IN_Varmntr
Marksman
If so, post a few of your favorite pictures you've personally taken!
I'm planning a trip to D.C. and New York City at the end of the month with my girlfriend and decided to get a really nice camera. I've had a Pentax 35MM SLR for a few years with 3 different lenses, so I figured why bother buying a whole new setup when I've already got some decent glass to work with? So I purchased a Factory Refurbished Pentax K20D body from BestBuy.com for $499 (new is $749.99).
So, here's my setup:
Pentax K20D 14.6MP Body
55MM Lens:
Kiron 80-200MM f/4 MACRO
Kiron 28MM f/2
50MM Lens:
Pentax SMCA F1.7
...and couple of SanDisk Extreme lll 8GB Memory Cards.
So I've been learning the ins and outs of this thing and these lenses, shooting everything from my puppy to sunsets and waterfalls getting more familiar with the setup before going to D.C.
Today we visited Cascade Park here in Elyria, OH (my girlfriend lives over here near Cleveland and I'm visiting for the weekend) and here's a picture I took of the waterfall. The first is the untouched RAW image converted straight to JPEG, while the second is the RAW image I played with in Photoshop LightRoom 2.3 then burned to JPEG for your viewing pleasures.
In Shutter Priority Mode, ISO 100, f/16, 50MM, 1/6sec, on a tripod.
Here's another I took from a different angle. This one is untouched.
I'm planning a trip to D.C. and New York City at the end of the month with my girlfriend and decided to get a really nice camera. I've had a Pentax 35MM SLR for a few years with 3 different lenses, so I figured why bother buying a whole new setup when I've already got some decent glass to work with? So I purchased a Factory Refurbished Pentax K20D body from BestBuy.com for $499 (new is $749.99).
So, here's my setup:
Pentax K20D 14.6MP Body
55MM Lens:
Kiron 80-200MM f/4 MACRO
Kiron 28MM f/2
50MM Lens:
Pentax SMCA F1.7
...and couple of SanDisk Extreme lll 8GB Memory Cards.
So I've been learning the ins and outs of this thing and these lenses, shooting everything from my puppy to sunsets and waterfalls getting more familiar with the setup before going to D.C.
Today we visited Cascade Park here in Elyria, OH (my girlfriend lives over here near Cleveland and I'm visiting for the weekend) and here's a picture I took of the waterfall. The first is the untouched RAW image converted straight to JPEG, while the second is the RAW image I played with in Photoshop LightRoom 2.3 then burned to JPEG for your viewing pleasures.
In Shutter Priority Mode, ISO 100, f/16, 50MM, 1/6sec, on a tripod.
Here's another I took from a different angle. This one is untouched.
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