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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 4/11/2008
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www.magicexposures.com
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 2/23/2007
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Tim, I am looking forward to seeing your approach to longer focal length composition! Tripods are a nuisance weight wise and time wise and useless in windy conditions, yet print quality is often better if you do use them. One doesn't notice when printing to web but it is apparent when printing enlargements to paper. With VR, results are mostly acceptable but also more consistent and better at higher shutter speeds. I agree that a tripod is less necessary given a combination of VR and and good light. However, I often shoot in poor light typical of the wet coast and prefer low ISO. I ordered a carbon fibre lightweight model (Benro) - that should help a little! However, if I were hiking any distance, like you, I would not take a tripod either.
Eb
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 2/23/2007
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Oh yes one more thing. The big reason i try not to have a tripod is that i am traveling all the time, often into the deep back woods where weight is the biggest factor. Also i just got the 18-200mm VR Nikon lens. These antivibration lens make having a tripod much less necessary, plus they are light and compact with excellent glass. We do live in the age of potential where equipment is concerned.
The 18-200mm so far looks like it is a stellar lens and i will now only need to carry that plus my 12-24mm to cover most photo opportunities.
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 2/23/2007
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I think that you will know what is best suited for your personal temperament and that is what is important to follow, as this always leads you into your own personal style. These decisions are very important to make and follow though until you come to a point again where many of the past ways may be holding you back and you have to reevaluate what would be the next step to help you grow and not become stagnant.
A Big reason i like taking multiple exposures is that in any photograph the composition is the foundation of what your image is based upon. So in taking large numbers of exposures I will potentially become bored with the conventional compositions that i had been shooting and move on to more refined ones. The only way to do this in my mind is to pursue it by just shooting the numbers of shots that is necessary for the individual involved. Digital has made this possible for us and i feel lucky to have this opportunity.
Hey it has been great having this discussion I hope we can have more in the future
Cheers, Tim
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 2/23/2007
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Tim, I am getting back into using the tripod again after the initial freedom of working with a digital SLR, and also now shooting fewer frames. I do see the advantage of spontaneous, quick work and can well imagine your style from your description. I think I am getting back to the style I had in the early 1970s when I shot mainly large format. In my opinion, digital SLR colour is as good and better than film large format was, whereas, the old large format black and white is not yet surpassed by the SLR sensor.
Eb
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 2/20/2007
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I don't even own a tripod...kind of allergic to them, due to the excess weight and i like to shoot a lot of shots at any one time. So i am like a jackrabbit in the bush barely standing in one spot long enough for the digital image to fuse to the CCD before i am somewhere else. I figure that it is better to come home with 300 images in a shooting where there will be at least a few good ones then just to put all my eggs in one shot so to speak or just a few shots. I guess it is because I am a painter (artist) where there is a theory, if you contemplate a composition to long it sort of loses it's emotional appeal and may feel to contrived and stayed in the end. So i go for the spontaneous feel of any given shot and delete the poor ones. It works with my temperament and may not be the best for another.
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 2/20/2007
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Tim, that means you rarely shoot off the tripod?
Eb
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 2/20/2007
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Ahhh, well if i need to be in the mud so be it...I think i was on my knees here, about a foot and a half off the deck so to speak
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 2/20/2007
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Tim, I have the same lens, but am not capable of using it the way you do - you have a distinct signature to your work! I believe the lens is hyperfocal at about 2 feet at f/11. But what I meant is how low do you position your camera?
Eb
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 2/20/2007
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Hi Eb,
With the 12-24mm nikon lens i can get within 2 feet and the subject will still be in focus. The DOF capabilities with this lens in good light are really very good.
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 2/20/2007
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I have never seen them in the snow, Tim! It is stark in the contrast with the snow. As usual, you have interesting foreground juxtapositioning. How close to the ground do you hold your camera, Tim?
Eb
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 2/20/2007
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Beautiful colours and great detail in the snow and rock, Tim! Exposure here is perfect.
Dave.
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Melinda Martin
{K:698} 2/20/2007
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I've taken many snow shots and love how you took advantage of the contrast of blue, white and tan. The inclusion of the bush in the foreground give a nice depth and keeps the ultra blue sky from being a distraction. Nicely composed, and well exposed!
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Leo Régnier Я£
{K:67696} 2/20/2007
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Fantastic place and shot my friend!!
Leo
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