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<blockquote data-quote="crycocyon" data-source="post: 140686" data-attributes="member: 13076"><p>So yes the 55-200 would be better...probably at 100-150 mm I would guess. Also I would try evening lighting rather than mid-day lighting. When I think about going out to do photography, I first look outside at the weather and the lighting and if it is suitable to what my subject matter will be. If there are no clouds, then I'll have to deal with additional contrast to the image and possible unwanted highlights. If there are a few clouds, then great because I have a choice to wait for a cloud or go with the direct sunlight. I have a choice then. If it is overcast, then great too because that light is soft and uniform and that suits my shooting style. </p><p></p><p>The ND filter only affects light intensity (attenuates or reduces it) but not the wavelengths of light. So no it won't affect color. My guess is that with that long exposure you got a color shift toward the green and this is just a property of the sensor because the red/green/blue pixels pick up light differently (have different sensitivities to light).</p><p></p><p>When I started out going out with my old film camera, I would pretend that I was working for National Geographic. I would pretend that I was on assignment, so that when I encountered something interesting, I had to really "report it". So, for example, I would go to a cemetary and shoot the statues and gravestones. I would go to the airport and shoot the taxis entering the front of it at sunset. I would go to a large wooden bridge and photograph it, then go back another day or time of day to try again. I would go into the countryside and shoot a farmer with his horses on a field. If there was a fashion show in town, I would go and shoot it as if I was on contract for Vogue, LOL. I photographed Prince Charles and Lady Di, the Queen of England, and Pope John Paul II, all just for fun. So even though the pictures were just for myself, they taught me a lot about how to approach a subject. Each subject and each photograph is an experiment, but it is also an expression. That is what makes photography so cool, that we can both do something technical with the medium, and pursue an art at the same time. </p><p></p><p>And sometimes I might come across something interesting not because of the subject itself but because of the way the light behaves with that subject. And then I will spend like an hour or even more just moving around the subject getting different angles until I am satisfied I "covered it" sufficiently well that I've exhausted all possibilities of capturing it. I'm very details oriented when I shoot. Learning to shoot is a lot like learning how to play a musical instrument. The more you practice, the more you learn about yourself and about what is going on inside you in terms of your own personal style, and that will then feed back into your playing, or your photography.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crycocyon, post: 140686, member: 13076"] So yes the 55-200 would be better...probably at 100-150 mm I would guess. Also I would try evening lighting rather than mid-day lighting. When I think about going out to do photography, I first look outside at the weather and the lighting and if it is suitable to what my subject matter will be. If there are no clouds, then I'll have to deal with additional contrast to the image and possible unwanted highlights. If there are a few clouds, then great because I have a choice to wait for a cloud or go with the direct sunlight. I have a choice then. If it is overcast, then great too because that light is soft and uniform and that suits my shooting style. The ND filter only affects light intensity (attenuates or reduces it) but not the wavelengths of light. So no it won't affect color. My guess is that with that long exposure you got a color shift toward the green and this is just a property of the sensor because the red/green/blue pixels pick up light differently (have different sensitivities to light). When I started out going out with my old film camera, I would pretend that I was working for National Geographic. I would pretend that I was on assignment, so that when I encountered something interesting, I had to really "report it". So, for example, I would go to a cemetary and shoot the statues and gravestones. I would go to the airport and shoot the taxis entering the front of it at sunset. I would go to a large wooden bridge and photograph it, then go back another day or time of day to try again. I would go into the countryside and shoot a farmer with his horses on a field. If there was a fashion show in town, I would go and shoot it as if I was on contract for Vogue, LOL. I photographed Prince Charles and Lady Di, the Queen of England, and Pope John Paul II, all just for fun. So even though the pictures were just for myself, they taught me a lot about how to approach a subject. Each subject and each photograph is an experiment, but it is also an expression. That is what makes photography so cool, that we can both do something technical with the medium, and pursue an art at the same time. And sometimes I might come across something interesting not because of the subject itself but because of the way the light behaves with that subject. And then I will spend like an hour or even more just moving around the subject getting different angles until I am satisfied I "covered it" sufficiently well that I've exhausted all possibilities of capturing it. I'm very details oriented when I shoot. Learning to shoot is a lot like learning how to play a musical instrument. The more you practice, the more you learn about yourself and about what is going on inside you in terms of your own personal style, and that will then feed back into your playing, or your photography. [/QUOTE]
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