Old Madrid

Richard

C&C always welcome.

DonRicklin

Lovely! I like the natural sepia tones!



Don

jiro

I like it! Subtle hues and strong lines. Not to mention the interesting play of light and shadows. thumbclap

Richard

Thanks for commenting, Jiro and Don.

black mamba

I think Jiro nailed it on this one. It's got a lot of strong elements at play.

Tom

Richard

black mamba wrote: »

I think Jiro nailed it on this one. It's got a lot of strong elements at play.

Tom

Thanks, Tom. It's funny--this was actually a test shot in preparation for shooting the full moon. It was the first time I used magnified live view and manual focus. The test turned out better than the moon shot.

Dogdots

I just love photos like this. Has my eyes fixed on seeking out all the hidden corners, subject matter, etc.

Question tho .. magnified live view? What's that?

Richard

Thanks, Mary.

Live view is a feature of some later model dSLRs that let's you see a continual display of what you're shooting on the LCD, like a P&S. On my Canon 50D, you can magnify the image up to 10x, which gives you a detailed enough image that you can use it to manually focus with pretty decent accuracy. The magnification does not affect the image that is recorded, only the preview.

Dogdots

Richard wrote: »

Thanks, Mary.

Live view is a feature of some later model dSLRs that let's you see a continual display of what you're shooting on the LCD, like a P&S. On my Canon 50D, you can magnify the image up to 10x, which gives you a detailed enough image that you can use it to manually focus with pretty decent accuracy. The magnification does not affect the image that is recorded, only the preview.

The magnification word/process confused me My 40D has live view, but I've never tried it out. Looks like I'm going to have learn how to use it.

Thanks for the information Richard

Richard

Dogdots wrote: »

The magnification word/process confused me My 40D has live view, but I've never tried it out. Looks like I'm going to have learn how to use it.

Thanks for the information Richard

Perhaps magnification is not the right term. It's really just crop and zoom, using the same controls that you use to zoom in on one area of a pic you are reviewing in camera. The main use I see for it is when you are shooting in light that is too low for normal auto-focus to work well. I think you can get a more accurate focus with it than just looking through the viewfinder if you don't have a special focus screen installed.

Dogdots

Richard wrote: »

Perhaps magnification is not the right term. It's really just crop and zoom, using the same controls that you use to zoom in on one area of a pic you are reviewing in camera. The main use I see for it is when you are shooting in light that is too low for normal auto-focus to work well. I think you can get a more accurate focus with it than just looking through the viewfinder if you don't have a special focus screen installed.

Your photo is real good proof of how it works. Never thought about the low light situation. I ran into that the other night. If I had known how to use live view and did manual focus I could of gotten the shot. Gonna read up and try it out today. Then I might return tonight and try the shot out

Azzaro

I like it Richard.....well done!! :Dgary

rwells

This shot makes me want to see more. Look at all those textures just waiting to be captured.

Nice shot Richard!

DaddyO

After burning my brain considering Walters recent 2 pics and his possible point, I came in to check out what you had going... Before reading down
into the thread I pondered higher meaning in the shot. All my mind could
come up with was "What is this? Some kind of test shot for exposure or
what?" And then there it was in your admission.
Is it Dada or Parody? Dizzy just considering it. Glad I don't have to think
about it anymore. Totally over my head to even try. Nice you fessed up or I
would have continued on feeling lame.

Richard

Thanks, everyone.

@Michael: Just to be clear, it was done as a technical test shot but I liked the result. Nothing philosophical here--just some lines, textures and light.

FlyNavy

Very nice light!

wfeller

DaddyO wrote: »

After burning my brain considering Walters recent 2 pics and his possible point, I came in to check out what you had going... Before reading down
into the thread I pondered higher meaning in the shot. All my mind could
come up with was "What is this? Some kind of test shot for exposure or
what?" And then there it was in your admission.
Is it Dada or Parody? Dizzy just considering it. Glad I don't have to think
about it anymore. Totally over my head to even try. Nice you fessed up or I
would have continued on feeling lame.

Or,... is it?

Richard wrote: »

Thanks, everyone.

@Michael: Just to be clear, it was done as a technical test shot but I liked the result. Nothing philosophical here--just some lines, textures and light.

Great light and colors in what looks to be a beautiful place.

Richard

wfeller wrote: »

Or,... is it?

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"
--Sigmund Freud
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or was it?

Jack'll do

Such a jumble of textures, shapes, angles, lines, colors etc. And yet it really works well. Very nicely seen and captured Richard. thumb