I wanted to take a self-portrait while I was on my bike route this morning. I am a serious advocate of gratifying my own ego. What can I say? I set up the shot using my Composer and wide open DGO. The shot I wanted was from across the road with the woods for a background (enclosed lead photo.) I set my camera with a 10 second, self-timer delay and 10 shot continuous burst of exposures. Earlier on my ride I had greeted a couple of runners and thought I could capture a good shot of the two as they crested the hill behind me. I was well ahead of the pair when I stopped for my self-portrait and figured I had plenty of time to set up the shot. Then it started raining and I dropped my glasses (3 times)... Anyway, they were on me before I had time to set up the shot. The Sweetspot and focus were all wrong and I had completely forgotten my self-timer/continuous burst settings. I tried for a snapshot while frantically attempting to adjust the sweetspot and focus. *CLICK* nothing. What the heck...? Then it dawned on me the camera was giving me a 10 second grace period of countdown and I could focus and adjust the Sweetspot on the fly. I've always had a problem photographing people in motion with my Lensbaby. I need to deliberately set up my shots and fail more than succeed. This techinque, which in retrospect is a no brainer, allows me to increase my odds of success with people in motion. YMMV but I wanted to share it just the same. Series enclosed... John http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,154408,154408#msg-154408 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:05:41 -0700 Phorum 5.2.8 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,154408,155622#msg-155622 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,154408,155622#msg-155622 el-roi How Do You Do That? Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:17:16 -0800 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,154408,155002#msg-155002 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,154408,155002#msg-155002 TG-J How Do You Do That? Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:27:25 -0800 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,154408,154408#msg-154408 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?9,154408,154408#msg-154408
I set up the shot using my Composer and wide open DGO. The shot I wanted was from across the road with the woods for a background (enclosed lead photo.) I set my camera with a 10 second, self-timer delay and 10 shot continuous burst of exposures.

Earlier on my ride I had greeted a couple of runners and thought I could capture a good shot of the two as they crested the hill behind me. I was well ahead of the pair when I stopped for my self-portrait and figured I had plenty of time to set up the shot. Then it started raining and I dropped my glasses (3 times)...

Anyway, they were on me before I had time to set up the shot. The Sweetspot and focus were all wrong and I had completely forgotten my self-timer/continuous burst settings. I tried for a snapshot while frantically attempting to adjust the sweetspot and focus. *CLICK* nothing. What the heck...? Then it dawned on me the camera was giving me a 10 second grace period of countdown and I could focus and adjust the Sweetspot on the fly.

I've always had a problem photographing people in motion with my Lensbaby. I need to deliberately set up my shots and fail more than succeed. This techinque, which in retrospect is a no brainer, allows me to increase my odds of success with people in motion. YMMV but I wanted to share it just the same. Series enclosed...

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