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Well... maybe just pictures...

I returned home safely, and will be returning to work tomorrow, but I thought I'd

post several shots from the trip.

I hope you enjoy. Feel free to leave comments, suggestions, and/or similar shots

of your own.

Thanks,

Sean<div></div>

NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!

Technically Eric took the pictures with the D40 he "bought for his fiance". I would have used my K100D, but my tripod was packed in the car, as I left Vegas today and am now visiting my grandparents in California.

I haven't checked the EXIF, but it probably says their mine because I processed the NEF RAW files on my laptop, and I think I've got it set to automatically attach my name to anything I batch process.

Anyway, it was 3 days and 4 nights of fun, photography, music, shows, and, of course, great beer with a good friend!

Ok, thanks for all of your input. I think I'll save the dough and try out some of the techniques you guys have suggested. Maybe I will make it till mid-July.

I took a look at some of the pictures I happen to like of Arches NP, it seems thay were all taken with either a 12-24mm or some sort of 16/17/18- 50/55mm I didn't get actual focal lengths, though. I also took a look at some of my own shots at 18mm, and it does seem pretty wide. I guess I was freaking out because I've spent a good chunk of money expanding my long glass, and nothing on the short end. I normally tend toward the wider focal lengths, but I have an opportunity to get some shots of my brother racing his dirt bike while I'm on this trip, too. I figured the longer glass would help me with this. But now my budget is blown and I still find reasons to "need" wider lenses. Oh well, I guess that will have to be my next purchase.

I'll stop rambling now. Thanks again for all of your advise.

Sean

Hello all,

I'll soon be embarking on a road trip that will take me from Indianapolis, where I

live, to Arches National Park and Napa Valley, CA, to name a couple of places

(and a few days visit with my Nikonian friend, Eric). I was reading up on Arches

in the Nature forum when I came across the statement the 28mm (35mm eq.)

would not be wide enough "by a long shot". I'm pretty well covered at the 28mm

(35mm eq.) mark, but noting wider. I've got the 18-55mm kit, the Tamron 18-200mm

superzoom, Tokina 28-80mm, and an old SMC M 28mm (I'm bringing my PZ-1p and

ME Super, along with my K10D and K100D if I don't need to sell it to fund a lens

purchase).

So I guess I have 2 questions:

Anybody have an oppinion on this; do I need a wider lens?

Which di you recommend - the DA* 16-50, DA 12-24mm, Sigma 10-20mm, DA 10-

17mm fisheye?

Budget is an issue now, it's been 10 years since the last time I drove out that

way. When will I have time to go again?

Here I was thinking I'd breeze through Hin Man's challenge (though I didn't officially

enter it), mostly because of budget...

Thanks,

Sean

Hey, I remember that day! Now, a K10D and about $3000 in lenses later...

Say, Eric, do they sell SNPA there in Vegas? Got make sure we share a few.<div></div>

OK, thanks for the responces and suggestions. I had the camera in Manual mode because I knew the scene would fool the camera's sensor. I guess the flash is just as dumb. That was really only the second time I had put a flash to serious use. I thought the chrome was such a small percentage of the frame that it wouldn't factor so much - guess I was worng.

Yeah, it would be cool to get the flash off the camera, but I don't have a bracket and I was shooting this more photojournalism/event style... meaning, I was just doing it in the fly and I really don't know what I'm doing. (No offense to anybody else, just refering to myself here.)

I must admit, I'm pretty intimidated by all of those guide numbers and estimated distances, etc. Admittedly I haven't taken a great deal of time with it yet - when I do, I'm sure I'll figure it out, but the couple of times I've read about how to use manual flash I've just gotten confused.

Anyway, thanks for your help.

Sean

An error...

#5 was at 1/8th sec.

Sorry.

There doesn't seem to be anything in any of the pictures to fool the flash into underexposing the scene. In #5 I think I had the flash +1 EV (though I can't find the EXIF data to prove it), and I had to do that every time I was over on that side in order to get anything close to a proper exposure. These are 5 of 7 shots taken within the space of a few minutes and are in sequential order. I took about 130 picture that night and these are anomg the earlier shots. I was using fresh batteries.

What am I missing here?

Hi all, I've been lurking about, still. I really enjoy reading all of your

posts.

Last week I had an opportunity to take some pictures of an informal concert

type performance. It was a neat experience, but it has left me with a lot of

questions.

I was using my K10D in manual mode with a Tokina AT-X Pro 28-80mm f/2.8 and a

AF-540 FGZ flash in P-TTL mode.

1. Why would there be (roughly) a 1/3 stop variance between more or less

exactly the same picture (see photos 1 & 2)?

2. Why did changing the ISO have little, if any, effect on the exposure (see 4

& 5)?

3. Why would consistent, even, admittedly low light, even with use of the

flash, yeild such uneven and inconsistent results?<div></div>

Sorry, lemme try that again. I suppose I should take the time to master the finner points of posting pics...

How do some people get pics larger than 500pix viewable in the post?<div></div>

Nice pictures everybody!

I'm in the middle of tranfering to a new location for work, so I haven't a lot of time to go out and shoot. But I guess I have a few more older shots I've been sorting through lately.<div></div>

Scot - Works for me. Nice shot.

Cory - I like the colors in "Curious" Nice 2nd post, as well.

Great pics from R.T. and Miserere, too.

Thanks for sharing! Seeing such good work from others makes me want to go out and shoot some more... but I better get some sleep right now...

THanks,

Sean