{"id":203,"date":"2020-01-11T23:32:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T23:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:03:54","slug":"2020-1-11-the-vacation-actually-begins-62718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"The vacation actually begins – 6\/27\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whoops. Here I was talking about a vacation the last few posts, but I just found the images from when I know for sure I was on vacation. Because they were taken early in the morning on a weekday. No way I would have randomly been off from work if it wasn\u2019t because of that. <\/p>\n

What I do remember is going to the local library as soon as they opened, grabbing just about every photography book they had and skimming through them for a few hours. I actually learned only a little, as the majority of books always talk about the same things. Beginning stuff, basic understanding of the settings for a camera. What a tripod is. I did like reading about some of the stories from wildlife photographers.<\/p>\n

But I left the library and just went to a new local park and went walking. I can\u2019t seem to find any evidence of what pictures I took with it, but it is worth it to mention that earlier in the month I purchased another lens. This time I had learned about the F stops and wanted the smallest number one I could afford. I got a Yongnuo 1.8 50mm. I also purchased a slightly larger camera bag and assorted filters and other things. None of the images I\u2019m reviewing now appear to have been shot with the 50mm, but I definitely had it with me.<\/p>\n

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Canon T3i w\/ 18-55mm – 1\/125 Sec – F4 – 21mm – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With steam still coming off the river I found this bit of river access for boats, right in front of a water treatment facility. I also maybe but absolutely got my shoe stuck in the mud and it slipped right off almost tripping me. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon T3i w\/18-55mm – 1\/30 Sec – F9 – 36mm – ISO 6400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I was continuing to just walk around with I took this picture, just a road leading further into the forest.<\/p>\n

I experimented with a few other ideas while I was at this place, but nothing really came out as interesting. I was also playing Pokemon Go of course, and I think that\u2019s what lead me to driving around to other parks, dodging rainstorms, until I came upon a mostly empty historic downtown. Which I got out for a bit of walking around when the rain had stopped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon T3i w\/18-55mm – 1\/50 Sec – F3.5 – 20mm – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I liked the way this image came together. Something about the red of the bricks, green of the grass. Would have been nice with a not pure overcast cloudy sky. But hey, work with what you got. <\/p>\n

There was also this really cool fountain that was going, I managed to get a shot of the whole thing. And then played around with shots of the big spray in the middle, trying to see how clear I could get individual droplets of water with faster shutter speeds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon T3i w\/18-55mm – 1\/2000 Sec – F5.6 – 24mm – ISO 6400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Canon T3i w\/75-300mm – 1\/2000 Sec – F5.6 – 75mm – ISO 400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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So buildings and water, then back to a building with the town hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canon T3i w\/18-55mm – 1\/50 Sec – F5.6 – 18mm – ISO 100<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Shortly after this point I was playing more pokemon when the rain kicked up again. I stood under a tree for a few minutes getting soaked. Luckily the camera bag I was using had one of those rain covers built into the bottom that you just pull over top.<\/p>\n

Overall a fun little trip. I need to do more of these random exploration days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whoops. Here I was talking about a vacation the last few posts, but I just found the images from when I know for sure I was on vacation. Because they were taken early in the morning on a weekday. No way I would have randomly been off from work if it wasn\u2019t because of that. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1862,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/1862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbward.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}