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NIKON D80

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 400 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 4500/10

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My latest trip to the mountains... This large bush has these fuzzy fronds, all over the area where we were camping. The sun hit the fronds in such a

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in my back yard, my son just happened to drop by with my granddaughter who had been sleeping in the car.

Time

It was mid-afternoon, the shade from the house was blocking the direct sunlight.

Lighting

I did not use flash or any other type of lighting, it is just daylight, in the shade of the house.

Equipment

I used a Nikon D80, f/6.3, 1/60 sec, 450 mm, ISO 400, with a Sigma DG 150-500mm 1:5-6.3 APO HSM lens. No flash, no other equipment. I was quite a ways away from her at the time, and the shot was completely unplanned, I just snapped four pictures of her and this was the best one.

Inspiration

Well she is the cutest child on the planet, and I shoot her often, now, but I was trying out the lens that day because we had just bought it and I snapped everything around me that afternoon, and this was the gem that came from it.

Editing

I did very little post-processing, it was pretty good, I think I may have brightened the exposure a little and I cropped it a little bit...

In my camera bag

I am pretty much a noob (newbie) photographer! I have an old Nikon D80 and a new D3200. I have the Sigma 150-500 mentioned earlier, the standard Nikon 18-55, actually two of them, a Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 55-200MM 1:4-5.6 GII ED DX VR, a Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50MM 1:1.8 G, a Quantaray AF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 LD tele-macro, an old Tamron AF aspherical LD 28-200mm, and SADLY, a Sigma 14mm Aspherical that I recently DROPPED (insert sick feeling here) so it no longer focuses. Sigma won't touch it because it's old, but maybe I can get a repair somewhere... I have a sunpak PZ40X flash, and a ring flash and some umbrellas and lights... but I don't use them much. I have a Dolica 68" proline tripod that I love, and it was pretty inexpensive! I somehow cracked one of the leg locks, and they sent me a new leg no questions asked (Lieutenant Dan, you got a new leg!) I know my equipment is pretty entry level, not super expensive, and I would love to get into some higher end stuff, but I really enjoy taking pictures and the things I have in my bag get the job done for me. Except for the lens I dropped... That one bums me out.

Feedback

Well, I'm a noob (newbie) and I have a day job. Practice, practice, practice. One thing that I do, is catch free webinars on Creative Live and other sites when I can, and experiment the heck out of settings. The more you take, the better you understand your settings. Shutter speed is my friend, and I tend to use shutter priority to catch crisp images. A lot of my earlier photos are a little fuzzy, and that was why. I always take my camera where the grandkids are, and I snap quite a few, and sometimes I get some really top notch shots, and other times I get closed eyes and runny noses. JUST KEEP TRYING! The good ones will happen.

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