Picture of the Week – Royal Field


Royal Field

Originally uploaded by idarknight

It seems that the last colors are fading over the next couple days and the warm weather is leaving as well. This stand of flowers is on the Legislature grounds and is likely some of the first color to appear and, at least this year, some of the last to leave.

This was part of the first set of walkabout shots from the 7D (there will be some more coming) and I wasn’t really trying to do much other than play with the autofocus and see how the various modes worked. I forgot which mode this one would have been in, but I think it was AF Point Expansion. It seems to work well, especially with spot metering and auto ISO.

Some might think that the auto modes take all the skill and knowledge away from photography, and I might be willing to agree – if one only ever uses the auto modes and tries to be creative as the computers fit your proposed shot into a standard frame. But the part of me that disagrees will say that the auto modes are nice to have when there are so many other things to worry about outside the camera. I’m thinking that one can learn much more when the camera does the thinking about getting the exposure right and the photographer attempts to control the elements that are contributing to that exposure. A cop out? Maybe, does it make for more keepers and allow for more experimentation with positive results? For sure!


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