City - Corte Madera State - CALIFORNIA Country - United States
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The night after my nephew Dante was born, my brother and I stepped outside from the hospital to have a cigar.
Of the 5 cigars I've ever had in my life, this one was the best.
On our way back in to the hospital, I grabbed this image of the trees we sat under. Lit by the parking lot flood lights. I knew it was going to be a long exposure, so had to use the 'rest the camera on your shoe and hope it's aimed' tripod.
For prints, CostCo, baby. If you start pushing a lot of prints, the $50 US is quite attactive considering a 12" x 18" is $3 at my store.
If the Joel story continues, you may have to look into the full suite of lenses:
Wide: 12-24 or 10-? Sigma wide zoom Prime: 50mm 1.8 Medium: 18-70ish zoom Tele: 50/70 ish - 300ish Macro lens. Serious Tripod And after all that, a technical hiking daypack is just as effective and cheaper than a photo pack.
On all, a UV filter for drops on the ground and scratches.
Linear polarizer (landscapes), A nice ND 8+ for slowing the lens for waterfalls, and a IR filter for IR photography.
12-24 Sigma: Wider is yummy for the landscapes and selling a home.
18-70 Nikon: Workhorse, great general use of wide to slightly telephoto. This one goes everywhere with me.
50-500 Sigma, 2x teleadapter: Slow lens for sports, but mega great for mega distances. Bring the tripod for this mother and don't hike with this bad boy. I think Bigma Sigma is the best description. This one attracts attention through. I'd like to be on the down low, but recently with a group of people at a ball game one person found their way back to the seat just by looking for the long hair with the big telephoto from a distance.
50mm MF Macro (circa 1965): Boring day? Macros always reveal the beauty and detail out there. The shallow DOF makes for interesting portraits if you get an old one with nice Bokeh. I rock it old school with this tank. The lack of AF is a royal pain, and I will need to upscale to an AF and ring flash.
50mm F1.8 Nikon - Low light and shallow DOF brings out great portraits. And as you say, very light and mobile.
Bogen Tripod - Heavy mother. Attach to backpack and start sloggin'. I got the aluminum, upgrade to carbon fiber or basalt if I could afford it. Mine's a quick release all around with a ball head.
Technical Daypack. - Yeah, everything above barely fits into this puppy, but I have to say that I'd rather have a pack fitted for hiking that's converted for photos rather than a photo pack converted for hiking.
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{K:13131} 8/2/2006
