Good Evening… I did forgot one thing…that is The JLPT pictures that I took a week ago. Everyone keep asking me the copies, but due to the time constraint I haven’t manage to upload anything yet. So for those who wants to see the JLPT 2008 pictures please see it for yourself. But sorry, during the test cameras are prohibited.. (I don’t want any yellow or red card too.. ;>  )

Snow Geese Coming In

After my experience preparing a few photos for publication, outlined in the last piece (Pushing the Envelope), it took a place like Bosque del Apahce NWR to remind me of why I am still carrying an advanced P&S, and not a backpack full of DSLR bodies and lenses.

And, of course, from time to time I do wonder why. I know my image quality would be just a little better, at least in the extreme situations, with the DSLR. 

Bosque is a place that is amazingly rich in photo opportunities. It is place where you have your camera in hand, or at least out and turned on, on the seat next to you, at all times. Some of the grand scenic effects will wait for you, but many, being created by the ever-changing light of the high Southwest, will not. And the creatures of Bosque: they wait for no-one. The only saving grace, if you are primarily interested in wildlife, is the sheer numbers of critters there. If you miss one opportunity fumbling the camera, there will be another. You can count on it, and believe me, after the first dozen missed shots, you will come to count on it. 

And November light is especially wonderful at Bosque. Sunrise to sunset, always gentle, never harsh, with just enough angle to provide exceptional molding on everything it touches. The sweet light times stretch from dawn to 10 AM, and from 3 PM until sunset. Even the light of high noon will do for some subjects. I guarantee, if you love light, a November visit to Bosque will bring you back over and over again.

And Bosque is always the extreme equipment challenge. You are shooting sunrises, out before dawn, and sunsets, out until after dark. Worse, you are shooting moving birds at sunrise and sunset. You will want to catch the frost on the grasses, and tiny flower details from inches away. You will want a wide lens for the vistas and the great masses of birds, and you will want your longest tel to reach individual birds in the mass (or to portrait the occasional deer). Photo ops will come at you fast, with little or no time to change lenses, so a good zoom is a must, macro if possible. But you will want your long lens mounted at all times for the distant birds, so maybe we are talking a second body as well. And a tripod of course.

Or…you could carry a superzoom P&S.

Here are some examples. Shooting the dawn show:

Before sunrise, wide angle, low light

birds up and in the air: wide angle

seconds later, same flight, no time to change lenes: max tel

Or another situation calling for maximum flexibility. The Snow Geese mass at different locations during the day. In one of these mass settings, if the light is right, you can spend hours just framing interesting behavior, or getting exceptional portraits of individual geese and small groups. But from time to time The geese startle. It begins with a few geese here and there getting up and doing a loop over the mass. There is a tipping point where enough geese get up at one time so that the rest follow, in waves if the mass is large enough. Sometimes it happens in response to a predator (falcon or coyote at Bosque), or sometimes a passing plane with put them up, but at other times it just seems to be nervousness. It is quite unpredictable. When it happens, it is an overwhelming sight…and the sound of all those wings and the geese honking can not be imagined. It also happens really fast once it begins, and it is so easy to just stand there with your mouth open and the camera dangling until it is too late…all the best shots are gone. 

massed Snow Geese in good light

pulling portraits or small groups: max tel

a few geese get up: max tel

in seconds thousands of geese are in the air: wide angle

you will want your tel instantly for shots like this to capture the energy of it all

So, of course I am standing blasting away and not breathing much and I think, “Oh boy, I really need a video of this.” I think it at least three times before remembering that the H50 shoots video. This is a snippet, which maybe even says more about the intensity of the moment and the need for a camera that has maximum flexibility than anything I could write. 

Then there are the little scenes that play out all during the day.

just a catch shot

up close and intimate

quite moments with the vista

think fast!

You need to remember that all these images were captured with one small, take anywhere, camera, with a long fixed zoom lens. I could have gotten them all with a DSLR and at least 2, maybe three zoom lenses…but honestly, I just would not have carried that equipment all day long at Bosque. For now, the advanced P&S super-zoom, despite its noted shortcomings, is still the camera that I have the most fun with, the one I carry all the time, and the one that, time after time, brings home the images I enjoy.

I usually use my Friendster or my Facebook to upload my pictures. But at the same time I also have my own Flickr site which I seldom use. I started to use it after I bought my camera (a Sony) and wanted to share my photos with my family back home. But then the free version only allowed me to upload up to 200 pictures which is of course suffice to say, not enough for me. (I have more than 10,000 pieces of picture and counting..)

Good evening..

For the first time in my live, I think I managed to start on the things that I’ve always dreamt about. That is to start my own website or in this case my own blog sphere… Previously, there were attempts to create a personal site just to have it stopped halfway. In that situation, of course my studies and part time jobs helped it too. Even after I started working 5 years ago, I intended to pursue my dream and yet again, the long working hours and a lot of side works crushed my hopes away. Maybe I didn’t fully understand how to accomplish it those times.  Maybe I did have an insomnia and forgotten about it after those 2nd year accidents… who knows? I will try to achieve those things that I had always dreamed of. While in the process I did manage to achieve 4 of them which is my car, my house, my love and also my dream to go to Japan. I am in Japan right now.

へへ

Eu e a minha pretinha. ^^

Essa câmera digital incorpora uma maravilhosa tecnologia, e o melhor de tudo é que a H50 possui além de tudo um design super compacto.

Entre as suas principais características encontramos: zoom óptico de 15x aumentos, sensor de 9.1 megapixels efetivo, amplo display LCD de 3 polegadas, sistema de reconhecimento de faces e sensibilidade ISO 3200.

Fonte: Sony.com

Semana passada chegou o mais novo membro do HXCA ^^
É sim, uma poderosa camera digital Sony, a H50.

Segue as características da criança:

Esta máquina digital tem tudo! A DSC-H50 está equipada com um sensor
CCD de 9,1 megapixeis, uma objectiva Carl Zeiss (de qualidade), um potente zoom
óptico de 15 x e um estabilizador de imagens particularmente eficaz, capaz de compensar os movimentos da mão quando se tira a fotografia.

A Cyber-Shot DSC-H50 possui um processador BIONZ reputado pela sua velocidade.
Resultado: a época em que disparava tarde demais está ultrapassada! Em caso de
cenas fugazes, esta máquina dispõe de um modo bracketing capaz de tirar 100
fotografias com 0,64 segundos de intervalo!

Graças ao modo “reconhecimento automático das cenas”, esta máquina efectua
automaticamente regulações adequadas para obter o melhor resultado possível. A H50
dispõe, também, de funções de detecção automática dos rostos e dos sorrisos,
indispensáveis para tirar belas fotografias de grupo e realizar retratos.

A visualização é facilitada pela presença de um grande ecrã LCD de 3 polegadas, ou
seja, mais de 7 cm. Note-se que este ecrã é rotativo, possibilitando-lhe
fotografias muito rocambolescas.

No que diz respeito à ligação, esta máquina dispõe de uma ficha áudio/vídeo,
uma saída HD e uma porta USB.

Os apaixonados por fotografia vão deixar-se seduzir pelas inúmeras
possibilidades da Cyber-Shot DSC-H50. Completa, eficiente e
rápida de manusear, responde às expectativas dos utilizadores mais exigentes.

Sensor CCD: Super HAD de 9,3 megapixeis
Tamanho do sensor: 1/2,3″
9,1 megapixeis efectivos
Resolução máxima (em pixeis) 3456 x 2592
Tipo de visor : Electrónico
Visor LCD : Visor LCD rotativo de 3,0″ (7,5 cm) Clear Photo LCD Plus
Distância mínima (macro): 1 cm
Distância normal :1,2 m – infinito
Zoom óptico : 15x
Zoom digital : 2x
Posições ISO disponíveis : Auto/80/100/200/400/800/1600/3200
?? Abertura e velocidade : Objectiva Carl-Zeiss Vario Tessar
F(diafragma): 2,7 – 4,5
Distância focal: 5,2 – 78 mm
f(distância focal equivalente a 35 mm): 31 – 465 mm
Velocidade de obturação: 1/4-1/4000 Automática, 1″-1/4000 Programa e 30″-1/400 Manual
Flash (integrado) : Flash automático, manual e sincronização lenta
Distância do flash:
ISO Auto: de 0,2 à 9,1 m (grande-angular), de 1,2 à 5,5 m (teleobjectiva)
ISO 3200: até 11 m (grande-angular), até 18 m (teleobjectiva)
Sistema de redução dos olhos vermelhos
Formatos de imagem : JPEG
Cartão de memória : Memory Stick Pro Duo
Memória interna : 15 MB
Modo vídeo : Com som
Vídeo (desempenho máximo) 640 x 480 a 30 imagens/seg.
Saída TV : Saída HD e porta Áudio vídeo
Função Webcam : Não
Interface informática : USB 2.0 e Pictbridge
Função Wireless : Sim
Software incluído : Picture Motion Browser ver3.0, Picture Package Music Transfer
Possibilidades de alimentação: Bateria Lithium-Ion NP-BG1
Processador de imagem BIONZ
Conversão automática em 14 bits
Sistema de redução do ruído e de optimização das cores (Clear RAW NR)
Redução manual do ruído em 3 passos
D-Range Optimizer Standard/Plus (optimização regulação contraste/exposição)
Focagem: Multipontos (9 pontos)/Semimanual (0,5 m, 1,0 m, 3,0 m, 7,0 e infinito)/ Centrada/Flexível/Manual
Modos do Balanço dos Brancos: 9 (auto, luz do dia, nublado, fluorescente 1/2/3, incandescente, flash, one push)
Medição da exposição: +/- 2.0EV, incremento +/-1/3EV
Modos de cena: 16 (auto, programa auto, penumbra, retrato penumbra, prioridade à velocidade, prioridade à abertura, retrato, paisagem, praia, neve, fogo de artifício, alta sensibilidade, modo desporto e detecção dos sorrisos)
Detecção automática dos rostos/sorrisos
Reconhecimento automático das cenas
Retardador: 2 s/10 s
Dimensões : 116 x 81 x 86 mm

Realmente, testava e aprovada!

Heute, 4:42 Uhr. Fotografiert mit meiner neuen Sony DSC-H50. 1:1-Ausschnitt.
Das Teleobjektiv kommt noch, dann mache ich nochmal ein Foto.