fishey
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Location
This was taken outside one of the maintenance buildings at Fort Belknap, Texas The fort is part of a string of frontier forts that were in use before the Civil War. This is the frame of an old buggy, and is pretty fragile - I don't think it was a permanent display, I believe it was undergoing restoration and was just left outside while someone was at lunchTime
This was taken around noon on a very hot day...Lighting
light was pretty harsh and direct, there weren't many clouds in the sky that dayEquipment
This was taken hand-held with a Canon M50 mirrorless camera and 7Artisans 7.5mm fisheye lens. The lens is full manual, but focus-peaking on the M50 makes it fun to play with - I have a number of little manual lenses to play with on the little cameraInspiration
I was really just wandering the grounds of the fort and thought the buggy frame was kinda cool, it wasn't really a serious shot. I've visited a number of the forts on the 'Texas Forts Trail' now, you find different interesting things in each one.Editing
Very little was done in Post on this shot.In my camera bag
These days my 'walk about' setup is a Canon RP Mirrorless with a 24-240mm lens, but I'll also carry a 5D Mk III with any number of lenses if I'm looking to shoot something specific. I do have a couple of crop sensor bodies if I want a bit more reach, the extra magnification from the 1.6 crop factor helps there. I'm usually looking for cool things at random while traveling, so I often don't plan shots beforehand - I'm a pretty impromptu/opportunistic photographer. I've found I spend the most time with various prime lenses or some sort of super-zoom so I don't have to changes lenses out in the open.Feedback
If you're on a budget, check out some of the third-party manual lenses out there - they're inexpensive because they're all manual, and they may have a few quirks, but many will take some pretty decent pictures if you work with them.
