I am taking a chance by posting the above picture. I posted one of this nature for yesterday’s blog, and as of posting this one….it did not fair well. That should bother me. Maybe to some extent it does, but I took a gamble. And I am gambling again. I suppose that is what life is supposed to be about. Gambling…taking chances…pushing the line. So, here it goes.
I shared these photos, at least someone of them, with a friend. He called them ‘interesting’. Interesting means different. It is not always a good term, but he says that it is and it is because this is different than my usual work. That really is true. My usual work is pretty simple and to the point. I’m just not always so simple.
I have said it time and time again, there is a wild and free little spirit that tugs at my inner being. I realized that today, but I think I’ve known, that is part of my problem. I don’t get to use a lot of creativity in my daily life. I don’t get to use a lot of my brain, my intellect….my life…my routine, it is pretty redundant. Mundane. I run on autopilot most of the time and when I try to drive myself….that is when I get overwhelmed and lacking in the motivation department. I think it is the whole ‘use it or lose it’ thing. I could be wrong.
I don’t know how many pictures like this that I will do. It is still pretty ‘single digit’ cold here so I don’t know when I will venture out with my camera. I’m also working two jobs now, so my time is limited. I decided to play around with some pictures to try and learn different skill sets. To find my niche…maybe, but really just to be a little different than normal.
It is not really ideal for a lot of my readers and I understand that. For now, I’m just trying something new and I appreciate your patience. You all are, and have always been, rockstars. Have a beautiful day and tomorrow.
Montana Rose Photography
A couple of things. Because I’m interested, what lens did you buy? Keep experimenting. So what if it doesn’t work? Remember what I say about baseball. The best hitters hit .300. That means they make an out 2 out 3 times. Also remember what Ansel Adams said. “During my best year I made 10 good pictures.” Just keep having fun with it. 🙂
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I bought a Tamron 150-600 lens. I will keep experimenting, it really is important to just have fun sometimes.
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That’s a nice lens. A friend of mine has one. It doesn’t seem too heavy for the reach. Unless you have a full frame sensor, you have a 900 mm lens. 🙂
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Provided I’ve only used it once, but so far it really does seem like a really nice lens. I liked that when fully extended I didn’t get that purple aura. And it really doesn’t seem overly heavy.
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Purple fringing. Generally the better the lens, the less fringing because the glass is coated with various coatings. You can still get it if you shoot into something backlighted that has a hard edge to the subject. You can fix most of that in Photoshop or whatever editing software you use.
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Good info to know that I didn’t; except for the fixing it part. I do try for the most part, but sometimes it gets the best of me…but I’m working on it.
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Sometimes you can’t fix the fringe all the way. Even the best Photoshop operators can only go so far. The contrast range is just too great. I think with your new lens you wouldn’t have that problem at all even in the most intense backlighted situation.
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