Kinetic
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Kinetic: “Of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith.”
Though the subject was stationary, a strong impression of movement and energy caught my attention in passing.
Typing the exposure specs, I’m wondering why on earth I used f9.5 when there wasn’t much depth in this scene? At f8 the camera would have dropped to a lower ISO to meet my minimum shutter speed of 1/180 sec for hand holding this lens. That, combined with its best aperture setting for sharpness would have led to an even clearer image without post-processing.
I think I got excited, and forgot to check. 
Oh, and Happy New Year!
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Nikon D300; f9.5 @ 1/180 sec, ISO 1400 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 95mm (142mm EFL); focus distance 1.12m
In: Abstract · Tagged with: black, splash, white
on January 8, 2012 at 9:23 pm
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What’s that, ice? I wouldn’t go as fast as 1/180s. With that lens’ stabilization you can hold a shot at 1/30s as long as the subject doesn’t move. Well, 1/60s if you don’t want to risk having to repeat the odd shot.
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on January 9, 2012 at 7:29 pm
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Andreas, you nudged me to run some new tests, and… My minimum shutter speed is now set to 1/60 before the camera starts bumping up the ISO.
That’s with the zoom lens fully extended, in both horizontal and vertical orientations! Cool.
It was your post “Idiot Wind” that got me thinking about auto-ISO settings again.
on January 10, 2012 at 3:50 am
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Good. You’ll see, it just gives you so much more peace of mind not having to worry about noise