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On Nov 9, 9:21 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
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On Nov 9, 6:39 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.
Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf
Very good job! You did a good job with light and color.
Thanks, I really didn't do much different, except play with the shutter
speed, aperture and ISO. On every shot, I took numerous shots playing
around with the settings. The green color from the docks lights had to
do with the lighting used by the marina. It did not look green to look
at it, but it came out of the camera with the green shade.

Somethings I did learn is I need to get a black cloth to cover the eye
piece during the long exposure and also need to use the auto timer so I
won't have to hit the shutter release button. Some nice photos were
blurred because I shook the camera on the tripod as I hit the button, or
it may have been the dock moving. I also want to buy a bulb so I can
take some exposure longer than 30 secs, especially for some sky photos
in the mountains.

I was an avid 35mm guy in my day, even took some classes at a
community college close by. It's interesting when you do just like you
did, take several shots using different settings and record what you
did with each. A bulb is nice, just because of what you stated, camera
shake. I'm looking for a point and shoot for my daughter, don't want
to spend too much, maybe a couple hundred, but also want to avoid
shutter lag, which, is kind of a misnomer, because it's usually
processor lag!


The advantage of digital, is it records all of your settings
automatically, so you just have to look at the settings as you look at
each photo

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:39:46 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf

Very nice. I especially liked 'Slowly Sinking'. The next one looked too
distorted on the edges for me. (I think trees should be vertical, but I'm
old fashioned.)

Did you use the new lens? Now that I've got my Disney shots in the
computer, I'm much more pleased with the sharpness of the lens. Judging
sharpness with the screen on the back of the camera doesn't work too well.

No, this is a Tokina 12-24mm at 12mm you do get some curvature of the image

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:21:17 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

wrote:
On Nov 9, 6:39 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf
Very good job! You did a good job with light and color.

Thanks, I really didn't do much different, except play with the shutter
speed, aperture and ISO. On every shot, I took numerous shots playing
around with the settings. The green color from the docks lights had to
do with the lighting used by the marina. It did not look green to look
at it, but it came out of the camera with the green shade.

Somethings I did learn is I need to get a black cloth to cover the eye
piece during the long exposure and also need to use the auto timer so I
won't have to hit the shutter release button. Some nice photos were
blurred because I shook the camera on the tripod as I hit the button, or
it may have been the dock moving. I also want to buy a bulb so I can
take some exposure longer than 30 secs, especially for some sky photos
in the mountains.

The D200 included a mask for the viewfinder when taking long exposures or
using the timer. Of course, I left mine at home when I went on the trip, so
no timer shots were made.

I know, but it is much easier to use a cloth than try to slide it in
after you have adjusted your composition. By the time you get that
sucker in, you have moved the camera and tripod all over the place

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:39:46 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf

Very nice. I especially liked 'Slowly Sinking'. The next one looked too
distorted on the edges for me. (I think trees should be vertical, but I'm
old fashioned.)

Did you use the new lens? Now that I've got my Disney shots in the
computer, I'm much more pleased with the sharpness of the lens. Judging
sharpness with the screen on the back of the camera doesn't work too well.

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:21:17 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

wrote:
On Nov 9, 6:39 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf

Very good job! You did a good job with light and color.


Thanks, I really didn't do much different, except play with the shutter
speed, aperture and ISO. On every shot, I took numerous shots playing
around with the settings. The green color from the docks lights had to
do with the lighting used by the marina. It did not look green to look
at it, but it came out of the camera with the green shade.

Somethings I did learn is I need to get a black cloth to cover the eye
piece during the long exposure and also need to use the auto timer so I
won't have to hit the shutter release button. Some nice photos were
blurred because I shook the camera on the tripod as I hit the button, or
it may have been the dock moving. I also want to buy a bulb so I can
take some exposure longer than 30 secs, especially for some sky photos
in the mountains.

The D200 included a mask for the viewfinder when taking long exposures or
using the timer. Of course, I left mine at home when I went on the trip, so
no timer shots were made.

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:31:33 -0000, wrote:

On Nov 9, 9:21 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
wrote:
On Nov 9, 6:39 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf

Very good job! You did a good job with light and color.

Thanks, I really didn't do much different, except play with the shutter
speed, aperture and ISO. On every shot, I took numerous shots playing
around with the settings. The green color from the docks lights had to
do with the lighting used by the marina. It did not look green to look
at it, but it came out of the camera with the green shade.

Somethings I did learn is I need to get a black cloth to cover the eye
piece during the long exposure and also need to use the auto timer so I
won't have to hit the shutter release button. Some nice photos were
blurred because I shook the camera on the tripod as I hit the button, or
it may have been the dock moving. I also want to buy a bulb so I can
take some exposure longer than 30 secs, especially for some sky photos
in the mountains.

I was an avid 35mm guy in my day, even took some classes at a
community college close by. It's interesting when you do just like you
did, take several shots using different settings and record what you
did with each. A bulb is nice, just because of what you stated, camera
shake. I'm looking for a point and shoot for my daughter, don't want
to spend too much, maybe a couple hundred, but also want to avoid
shutter lag, which, is kind of a misnomer, because it's usually
processor lag!

Go get her a Nikon D50. The shutter lag, if it exists, cannot be noticed.
She can use it as a point and shoot just by leaving all the settings in the
default mode. That's what my wife does.

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:44:16 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:21:17 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

wrote:
On Nov 9, 6:39 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf
Very good job! You did a good job with light and color.

Thanks, I really didn't do much different, except play with the shutter
speed, aperture and ISO. On every shot, I took numerous shots playing
around with the settings. The green color from the docks lights had to
do with the lighting used by the marina. It did not look green to look
at it, but it came out of the camera with the green shade.

Somethings I did learn is I need to get a black cloth to cover the eye
piece during the long exposure and also need to use the auto timer so I
won't have to hit the shutter release button. Some nice photos were
blurred because I shook the camera on the tripod as I hit the button, or
it may have been the dock moving. I also want to buy a bulb so I can
take some exposure longer than 30 secs, especially for some sky photos
in the mountains.

The D200 included a mask for the viewfinder when taking long exposures or
using the timer. Of course, I left mine at home when I went on the trip, so
no timer shots were made.

I know, but it is much easier to use a cloth than try to slide it in
after you have adjusted your composition. By the time you get that
sucker in, you have moved the camera and tripod all over the place


Shows how often I've used it. I figured it just slid in. Maybe I'll try
mine out and see if it needs trimming.

On Nov 9, 11:31 am, wrote:
On Nov 9, 9:21 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"





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On Nov 9, 6:39 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf

Very good job! You did a good job with light and color.

Thanks, I really didn't do much different, except play with the shutter
speed, aperture and ISO. On every shot, I took numerous shots playing
around with the settings. The green color from the docks lights had to
do with the lighting used by the marina. It did not look green to look
at it, but it came out of the camera with the green shade.

Somethings I did learn is I need to get a black cloth to cover the eye
piece during the long exposure and also need to use the auto timer so I
won't have to hit the shutter release button. Some nice photos were
blurred because I shook the camera on the tripod as I hit the button, or
it may have been the dock moving. I also want to buy a bulb so I can
take some exposure longer than 30 secs, especially for some sky photos
in the mountains.

I was an avid 35mm guy in my day, even took some classes at a
community college close by. It's interesting when you do just like you
did, take several shots using different settings and record what you
did with each. A bulb is nice, just because of what you stated, camera
shake. I'm looking for a point and shoot for my daughter, don't want
to spend too much, maybe a couple hundred, but also want to avoid
shutter lag, which, is kind of a misnomer, because it's usually
processor lag!- Hide quoted text -

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Right before my kids trip we got her a Kodak Easyshare C513... it came
in pink. It takes SD cards and has little if any shutter lag. 5MP, 3X
zoom, All the standard features and pretty good software/tools. It
took 4 days of photos for her trip, the quality is awesome, the auto
functions did their job at many different events and exhibits, and
lighting conditions. Not so great at the opera, long at night like any
smaller digital, but for a purse camera, you cant go wrong at 90
bucks..

On Nov 9, 6:39 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf

Oh, BTW, very nice pictures, I enjoyed them. I have been taking a
bunch of shots lately with my Kodak D40 I may put up sometime, but
nothing like this, nice job.

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On Nov 9, 6:39 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Last weekend I spent the night on a houseboat and played around taking
some long exposure photos late at night and in the early morning. Since
the lake is getting smaller every day, I plan on taking more to record
the drought.

Feel free to comment you would like about my feeble attempt to take some
interesting photos.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/561366333LXiTFf

Oh, BTW, very nice pictures, I enjoyed them. I have been taking a
bunch of shots lately with my Kodak D40 I may put up sometime, but
nothing like this, nice job.


Add my compliments as well. Nice pictures.

Eisboch