Grady Weed
05-05-2009, 09:42 AM
I asked Robert Amoruso where to go while I had to attend a funeral in Daytona Beach recently. He suggested the Ponce Deleon Lighthouse. I am so glad he did. Can you tell I like lighthouses! My 5D died on the spot as I took it out of my bag however. I shoot AV mode and the large dial would only go up, although it would turn both directions, it only responded in one. Ugh! It is now at Canon in New Jersey. I should have it back by this Friday.
Anyhow, this lighthouse is the most difficult I have ever imaged. It was undergoing some minor repairs, has a wire fence on top of the chain link in some places, spot lights in the wrong places, locked up like Fort Knox in the early a.m. Obviously the keepers are photographers. So I dragged out my MK2n and popped on the 28-135. However the best view from the front, looking through the lovely wrought iron fence, really it is very nice, was now too close with my crop body. I was losing light fast, after frustrating myself trying to "fix" the 5D. So we drove to the back side and set up there. I felt it was the best choice to minimize the offending palms, which were blowing in the wind by now, and the other structures on site crowding or competing for attention in the frame.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, Shooting Date/Time: 4/22/2009 05:28:52, Shutter Speed 0.4Sec. Hand held vertically, Av(Aperture Value) F8.0, Center weighted average metering, Exposure Compensation: 0, ISO 400, Lens: EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal Length: 30.0 mm. 95 % of frame here, cropped for a 11x14 print.
I want to thank Robert Amoruso for his invaluable suggestions. I lived in Florida for over 23 years +-, my wifes family lives in Daytona, New Smyrna area. And we never new the light was there. So ask questions of the BPN'ers in the local area folks. You never know what you will explore next.
Anyhow, this lighthouse is the most difficult I have ever imaged. It was undergoing some minor repairs, has a wire fence on top of the chain link in some places, spot lights in the wrong places, locked up like Fort Knox in the early a.m. Obviously the keepers are photographers. So I dragged out my MK2n and popped on the 28-135. However the best view from the front, looking through the lovely wrought iron fence, really it is very nice, was now too close with my crop body. I was losing light fast, after frustrating myself trying to "fix" the 5D. So we drove to the back side and set up there. I felt it was the best choice to minimize the offending palms, which were blowing in the wind by now, and the other structures on site crowding or competing for attention in the frame.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, Shooting Date/Time: 4/22/2009 05:28:52, Shutter Speed 0.4Sec. Hand held vertically, Av(Aperture Value) F8.0, Center weighted average metering, Exposure Compensation: 0, ISO 400, Lens: EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Focal Length: 30.0 mm. 95 % of frame here, cropped for a 11x14 print.
I want to thank Robert Amoruso for his invaluable suggestions. I lived in Florida for over 23 years +-, my wifes family lives in Daytona, New Smyrna area. And we never new the light was there. So ask questions of the BPN'ers in the local area folks. You never know what you will explore next.