My son is getting better at golfing. While recording a video is cool, I want some pics that show some motion. I slowed the shutter speed to 1/30 to get this shot. But when you do that, the aperture gets so small that the depth of field is so large. To make it look different from any of the iPhone picture, I want the depth of field small. I reduced the sensitivity of the sensor so low to compensate for it. (Sony A7s, FE70-200 F4 G OSS at f/4, 140mm, ISO = 50, 1/30)
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It's so easy to get a good shot nowadays. Your camera does a lot of things for you. All you have to do is to bring the camera to the right place and get a decent composition (with high MPs, you can even crop them later). I took this shot with the in-camera HDR function, handheld. No graduation filter or post processing. No tripod for bracketing for HDR. It kind of takes fun out of it but saves a lot of time. Not a master piece but decent. (Sony A7, Zeiss 24-70mm FE at 24 mm. f/13, 1/60, ISO 640, not sure how shutter speed and ISO listed if multiple exposures are taken for in-camera HDR)
A leading path is a classic photography technique that a lot of landscape photography take advantage of. The path in the picture lead your eyes deeply into the picture. This is a cart path on a golf course. From where I took picture to the green is about 200 yards. To compress the distance, I used a zoom lens. I still wanted bokeh both in foreground and background to soften the image. (Nikon D800E, Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8 at 200mm, f/3.2, 1/200, ISO = 200)
This is a par 3, hole #4 at Wildflower C.C. I took this with my wide angle lens. I kept the aperture small to increase the depth of field and captured something from near (wildflowers) and far (clouds). This looks like a painting but I didn't do any post production adjustments. I set my camera to the "landscape" mode (more vivid than standard) and cranked up on my polarizing filter to sharpen clouds, and eliminate the glare on the pond. (Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16 mm f/2.8 lens at 12 mm, 1/250, f/8, circular polarizer, ISO = 100, no tripod)
Wildflower C.C. No.5, Par 3, 140 yd. Over the pond. Winter is over and the rain finally stopped. Now it's time for the wildflower season. These ducks are always on this hole. They are so used to the golfers now that they don't even flinch when I get very close to them to take pictures. I'm on the ground to be level with the ducks on the tee box and shooting toward the pin. I'm focusing on the closest duck with the narrowest depth of field by setting my aperture to the highest. This is all natural, taken in JPEG, no post processing. (Nikon D7000, Nikkor 24-70mm at 70mm, 1/2500 f/2.8, Landscape mode, auto WB, ISO 200)
I like this picture a lot for some reason. The trees act as a frame but there is nothing in the frame. It's middle of summer on a golf course. I don't even remember why I took this picture but I'm glad that I did. (Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm at 11mm, 1/200 f/7.1)
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