Zach Matthews
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I could not agree with Bob more.
Plus, NOAA studies have shown that setting aside Marine Reserves ends up creating a nursery environment where fish can go to replenish their numbers in surrounding waters.
Here’s some info on the ban, although I wasn’t able to figure out if the headline might not be a little overbroad, since it doesn’t mention Washington (or obviously Alaska):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/02/BABT10F7PE.DTL
Zach
Nice! What a sweet boat. I am going to split this section off this thread so people can really get into it (I think that makes more sense).
Michael – I picked a title for you but feel free to edit it and change it however you like.
How many man-hours do you reckon this took? You did a great job; I love all the old-school touches like the rope seats.
Hey guys –
I moved the discussion on wooden boat building to its own [link=http://www.itinerantangler.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1210559038]thread[/link].
Thanks,
ZachI actually prefer flat light over any other sort; no shadows, great color saturation.
Here’s what I’ve learned, however; a lot of the first generation camera bodies (Nikon’s D70, for instance) tended to have a strong gray-balance that often didn’t represent color very well, particularly at short shutter speeds and high ISOs. The newest round of cameras (Nikon D200, D80, D300 – I don’t know the Canon equivalents) have done a better job of that. So, some of it can be the camera body, although I don’t know Canon’s propensity to do this.
But, the likelihood is that most of your problem is that you aren’t exposing the shots long enough to saturate the images. Try rolling over to shutter-speed priority and choosing a slower-than recommended shutter speed. Definitely think about using fill flash when possible, and roll the ISO *down* to 100 or 200, not up. Low light is not the time to be trying to capture freeze-frames or letting the camera slide into snapshot/party mode. If you find blur is a problem, use a rest (like shooting a rifle) or bring a monopod or tripod.
Here’s an example or two:
(A very flat light day). You can use the motion blur to suggest movement rather than freeze it; this is something National Geographic does all the time.
For some reason, digital camera sensors tend to get fakes out less when the frame contains a broad range of colors. If you have reds, blues, yellows, and greens in the shot, the automatic white balance the camera chooses is a lot less likely to be so gray. But, if you aren’t getting any results out of any of these suggestions, at least flip your white balance over to a cloudy day setting (or a warmer kelvin temp).
Zach
Guys –
While web-based content is clearly the future, believe me, print is not going away for a long, long time.
