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178/365 - Parthenon at night, Athens, Greece
In November 2003 my friends and myself decided that Paros in the Aegean was going to be our destination for that year. For the life of me I can't quite remember why. We had to fly into Athens to catch a ferry to our final destination, which meant I got to spend some time in this wonderful place.
My problem was that I only brought a 4 megapixel Sony S95 camera with a measly 3x zoom and no tripod!
Problem #1: Lack of a tripod meant I had to search around for a flat surface to rest the camera on. The only thing I could find was the top of a railings that required me to scramble up a wall to get to it.
Problem #2: The top of the railing didn't put the camera in the right position to frame the shot the way I wanted. A scramble back down the wall was needed to find bits of twigs to help point the camera in the right direction.
Problem #3: A 3x zoom didn't even get near to close enough, resulting in a crop that left the final shot at about 2.5 megapixels.
Why does that all not matter? Because hindsight is always 20/20. I did the best I could at the time, with the equipment I had, with the knowledge I had. I would certainly do things differently know which is why I need to plan a return trip as opposed to fixating on what I should have done.
178/365 - Parthenon at night, Athens, Greece
In November 2003 my friends and myself decided that Paros in the Aegean was going to be our destination for that year. For the life of me I can't quite remember why. We had to fly into Athens to catch a ferry to our final destination, which meant I got to spend some time in this wonderful place.
My problem was that I only brought a 4 megapixel Sony S95 camera with a measly 3x zoom and no tripod!
Problem #1: Lack of a tripod meant I had to search around for a flat surface to rest the camera on. The only thing I could find was the top of a railings that required me to scramble up a wall to get to it.
Problem #2: The top of the railing didn't put the camera in the right position to frame the shot the way I wanted. A scramble back down the wall was needed to find bits of twigs to help point the camera in the right direction.
Problem #3: A 3x zoom didn't even get near to close enough, resulting in a crop that left the final shot at about 2.5 megapixels.
Why does that all not matter? Because hindsight is always 20/20. I did the best I could at the time, with the equipment I had, with the knowledge I had. I would certainly do things differently know which is why I need to plan a return trip as opposed to fixating on what I should have done.