SteveR wrote:
You'll def. want to take photos of the "cattle drive." It is individual sculptures of steers, cowboys on horses, all coming over the crest of a hill. Larger than life. In downtown, take Griffin St. south until you see it on the left, just in front of the Convention Center. A parking area is provided. The old Confederate Cemetery is nearby, about a block east, and there are some photo worthy statues and monuments there as well. The new Omni Hotel is in that same area and is worth some night photography with its creative lighting schemes. Also, don't forget to take a photo of the School Book Depository and Dealey Plaza, and the grassy knoll. Those are all near the Old Red Courthouse. Also, remember the white mansion with the
columns at White Rock Lake? That is the Hunt Mansion....of Hunt Oil. It was patterned after Washington's home.
If you want to see fantastic homes, drive down Turtle Creek and also Beverly Drive.
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I happened to be in downtown Dallas the earlier this week on the way home from an appointment and came upon Founders Park, the spot which is referenced here, as where the cattle drive sculpture is located.
I did not take any photos of the cattle drive sculpture, but was fascinated by the cemeteryÂ…here are a few photos from the other day.
I have posted these here http://flickr.com/gp/bewithabob/57NLX3/
Tex wrote:
Hello, and welcome from Richardson. Have you attended any of the Meet Up Groups in the area?
Hi
I just discovered the hog, how and where do find the meet up groups here?
I thought perhaps you were trying to understand the Hyperfocal distance , rather than MFD.
If there is anything I miss about the new G-lenses from Nikon, it is the HFD scale that used to be so useful on the the Aperture ring of the lens barrel .
1) expose for the ambient light of the sky, as you have done with exposure #2, and then add some off camera flash to fill in detail in the trees and foliage.
This really calls for a good light meter, and today's the camera reads to get an 18% grey on the full frame. Yo have to use a full manual setting, and if you don't have another light meter, use the spot meter in your camera, with the exposure setting set to aperture priority. (don't use the program mode or auto mode. Then as suggested earlier, try for the smallest aperture possible, at least f11, but preferably f16, and use a tripod.
Also, if yo use a larger aperture, try to get the hyper focal distance so that the infinity is at the back of your f-stop shown on the aperture ring of your lens.
2) So you have to underexpose by at least 3 stops to saturate the colors of the sky, and then just drag the shutter for a better overall exposure to get the effect you want
What meter setting were you using?
Thanks! You are from DE? Is that Delaware? The first state in the union!
Hi Irving Neighbor- do you ever go to cars and coffee to look at the vintage cars. great photo ops there.
I should add that I have been shooting Nikon for 30 years, but still have much to learn, as two years ago finally stopped shooting film in favor of a D7000 (which I love) and a few weeks ago picked up a D800 as I have always wanted a digital format that could get close to film.
I am not a gear addict but I have picked up several good autofocus lenses recently (including the 24-70 2.8 and 70-200 2.8) but I still enjoy shooting with some of the manual focus Nikon AIS prime lenses in my glass collection like the 50mm 1.4 and 24mm 2.8, which are fabulous and tack-sharp.
I grew up using a light meter, and still, find it indispensable. I hope I am not the only one!
Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and very interested in learning creative techniques and the thought process behind using off camera flash for creative benefit.
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