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You don't need a fancy DSLR to get a rare shot in difficult conditions.
On Apr 2, 2016, PeterN wrote
(in article ): On 3/25/2016 1:54 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Mar 25, 2016, Alfred Molon wrote (in om): In , PeterN says... And maybe not. Perhaps she might not have been able to carry the setup you suggest, unless she had a personal Sherpa. A small DSLR or a micro 4/3 camera is not that heavy. I believe that Eric has/had at least one adequate compact camera which would also have served well on his wife’s trip (he used it in Denmark). It would have been easier to handle than the iPad for that type of shot. However, since it was her trip, she had to make the decisions regarding what to pack, or not pack. I suspect that photography was not the primary purpose of her trip, and the snow leopard was a fortuitous subject. IIRC seeing the critter in its natural habitat was the purpose for the trip. The capture is proof of mission accomplished. If seeing the critter in its natural habitat was the purpose for the trip, then like a birder, you would think that she would be carrying a good pair of binoculars or a spotting scope. As for most birders, unlike us obsessive photographers, the satisfaction is in the sighting so that you can add that ‘Carnival-plumed duck-billed Buzzard' to your life list, no photograph needed. That was true for my wife who had several pairs of binoculars, one of my spotting scopes, and no interest in photography. Seeing is not photography, and an iPad is not necessarily the ideal tool to photographically document a sighting. If obtaining proof of a sighting was needed to support her claim of a sighting, then an appropriate camera/lens combo, or having a travel companion better prepared to take the shot, even if it was a compact with some real zoom capability would have been better. She was fortunate to have the iPad in hand at the time of the sighting, because that is not an item that one would usually have in one’s hands while on a trek through the Himalayas. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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You don't need a fancy DSLR to get a rare shot in difficult conditions.
On Apr 2, 2016, PeterN wrote
(in article ): On 3/25/2016 4:40 PM, Eric Stevens wrote: On 25 Mar 2016 09:45:47 GMT, wrote: In , Eric Stevens wrote: I've told you my wife is in the foothills of the Himalayas trying to catch up with a Snow Leopard. She has just emailed back the following iPad images from the site: First, a well camouflaged pussy https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...SizeRender.jpg Second, a blurry pussy, but I hope to be able to fix that. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...3/IMG_0224.JPG I thought these things were hard to catch up with but she seems to have got somewhat close. Yeah, so the subject is technically true, of course. But I think we can all agree that those photos are crap, and won't end up framed on any mantelpiece anytime soon. Had she had a good SLR with a goo glass, they would have been quite good photos, in focus and correct color saturation. Of course, without the iPad, she would have had nothing I presume, so it's technically true and might serve as just a shot for personal memorabilia, sort of. I agree that technically the photographs are crap but, from all accounts, just seeing a snow leopard is rare, let alone being able to take a photograph of it. Some time ago I read an article in which a professional photographer seet out to photograph a snow leopard. He had cameras and long focus primes, tripods and all kinds of other gear, along with several porters to carry it. After several days he got one photograph no better than the ones my wife took. I've just found out how my wife managed to get those shots with an iPad. Someone had a viewing scope on a tripod and she took photographs through that. Several people followed her example but unsurprisingly those with DSLRs had little success. Stop annoying some here with the facts. Sounds as if you wife is having a neat time. I hope shae can do it for many more years. She enjoyed the trip, but depended on somebody else to lug appropriate equipment which was already aimed at the subject. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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You don't need a fancy DSLR to get a rare shot in difficult conditions.
On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:33:26 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On Apr 2, 2016, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 3/25/2016 1:54 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Mar 25, 2016, Alfred Molon wrote (in om): In , PeterN says... And maybe not. Perhaps she might not have been able to carry the setup you suggest, unless she had a personal Sherpa. A small DSLR or a micro 4/3 camera is not that heavy. I believe that Eric has/had at least one adequate compact camera which would also have served well on his wife’s trip (he used it in Denmark). It would have been easier to handle than the iPad for that type of shot. However, since it was her trip, she had to make the decisions regarding what to pack, or not pack. I suspect that photography was not the primary purpose of her trip, and the snow leopard was a fortuitous subject. IIRC seeing the critter in its natural habitat was the purpose for the trip. The capture is proof of mission accomplished. If seeing the critter in its natural habitat was the purpose for the trip, then like a birder, you would think that she would be carrying a good pair of binoculars or a spotting scope. As for most birders, unlike us obsessive photographers, the satisfaction is in the sighting so that you can add that ‘Carnival-plumed duck-billed Buzzard' to your life list, no photograph needed. That was true for my wife who had several pairs of binoculars, one of my spotting scopes, and no interest in photography. Seeing is not photography, and an iPad is not necessarily the ideal tool to photographically document a sighting. If obtaining proof of a sighting was needed to support her claim of a sighting, then an appropriate camera/lens combo, or having a travel companion better prepared to take the shot, even if it was a compact with some real zoom capability would have been better. She was fortunate to have the iPad in hand at the time of the sighting, because that is not an item that one would usually have in one’s hands while on a trek through the Himalayas. She had to travel through India before she reached the Himalayas and that was the part of the trip for which she wanted to take the iPad. She didn't expect to be able to take photographs of a snow leopard but she did want to see one. As it happened there were people up at the camp site sharing around all kinds of equipment including spotting scopes. There was one guy with a long-focus Zeiss lens from which he was hanging a Nikon D5. He also had a matching Zeiss spotting scope which he was making available to others and he was the guy who suggested trying to take photographs through it. This seems to have worked reasonably well with iPads and the like. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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You don't need a fancy DSLR to get a rare shot in difficult conditions.
On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:36:41 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: She enjoyed the trip, but depended on somebody else to lug appropriate equipment which was already aimed at the subject. She didn't depend on it: she took advantage of it. Quite a different thing. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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You don't need a fancy DSLR to get a rare shot in difficultconditions.
On 4/2/2016 4:33 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On Apr 2, 2016, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 3/25/2016 1:54 PM, Savageduck wrote: On Mar 25, 2016, Alfred Molon wrote (in om): In , PeterN says... And maybe not. Perhaps she might not have been able to carry the setup you suggest, unless she had a personal Sherpa. A small DSLR or a micro 4/3 camera is not that heavy. I believe that Eric has/had at least one adequate compact camera which would also have served well on his wife’s trip (he used it in Denmark). It would have been easier to handle than the iPad for that type of shot. However, since it was her trip, she had to make the decisions regarding what to pack, or not pack. I suspect that photography was not the primary purpose of her trip, and the snow leopard was a fortuitous subject. IIRC seeing the critter in its natural habitat was the purpose for the trip. The capture is proof of mission accomplished. If seeing the critter in its natural habitat was the purpose for the trip, then like a birder, you would think that she would be carrying a good pair of binoculars or a spotting scope. As for most birders, unlike us obsessive photographers, the satisfaction is in the sighting so that you can add that ‘Carnival-plumed duck-billed Buzzard' to your life list, no photograph needed. That was true for my wife who had several pairs of binoculars, one of my spotting scopes, and no interest in photography. Seeing is not photography, and an iPad is not necessarily the ideal tool to photographically document a sighting. If obtaining proof of a sighting was needed to support her claim of a sighting, then an appropriate camera/lens combo, or having a travel companion better prepared to take the shot, even if it was a compact with some real zoom capability would have been better. She was fortunate to have the iPad in hand at the time of the sighting, because that is not an item that one would usually have in one’s hands while on a trek through the Himalayas. All true but, IIRC the tour leader had a spotting scope. -- PeterN |
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