Ssssspecial ...

This was a special shot for me - and I didn't take it ....... I was on a on a birthday outing with my 3 daughters (9,14 & 16) and with my 1st DSLR - barely a week old. I handed it to my oldest daughter Taylor - showed her the basic controls - and walked away. The look on her face was priceless - Dad trusting her with his brand new Nikon (w/VR lens) - and walking away. Not hoovering over her afraid she'd break it - but showing her a Dad's trust. Must have been a special moment for her too. And this is one of the shots she took ... She had never used an SLR before - Attagirl - (-; ...

 

A humourous foot note - after she took a few shots - naturally me being the photographer I figured I could do better - ha - I'll post the shot I took later ...... (-;

You'd better watch out, Ken - you have some serious competition here! Nice shot, sharp, with great lighting.

This is great! Glad she had a tight grip on the cam when she found this guy...I might have dropped it when I jumped back, if I had come across him. You may just have a partner after all...atta girl!

 

Leslie

You *must* be proud. Great shot, well composed, wonderful clarity and colors!

She did good didn't she - smile - I will share with her your thoughts. Or better yet maybe I'll show her ...... Thank you all very much.

Oh yessss ... she did more than good I think. It's very understandable if you are proud of Taylor but tell her she has all rights to be proud too. Have you not allready been giving her a print of this?I hope there will be many more special moments for you and your daughters.

When I saw the thumbnail I thought to myself, "Gee, Ken has finally posted somthing decent." Fooled again! ;-)

 

For a minute I thought you might have gone National Geographic on us or something. You are a lucky man Ken, enjoy it while you can (and thank God she got half of her genes from her mother).

Beautiful shot Ken. You kept the mind of a childs spirit,that made you an artist, your child still has it, great time for you together.

Bente and Alexandra I'm glad I was able to share this with both of you - and thank you very much for sharing those words ... (-;

Dr. Dixon - you know I hate it when you're right ..... )-; (-;

 

Well after she called me over and she had taken 2 shots of this guy - Dad 'thephotographer' took over. Thinking I could out do a 16 year old who had never used an SLR before - Heh. So Dad - 'mr.photographer' - decided not to cut off the tail in his version - above. Frankly, I like her close-up much better ... !

 

I suspect the D50 was set on Program mode and hence tends to default to f5.6 when zoomed out to 180mm digi. An unfortunate choice of Dof in this case. Knowing the cam and lens better now - I tend to keep it on Aperture priority set to f8 - and work out from there if I need to.

 

Yes, I know you didn't ask that but I'm trying to anticipate how your mind works ..... (-;

 

Glad you stopped in Buddy .. as always.

 

 

Tay's shot is sharper, too...maybe I should ask her for advice from time to time, instead? :P

 

Just messin' with ya!

 

Les

Wow! You have a talented daughter Ken! This is fantastic! Great color and detail!

Yes, Leslie, I think you are correct! ...and the colors are more intense, richer too.

Good - then we all agree - we like her shot better .... (-;

 

Lol - girlzzzz ...

 

Thanks Chris - I'll let her look here soon - and maybe reply for herself. And you know I have that Nikon FM3a for sale - maybe ....... Nah, she'd want to borrow the money from me - )-;

Hard to find and shoot subjects like this, but we can make it even harder -- put an apple by the snake and we have a story, very old story. :D Warm regards.

Ha - I like your idea Ray - and they're falling off the trees here as we speak - apples that is. Btw a naturalist friend of mine tells me the blue eyes mean they are about to shed their skin - I didn't know that ... (-;

A well composed shot. . . it looks like the apple didn't fall too far from the tree. . . I assume from its size in relation to the leaves that this was a small snake and probably not venomous. . . I don't know about the blue color but I do know that the eyes become cloudy before the snake sheds its skin . .

Ken , a touching story, and well done with your daughter.

ken, I have to say it: your daughter's shot is great...did she explain to you how she did it? ;-)

Really remarkable.I'd lend her the camera again.

Donna that's correct - small Garter snake .... Thank you for that nice comment - actually I'm thinking a few feet further from the tree might do her some good .... (-;

 

Pnina it certainly is .... smile.

 

I agree Paula - I'll have to let her see these comments. Good eye on her part to even see it - she had already taken this shot before she called me over to see it .... Nice to see you Paula.

My sister says these things taste like chicken.

Ouch! :-)

Haha- Wow - not exactly what I expected from a group of professional photographers. It had been quite a while since I had held a camera at that point- apparently my dad didn't know about this cheap SLR I had that a friend had lent me a year or so ago..

That Digital SLR made me rather giddy, though-- I am definatley going to start saving up for one of my own someday- his is so awesome, it was hard for me not to just run around taking shots of everything I saw- which is not a bad thing.

Anyway, thank you very much! Someday when I can afford to buy and develop film and/or own a decent digital camera, maybe you'll hear more from me.

 

Taylor (-;

 

 

Shoot all you see around you when you're able. That's one of the ways learning. Shoot, ask your dad for advice when you want ( he's knowledge is great and gold worth) and then find your own style. Photographing is fascinating ..isn't it?

 

Definitely look towards a dSLR in the future, but in the meantime, ask your dad to let you borrow his d50 (or the A620 if he's nervous). :P Maybe you two could go into business together!

 

Leslie