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Chilly, blustery day (42°) in Richmond, Virginia, USA, taking photos of the James River

 
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Jan 18, 2021 14:02 |  #1

Brrrr.. I grabbed my Nikon D3500 and the "kit lens", the 70-300mm DX f/4.5-6.3G zoom, and drove over to the Huguenot Bridge overlooking the James River here in town. It was chilly, the wind was howling, but I wanted to try to get some photos of a cold, blustery, type of day looking along the river. One was 70mm, another 300mm, etc.. etc... For a "kit lens" it's really nice, as long as you hold steady and can keep the ISO as low as possible.

70mm, looking up river from the bridge.

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Looking to the side of the river at 300mm, at the sandbank that I always wanted to paddle my kayak over to.

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Jan 18, 2021 14:04 |  #2

CONTINUATION

I quickly ran across the road to the other side of the bridge. This is now looking down river at the James River at 70mm.

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I zoomed in on that one part of the river to see the storm debris and trees and logs washed up on little islands, at 300mm.

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Jan 18, 2021 14:06 |  #3

LAST OF THE PHOTOS...

Here is the last photo, looking at the beautiful house along the river with the two Adirondack chairs in the lawn, taken at 70mm.

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I guess it's true that you can go out in any weather with a DSLR and it will be perfectly fine. 300mm can be tricky with a "kit lens" but as long as you have a fast enough shutter speed and low ISO, it will take beautiful photos. I still want to look into getting a circular polarizing filter, but don't know if Hoya or Tiffen are any better than the other.



  
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Jan 19, 2021 11:42 |  #4

I wonder what you would get if you used a ND filter and slowed down the water, going for the "fine art" effect. Might be cool.




  
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