Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Illinois Skies (aka Pictures That Don't Suck)

I did actually get some nice pictures from my camera. I happen to like cloudwatching, so I shot some photos of the sky during the first shoot. I think this camera will do an adequate job of photographing clouds. Following are some pictures from the evening of May 29, with a westering sun. Unfortunately I missed the bright orange penny of the sun caught between cloud and ground, as I was helping jump-start the lawnmower at that time.

This is a view of clouds to the east of Fieldhaven.



This is a view of clouds to the south of Fieldhaven.



These are pictures of clouds to the west of Fieldhaven.







You can see that it took a little practice to get the horizon line relatively straight. Earlier pictures were worse about that. The 30-second limit on aiming does not help.
Tags: illinois, nature, personal, photography
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  • 17 comments
haikujaguar

haikujaguar

June 4 2009, 20:34:36 UTC 12 years ago

These turned out really well! I'm glad to see your camera capturing some good photos. I was worried you'd bought a dud. :)
ysabetwordsmith

Well ...

ysabetwordsmith

June 5 2009, 06:40:33 UTC 12 years ago

... judging from experience and reviews, this is a very clunky camera. But there are some things it does decently, and I'm beginning to learn what those are.