The Best picture you will ever see is the one you see when your camera is in the trunk of your car!
Jun 22, 2013 08:36:28 #
Here in America we say: "The best gun is the one you have with you...." Sad, perhaps, but true.
Jun 22, 2013 08:54:57 #
Jun 22, 2013 09:00:04 #
Anyone out there want to recommend a nikon point and shoot to carry? I'm hooked on nikon I guess...
Jun 22, 2013 09:02:57 #
seahorsey wrote:
Anyone out there want to recommend a nikon point and shoot to carry? I'm hooked on nikon I guess...
personal opinion is good as far as it goes, but before I spend my money, I read multiple reviews.
Camera Reviews
http://www.kenrockwell.com
http://www.dpreview.com
http://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/cameras - comparisons
http://www.snapsort.com
http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/equipment.html
http://camerasize.com/
http://www.digicamdb.com/compare/nikon_d7000-vs-nikon_d800/
Jun 22, 2013 09:08:05 #
Pentony
Loc: Earth Traveller
cssiii wrote:
I was reading the discussion concerning the vest. ... (show quote)
Have a pocket point and shoot!
Jun 22, 2013 09:15:59 #
Jun 22, 2013 09:16:06 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Right. This is a genuine problem. You cannot pull over onto a shoulder that isn't there. I remember the view even though I couldn't take a picture.
Speaking of shoulders that aren't there--this is one image I'm glad I could get to my camera for. Don't think I'll ever see this again and it would be hard to describe with words. So bottom line is still: "A picture is worth a thousand words"!
Shadow on the clouds descending at 15,000ft.
Jun 22, 2013 09:38:08 #
I'm curious. Are there others that just don't worry about missing photos. I very seldom take pictures without planing ahead. Sometimes I see something that I would like to photograph and then make plans to photograph it. I do keep my 3rd DSLR with a 28 to 300 zoom and 18 to 55 kit lens in a bag in the Trunk but I usually know I will take it out before we leave the house. By the way I put a thermometer in the trunk and never has it been more than 2 degrees above the outdoor temp. My car is light blue so it reflects the heat a dark car may have a hotter trunk. I know that trunk temp has been a concern in other threads. Again are there others that are just not spontaneous photographers or I'm I a oddball? - Dave .
Jun 22, 2013 09:57:57 #
Yes, welcome :thumbup: you will from time to time miss " the good one" but there'll always be more. But like one of the folks said here, any camera is better than none. I was down on the lake near hear just wanting to exercise my kayak. No camera with me of course. Suddenly this eagle lands on a tree right I front of near the shore. He was posing! I swear he was putting on a show and saying, " Didn't bring your camera clown? Look at this.." Whereupon he put on a show like those body builder shows while cackling . Got no respect! :lol:
Jun 22, 2013 10:19:10 #
Sometimes it's nice to just pause and look at a scene, rather than photograph it. We tend to take the pics and then leave. By pausing, we burn the memory and the experience in our mind. As for looking like a tourist, I hang my camera around my neck all the time, and I don't care what others think or say. By the way, tourists and Americans are not ugly! LOL (Neither are Canadians and other nationalities). So enjoy your scenes and your cameras. Welcome to the Hog.
Jun 22, 2013 11:00:21 #
wrr wrote:
I keep my DSLR close and my cell phone closer...has got that almost lost pic several times.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Jun 22, 2013 11:17:16 #
cwhinj
Loc: New Jersey
My camera was put in the trunk at dusk while we were in the Forsthe NWR at oceanville, NJ. Then, as the sun was setting, the green flash appeared as a huge arc over the setting sun. I missed the photo because we were so taken in by the beauty of this event, that we couldn't stop watching it and were sure that by the time we were able to use the camera, the green flash would be gone. I had never seen it before and not since, but it is a fantastic memory.
Jun 22, 2013 19:54:52 #
cssiii wrote:
I was reading the discussion concerning the vest. ... (show quote)
Keep it comfortable and handy with a camera sling, I like OpTech.
Jun 22, 2013 20:45:09 #
This is a problem where I live - lots of narrow-windy 1 1/2 lane roads - as well as super fast traffic on good roads that I travel. So I like to make a mental note of the location and then when passing again or several times I try to schedule a safe stop within walking distance when lighting and nature co operate.
this is a roadside photo that took years for me to catch the season, light and traffic co operating.
The second part of this post - where I keep my camera. For many years I kept my bridge camera under my drivers seat where I could reach it in a flash - now I keep my DSLR directly behind the counsel covered with a towel for heat and theft protection.
Harvey
this is a roadside photo that took years for me to catch the season, light and traffic co operating.
The second part of this post - where I keep my camera. For many years I kept my bridge camera under my drivers seat where I could reach it in a flash - now I keep my DSLR directly behind the counsel covered with a towel for heat and theft protection.
Harvey
jerryc41 wrote:
Right. This is a genuine problem. You cannot pull over onto a shoulder that isn't there. I remember the view even though I couldn't take a picture.
Windmill & wild flowers hwy 12 Fairfield,CA
Jun 22, 2013 22:48:20 #
Harvey wrote:
This is a problem where I live - lots of narrow-wi... (show quote)
I've considered making some kind of a holster for the car.
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