cnc66
wiley veteran bad spelur
I know we already have a picture thread, but Greg's thread is more about family stuff than anything else, and I have been uncomfortable posting my photography there as it is not really about that. Sooo, this thread is about "other" stuff, dusk, dawn, birds, bee's, and bloomin' onions. Pictures we have taken ourselves at home and in travels. I have always had a camera handy but never fully enjoyed the photo experience because of that "developing" detail.. now that I have moved into the digital world I am having a BLAST.
I have no special equipment, or single reflex lenses.. but I will. What I do have have is a Panasonic Lumix DMC - TZ1. Ten power optical zoom... only 5.2 mega-pixels... but at 224 bucks, it was within my budget and it had the two things I deemed at the time, most important.. ten power optical zoom, and "anti jiggle".
I HAD to have the zoom, I live on the shore on Indian river and wanted to target the birds I see all day long. I have had a great deal of fun with them but have learned for spooky birds(read kingfisher), ten power is not enough. Another issue is the "red" spectrum saturation of the "chip". I am not getting "true" color with my sunrise pictures.. until I figure this issue out, I will probably keep a film camera handy. My sunrise collection is as good as any I have seen, given my local. Within the thousands I have taken is a good representation of the beautiful possibilities contained in an Indian River sunrise.
To me... as a geezer trying to keep up, the ability to witness and capture a sunrise here, and in less than five minutes share it with YOU... well, that's pretty amazing to me.
I have had two VERY pleasant surprises. "fireworks" mode, and macro. The fireworks I captured right out back on new years from my dock, I posted some of those. Now that I have learned more about it, I can hardly wait until the fourth. I was jaw dropped amazed at the beauty "inside" a frozen explosion.. so intricate.
Macro... well, I was doing a "walkabout" in the woods to take some photo's of an Indian Mound and noticed some wildflowers.. I shot some and it opened a new door for me. I was amazed at the beauty of some of these tiny flowers. I began playing around and discovered an interesting detail... I can create a better optical advantage at 37 inches than I can at 4. This was a significant epiphany as you will see. I can now grab the detail I want without having to shove a lense to within inches of a living subject.
Well, I hope you enjoy my photo's and add some of yours to them. We have folks from all over the world here, and I would love to see what you have found in your back yards and travels. Please share your photographic insights as I have much to learn and am eager to do it.
I have no special equipment, or single reflex lenses.. but I will. What I do have have is a Panasonic Lumix DMC - TZ1. Ten power optical zoom... only 5.2 mega-pixels... but at 224 bucks, it was within my budget and it had the two things I deemed at the time, most important.. ten power optical zoom, and "anti jiggle".
I HAD to have the zoom, I live on the shore on Indian river and wanted to target the birds I see all day long. I have had a great deal of fun with them but have learned for spooky birds(read kingfisher), ten power is not enough. Another issue is the "red" spectrum saturation of the "chip". I am not getting "true" color with my sunrise pictures.. until I figure this issue out, I will probably keep a film camera handy. My sunrise collection is as good as any I have seen, given my local. Within the thousands I have taken is a good representation of the beautiful possibilities contained in an Indian River sunrise.
To me... as a geezer trying to keep up, the ability to witness and capture a sunrise here, and in less than five minutes share it with YOU... well, that's pretty amazing to me.
I have had two VERY pleasant surprises. "fireworks" mode, and macro. The fireworks I captured right out back on new years from my dock, I posted some of those. Now that I have learned more about it, I can hardly wait until the fourth. I was jaw dropped amazed at the beauty "inside" a frozen explosion.. so intricate.
Macro... well, I was doing a "walkabout" in the woods to take some photo's of an Indian Mound and noticed some wildflowers.. I shot some and it opened a new door for me. I was amazed at the beauty of some of these tiny flowers. I began playing around and discovered an interesting detail... I can create a better optical advantage at 37 inches than I can at 4. This was a significant epiphany as you will see. I can now grab the detail I want without having to shove a lense to within inches of a living subject.
Well, I hope you enjoy my photo's and add some of yours to them. We have folks from all over the world here, and I would love to see what you have found in your back yards and travels. Please share your photographic insights as I have much to learn and am eager to do it.
You said duty.
