Feeling like I’m right in the middle of the scene, but yards away.
My biggest dilemma with the zoom lens is the weight. You’d THINK that carrying around, picking up and setting down, the two Lummins throughout the days would make me strong enough to hold a few pounds of lens. But it’s when I try to hold it perfectly steady for that NOW moment, I always seem to get the slightest shake.
argh!
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Oh, I totally know what you mean. Do those lenses have image stabilization?
It's still hard, either way!
Image stabilization?? wtf??? They are great pics anyway!
Great picts dispite the shakes!
You loved it so much you posted twice! Bah ha ha ha.
OK so that last photo and the first one are awesome. Great Job!
I get that shake with my 300mm lens. It's just a hazard of a good long lens. You end up having to rest it against something whenever you can.
OK, I had a great perverted comment about long lenses and resting them against things, but somehow I've lost it. Dang it! I'll have to come back when I think of it again.
I love those! Especially the first one where she looks like she's ordering someone around.
Yeah, the zoom just seems to magnify everything....little motion included.
Great shots!
Great pictures and I am going to have to look into some lenses! Still figuring out the camera. I must buy that dvd you told me about!
Those are still beautiful pictures. Just have to prop up against something. I do that and I don't have that mega lens.
Glad you are feeling better too.
I just got a 18-200 mm lens for the D-50 that I absolutely adore. It's so nice to have it all in one and not have to switch. Well worth the $.
argh the shakies. I swear they need to come up with an arm tripod or something.
Well, wait, I guess a regular tripod would do the trick too, eh.
Love the last picture, great action.
Darling, those are all fabulous. In my humble opinion, it's not so much the hardware you use, but the ability to see and capture something that truly makes a great picture.
You, my dear, have that ability. Your pictures capture the moment, and the true expression of your subjects. You capture movement and emotion. That is what makes a photographer, not just the ability to take a camera and take a lot of pictures. :) (or to take crappy pictures and photo edit the crap out of them until they look acceptable.... :P)
You have an eye and a talent for capturing people in the right moment, and your pictures truly tell a story. :)
As always, I love you and miss you :)
Oh I don't have a Nik YET, but I do have a very good P&S that's not even heavy, and I can FORGET trying to hold the thing steady. I really should think about separating photography and beer. That would probably do it. What FABULOUS shots, btw M'Dear.
Oh, and I have image stabilization, and I can't see that it does Jack Crap.
I don't see any shaking.
But then all my pics are blurry and I don't even have a good camera.
Awww she is just darling! Great pics and I didn't notice any shakes...
I love my spy lense!
Very cool spy lense!
Great photos Lucky...I can show you some of mine that were shaky...LOL.
Still...those are totaly awesome pictures. I see no evidence of shaking.
I find, as a rule of thumb, that as long as you use a shutter speed that is faster than the reciprocal of the lens length, you won't get blurs with that shaking. So if your lens is 300mm, don't shoot with a shutter speed slower than 1/300. Since most cameras don't have that option, try 1/500. If you're daring, try the 1/250, and hold very still :)
Three legged suzy is your best friend when usng a zoom lens.
Great pictures.
So sweet. I never get smile shots when I'm close. Maybe I need a fancy lens to sit in the next county and I'll capture the exlusive Two year Old Smile.
That would be ELUSIVE, not EXCLUSIVE. Damn.
Turn your body sideways with your left hip toward your subject. Lean back slightly and brace your left elbow against your hip (or your side if it is more comfortable) while your hand supports the lens, not the camera body. You will have to get used to it but you should get more stability that way.
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