If you listen carefully you might just hear the click click click of me taking photographs. At long last, and after a dispute with the retailer (don’t ask), my new camera has arrived!
Excitement levels remain palpable and wherever I go, the camera goes with me. I know the novelty will wear off, but the two of us are still getting to know each other. I’ve made the move from a high-end Samsung bridge to a Canon DSLR and I won’t be looking back.
The controls on my Canon are much more straightforward and enable me to take images like this one. I snuck out last night while my wife and kids were watching Home Alone. While they were otherwise engaged, I took this image from the most romantic of settings; on top of an exceptionally windy bridge over the M23 motorway.
I’ve driven over this bridge many a time and wondered what it would be like to tinker with the shutter speed and purposefully blur the lights of the moving traffic. The image isn’t as good as I was hoping, but I now have a better idea how to take such images and I plan to get much more creative over the coming weeks.
Here are the technical details. The shot was taken in manual mode with the camera mounted on a tripod. IS0 was 125, aperture f5.6, focal length 41mm and shutter speed 2.5 seconds.
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24 thoughts on “Experimenting with my new camera”
So pleased you finally got your new camera! What a fantastic photo. I wish I understood your technical details. One day it would be nice to properly understand my camera and see if I can take better photos.
Thanks for the compliment. Hope one day you get to explore your camera bit more.
There is nothing like the excitement of a new camera!
There really isn’t. I’m having great fun with it!
Love all the light trails of the moving vehicles and hope you are having fun experimenting with your new camera too 🙂
Oh I am, it’ll keep me busy well into the New Year!
It looks like you and I had a similar idea this week 🙂 So pleased you finally have your camera – I have had mine for nearly a year and still carry it almost everywhere! This is a great image. Enjoy 🙂 #mysundayphoto
Thanks Victoria. Must go and check out your image.
I love it John, light trails really add beauty to any subject even the M23. Thank you for the kind words too
Thank you for linking up
Ha ha, haven’t really thought of the M23 being beautiful but I get your point!
must be great to have a new camera, love the picture, Clio lending a helping hand for Coombe Mill
It’s wonderful to have a new camera. So exciting and it is a great piece of kit too.
So glad your new camera arrived, at last! Fantastic image, love the light trails. Enjoy your experimenting!
Thanks Sara. I am loving the experiments and have many more planned.
Very nice! I wish I have the commitment to learn such new skills. #MySundayPhoto
Thanks for your kind words. Good luck if you decide to learn photography.
Who knew a bunch of car lights would make such a beautiful photo! Hope you have many more beautiful moments with your new camera 🙂
I plan to have many more beautiful moments. Even done some vlogging this week.
I keep meaning to try one of these over the M40, but just never get the chance. Seems a bit weird being on the edge of a road as a lone female, but might drag out one of my work photography club buddies out with me too.
Looks great, and always good to practice
Grab a buddy and head over to that bridge!
Enjoy learning to use your new camera! Your first photo is stunning 🙂
Thank you, hopefully there will be many more moments like this.
I would have out the ISO all the way down to 100 and also if you buy a remote trigger then you will greatly reduce the camera caused by you touching the shutter button to take the shot
And hurrah for a Canon. I love mine too and I rarely leave home with out it and the novelty has never worn off
Mollyxxx
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