No rain, a relatively low tide, no bright sun -- perfect for hitting the beach, where I spent 59 minutes this morning shooting patterns. I was headed back toward the parking lot when I spotted a flock of cormorants heading north toward me. I had an 18-55mm lens on the camera -- not exactly what one wants for bird photography. And then I spotted the rainbow. Adrenaline rush! I quickly set my camera to underexpose by a full stop so that the waves wouldn't blow out and so that the rainbow would stand out. My ISO was 500, but no time to change that because HERE THEY COME! The result? A noisy photograph of birds too far away but a photograph that means a lot to me because it was the taken at the 59th minute, my last shot of my beach walk, and I thank whoever is in charge of this kind of stuff. Celebrating what's right in this world . . . ©Carol Leigh
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Minute number 59 . . .
No rain, a relatively low tide, no bright sun -- perfect for hitting the beach, where I spent 59 minutes this morning shooting patterns. I was headed back toward the parking lot when I spotted a flock of cormorants heading north toward me. I had an 18-55mm lens on the camera -- not exactly what one wants for bird photography. And then I spotted the rainbow. Adrenaline rush! I quickly set my camera to underexpose by a full stop so that the waves wouldn't blow out and so that the rainbow would stand out. My ISO was 500, but no time to change that because HERE THEY COME! The result? A noisy photograph of birds too far away but a photograph that means a lot to me because it was the taken at the 59th minute, my last shot of my beach walk, and I thank whoever is in charge of this kind of stuff. Celebrating what's right in this world . . . ©Carol Leigh
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YES,YES, YES!!
jc in nc
Moment #59 was a moment one could die for!! How did you work that fast?!?!?!
Bruce K
Well, Bruce, obviously I didn't work quite fast enough or I would have quickly changed my ISO as well, but ya do what ya can. Even if NO photo had turned out, the moment still would have been special. -- Carol Leigh
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