figure if I have nothing better to do than to watch mindless TV...I can most certainly be thumbing through and reading about some of the buttons I never use.

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Originally Posted by MiniChris

I really hate to be a cruel person...really, I do...but, this is why I live in Florida and what it was like yesterday when I shot the herons. Sighhhhhhhhhh, it really is painful to do this, but I must...I must... ;)

http://i52.tinypic.com/73dw5u.jpg

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Looks really nice Chris :)

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Originally Posted by djg05478

Lately I've felt like my compositions have suffered because I have been too consumed with my focus point; missing the "big picture" just to get the focus point. Which of course the focal point is very important, but I figure if I went to manual focus I would be looking at the whole picture and then putting the focus where I want it. Its a different beast with manual focus, its a really good exercise, highly recommend it.

I also want to practice just using the camera, being able to make adjustments on the fly when it doesnt matter so that I don't struggle so bad when I'm at a good event and time is an issue. Its definitely a skill and if you don't practice, you'll never get better and if you wait until your at the game, or the parade or in the field with the birds...thats not the time to be struggling.

I wouldn't call it senility, I know exactly what you are talking about. I keep my camera manual right next to the television....I figure if I have nothing better to do than to watch mindless TV...I can most certainly be thumbing through and reading about some of the buttons I never use.

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Both Donald and Debbie, these are really good thoughts! The 365 PAD that I'm doing helps so much with being more automatic with my camera and I know that I'm always learning - even if it's somewhere deep in my mind - but A) I still work in AV mode and B) if I don't keep stoking the fire with new knowledge from books, etc. , it gets too automatic and boring. You both challenge me.