Mike-PDX
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The title of this thread could be "Infinite Loop"' or possibly... "Do over until exhausted".
[Edit: forgot to add that C&C is always encouraged]
I've been learning a new camera, the Olympus E-M5, along with a new lens, the Oly micro fourthirds 45mm f/1.8 (which is a 90mm "equivalent"). I have also been reading about a famous photographer by the name of Elliott Erwitt who often took sequences of shots to tell a story, frequently with humor. So here is a small attempt at story telling through a sequence of shots:
1: Here we go! This is fun!
Topper-1 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
2: Steady now!
Topper-2 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
3: Hold it!
Topper-3 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
4: OK! Go get it! ...Must...retrieve...that...thing... don't let it get away... it's built into my genes...
Topper-4 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
5: Just try to get it away from me!
Topper-5 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
6: Go back to step 1 and do over until my human is completely exhausted.
Techie stuff: Olympus OM-D E-M5, 45mm at f/1.8 around 1/1000 sec ISO200.
I learned a couple of interesting things in the process: first this kind of story telling is fun to do, but you need to think about it ahead of time. Second, I've spent so long using nothing but zoom lenses that I had gotten a bit lazy. I found that I had to relearn how to visualize in a fixed focal length. Third, that 45mm f/1.8 lens is fantastic once I got used to it.
[Edit: forgot to add that C&C is always encouraged]
I've been learning a new camera, the Olympus E-M5, along with a new lens, the Oly micro fourthirds 45mm f/1.8 (which is a 90mm "equivalent"). I have also been reading about a famous photographer by the name of Elliott Erwitt who often took sequences of shots to tell a story, frequently with humor. So here is a small attempt at story telling through a sequence of shots:
1: Here we go! This is fun!
Topper-1 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
2: Steady now!
Topper-2 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
3: Hold it!
Topper-3 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
4: OK! Go get it! ...Must...retrieve...that...thing... don't let it get away... it's built into my genes...
Topper-4 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
5: Just try to get it away from me!
Topper-5 by Mike-PDX, on Flickr
6: Go back to step 1 and do over until my human is completely exhausted.
Techie stuff: Olympus OM-D E-M5, 45mm at f/1.8 around 1/1000 sec ISO200.
I learned a couple of interesting things in the process: first this kind of story telling is fun to do, but you need to think about it ahead of time. Second, I've spent so long using nothing but zoom lenses that I had gotten a bit lazy. I found that I had to relearn how to visualize in a fixed focal length. Third, that 45mm f/1.8 lens is fantastic once I got used to it.
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