lemme have it!

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Ta2Dave

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I'm wondering if I should slow the speed and go up with F stops?
 
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Horoscope Fish

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Conventional wisdom would tell you to use a smaller aperture and as long a shutter speed as required for the exact exposure you want. It's hard to say without seeing what you're seeing "on scene" but I'd probably shoot that using f/11 or f/16 at ISO 100 using a tripod with either a remote shutter release or using the in-camera shutter delay to expose the shot properly. I'd also be using a CPL, but that's me and I loves me a CPL for shooting outdoors.
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Stoshowicz

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4000th sec is very very fast, obviously you're dumping potential light by doing that , unless the spot was very windy,, but even then , you could've closed your aperture a bit more to reduce potential color fringe-(which would increase sharpness for black and white).. or you could've slowed way down and let the clouds smudge to show a dreamy sky if you have a tripod ,Or use the polarized filter to increase contrast in the sky , Or even use a colored filter to change the look of the rocks. ( which changes things for black and white rendered shots too , right ?) Since you have so much light available , you have plenty to play with. IMO , but it probably looks pretty good as it is (full scale). But to a degree it depends on what is the sharpest aperture for your lens is at that focal length.
 
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Blacktop

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Unless you're trying to isolate a part of the landscape, there is no reason to shoot landscapes at f2.8. f/9 to f/16.
A shot like that I would have used f/9-f/11.
 
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Ta2Dave

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Thanks for all the replies! A tripod will be my next purchase. What would yall recommend for hiking upwards of ten miles through the desert?
 
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