Down in the Valley
This photograph is from the Towpath Trail in the Cuyahoga Valley. I started hiking in Peninsula with the goal of getting this far(to the Turnpike Bridge)because I was on a time table(had to get to my parents for dinner). It was a hike that was tougher than I expected - slipping and sliding in the snow takes it out of you after a while. I added a lot of saturation and contrast when I was processing this photo to give it some pop - it looked really flat directly off the camera - but it came out being my favorite of the hike.
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By Tim Fitzwater - Monday, March 08, 2010
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Tim, I've noticed one of the big difference between photos you take with your 7D and what Greg and I get with our Rebel XTs: hair, brush, grass, and so on is much more detailed in your shots.
When I first started looking at the images you were taking, I had convinced myself that the 18mp images you take weren't that much different than our 8mp shots when viewed at 333x500px on Flickr. My opinion changed as I have looked at the shots you have taken and I figure this post is as good a time as any to express my opinion. The detail in the brush in the foreground is really cool and something I don't think I could get in this type of detail even using the right f-stop and sharpening it perfectly in photoshop.
So, I'm back to my old dilemma of whether I've outgrown my camera body.
Sgt. Pepper was recorded on a four track analog tape recorder.
I could get that kind of detail out of my 11 year old Nikon D1 or my Panasonic Lumix point and shoot.
I saw 4x6 FOOT prints in Vegas that Vincent Versace made shot with a Nikon D70 that were spectacular.
It ain't the gear.
I agree with Mencken but at the same time it does get easier to make that 4x6 with 18MP.
One thing though is it really points out the average quality of a few of my lenses - which brings back the debate when your ready to upgrade - lens or body? The greatest camera in the world won't be that great if you put bad glass in front of it.
More than the detail what I'm really happy with about the camera is the color and better dynamic range I get from it.
For me, color and dynamic range helps to make the details of a photograph. I need to work on my lingo.
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