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Re: [OM] Byron Glacier and Fall Colors

Subject: Re: [OM] Byron Glacier and Fall Colors
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 08:50:02 +1100
I find it's a good exercise to pick 1 body + 1 prime lens and see what I
come home with - get's me thinking outside the usual box !

...Wayne


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> From: olympus <olympus-
> bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Ken Norton
> Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2020 5:11 AM
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Byron Glacier and Fall Colors
> 
> > Lens works well and so does the operator !
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> I freely admit that my artistic skills are rather limited at times. I
generally
> need to see the concept of something before I can run with it. There are
> photographers who can visualize a picture in their mind and then build the
> shot. I'm a little different in that I see something (sometimes completely
> unrelated) and then apply it in new ways. I do use my lenses as a crutch
in
> this fashion. I'll be looking through the camera, and see something weird
> happening, like lens flare, and then I look for a subject that I can use
that
> defect/effect on. It's the thing of hammering nails. When your tool is a
> hammer, everything is a nail.
> 
> I've discovered something else rather disconcerting. The older I get, the
> absolute best lens to use for the next picture happens to be the one that
is
> currently mounted on the camera. I might have the wide-normal lens on the
> camera, and see something off in the distance that requires a telephoto
lens.
> As I'm reaching for my camera bag, the thought crosses my mind "it ain't
> worth it", so I just snap a wide shot and move on.
> 
> This typically manifests itself where I go on a hike and start out with
one of
> my two zooms, shoot with it for half the hike. At the halfway point (most
of
> my trails are out-and-back day-hikes) when I turn around, I switch lenses
and
> use that lens for the journey back.
> 
> How I end up with ANYTHING worthwhile is just proof that in spite of
myself,
> Alaska delivers the photographic goods for me. Any camera, any lens,
> pointed any direction will usually result in something useful.
> 
> AK Schnozz
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