Easter Bunnies and Eggs
Easter Bunnies and eggs (2020 April 14)
Easter Bunnies and eggs (2020 April 14)
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People's Choice in Easter extravaganza Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Easter! Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Favorite Easter Chocolates Photo Challenge
Winner in Chocolates of any kind. No cakes. No adult photos Photo Challenge
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Location
I captured this photo in my living room on the couch with a black blanket as the background.Time
I caotyred this photo at 10:05AM CST (2020 April 14).Lighting
The lighting was from the sunlight coming in through large living room window (the mid-April sun shining in to the room at an angle through the east-facing large bow window.)Equipment
I captured this photo hand-held with my Nikon D750 Camera and a Nikkor AF-S VR Micro 105 mm f/2.8 lens. The camera was set in Manual Exposure mode f/10 1/125 ISO 1000. White Balance set at "Cloudy". Centre-weighted Average Metering mode.Inspiration
In an effort to get out and about with my cameras, in 2020 I decided to give myself a personal challenge... to shoot at least one photo every week following the themes I randomly selected at the beginning of the year. The week's theme was "EASTER" so I gathered up my Easter chocolate gifts and shot some photos. This photo was one of the photos I shot for my personal photo challenge. I also love chocolate, so it was fun to play with my chocolate treats before eating them.Editing
This photo was shot in JPEG. No post processing was applied to this photo.In my camera bag
I have my Nikon D750, D200 and D5100 cameras in my bags along with my Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, a Tamron SP 24-70MM F/2.8 Di VC USD, a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm F/1.8G Lens, a Tamron 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD Lens, Nikon f/2.8 105mm Micro f/2.8 lens, and a Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Lens. I also always have my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra cellular phone with me (I like to use it when I want or need a wider angle photo.) If I am going to go for a drive to spend some time out and about shooting, I like to take all my cameras and lenses... you just never know what you're going to need. If I am going out to shoot something specific, I take my Nikon D750 along with the 70-200mm lens, 24-70mm lens, 50mm lens, and depending what my shooting goal is, sometimes the 105mm lensFeedback
My advice for others is to have extra batteries, keep your batteries charged up, keep your camera(s) handy (you never know when an opportunity to shoot will arise), and to appreciate everything around you and to always look for photo opportunities, then shoot, shoot, shoot.... shoot as often as you can and get off the main roads. Move around -- shoot in different positions and at different angles. Take more than one photo... you can always delete it later if it doesn't turn out. Try different camera settings and camera equipment as well. Look around the house and yard to find ordinary items and not-so-ordinary items to practice shooting. When you download your photos, don't discard the photo right away because the colour or composition isn't what you had wanted it to be. Try adjusting the lighting, exposure, cropping, etc, and also convert it to sepia or black and white... sometimes that may be the only adjustment you need to make to the photo in post-processing. Most important of all... always have fun!!!! If you are having trouble getting out and about with your camera, set up a personal challenge. I started and set up a weekly photo challenge on 2020 January 1 - and I did pick up my camera and shot at least one (1) photo each week for the entire year (most weeks I shot more than one photo). I have and am continuing to set up monthly challenges for myself. It does force a person to pick up the camera and shoot even when you don't feel inspired to do so.
