Copy-cat poser...

[JimMcClain]

I hate it when someone steals my ideas. I was just leaving the grocery store when I noticed these great looking clouds drenched in the golden glow of the sunset. But my lens was too short and the parking lot didn't offer any decent compositions, so I drove toward the clouds hoping to find what I needed.

The high school is across the street from the store and beyond that is the school's football field, then a parking lot. It was empty. I pulled my minivan in, got out, got my camera and checked the settings while leaning into the open side door to keep warm. Just as I turned around to take my first shot, another car pulls in, then another and another.

I ignored them all and started shooting the clouds east of the sunset, then turned and shot some in the direction of the sunset. That's when I saw that everyone was sitting in their cars and taking pictures with their smartphones. I'm out there in the freezin'-ass cold with my cannon (not Canon), a Nikon D810 and Nikkor AF-S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR FX. Am I the idiot?

A couple of my sunset pictures were good enough for facebook, but this one of another "photographer" is my favorite of all the pics I made and I think it fits perfectly with the theme of this forum.

Shot at 70mm, f/4.5, 1/80s, ISO 800.

Thanks for letting me share my vision.

Jim
PS: This woman is actually an acquaintance of mine and I dare not tell her I'm making fun of her here.

 

[Rick50]

I think she is grinning too!

 

[JimMcClain]

Yeah, I was talking to her and ragging on her about usin' a smartphone. I asked her on facebook to share the pictures she took, but she didn't want to. She complimented mine, but I didn't see them as being all that great. Still, I was pleased to see over 200 likes collect on them. Jim McClain on facebook

It's funny that the worst of the 2 pictures I posted on my timeline got the most likes and shares. I edited the picture again and posted it in a comment, but I'm not sure many took notice. I really should wait a couple hours before calling a picture done. That's not the first time I've gone back to change a picture I've posted.

Jim

 

[Dagwood56]

I checked out the sunset shots on facebook - spectacular, Jim!

 

[bribrius]

whats wrong with shooting with a cellphone? Does that mean I am a poser? I'll shoot with about anything.

 

[bribrius]

I checked out the sunset shots on facebook - spectacular, Jim!

I like the first one (yeah I checked them out too)

 

[JimMcClain]

whats wrong with shooting with a cellphone? Does that mean I am a poser? I'll shoot with about anything.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with making pictures with a cell. My post was tongue-in-cheek, but it was a bit disconcerting to see all the local "photographers" that evening, not only shooting with cells, but also from the warmth of their cars... not that I've never taken pictures from the seat of my car.

Maybe you took my post too literal. I did submit this to the Just For Fun forum.

Jim
PS: @Dagwood56 Carol, thanks for friending me. I love the pics of children on your page. Great talent.

 

[Scoody]

I really hate cellphone photos. I probably have less than a dozen photos on mine, The most recent is about three months old. I feel anyone can take the same photo I take with a phone. Not so with my camera.

 

[JimMcClain]

A lot of beautiful pictures have been made with a smartphone. I transfer some of my favorite pictures (taken with my own DSLRs) to my phone and share them with friends at coffee shops and around town. I have to remember to tell them I didn't take these with the phone.

Jim