Deb mann shutterbug photography7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() So, there he was, with three of the world's most photogenic cities on his itinerary and only a 10-24mm zoom at hand. On the very first day a mishap rendered the 16-80mm useless. At f/5.6 you can make out a shape to the background color, but not one so well defined as to take your eye and interest away from the subject. I put myself in position so the background of the yellow building complemented the leaves. I zoomed in to 230mm to capture the graceful way the leaves were displayed on this particular branch. I'm from Florida-I'm leaf-deprived, so I was excited about taking pictures like this one. All it took for me to really get a handle on what it could do for my kind of photography was to use it a few times. It was called "the street sweeper"-it could do everything. I've had the lens since 2010-it's so beat up, you can't read the numbers and letters on it anymore-and I bought it because it was small, light, sharp, and versatile. ![]() The 28-300mm is a one-lens wonder with which I can shoot close-ups, details, wide-angle views and isolate subjects to draw viewers' attention to what I want them to see. I'm sure every photographer has a designated "walking around" lens, and my 28-300mm is for those days when all I want to do is walk around, observe, explore, and of course take some pictures. It was a time and place for me to move slowly and quietly, and show the proper respect. ![]() Each section of the cemetery and its architecture is different, so there were a lot of choices of overall scenes-like this one taken at 28mm-and small details. The Okunoin Cemetery in Koya, Japan, is gorgeous in the soft, filtered light of morning. ![]()
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