Oh, I didn't carve this and apologies if I left this impression!
My first 35mm was a Kodak Pony No. 2. no interchangeable lens but shutter speed and I believe F stop were. Took that cross country to New Mexico using a interchangeable cards on the back that suggested exposures for Kodacolor and I believe Ektacolor! Out of 4 or 6 rolls couple images were over exposed but following the suggestions worked fine.
In my haste I neglected to include the pipe. This is from a 4" high carving.
Might try using the bent over tree as a frame in No. 3. Look for natural frames, friend used to carry and old sash window around. Lead in lines, pictures with in a picture. Carry a rectangle to use in judging scenic landscapes.
Check later in the winter, Chickadee's are one bird that will make a tiny opening and steal the tasty (I'm supposing here)grub.
Covered snowmobile racing in the 70's for an Arctic Cat team, 35mm and 16mm movie, mostly b&W. Great way to learn on the job!
My first "professional" job was taking passport photos. We used Polaroid 4x5 on a view camera. Had to cover one half, say freeze, remove holder, move covering to other side, reinsert holder and snap the shutter. "Process" image, cut in half, done. Used a Polaroid film that had a negative, forget the numbers, for "publicity" stills. Mostly people running for office or promotions. "Best" job was images for a doctor, whose patients were to under go deviated septum operations!
What amazes me is the amount of photography accomplished with manual cameras! We had one mode, manual! Sure, we could alter shutter speed, F stops and, to a degree, ISO but we had no internet, You Tube or FB to help out! Now, using manual is as foreign as a stick shift! Have everyday items become too specialized?
“Shutter Speed” is a rather interesting mind bender, in that a whole lot of the subjects had already vanished long before the Hubble photographed them." Ninety percent never realize the universal time frame when observing the heavens. Which leads one to wonder, have astronomers kept track of what as disappeared in the last hundred years! I know, a hundred years in the grand scheme is but blink!!!
weight was one reason, same with the 77D, Progress through the years, weight seems to become more important than objects! When I was a young buck, riding backwards of snowmobiles, leading the parade lap in 20 below temps, operating a 35mm camera and 16mm movie camera, weight was not as important. As to the conjunction, will take a look shortly and maybe if lens comes before the weekend will try. Incidentally, are there any "must have" filters for astrophotography?
Bought my Christmas present from KEH, Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM EF Mount, 559.00 and change. Any comments good, bad or indifferent? Have always wondered about the white bodied Canon's and now I will find out!
For me, I look for composition, patterns, lines, colors, anything that hits me squarely between the eyes!
Reminds me, I need to wash my windows, not that yours's are