Sprogger McSprog

Y.O.P. 023

Saturday, 20. December 2008, 02:37:55

Photos, Galway, photo, Y.O.P., Connemara, Ireland, hills, Image, house, Year Of Pixels

-342

I can see again!!
Try and catch up tomorrow

Book: The Lies of Locke Lamora / Scott Lynch
Music: The Book of Invasions / Horslips
Sleep: 6hrs
Pain: 7/ bit better

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Comments

sanshan # 20. December 2008, 05:28

What kind of camera and extra stuff do you need to get a shot like that? (besides being a great photographer) Seriously, I want to take better photos, and though my little camera is ok, it feels rather limited.

...glad you are feeling better and can see again.

SittingFox # 20. December 2008, 19:25

That hillside looks very windswept!

Glad you're feeling a bit better.

sprogger # 21. December 2008, 02:47

Sanshan.
I use a fujifilm finepix s5600.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05072802fuji_s5200zs5600z.asp
It has been around since 2005, so there is no doubt better or at least cheaper around now.
I have been keeping an eye on the Fujifilm S100FS
which while certainly not cheaper, is better
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012410fujifs100fs.asp

Getting to grips with the manual controls of your camera is really the main thing though.
Shutter speed and aperture settings, the numbers of which can be counter intuitive.
On my current camera the shutter speed goes from 2000 to 15.
the 2000 is actually the smaller number as it is 1/2000 of a second and the 15 is 15 seconds.

The slower the shutter speed the more light gets in to your photo, and the more likely that camera shake creeps in too.

Slow speeds are good for things like night shots or when you want to have motion blur ( those shots where you see the trail left by headlights on cars for example) helps to use a tripod for them.

I wont go into aperture setting now for fear I may be telling you stuff that you already know.
I went on a bit but feel free to ask if you are interested

A camera with manual controls and good optical zoom (dont bother with digital zoom) is all I need in a camera.

sprogger # 21. December 2008, 02:48

SittingFox
Its out in the wilds of Connemara and it can get breezy out there

sanshan # 21. December 2008, 02:58

Thanks!

sprogger # 21. December 2008, 03:04

No problem

momable # 21. December 2008, 04:21

So lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh, do you read an entire book a day??? Wow!

gdare # 21. December 2008, 08:18

Beautiful photo

sprogger # 21. December 2008, 13:56

momable thanks

A book a day? I used to, before my accident but my concentration is not able to absorb that much that quick anymore. Takes a lot longer now.

gdare thank you

momable # 21. December 2008, 21:54

So sad you had an accident! I must have missed that post...

That explains all your pain!

I send you Blessing of Painfreeness!

sprogger # 22. December 2008, 01:02

It dates back before this bolg even existed, left me with a type of nerve damage that can not be fixed, so lots of pain most days.
Thanks for the painfreeness wishes

momable # 23. December 2008, 01:18

That is so disturbing. I am sure you have tried everything and kept up with new medical advances to get rid of this situation. Pain SUCKS!!!!

sprogger # 2. January 2009, 00:55

Aye, I know more about it than my doctor

momable # 3. January 2009, 00:36

I just don't know what to say.

If you will accept positive healings, I will send you some Reiki energy.

It only works if accepted, though; some people seem to think they deserve pain, and then it doesn't even work if accepted. Sometimes it heals something else, that you wouldn't even have realized needed healing.

sprogger # 10. January 2009, 22:17

Thanks momable.
Sorry i missed your comment earlier.
I`m afraid that Reiki is one among many treatments that had no benefit for me. But thanks for your offer anyway