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Oct 12, 2017 11:34:17   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
I have only recently started playing with a dSLR. My Dad chased pictures as a hobby for 7-10 years. Last year he had a stroke and is now frustrated by his new lack of understanding a camera. Its not just the camera that confuses him not. In order to preserve his picture collection I hijacked his laptop (another great source of confusion for him) and made a copy of all of his saved pictures. I spend days reviewing the thousands of pictures and in the process of selecting and compiling shots to set up on an easier to use tablet viewer, I was infected by the bug to shoot my own.

Shooting a dSLR is a bit of a challenge for me as I have limited use of my right hand and a frozen right elbow. Because of the elbow I can not hold a camera in my right hand to look through the viewfinder. (My elbow will not bend to allow me to touch my face) I started with a mono-pole and an electronic remote shutter release but quickly learned to shoot with the camera in my left hand and the shutter control in my right. I have to pre-think my shots to make speed and aperture adjustments before sighting a shot. Its slower but working.Being a bit of a bird and wildlife fanatic plus a very avid boater provides me with a lot of picture opportunities. Most of you already know what I am quickly learning. Finding a good shot and capturing it are two vastly differentiate things especially when shooting from a moving boat (boats always move) at living targets that move to survive.

So for the purpose of introduction Ill attach a couple shots from taken from the ground at slower moving subjects.


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Oct 12, 2017 11:39:17   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
and a little abstraction as well.

Sorry I forgot to mention.

I borrowed my Dads Canon T3i along with the stock lenses it came with. Not great glass I know but able to produce better pictures then I so more than aqueduct for the foreseeable future.


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Oct 12, 2017 11:47:39   #
fours2many
 
Love the image of the flower. Nice composition.
I am a true lefty. I wish they made a left handed camera.
I’m glad you are finding ways to enjoy this hobby.
I’m sure your dad appreciates you going through his pics. Maybe an electronic picture from would help him. He could see his images without the aggravation.

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Oct 12, 2017 11:57:57   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
Thanks very much.

Mom and Dad had a small Samsung tablet that they were clueless to use. I moved all the apps to the background, to remove temptation. Then put about 9500 of his pictures on a 32 gig micro chip. Installed the chip into the tablet and gave them only one app selection.
This way if they get into trouble all they have to do is keep hitting the back button till they refund the home screen.
For now It the best solution I could come up with.
I'm planning on purchasing a picture viewer. We had 3 of these about 5 or 6 years ago. It looks like a picture frame with a blank screen
I'll load a selection of meaningfully pictures to it and it will do a constant slide show for them. With the number of shots available I doubt it will repeat very often.

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Oct 12, 2017 19:48:14   #
Nature_Shooter Loc: Chesterfield Missouri
 
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!

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Oct 13, 2017 06:51:45   #
MikeMck Loc: Southern Maryland on the Bay
 
Welcome!

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Oct 13, 2017 07:21:53   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Welcome to our forum

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Oct 13, 2017 07:28:51   #
joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ
 
Welcome to the forum. Thanks for sharing some photos.

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Oct 13, 2017 09:22:10   #
ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Welcome to the Hog WD, enjoy.

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Oct 13, 2017 09:56:33   #
Granddad Loc: UK
 
Welcome to the Hog.
Dave.

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Oct 13, 2017 12:32:23   #
jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon
 
Welcome to the forum.

Jack

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Oct 13, 2017 14:27:38   #
photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ
 
Welcome to the Hog

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Oct 13, 2017 14:33:57   #
ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL
 
WD. Nice shots. Welcome. Glad you came here.

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Oct 13, 2017 16:10:55   #
creativ simon Loc: Coulsdon, South London
 
Welcome and enjoy

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Oct 13, 2017 19:03:23   #
PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place
 
Welcome to UHH WDCash, glad you joined us.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.

Don

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