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    Today’s Photo from Ted Grussing Photography: Learning curves

    June 25, 2018No Comments
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    By Ted Grussing

    Friday, my new Nikon D850 arrived along with the Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 lens and a few other goodies. This is my first venture into Nikon gear in over fifteen years, but the reviews on this combo are just to good to not give it a shot … actually about a thousand shots since Friday. The manuals proved useless in getting started, but a series of YouTube videos walked me through the setup of the body and a lot of tweaking after the original setup. Trip up to Eric’s and shot some birds and then three separate trips to the ponds, two of which were today. I still have a lot to learn and also the camera has a different feel, but I’m getting used to it.

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    The tracking of moving subjects is impressive … today from about 300 yards, I caught an Osprey diving into a pond, coming up with a brown trout and flying in front of a wooded area … out of over fifteen shots only a few did not grab a focus … too small to be worth using, but still an amazing feat. The detail that the 45MP sensor captures is nothing short of amazing too … the 500mm lens is cool and I’ll get used to the feel of it and should have a relatively short learning curve with muscle memory because it does handle differently than my Canon equipment … which I still love.

    I took this shot yesterday of a Great Egret launching into flight … white is incredibly difficult to shoot, but I came close to nailing this one … the grace and beauty and power these birds have as they enter flight is remarkable to see. I’m going to try some slo-mo video of them taking off too as a couple of the vids I watched interspersed video and still shots and it was very cool. Again, more study and practice. Got  few ideas from the vids on setup which I thought would work well on my Canon equipment, so went through all the setup menus I had for them and did the modifications.

    It’s fun to learn new things and it is very neat to find myself breathing every morning … another day to live and to share the beauty that surrounds us. A new week is beginning … make it a good one … a moment at a time and smile!

    Cheers

    Ted

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    May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit.
    Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions
    be such as shall keep me friendly with myself.
    — Max Ehrmann

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    The easiest way to reach Mr. Grussing is by email: ted@tedgrussing.com

    In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.

    Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses.  By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.

    More about Ted Grussing …

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    If you make less than $150,000 and thought of visiting Sedona you are not the target of a recently proposed marketing effort by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, focused on luring visitors that that are affluent. A request by the chamber for the city to release $225,000 from its marketing contingency plan to be used for destination marketing targeting people with money, was torpedoed at the Sedona City Council meeting of January 24. The chamber had hoped to use the contingency funds to bring tourists to Sedona that are well heeled and willing to spend scads of money rather than focusing marketing efforts on “day trippers” who come to the city to hike or spend little more than a day here exploring, off-roading, browsing the UpTown shops and spending little cash while clogging up the roads and making it difficult for locals to get around town. Read more→
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