Today is a two for the price of one day. I could not decide on which picture to use. Unfortunately, I already had broken my "wild animal" theme this week. Part of the problem for today comes from the fact that I wasn't thinking. I took the second picture (the ducks) during my lunch break today. I had my flash on my camera, so I set my shooting mode to program--it handles the flash the best out of any of the advanced modes. The mistake I made, was that I should have dialed down my aperture to 9 or 11. The male mallard is slightly out of focus, and it bothers me. That being said, I still really like the picture, as I was able to get within about 15 feet of the ducks prior to shooting.
The flower picture I took later on this evening--around 6 or so. I decided to go into town and go for a walk (it was a glorious 79 degrees today.) There laying out in the open is this glorious flower, with the light striking it beautifully. For some reason, I felt like it auto focused closer, than the 5 feet distance I needed. That part doesn't really matter. The zoom was so far in, that even with the lens limiting the aperture, the entire head of the flower wasn't in focus. For some reason, this doesn't bother me much. (I had a tripod on me, but shooting at 1/160 of a second with a VR equipped camera seemed a little overkill. But I suppose I could have closed the camera up to f/22 and been able to take a fairly flat picture.)
Both shots today come from my Nikon AF-S 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G lens. This lens is designed for a full frame body, but works greatly with my DX D7000. When I had my D3100 last year, I had purchased the 55-200 during the protests. It was a 250 dollar lens--but I just feel like it has absolutely nothing on this 70-300. The 70-300 can be classified as a "pro-sumer" type lens. It focuses quickly and accurately--it doesn't spend much time wandering around trying to find its focus point. I swear I'm not plugging Nikon--but the difference between the two telephoto lenses is large.
That's it for tonight. Enjoy =)
Originals can be seen here and here.
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