Monday, July 7, 2025

Settling In

I'm getting used to the concept of limiting myself to the 24-105mm and 50mm lenses with one body. I still want something wider or something longer at times, but one of the reasons I decided to limit myself was to avoid the easy compositions and the "great capture" concept behind extreme wide and tele focal lengths. 

I've made nice sunrise/sunset photos with ultra wide lenses but there's not much of a challenge in simply including the entire scene. Similarly, close in shots of wildlife or insects and flowers are great but it's pretty much just centering the subject and making sure it's in focus and decently exposed. It's craft but not really art.

At this stage, I'm not interested if I'm not making decisions about what to include and what to leave out. 

I've been using the 50mm lens a lot lately, mostly to have images to add to the dedicated gallery at https://www.trulandphotography.com/5-Cent-Images. My current sunrise project, though, definitely benefits from the additional focal lengths of the zoom lens. 

Here are some from yesterday. The ongoing project is located at https://www.trulandphotography.com/Color/Projects/Lock5-Sunrises.

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 42mm, f/4, 1/6 sec., ISO 400

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/8, 1/180 sec., ISO 200

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 93mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 200

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 39mm, f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO 100

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 105mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 105mm, f/11, 1/45 sec., ISO 100


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