My new toy is here!
posted in OmegaMom, Photography |This arrived via UPS today. I am a happy camper. I have been fiddling with it all evening long (with a break for us going out to dinner, and having a glass of chardonnay, yum).
So…herewith are some play shots. All have been cropped and resized. You are more than welcome to skip down to the very last paragraph, because the pics are not particularly interesting or artistic.
First–speed of 1/3200, looking at water dripping into an aluminum bowl:
Next–A close-up of cat hair, from about 2 inches away. The cat was moving, alas!
The dotter’s colorful “cactus”, also from about 1-2 inches away. I am not sure what kind of “cactus” it is; it may actually be one of those African succulents instead. Obviously I need to work with the macro shots to determine how best they work, how to focus them properly.
The sun sculpt GrannyJ sent me two years ago, when I was mourning the lack of sunlight in the wintertime. This was shot across a dim living room, so it’s a sample of low-light photography. There is absolutely no comparison with my old digicam; trying to get a shot like this from the old one would have been a lost cause.
A trio of shots of Wooly the cat. The first is from a bunch of “continuous mode” shots I was taking late this evening, once again in low light. It takes a photograph for me to realize just how darned pretty he is. The flash shadows edging his legs are a bit harsh.
The cat in sepia tones. He moved, of course:
The cat in black and white (the focus was on his shoulder):
Goodness! He looks grumpy! But he wasn’t, he was in the middle of washing himself and was in the act of looking up towards me from his paw.
So. What I need now is a good teach-yourself-photography book. Can anyone recommend one for me? Preferably one that focuses on digital photography and composition, and talks about shutter speed, aperture settings, depth of field, etc. ‘Cause I can play with all of that with this camera! Woot!
