The camera phones just were not cutting it for my family while we are on vacation at the beach.
So last night my wife even tweeted: “Can’t wait to see @stanleyleary’s photos of this moon. http://t.co/AdngV9H0″
It never fails when I pull out my nicer camera I get these comments.
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| Shot on Nikon D4 with 28-300mm, ISO 10,000, ƒ/5.6, 1/200. I had it on 2X crop mode so this lens is now a 450mm for this photo here. |
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| Shot on Nikon D4 with 28-300mm, ISO 12,800, ƒ/5.6, 1/80. |
The moon was shot last night. Now I walk out on our balcony and see the 4th of July Parade forming down the street. How lucky can you get? All I had to do is find my camera and walk outside on the balcony to get most of these photos.
Before running to get the camera I told the family about the parade. The first response was, “Can you send us some photos?”
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| After shooting some of the parade I wanted to capture the family enjoying the parade from the 3rd floor balcony on the beach house we were staying in at Ocean Isle Beach, NC. |
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| After getting some photos from the balcony I went down to the street level to shoot a few close up shots showing people’s faces in the parade. |
What is the lesson from this blog? Always have a camera with you and I want to add to have your good camera nearby for opportunities as they arise.
You see I didn’t know about the parade. It was our first time at Ocean Isle Beach on July 4th. We had stayed here numerous times before as a family, but never during the holiday.