{"id":236,"date":"2012-03-24T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/236-366-days-of-2012-day-84-birds-on-a-sprinkler.html"},"modified":"2012-03-28T10:45:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T00:15:55","slug":"366-days-of-2012-day-84-birds-on-a-sprinkler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/236-366-days-of-2012-day-84-birds-on-a-sprinkler.html","title":{"rendered":"366 Days of 2012, Day 84 – Birds On A Sprinkler"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>
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\nAll the time I see photo opportunities; the frustrations of not being able to capture an image as soon as the moment appears are annoying, to say the least. This is a sentiment shared by local Adelaide photographer Benjamin Liew<\/a> who told me recently that his solution to this dilemma is simply to use his iPhone.
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\nWielding an iPhone, Android or a Nokia might solve the problem of being able to capture any image that happens along, but I just can’t seem to get comfortable with that ‘Instamatic’ look that seems so popular at the moment. Also I am very reluctant to give up that most powerful and seductive compositional tool, depth of field.
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\nThis image really shows what I mean by composition and depth of field. Here is a very simple scene, probably similar to something you might see every day: two birds sitting on an object. What I saw with my eyes was the lovely integration of the myna birds’ form with the sprinkler. What I can do with the camera is create the blurred negative space needed to bring this image to life.
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\nInstagrams may be cute, but give me an f\/2.8 or better any day!
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\nPhoto: Robert Rath, ‘366 Days of 2012, Day 84 – Birds On A Sprinkler’. 1\/60 sec at 175mm f\/2.8, ISO 1000<\/em>
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