{"id":1487,"date":"2010-07-24T19:47:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T19:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2010-07-24T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T19:47:54","slug":"austin_photowalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamzy.net\/blog2\/?p=1487","title":{"rendered":"Austin Photowalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3612.jpg\" alt=\"paparazzi shoot\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nI went to the downtown Austin gathering of the <a href=\"http:\/\/worldwidephotowalk.com\/\">world wide photowalk<\/a>.  But I was rather disappointed in it.  The leader said a few words and then everyone went their own separate way.  I could go downtown anytime to take some photos.  And this is how it felt.  I decided to take my 45mm tilt-shift lens with me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut before we wandered off, someone got a group of people together to simulate paparazzi.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3616.jpg\" alt=\"fountain #1\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3618.jpg\" alt=\"fountain #2\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThe lens is a manually focused and is hard to get 100% sure that focus is exactly where you want it.  I tried using the video screen with limited success.  It was usually a little bit off.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3627.jpg\" alt=\"oak tree\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nI only used the tilting feature of the focus plane.  It has an interesting effect in directing the eye.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3652.jpg\" alt=\"statue\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nI didn&#8217;t go for the miniature effect either.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3690.jpg\" alt=\"horse and buggy\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThis cab driver was rather fond of her horse.  And did not mind posing for photos.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3695.jpg\" alt=\"storefronts\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nI would have liked the moon to be a bit more over to the right.  And for it to be within the focus plane.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3700.jpg\" alt=\"street crowds\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nAnother picture just a little bit off.  Hopefully, I wasn&#8217;t too intimidating on the street.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3707.jpg\" alt=\"band\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nI liked this one.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.hamzy.info\/blog-photo-EOS-7D-IMG_3708.jpg\" alt=\"frosty transformer\"><\/img>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nAnd this one as well.  I didn&#8217;t notice how the Frost Bank building looks like a transformer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to the downtown Austin gathering of the world wide photowalk. But I was rather disappointed in it. The leader said a few words and then everyone went their own separate way. I could go downtown anytime to take some photos. And this is how it felt. 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