Although I'm certainly noticing a bit of just-doubled-my-megapixels-syndrome, I've still managed to get some good shots with the new K-3, tentatively named Kokopelli. Loving every bit of it, down to the gorgeously subtle shutter.

[slowpez]

Love the name of your new toy. Looks like you will have a short learning curve. Nicely captured for your first try. I like the last one a lot; looks like difficult lighting conditions and you and the camera did a good job.

[ZoeB]

thanks! Love that shot too the lighting was gorgeous!

[r0ckstarr]

Congrats on the K3.

[ZoeB]

Congrats on the K3.

Thanks We're getting along quite nicely!

[Kerrowdown]

new K-3, tentatively named Kokopelli

Ok it falls to me to ask I guess, I'm the one who names his lens after various "Ladies'... but Wikipedia lists Kokopelli is a fertility deity!!!

[ZoeB]

Ok it falls to me to ask I guess, I'm the one who names his lens after various "Ladies'... but Wikipedia lists Kokopelli is a fertility deity!!!

Also a symbol of travel, music, goodwill and good humour. And (the coolest) character in the cartoon strip in Muse magazine, which I loved as a kid. Also the tattoo on my hand.

[normhead]

Also a symbol of travel, music, goodwill and good humour. And (the coolest) character in the cartoon strip in Muse magazine, which I loved as a kid. Also the tattoo on my hand.

But KD still can't get by the fertility symbol thing. He's like that.

He reads "fertility deity"and his mind goes into "full stop" and then crashes.

If they wanted him to read those other things, they should have put them before the "fertility deity" thing.

[ZoeB]

But KD still can't get by the fertility symbol thing. He's like that.

He reads "fertility deity"and his mind goes into "full stop" and then crashes.

If they wanted him to read those other things, they should have put them before the "fertility deity" thing.

Damn you, wikipedia!

[Kerrowdown]

Also a symbol of travel, music, goodwill and good humour. And (the coolest) character in the cartoon strip in Muse magazine, which I loved as a kid. Also the tattoo on my hand.

These and you are not mentioned in wikipedia, or as Norm says I didn't read that far.

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"fertility deity"and his mind goes into "full stop"

It's a man thing.

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Damn you, wikipedia!

Really? it's the source of all knowledge don't you know, compiled and written by experts.

[beachgardener]

Hey nice one ZoeB, on that last one , don't be shy at upping the ISO there to get a slightly faster shutter, at least a minimum of 1/50th for that 35mm lens, unless you had a tripod with you, would go a long way in tackling camera shake. The K3 should be good at higher ISO.

[ZoeB]

Hey nice one ZoeB, on that last one , don't be shy at upping the ISO there to get a slightly faster shutter, at least a minimum of 1/50th for that 35mm lens, unless you had a tripod with you, would go a long way in tackling camera shake. The K3 should be good at higher ISO.

Old habits I don't really see any motion blur though, but it was shot at f2.4, might it be the soft background you're reacting to?

[beachgardener]

The SR would have kicked in, just saying that a slower shutter speed than focal length might cause softness, not obvious motion blur as such, I like shallow depth of field images, do plenty myself, suppose it depends on the outcome for the image, on screen maybe no worries, for print it could be an issue. Friendly chat is all

[wizofoz]

Hi Zoe. Congrats on the new toy. I have a question for You, if I may -

Which white balance setting were you using? On my monitor the pics all have a very orange/blue cast to them - which may be deliberate, of course. It may be that the light the camera is seeing is just the way it is up in the frozen north and it looks unusual to my eye trained to appreciate Australian conditions with bright light and sunshine, but they all look like a strong tungsten setting has been used, or something similar. Pics 1,2 and 4 have the strongest cast.

[ZoeB]

Hi Zoe. Congrats on the new toy. I have a question for You, if I may -

Which white balance setting were you using? On my monitor the pics all have a very orange/blue cast to them - which may be deliberate, of course. It may be that the light the camera is seeing is just the way it is up in the frozen north and it looks unusual to my eye trained to appreciate Australian conditions with bright light and sunshine, but they all look like a strong tungsten setting has been used, or something similar. Pics 1,2 and 4 have the strongest cast.

I don't so much bother with white balance in camera, it always gets done in post, so the colouration is deliberate-- that orange cast is because of the light we get during the winter time-- when it's cloudy and there's snow, the whole city will light up with that rosy-orange glow from light pollution, so it's not so much the WB as the light I was working with. The blue photo is a similar explanation, it was taken during 'blåtimen', the blue hour, which is about an hour or so after sunset, when the whole world turns blue.