Yesterday marked my long ride ever, coming in at approximately 139 miles as a part of the Rapha Gentlemen’s Race. We headed out to the beach (Lincoln City) on Friday evening and stayed in a suite at the Inn at Spanish Head thanks to team president Jim who served as sugar daddy for the evening. [...]
Cutting Branches, Snapping Shots
Posted By Adam Edgerton on February 12th, 2009
One of my regular assignments from my aunt and uncle has been pruning trees on their property. At this point, after 8-10 trees, I’d consider myself a near-expert. So yesterday and today I decided to tackle the big tree. Here’s the pile I ended up with:
And the highest branches aren’t even cut yet.
Today’s weather was similar to what’s forecasted for the Bay Area next Monday, so I spent some time adjusting camera settings and taking some test shots panning on cars going by. I’m sure I weirded out a few passing motorists by taking pictures of them. Don’t worry motorists, I didn’t actually want your photo.
It looks like at ISO 400-800 I can get away with 1/125th of a second for objects moving under 20MPH and 1/200-320th for approximately 30MPH. It creates a nice minor action blur while maintaining clarity. As far as zoom, the 70-300mm lens is only useful if I’m at least 30-40 feet away. Any less than that and the 18-55 is my only viable choice. Wondering what on earth I’m talking about? The Tour of California next week, of course!
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Comments 4
February 12th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
that dog looks very obedient
February 12th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
I think Harry is waiting for you to throw one of those sticks.
February 13th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I have an 18-55. Not a fan. You should def. take a look at a 50mm f/1.8 lens.
February 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am
I have looked at the 50mm prime lens. It’s a steal of a deal and I’ll get around to buying one at some point. But that 18-55 will be important to have a little bit of zoom for the race.