But I've been playing with it nonetheless. I'll be a terror once I figure out what I'm doing--my photographic technical expertise is just this side of nil. I'm reading, practicing and bit by bit teaching myself how to take photos in something other than the automatic default settings. I'm also training my eye to spot potentially nifty shots. I'm not terribly good at it yet, I admit, but the other day I wandered around campus and took a heck of a lot of pictures. Nothing even approaching good, but there were a couple of interesting photos in the final analysis. Below is a cypress knee in one of the ornamental fish ponds outside of my building. The form was quite arresting. Nothing dramatic, but it's got an unusual shape and lots of texture.
This next photo is of cypress roots. Several of the ponds on campus (which used to be part of a federal fish hatchery) have been drawn down for the winter to kill off an over-abundance of algae. This has exposed a fascinating tangle of cypress roots along the shoreline that's not usually visible. I suspect early morning would give me better colors and contrast with this perspective. I didn't quite get the depth of field I wanted, either. And on top of everything, there that nasty little lens flare in the pic as well. Still, not bad for a novice who is sadly lacking his lusted-for wide-angle zoom (Canon 10-22, I'm lookin' at you).
This weekend I plan on taking bunches of crappy pics in the hopes one or two might be worth something. Then Monday I'll ship my baby off to be fixed or replaced. Did I mention how crappy it is to have a new camera with a broken piece?
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