You don't always need the newest Camera, just learn what you have. : dltphoto

Just astonished by the performance from one of my "little" camera's. Where it is nice to have the latest and greatest, knowing how to use the camera to it's fullest should be all you need. Make sure when investing in a  camera you talk to a salesperson who listens to you and then asks questions about what photography you want to do, so that they can match the best camera for your needs. I researched this model and learned it's capabilities before I purchased. Although I know it is fairly quirky in some of it's functions overall it can do the same as it's bigger brother "DSLR's".

I love the "Circles of Confusion " in this one

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Nightfall : dltphoto

Normally every year I post some glorious fall/ autumn tree shots. All glowing red and orange etc... But this time I tried something a little different. Must trickier and something that needs to be better thought out for next year!

I went out a night with Mr Koopmans to find the perfect coloured tree at night. Scouting ahead of time would have been smart as the pretty trees aren't so easy to spot, but that wasn't the only issue. FOCUS. Since we were basically shooting under pitch black nighttime it was incredibly hard to focus. Fortunately I had my blast of light flashlight with me (Fenix) and we atttempted to set our focus, it was still very challenging though.

So initially I started off doing some wireless flash to attempt to light up a tree we found in Fishtrap Creek. Along with a long exposure we got some nice effects, but that soon morphed into Flash and Flashlight which became a little bit of light painting which I have never really fooled with. Plenty of experimenting that night!
Light painting is simply using a long exposure (tripod required) and walking around with a light type device, in our case a really bright flashlight. Then at the end it wasn't about the colourful trees anymore since we couldn't tell if they were colourful or not. So we just messed around with a gazebo type thing in the park!

Out Of Focus!!!

Anyways, we played for a while and here are some of my winners.

One leaf amongst many: dltphoto

I have just realised I have reached the "10,000 page views" mark. In celebration of this I have released a commemorative "limited edition" 1920x1080 resolution  desktop image entitled "green and orange". heheheh!. Thanks to all my followers!

Fuji F200 EXR :dltphoto

Recently I have revisited a camera I won on a contest a little while ago, since Fuji put out a little update for it and I figured I would start to use it again. I wouldnt want it to feel left out.
I really enjoy the EXR sensor that Fuji created. So much so I would love to have one of there newer Fuji X10's but that isn't going to happen right now, which is too bad as it looks so nice!
Shop the Fuji X10 here.

Anyways, here are a few images shot straight out of the camera!

When its what you have on you at that time!: dltphoto

As some of you may or may not know I have been anti cell phones for many years now but finally I got with the times and have a fancy Android smart phone... sadly the thing i use it for the least is ringing people. Actually I find myself shooting pictures with it almost emphatically.. here is a few from the amazing fall season we have been having, and remember these are straight out of a phone!

Fall/ Autumn Colours : dltphoto

I was able to get out of the Mall and enjoy an afternoon in the Sun, which usually means grabbing a camera ( Nikon) and heading out for a few shots. I found the most perfect tree for the primary colours.