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cameraNIKON D3300

settings Aperture 11/1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 550/10 

upload_dateAug, 2016

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HectorLaraPhotos January 30, 2017
Amazing Photo, congratulations ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡, is this a 600mm Sigma Lens?
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monoshooter1 Jan 26
No. Nikon 55x200mm kit lens.
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monoshooter1 May 28, 2017
Thanks much! Not been on in a while. No....this was just with the Nikon 55-200mm kit lens.

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#nature #geese #sunset #birds #animals #colors #clouds #night #panorama
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Behind The Lens

Location

Both photos, the background and the foreground, were taken near my home following the passing of a storm. Photography is still new to me but I'm learning that the time of day and natural lighting has to be taken full advantage of. Both of these images were taken under great lighting conditions that prevented any blowing out of the highlights (which is a real killer) or loss of color and detail, etc.

Time

Another thing that allowed these two images to work together is that they were both taken around sunset and in similar angle to the sun, this allowing the shadows and lighting to not look too far out place. The soft natural lighting of both images also allowed for some consistency.

Lighting

As noted above, harsh lighting often causes blowout which kills detail and frequently destroys otherwise subdued colors, dramatic skies, and that softer and gentler mood. Lighting is everything, something I've come to finally realize after a year of enduring fruitless post processing battles with many overexposed images. Now I generally underexpose everything, whatever it takes to avoid that deadly bright white in the original shot. If I want that dealy white in the finished image I can always create it later, whereas if I lose the detail in the original shot that lost detail is lost forever.

Equipment

Both of these images were shot freehand with a Nikon D3300 and a 55 x 200mm kit lens.

Inspiration

Simply put, I love nature, all aspects of it, from the wide open expanses to those little spots that can so easily be missed. Now I'm always looking for that next image wherever it might be found. It wasn't always like this me, always in a hurry or big rush to get from point A to point B. lol

Editing

Yes, but I'm pretty much confined to the basics as I didn't even have access to post processing software until about a year ago, all of it being entirely new to me. So I'm still in that long learning process and proceeding in baby steps. Even today I don't know what a lot of features are, how they are used, or even what some of the terms mean. But so far the basic have been serving me pretty good.

In my camera bag

I just recently upgraded from a Nikon D3100 to a Nikon D3300 which allows me nearly twice the megapixels and also a larger file size, this allowing me to capture more detail and also print larger images right from the camera/file. In my bag you'll find a set of ND filters, a set of graduated filters, a circular polarizer, a remote shutter release, a tripod, a pen light for night shooting, lens clothes, spare batteries for both the camera and the shutter release, an extra 16gb card, an 18 x 55mm lens, a 55 x 200mm lens, and a set of 20mm and 12mm extensions tubes. With just these few things there isn't a whole lot that I can't shoot.

Feedback

Yes! I had never even taken up photography until a little over a year ago after a good friend gifted me a camera (the 3100) after I had suffered a massive widow maker, my future not looking all that bright and Mike fully aware that being outside meant everything to me. So the camera was the tool that ultimately got me back out there again, it was the perfect distraction that allowed me to drop the fears and to push myself further and further down those trails. During that first year, and I think the following is extremely important, "I put that new space ship in manual mode and I took over 17'000 images." At about 15'000 images I was feeling pretty comfortable with the notion that I could start capturing images the way I wanted to. So my advice, put it in manual mode and then, "practice, practice, practice!" I still do it and I'm still learning something of value each and every day. And there's still a whole lot to learn....."a whole lot!"

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