Morning
it looked like there were two skies one on top of the other. And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began. It's so beautiful. - 1994 Forrest Gump
At thirty thousand feet in the air the reflection of the rising sun that still looms behind the horizon begins to appear along the thin cloud deck. No tripods or monopods allowed on the plane and little to brace yourself against so you do what you can.
Nikon D200 | 500 | 1/40 | f4.5
- Lens: Nikon 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D AF
- Flash: None
- Tripod: None
- Lighting: Ambient Sunlight
- Post Pro: Level
- Weather: Clear
- Time of Day: Sunrise
- Location: 30,000 feet over Europe
Posted on May 29, 2007 6:43 AM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)
Comments
Dick
Isn't the D200 a marvelous camera? I started out looking for a 18 - 200mm VR zoom to use on my D70 but they are hard to find alone. I found I could buy one on either a D80 or a D200. The D80 would mean dropping all my CF cards and buying new SD ones. Once I held & looked closely at the D200 it made the decision easy. I never enjoyed wading through all those menus to make minor changes and most of the important ones are much easier on the D200. Plus it feels so much more substantial. And I like that lens, although I've been so busy with other things recently in my life that I haven't had much of a chance to use it. Soon I hope those things will settle down and I can again just go walking with the camera.
In the meantime, I enjoy seeing your work. It is inspiring.
Posted at May 29, 2007 10:47 AM
Paul Sveda
Hey Dick.
My father picked up the D80 and I followed suit with the D200. I have to completely agree with you when it comes to "on the fly" options such as white balance, ISO, quality etc... The access to shooting modes on the run is great. I also picked up the additional battery pack that attaches to the bottom and lets you run two batteries. Thats is a life saver on any job or outing when you might have not fully charged the night before or run energy hungry glass like the 70-200mm VR.
I'll catch you on your side of the web to congratulate you on your wedding.
Cheers,
P.
Posted at May 30, 2007 8:48 AM
Dick
I bought an extra battery but not the pack that combines the two. I was surprised to discover the battery for the D70 will not work on the D200. It looks almost identical but the D200 unit has 3 contacts vs only 2 on the one for the D70. So I had to buy another battery. Can you use the older battery with the combiner unit? Some time I'll have to read enough about the system to learn what that extra contact is for!
Thanks for your congrats on the wedding, and no, I didn't take any photos myself there either. I don't think the little women would have appreciated that from either of us. My daughter-in-law who is primarily a film shooter used my D200 and a couple of other friends have shared their files, so we have quite a few photos from the event. I have been doing the post editing and reducing many to 800 x whatever dimensions for Flickr to use in my blog and I bought one of those electronic photo frames that displays that size, in a 4 x 3 format. It also plays MP3 music so our unusual wedding music can play along with them & it has a motion sensor so it can turn on when someone enters the room. But that can drive you crazy!
Posted at May 31, 2007 11:34 AM
Jacob
Really nice colours.. good job Paul!
Posted at June 1, 2007 12:58 PM