12-12-2006, 05:05 PM
I know you didn't ask my opinion and you're going to say I'm hating just for the sake of hating or something about me being all knowing but I think that picture actually woulda benefitted from zooming out (with a tweak to the composition).
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You either need to be closer in to make the crane the subject or farther out so you can see more of what's it's sitting on. I said zooming out is better because 1) you're already at 300mm and can't go any deeper and 2) you actually care what it's sitting on so you'd like to see more of that.
Regardless, you're right... a P&S will not do what what a dSLR will do with respect to zoom but there's something to be said for being able to easily walk around with your camera. I don't think you need mad zoomage if you're not into sports or nature thought. That said, I woulda been outta luck if I didn't have it in Alaska.
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(Yes, I know the composition is questionable in some of these based on what I said.)
As a result, we usually end up taking 2 cameras on vacation.
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You either need to be closer in to make the crane the subject or farther out so you can see more of what's it's sitting on. I said zooming out is better because 1) you're already at 300mm and can't go any deeper and 2) you actually care what it's sitting on so you'd like to see more of that.
Regardless, you're right... a P&S will not do what what a dSLR will do with respect to zoom but there's something to be said for being able to easily walk around with your camera. I don't think you need mad zoomage if you're not into sports or nature thought. That said, I woulda been outta luck if I didn't have it in Alaska.
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(Yes, I know the composition is questionable in some of these based on what I said.)
As a result, we usually end up taking 2 cameras on vacation.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth