{"id":1188,"date":"2008-08-09T23:08:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-09T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1188"},"modified":"2013-11-20T00:17:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T00:17:43","slug":"photography-at-snail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/photography-at-snail\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography at snail’s pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Well this past week has been something of a wash-out. More rain and wind than I care to remember, and today was no different. And today it mattered as there's nothing more annoying than bad weather when you want to test out new toys: these being a 17-40mm lens for shooting landscapes, and a new body to go with it… the Canon EOS 40D.<\/p>\n

After an abortive trip to Wakehurst Place (nice garden centre, but too much rain to risk new gear), I didn't get a chance to try anything until late this evening. Snails were the best bet, as they were everywhere, enjoying the dampness as only snails can. Especially when there are sultanas and one or two markies to be had \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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The other wet weather friend out there tonight was a spider, resplendent in jewels of raindrops.<\/p>\n

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As for those markies and sultanas, they did have a purpose and they did bring an all too fleeting reward!<\/p>\n

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The camera itself is a treat to use, and I'm going to look forward to getting used to it properly. The set-up and controls are quite a change from the 400D (some pros and cons, but mainly a matter of getting familiar with it), but I can already see the improvements in focusing (not least because the larger\/brighter viewfinder means I can see what I'm photographing), spot metering, reduced noise, improved colour rendering, and a wonderfully quiet shutter. The burst mode is around 6 shots a second which will be great for birds. I plan to keep the 400D as a spare, and for those occasions where I want to have ready access to a long lens and a macro. Now all I need is some decent weather.<\/p>\n

Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon EOS 40D. The snails and spider were taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens. The fox was caught with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,253],"tags":[127,1128,1164,1132],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","category-snail","tag-camera","tag-fox","tag-snail","tag-spider","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t