Good Morning!
Jun 28, 2017 09:37:01 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
Hi there. I am so happy to find this forum. Even though I am new to your group, I have been doing photography for many years, including 35mm and medium format film photography before reluctantly converting to digital media in 2006. My main interests have recently been railroad photography and industrial documentation, but as a storm spotter, my interest in weather photography is growing. I use Nikon equipment, and although it has been interesting to read and compare newer equipment, I am still using the D200 that I bought new in 2006 and a D300 "project camera" that I recently bought used and am in the process of refurbishing, along with a small stable of professional grade Nikkor lenses. Although I am in no way averse to technology or progress, my preference is for basic equipment that performs well and does not try to do multiple functions, which seems too often to lead to compromise, excess complexity, and premature failure.
While in the back yard taking some test images with the D300, I had a chance to take this image of one of our family cats. It was taken with the D300 and
70-200 f2.8 EDIF lens at 175 mm and f4.5 at 1/80 second. It was cropped in the camera, and represents about 25% of the original image. My preference is to crop when composing, but as mentioned, this project was testing camera functions.
While in the back yard taking some test images with the D300, I had a chance to take this image of one of our family cats. It was taken with the D300 and
70-200 f2.8 EDIF lens at 175 mm and f4.5 at 1/80 second. It was cropped in the camera, and represents about 25% of the original image. My preference is to crop when composing, but as mentioned, this project was testing camera functions.
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Jun 28, 2017 11:18:02 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
Thanks for the welcomes. I'm still working to get some interesting and "shareworthy" weather shots. Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of my storm spotting assignments put me in locations that are visually not interesting when we have storms in the area. We'll hope that my luck changes.
Jun 28, 2017 13:47:48 #
Tikva
Loc: Waukesha, WI
Welcome to the hog. Nice looking cat. My cat is my primary model when testing out my flash, new settings and new lenses. She doesn't seem to mind, most of the time.
Jun 28, 2017 18:31:03 #
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!
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Jun 28, 2017 22:10:45 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
The photo is of "Bizzy," so named because of the trouble that she got into while she was a kitten. Now she is our well-behaved social cat...always up for some interaction with the people around her, especially strangers. And she is a great model.
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