Photoclubalpha

I bet the valley looked amazing RandGraph47, and that portrait must have been idyllic. It is such a bonus when mother nature pulls a surprise out of the bag like that :D . The nearest to this I saw last year was this field of poppies http://www.photoclubalpha.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4231...

... Great shots as well from RandGraph47 - really love the the Arizona desert shot - wild flowers, blue sky, mountains, it just doesn't get any better in my book. Encore! Well, this is a bit of a cheat... as it was not an Alpha camera that I was using "back then" - BUT, we had an unusual ...

Greg Beetham wrote:Wow there sure are some fishing boats there, they must all be back at the same time. I wonder what they mainly catch.
Greg

Many of them have huge light-making rigs on them. They go out at night to attract and catch squid (calamari), I think.

A900

From the garden at Mission San Juan Capistrano, CA



From the Arizona desert along the Apache' Trail

One of my favorite places to photograph . . . I've been visiting this spot since I was in my early 20's and that was over 40 years ago. Timelesss...
A900 24-70

Turn it off on any steady tripod. Leave SSS on if the wind is vibrating the pod, or you are having to steady it - etc. If the camera is rock solid, SSS will harm sharpness and can do so at any shutter speed. David David, One of my few peeves with the A900 is the inability to have the SSS turned off...