the beach in the fall {DSLR}
“I could never stay long enough on the shore;
the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air
was like a cool, quieting thought.”
~ Helen Keller
“Like a cool, quieting thought,” – what a perfect way to describe an empty beach. It is why I miss it so much now. A cool, quieting thought.
The shoreline inspires thoughts, but it is also a simply breathtaking place to photograph. I couldn’t get enough of the vast empty backdrop the ocean provided. I like empty and open. I like margin and space. Yet, the very thing I like so much is so hard to come by these days. So, I soaked up all that wide open and I snapped away with my camera.
I shot the next two photos moments apart. The first shot was with the standard iPhone 5 camera. The second shot was with my DSLR. I edited the shots exactly the same using RadLab. Yes, I was standing in the ocean with my camera and iPhone. No they didn’t have water protection. Not smart, I’m sure. I like to live dangerously. Not really.
iPhone Shot
DSLR shot
While I really like both shots, I prefer the DSLR version. Seeing the two photos side-by-side was a good reminder to me that though my phone captures great images, I prefer my DSLR. There are days I grab my phone to get a shot now, when a year ago I would have grabbed my DSLR. Seeing these shots reminded me why I don’t want to capture all our moments with my phone. Besides the quality of the images, I really just like the way my DSLR feels in my hands. I like the weight, the sound of the shutter, the control over the image.
So, here are just a few DSLR shots from last week…because I know you don’t really want to see all of our vacation!
ISO 100, 1/1250, f/3.5
ISO 100, 1/1250, f/3.5
ISO 100, 1/1000, f/3.5
ISO 100, 1/1250, f/2.8
ISO 100, 1/3200, f/2.8
ISO 100, 1/1250, f/3.5
ISO 100, 1/2000, f/2.8 | ISO 100, 1/800, f/2.8
ISO 100, 1/800, f/2.8
ISO 500, 1/100, f/22
ISO 100, 1/400, f/2.8 | ISO 100, 1/1600, f/4.0
ISO 160, 1/500, f/8.0 | ISO 160, 1/500, f/9.0
The next three: ISO 100, 1/2000, f/2.8
ISO 100, 1/1000, f/4.0
ISO 100, 1/2000, f/1.8
ISO 100, 1/3200, f/1.8 | ISO 100, 1/2000, f/1.8 (I was playing with the exposure on these)
ISO 250, 1/400, f/5.6