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Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/400s 300mm 2200 ISO
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/400s 300mm 1250 ISO
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/400s 300mm 1250 ISO
Yesterday’s cloudy skies and rain dovetailed nicely with Traveling at Wits End’s invitation to photograph under cloudy skies
I’ve had a bit of a problem with my computer so my submission for Raj’s black & white lesson was on the back burner for the past week. I decided to challenge myself during this lesson by using a 50 mm lens and manual focus during a rain storm. The outcome of my exploration with various f-stops was hampered by the – sigh – a very limited experience and trust with manual focus.
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/30s 50mm 200 ISO manual focus
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/30s 50mm 200 ISO manual focus
Before the rain, I decided to explore the interactions of the histogram and shutter speed in the Nikon D750 while photographing the arrival of autumn.
f/7.1 1/6s 300mm ISO 200
spring rain-
all things on earth
becoming beautiful
~Chiyojo (M Ueda, Far Beyond the Field)
spring rain…finally
rain falls –
a memory of last year
left by a cloud
In an old temple
deep in Mount Koya,
Kii Province,
I listen to raindrops
falling from a cedar tree.
~Ryokan*
*cited:
Sky Above, Great Wind
Trans: K Tanahashi
Springtime rain!
Almost dark, and yet
today still lingers
~Buson*
this image is available through Turning Art
*cited:
Haiku Master Buson
Trans: Y Sawa & E Shiffert
Nothing
in the world
is usual today
Sorrow is…
evergreen
Through the years
I’ve become used to sorrow,
there was not one spring
I didn’t leave behind
the flowers.
~Izumi Shikibu*
*cited:
The Ink Dark Moon
Trans: J Hirshfield & M Aratani
