Posted by Curtis Knight on April 12, 2008 at 3:51 PM
I ran out of the house without my tripod this morning, so I stuck around to meet Roman and Phil, and then I was going to bag it and go home.
The more I thought about it, the more I hated to completely waste a 3:30 wake-up and the gas I burned getting there. So I decided to try to make my Guarilla Pod work. It would have been ok if i'd had a ball head to put on it, but as it was, it wasn't flexible enough, nor tall enough, so I ended up hand holding the camera most of the time.
I'm glad I stuck around because I had a great time. It is nice to hand hold the camera once in a while and just play. I didn't really get much, but this one seemed a reasonable result. The sky sucks, so I cropped most of it out, along with a bunch of skragley flowers in the FG.
300D, Tamron 17-50 @ 17mm, 1/250sec @ f16, ISO 400, handheld, cropped all four sides.
Thanks for looking and commenting.
Posted by Mearle Gates on April 12, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Is this balloon thing a regular occurrence up there?
Posted by Derek Sedillo on April 12, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Very nice Curtis! This shot shouts with color and Spring time! Not bad for handholding these. ISO400 looks really good with the D300. It looks like a nice upgrade from the 300D. Or was that just a letter 'D' reversal?
Posted by Curtis Knight on April 12, 2008 at 6:11 PM
DOH! it's the 300D (edited post to correct the typo)
Well for a day that didn't go as planned I'd say this is a successful image! I think it's useful to go without a tripod sometimes just to open one's eyes in a different way.
My only nit is there is a bit of a halo on top of that left balloon. Other than that This works just fine!
Well done Curtis!!
Posted by Darren White on April 13, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Looking good.......a very nice clean image!
Posted by Curtis Knight on April 13, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Thanks for the comments!
I like this one, but the more I look at it the less inclined I am to print it. I might recrop it to a screensaver/wallpaper size though. The sky is just too bland.
Discussion
9 repliesThe more I thought about it, the more I hated to completely waste a 3:30 wake-up and the gas I burned getting there. So I decided to try to make my Guarilla Pod work. It would have been ok if i'd had a ball head to put on it, but as it was, it wasn't flexible enough, nor tall enough, so I ended up hand holding the camera most of the time.
I'm glad I stuck around because I had a great time. It is nice to hand hold the camera once in a while and just play. I didn't really get much, but this one seemed a reasonable result. The sky sucks, so I cropped most of it out, along with a bunch of skragley flowers in the FG.
300D, Tamron 17-50 @ 17mm, 1/250sec @ f16, ISO 400, handheld, cropped all four sides.
Thanks for looking and commenting.
Thanks Derek!
My only nit is there is a bit of a halo on top of that left balloon. Other than that This works just fine!
Well done Curtis!!
I like this one, but the more I look at it the less inclined I am to print it. I might recrop it to a screensaver/wallpaper size though. The sky is just too bland.
All the elements are there.
Roman