A Day at the Park

22 07 2008

Last Sunday I made a small excursion to the nearby Piedmont Park – actually trying to shoot some skyline pictures across Lake Clarameer.

Next time I need to check where the Sun is because that is definitely a shot you need to do in the morning or after the Sun disappeared behind the Buildings.

It was just a tad hazy with the sub basically right off the building but I still think I captured a good moment with below photo.

Besides just doing a random shots that was pretty much it for Piedmont Park – there were a few performers (African Drums) but they did not seem very interested in others as they formed a circle not giving me a good angle.

On my way out I just took a snap of below photo which I found to be an interesting combination between the Wall and the Cart.

On my way back home I stopped around Tower Place in Buckhead where the new Sovereign Building is near completion. I will share some of those photos this week as well.



The Ultimate?

14 07 2008

I am generally very happy with my Camera and don’t consider upgrading in the near future. It takes good photos and all problems so far I can mark as "User error".

THOUGH. If I was to have an extra $37,000 (yes that’s right) that I don’t need for anything else urgently I might just have to take a look at the new HasselbladH3DII-50
The digital sensor is roughly the size of the palm of your hand and it produces 50 Megapixel Images. (Most consumer cameras have between 8-10).
Now, Megapixel isn’t everything, granted but 50 MP is quite a lot and makes this camera a good piece of hardware for the digital version of Medium Format photography.

Granted it’s not the right camera for photo walks or so and it’s not the strongest in all aspects as it’s ISO only goes to 400 with up to 800 using Software but I still would not mind a tryout to see what images it produces thus I might have to buy some new Memory cards as the file size of each image is 65MB (almost 6 times as large as my 40D’s) in RAW and 150MB saving as TIFF.

Hasselblad