Re: Something strange going on at Whitlenge Gardens
filibuster wrote:
dolivaw wrote:
Beautiful photos! thank you for sharing.
My favorites are 1, 5 and 7.
I think just for taking some good shots, visiting such strange places is not worth. I go at least with a buddy!
Hi dolivaw and thank you for your kind comment. Now that I am creeping up to the 80-year milestone, a buddy to go with, is hard to find. In the past, I have always been one to ghost around (forgive the expression) ISO 100. If I failed to nail the shot through motion blur, then so be it. Such shots would be viewed and culled.
My hand holding technique isn’t as steady as it were in my youth. In order to compensate for the shakes caused from age and ingesting too much Expresso, I have found a need to up the camera ISO value to guarantee a faster shutter speed, re-establishing that rock steady hand-held blur free shot. I have set the ISO to fall between ISO 400 peaking at ISO 800, for a trial run. (Gone are the days of living purely on ISO 100!) But I would like to think that I won’t need to call on ISO 1600 until I am lucky enough to reach say, age 90, and assume meanwhile, that my brain hasn’t turned into banana fruit cake adrift in an ocean of baba ghanoush.
There is normally a penalty for gaining up the sensor. I knew this venue had a fair proportion of shady nooks and crannies, normally featuring a layout of fairy gardens. As I am at that age where I tend to live with the fairies anyway, it seemed a good venue to work, and the camera, deliberately set for the shoot, at ISO800. You probably noticed!
Warmest regards
Keith

Hi Keith. Sorry for late reply, I don't come in often.
Finding buddy is a challenge, in every age. Could hire a ghostbuster bodyguard then.
Yes, I noticed several beautifully exposed shots at low shutter speeds in one of your recent posts (about delightful gardens and gloomy rooms ). Admired the specific way and style.