Something a little different, in consideration of the Holidays and new technology. Took the family out on the Intracoastal in Ft. Lauderdale last night to checkout the Christmas lights. I am trying out a G12 which is supposed to be optimized for lower light conditions. Shot the same area with the G9 within the month and was troubled by poor low light performance. This time I was cranking the equivalent ASA up to 2000, even 2500, usually non-useable grain city. This was also shot by a hand held camera from a moving boat. Lets see how things worked out ...
Moving east on New River towards the ICW. I was still shooting with a fairly low ASA, about 1000 assuming any higher would render the shots unuseable.
The west area of the Las Olas Bridge. I had started to crank the ASA up to 2000 to 2500
and the eastern side. With exposures on the order of .2 to .4 seconds, I started to pan the camera slowly to try to diminish the influence of the boat motion. Tricky stuff but it seemed to help at times.
Moving north of Las Olas. I used to catch the bus to high school in the midst of all those buildings. At that time however most didn't exist!
What have they done to the old neighborhood?! Used to be very few midrise condo's, no longer however.
Approaching the Sunrise Blvd. bridge
A look back to the southwest and a real funky yacht
A closer look
Boomeranging way to the south to the old fueling spot, Lauderdale Marina
The new 17th St. Causeway bridge.
So, all in all, detector technology seems to have substantially improved, a good thing.
Here's to a good New Year for one and all!
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