Went out of my daily bike ride earlier today because severe thunder showers was forcasted for the evening (you can see the billowing clouds in the horizon).Again my thesis has held me in my office and again I failed to use 50mm as I had hoped to. If only the 50mm is truly a 50mm but these dx cameras with a crop factor of 1.5x makes this lens 75mm equivalent. My next camera lens must be a 2.8 normal zoom, I just hope Nikon comes out with a new one, as the 17-35mm range is not so great and 28-70mm is probably going to be discontinued soon. A 17(18)-70 2.8, non dx, VR, IF and AF-S pro lens (gold ring) would be GREAT.The First image is of the ravine near my house. Lots of quasi wildlife here. 18-70mm @40mm, F10, 1/400
ISO 400 (accidental forgot to check my Camera like a noobe)There is significant Photoshopping this picture because I did not have my tri-pod with me to take a Bracketing series of shots to generate a HDR image. So I had to use the magic wand to localize the sky and adjust the levels. You can tell by the fact that the colours are a bit dull due to a compromise exposure (so that the sky won't be washed out and the foreground overly dark). Nevertheless, sad to say, these are the best images of the day.
In any case I was originally going to post only one picture, the first one, but as I got up the hill I discovered a small heard of deers and this one in particular seemed to have a interest in me. I wish I had my 70-200 for this one, but carrying that on a bike ride is as asking for trouble.
18-70mm @70mm F8, 1/200 ISO 400
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Hi Fungman, it´s me again. Just one serious comment on topic. I guess you could have created and HDR with some freehand shots. Did you ever use photomatix? It aligns freehand shots for you and there you go: nice hdr without a tripod.
Hey thanks for the comment!
Yea I just found that program after I got home from my bike ride that day. I was looking at Pbase magazine and they had an article on HDR. I was trying to create a HDR image with 1 raw shot. But thats the best I could do.There is a better way though. But gotta wait until I have time to learn it.
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