Friday, 1 May 2009

photos

I did a walk around my neighbourhood with the 70-300 lens JH lent me. Love the long lens. I shot in RAW and played around with different B&W filters later on. This is great for finding the best contrast to make the B&W more striking.













3 comments:

Alison B said...

You really have a lovely talent for seeing interesting things and then being able to frame them well, etc.

I studied film and photography at school and university and although I could get the mechanics pretty right I haven't been able to master the artistic side of things.

But if you ever need your DVD, Stereo, TV, etc. all connected together I can normally do that in a jiffy! Good to see my learning hasn't been a complete waste!

matt said...

I like the last one the best: it tells a story.

Do you know any good resources that explain what the lenses do? I have a DSLR with the stock lens and have been thinking about getting something with decent zoom. But what does it all mean?

goldy said...

Thanks Duncan.
Matt, the best thing that helped me was borrowing a book called Canon Lens Work, ( or was it lens kraft?) which show sample shots of all their lenses and explains their purposes. Before that I didn't have a clue, so I know how you feel. Then I just scanned the internet for lens reviews and forums. Before long I was able to understand what lenses did what and what all the different focal lengths were doing.