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Although it constantly rolls around in the back of my car, I seldom use my tripod. Usually I can brace my camera on some available object if need be. But on Friday I knew I had to pack the tripod along if I wanted to get any shots in the weak and foggy early morning light.
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Okay, here's the specs:
Six-tenths of a second on this and the next photo, and one second on the last. All at f-20, all with -1 stop of exposure-compensation, all at ISO-100, taken with a Canon5D, with the new generation of Canon's "L" II 70-200 zoom.
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But enough technical talk. The morning was dramatic!
I had gone searching for fog, and suddenly realized that I had found way too much of it. But it was a different story at the beach. The fog was high, providing a soft lighting to the waves and shore.
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I managed to get to the top of a huge boulder with a flat top. My tripod had a firm base. I thought of my good friend Jan Bell in Ohio who never goes anywhere to shoot without his tripod. Jan is a real trooper when it comes to "religiously" using his tripod. I WILL admit, though, that a tripod really helps get nice sharp images for really big prints.
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1 comment:
Don't shy away from the technical talk. Some of us could use the education. Also, start packing that tripod around more. You could benefit from the workout and it opens up a whole new realm of photographic opportunties for you. Great images!
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