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I planned to arrive at the day's events at least a half hour early so that I could have a look around, spot likely places for me to position myself and to look for photographic targets of opportunity. I snapped this picture while I was watching the members of the Six Guns and Shady Ladies load their real weapons with blank ammunition. I like getting in close for a shot like this and I'm not afraid to ask for a change in position or to hold a pose so I can get my picture. This is key. Don't be afraid to ask.
It also pays to be curious. I shot the following picture because I saw this huge book on a podium. I wanted to see what was inside. Well, did I get a surprise!
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The funny part is that I never did get to see what the book was about. I was so busy with trying to get this shot and the show was about to start, so I needed to clear out. I had to hold my Nikon D5000 directly over the book, flip out the LCD screen and shoot in live view. What a great camera the D5000 is!
I photographed the entire show with the D5000 and the Nikkor 18-200mm lens. I was shooting aperture priority, at f/5 because I wanted to get realistic looking shots and needed to blur the background as much as possible. I set the ISO kind of high at 400 because despite the bright West Texas sun and 103F temps, there were some really deep shadows and I wanted to just stay quick and nimble.
I was shooting RAW, which I processed in DXO and never did have to touch a RAW file. The noise is minimal because after all, I was using a great Nikon camera. DXO speeds processing RAW files immensely and I had the assurance of being able to go back to the original file should the need arise.
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Getting in close is a fantastic tip! I don't have quite the zoom capabilities I would like but my Canon Rebel XT does take very high quality pictures. So if I don't get the in-close detail as close as I wanted I have the pixel cushion to zoom in and crop after the fact.
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