tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post4875839871209495462..comments2023-12-31T17:47:27.217-08:00Comments on Taj MuttHall Dog Diary: Hiking in the Rain With GlassElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-73145083325175775582014-08-20T23:03:33.554-07:002014-08-20T23:03:33.554-07:00Thanks, Dawn, that's high praise!Thanks, Dawn, that's high praise!Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-71177124508545736042012-03-01T18:46:38.448-08:002012-03-01T18:46:38.448-08:00I think you are crazy. In a good way.I think you are crazy. In a good way.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-55697394490601091922012-02-29T22:00:52.203-08:002012-02-29T22:00:52.203-08:00I agree on the settings for those dang birds!I agree on the settings for those dang birds!Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-82504782737583638392012-02-29T21:20:07.655-08:002012-02-29T21:20:07.655-08:00I totally understand where you're coming from....I totally understand where you're coming from. I could notice graininess on film with higher ASA's, especially when I pushed the film back in the olden days when I was a high school newspaper photographer shooting black and white Tri-X 400 film [wow - how did that bit of trivia pop into my brain after 35 years??]. But most digital cameras are pretty good going higher. I did some experiments and I couldn't see too much digital noise unless I went really high or unless I wanted big prints. I need to push the ISO higher with the birds or else I don't have a fast enough shutter speed to catch them, or else my depth of field is incredibly small. Most of the time they don't hang out long in one spot. Even then, I toss lots of shots, but not as many as before. I admit it -- I am a pusher. But there is no defense against wind-driven rain on the lens.....Carolehttp://gordongirls.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-62973797510607610572012-02-29T20:13:47.341-08:002012-02-29T20:13:47.341-08:00Oh--and that's why most of them are too dark. ...Oh--and that's why most of them are too dark. The reason most of them are blurry is because my lens was covered with water most of the time. I wiped it off repeatedly (amazing how well a sopping wet microfiber lens cloth actually dried it off!) but the wind made it impossible to keep it that way.Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-61225915979449290962012-02-29T20:11:43.677-08:002012-02-29T20:11:43.677-08:00It wasn't so much the ISO this time around as ...It wasn't so much the ISO this time around as that I was having trouble manipulating the camera through the plastic cover and so I got lazy about trying to meter and get the right exposure. For example, #10 and #11 were taken just a couple of minutes apart but the former I got the exposure wrong and the latter I got it right. Both were at ISO 400. Bumping the ISO would've given me the same bad & good exposures but just more grainy--I hate going much higher than 400 because I start to notice the increased graininess. I try to reserve higher ISO for when there really is not sufficient light at lower numbers to capture it with a sufficiently high speed.Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-19320456443380024082012-02-29T19:48:31.681-08:002012-02-29T19:48:31.681-08:00I liked photo #8 because it was quite ethereal and...I liked photo #8 because it was quite ethereal and cool. It did seem very dark and Oregon-like. I now know to bump the ISO up -- it was a great thing I learned from one of my fall photo classes. You probably don't have to put up with as many gray days as I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com