Thank you. Very helpful. S. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: two more happy pages of my sailing pix > Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:23:32 -0400 > > > At 8:26 PM -0500 4/28/06, Shyrell Melara wrote: > > Emily, > > > > Your photos are superb! Would you mind giving us a few details on how > > you shot the bridge; camera, lense, exposures, etc? > > 10D, continuous shooting, long zoom (75-300) backed out as far as > possible,we were as close as permitted (3000 feet), ISO 100 (not really > high enough), the bridge came down in about 5 seconds, it appeared to us > to drop straight like an elevator, but if you look at the video from the > other bridge, it actually twisted. The link to the video may still be > accessible from the link on that page. I got about 12 shots before the > splash. I missed the opening explosion by the length of time my > reflexes took to respond - too much. I pre-focussed and turned the > auto-focus off, tried very hard not to touch the lens once I'd done > that. Used exposure time priority set at a 200th. Could have gone > faster, didn't need all that depth of field. I really didn't expect the > bridge to fall that fast. Didn't even expect it to fall quite that way, > I figured it would blow up! > > > Would I be able to photograph the same thing with my Canon Rebel maybe? > > Sure. If you have an adequate lens. My advice is don't buy aftermarket > lenses. > > > I can take 3 pix in a row but what if I'd like to (or have to) shoot faster? > > Sometimes I'm not at all sure one needs to. It seems to me there are > more useful skills, like learning to pan with motion while shooting > multiple shutter releases, and learning to lift the finger from the > shutter release and then put it down again without consulting the brain > in between. I mean, if it takes 5 seconds for the bridge to come down, > just how different are the 8 shots per second going to be with the > faster cameras? Sure, it'll be like a movie, but if I wanted a movie > I'd not be shooting stills. > > > I'm still trying to trudge through the techno-babble (she wrote > > litely knowing how important said babble truly is) in the manual. > > Thanks. > > Shoot, shoot, shoot. Study what you got, study some more, study some > more. Imagine what would make it better, imagine, imagine. Figure out > what you need to know and look it up. Then shoot, shoot, shoot. > > Repeat. > > -- Emily L. Ferguson > mailto:elf@xxxxxxxx 508-563-6822 > New England landscapes, wooden boats and races > http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf/ > -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
