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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape Photography Locations => Topic started by: BernardLanguillier on September 18, 2012, 09:57:45 am

Title: Japan, Kanazawa
Post by: BernardLanguillier on September 18, 2012, 09:57:45 am
A great city with nicely preserved bits of old Japan!

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7999695222_dfff947e40_o.jpg)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8178/7999689533_21747aaea2_o.jpg)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/7999694690_b5fdb58e5d_o.jpg)

All shot hand held with D800, 85mm f1.4 AF-S and 24mm f1.4 AF-S. The D800 is often described as a landscaper's camera, but it performs incredibly in such situations as well, mostly thanks to the remarkable implementation of Auto-ISO. I see auto ISO as the most important feature of the camera for non tripod shooting situations, ahead of DR and resolution.

More images after the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardlanguillier/sets/72157631566268275/

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: Japan, Kanazawa
Post by: francois on September 18, 2012, 10:04:36 am
It's a very nice set of images (including the ones on Flickr).

Bravo again!
Title: Re: Japan, Kanazawa
Post by: BernardLanguillier on September 20, 2012, 05:03:00 am
It's a very nice set of images (including the ones on Flickr).

Bravo again!

Thank you Francois!

cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: Japan, Kanazawa
Post by: francois on September 20, 2012, 06:54:28 am
Thank you Francois!

cheers,
Bernard


You're welcome. I always appreciate your photos, especially those from Japan.
Title: Re: Japan, Kanazawa
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 20, 2012, 01:44:11 pm
Nice set as usual, Bernard. But I don't think it's the camera, it's the photographer.

Cheers,

Eric
Title: Re: Japan, Kanazawa
Post by: BernardLanguillier on September 20, 2012, 11:17:49 pm
Nice set as usual, Bernard. But I don't think it's the camera, it's the photographer.

Thanks Eric.

Sure, but equipment is potentially putting some obstacles in the way of the perfect fulfillment of a photographic vision.

Nowadays, I can basically say that 100% of my non keepers are the result of my own mistakes in terms of composition, timing, camera manipulation, wrong locale,...

That used not to be the case. There was a time when I did feel limited by equipment.

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: Japan, Kanazawa
Post by: PDobson on September 21, 2012, 09:15:58 pm
Those are really great. I love the bokeh around the maple tree. The first two photos feel very Japanese.

Phillip
Title: Re: Japan, Kanazawa
Post by: BernardLanguillier on September 23, 2012, 10:07:36 pm
Thank you very much for your kind words Phillip!

Cheers,
Bernard