The fishing was good, but this thread is for the photography forum.
I threw in the camera into the pelican and we were off.
Two major gotchas - which I should have expected - 1) let the camera adjust to the environment before you go out. I was cleaning the lens over and over because of humidity for about 30 min. 2) close the pelican when the camera is out. I almost splashed the case when it was open. Dee dee dee...
What I really like about the T2i (and is probably true for any pro-sumer dslr) is the fact that even though I don't always get in tight enough, the 18/20MB helps compensate for that. I shoot everything raw and then post process.
Below are 4 shots that I took on Sat.
A touch too much color saturation on this one.
What I also like about the camera is the ability to dial in on a setting and just let the camera do the work. For the 4th I was at Lake Lanier pretending to be 20 again (ok - 15); I took off the polorazing filter, set the camera on Tv mode at 1/500 of a sec, and continous mode. I told my son just get in tight and hold the button until the shot is gone. Granted I only get 4 fps, but everyone was having so much fun I just let them tear it up. We ended up with 497 photos (8GB card) and lots of very good shots - so the camera makes a good photographer out of just about anyone (OK - with just a touch of coaching and some post processing).
Anyway - below is a sample of a) my styling and profiling at 47
, and b) a cloudy shot at noon at 1/500 - I think the iso was 400. There was just enough light to get the shot and I really had to sharpen the photo AFTER I cropped the shot a bunch, and that's where the bang for the buck is. That extra oomph when you go...man if I only had that extra stop or IS or could switch lenses - that why I like the DSLR and now a days they are somewhat "cheap". And yes it is spooky taking it out of the case on a kayak.
