One from the archives. Shot over a decade ago with my first mirrorless, a Sony NEX 5N with its kit lens, on one of my favorite local trout streams. The waterfall is from a side tributary and lands on a rock in the middle of the receiving stream. When the afternoon sun backlights it, it's very Trekky. I'm shooting downstream standing in the receiving stream. Steve
NEX-5NE 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS lens47mmf/14.01/160s800 ISO-2.0 EV
traingoof wrote:
Great capture in perfect light, with an older obsolete Sony body. Just proves equipment doesn't
matter.
Thanks for your comment! As the old axiom says,"the best camera is the one you have with you." And as my old photojournalist buddy frequently counseled, "F8 and be there." In this case, it was F14 and be there! Steve
Beautiful image. Great job capturing it. Definitely an oasis.
I would agree that our camera and gear is not very important for caption. Beautiful moments are processing them well. But they do make a huge difference in our ability to create excellent large representations of them.
Mark Metternich wrote:
Beautiful image. Great job capturing it. Definitely an oasis.
I would agree that our camera and gear is not very important for caption. Beautiful moments are processing them well. But they do make a huge difference in our ability to create excellent large representations of them.
Thanks Mark! I totally agree with all of your comments. By way of clarification for others, I am a retired wildlife biologist and my photography arc over the last couple of decades began with larger, heavier Canon DSLR's doing documentary photography for habitat restoration projects I was working on professionally. I'm also a fly fisherman and that puts me in some pretty beautiful and rugged back-country places often with some pretty cool lighting (F8 and be there!). Situations that I want to capture photographically. To do that, way back when, I realized that I needed smaller, lighter cameras and lenses that I could slip into my small fishing backpack and whip out when opportunities arose. So I first added point and shoots with RAW capability and had some success but soon realized the limitations of that approach. The Sony NEX5N was definitely a step up but, again, I recognized the limitations of early APS-C sensors in low light. The original A7, A7RII, A6600 and A7RIV followed in succession over a decade, as well as a substantial collection of high-quality legacy and contemporary MF and AF lenses, all of which I use to this day. Like most photogs, I fit the camera and lens to the experience I anticipate and to the potential use of the images I might capture. Or to the pleasure of just using particular camera/lens pairings. I recently posted this image shot more than a decade ago, with my old NEX5N because it reminds me of a cool place on a cool day when the best camera that I had at that time in that place was the one I had with me. Absent that, it would have just been a foggy memory. My post-processing skills and available software have advanced substantially in the years since this was shot and this version is markedly better than the one I rendered a decade ago. So even an image from the old NEX5N can be pretty good, albeit with the caveat that you stated about large prints. The 13X19 print on my wall is about the limit of what I think I can do with acceptable quality from that file. Today when I'm fishing, I generally carry my A7RII's or A7RIV, whose files could obviously be printed much sharper and much larger. Now the trick is pairing those cameras with lightweight but high quality lenses. Because you still have to be there and the best camera is still the one you have with you. And I'm 71 years old. Thanks again for your comments! Steve
BTW, I love your use of the word "oasis" for this place. Spot on!
All I can say is "wow", Steve! You certainly have a way with waterfalls!!
I hope that when I am your age, I am half as good! (btw - that's in 2 years )
Best wishes from a cold Montana
Doug
graytrekker wrote:
All I can say is "wow", Steve! You certainly have a way with waterfalls!!
I hope that when I am your age, I am half as good! (btw - that's in 2 years )
Best wishes from a cold Montana
Doug
Thanks so much Doug! Good to hear from you. How's the snowpack out your way? We're having a winter that's way too warm here in WV. Best wishes back atcha! Steve
ratherfish wrote:
Thanks so much Doug! Good to hear from you. How's the snowpack out your way? We're having a winter that's way too warm here in WV. Best wishes back atcha! Steve
It's been a cold one, Steve - coming out of our third arctic blast - but "average" snowpack so far. It's the west coast that's been getting a bumper snowfall. Maybe that means we won't have choking August smoke-filled skies from being down wind of the annual California (OR, WA, BC) summer fires. Could be a good hopper season on the streams this year
Tight Lines - Doug
graytrekker wrote:
It's been a cold one, Steve - coming out of our third arctic blast - but "average" snowpack so far. It's the west coast that's been getting a bumper snowfall. Maybe that means we won't have choking August smoke-filled skies from being down wind of the annual California (OR, WA, BC) summer fires. Could be a good hopper season on the streams this year
Tight Lines - Doug
Doug - Fingers crossed for more snowpack and fewer fires. And also a good hopper season! Tight lines to you too! Stay in touch and I'll do the same. Steve
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