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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Anza Borrego desert~Scenic Sunday and SOOC Sunday 012311




Hubby and I took a photo workshop out in the Anza-Borrego desert all day yesterday. I learned SO MUCH as a photographer. The first thing they said was for us to turn our cameras off "auto" and on to "manual". ACK! Now, I used to do this with my old Konica film camera and I was comfortable with it, but ("shhhh....!") I've NEVER done that with my digital one! I guess it was just laziness...??? Yes, I would just put it on auto and "point and shoot". Not anymore! Oh, and I had to use a tripod! Another 'ACK". Me? Schlepping a tripod around? But, everyone else there (including hubby) had a tripod, so I unwrapped my new one which I got for Christmas and set it up. First we did macro pics. Then, we drove out 4 miles to Fonts Point (you MUST have either a 4 wheel drive or a high carriage car like our XTerra for this road!). I even went sideways a couple of times and the other XTerra, which was following us, did too, but he never put his in 4 wheel drive! We ALL made it out to Fonts Point. From there, you can see all the way down through the Badlands to Mexico! :-) I just HAD to take a photo of another member of our group who hiked to a higher cliff (most of us were on this one). And, no, those aren't birds in the pics...I had dust on my polarizing lens! It was kind of dusty/hazy that afternoon, but I sort of like the effect. Scenic Sunday and SOOC Sunday for January 23, 2011. To visit Scenic Sunday, please stop by: http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com/. To visit Straight Out of the Camera Sunday, please visit: http://www.murrieta365.com/ Enjoy your Sunday!


8 comments:

Teresa said...

Wow, what a place there! I've never heard of it. Now that's DESERT. I need to take a photography class....I just point and shoot as well. My camera probably has the capabilities to go into a telephone booth and change into Superman and I wouldn't know!

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giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...

Escursioni davvero interessanti e molto gratificanti.
Grandi foto.
Buona giornata :)
Myriam

The Giraffe Head Tree said...

Good for you!!! Switching from auto to manual is scary at first, but what freedom once you get used to it. Like you, I hate schlepping a tripod around. Purchased a monopod but haven't gotten used to it either. I'm a lazy photographer - AND good for you taking a field trip course. Excellent! Note To Self - do that! Great pics - beautiful place. Found you on Scenic Sunday.

KT said...

I always wonder if I should go to a beginning photography class. Would I listen to what they have to say? Or just stick to my point-and-shoot ways and hope for good shots.

Carolyn Ford said...

I haven't been out to Font's Point in some years but, it is such an awesome place! We don't have a car that could battle the road out there. The last time we went with someone else with 4-wheel drive. Congratulations for moving up to manual mode with your camera. I usually use Aperature Priority and let the camera choose the shutter speed...or, vise versa. I need to move play with manual more, too. Great pics of a great place!

Jan said...

Sounds like a wonderful day of learning.

Lynn said...

The trips sounds wonderful and the photos are awesome.

Nicolette said...

Amazing shots of the desert... so dry and barren... so textural... sounds like an amazing day... I haven't actually taken my new tripod that I received for Christmas out of its box yet so you are well ahead of me...