New Camera = Tons Of New Pics

[Black2003SS]

So my fiance and I got a digital camera finally. I had a Canon powershot 3.4MP about 5-yrs ago when they first came out and loved. It broke during a drop about 2yrs ago, out of warranty of course. I picked up a Sony handycam DVD camcorder and that was fun, but it only had a 1MP camera for photos on it and everytime I wanted to download photos from it, I had to finalize the disk and couldnt reuse them again. Oh well. It took pretty good video again, but I will never get a DVD cam or recommend one to anyone, they are too time consuming and troublesome to transfer photos/videos and use.

 

Ok, so now we have a brand new Canon Powershot SD880 IS digital Elph 10MP camera. And yes, I went phot crazy. Taking about a 1,000 photos of meaningless and fun stuff. Still alot to learn, but I love the all of the features on it like B&W, color swapping, color accenting, etc. So here are some photos in the following posts.

 

 

 

Downtown Rochester, MI on 12/13/08

 

 

Silverado SS at Torch Lake (near Traverse City, MI) on 12/27/08 - Loved the fog effect on the lake from the warming weather.

 

 

Rapid River that Flows into Torch River, south of Torch Lake. Shot was rushed due to approaching traffic and nowhere to pull off the road...

 

Fog on the road home...

[mcmahan]

sweet cool pics. the camera takes good pics. oh btw truck looks good

[ssspringer]

Pretty cool pics..my new Pentax K200D should be here tomorrow..10 mp's and i can use my 25 year old lenses!!

[Black2003SS]

I had a Ricoh SLR years and years ago that was based on a K frame. I thought about getting a digital SLR, but I wanted something that fit in my pocket this time. Plus this was about a 1/3 of the cost of a good digital SLR.

[ssspringer]

I had a Ricoh SLR years and years ago that was based on a K frame. I thought about getting a digital SLR, but I wanted something that fit in my pocket this time. Plus this was about a 1/3 of the cost of a good digital SLR.

 

 

Cool..we have a 7mp point and shoot Sony Cybershot..nice little camera but I REALLY wanted a Digital SLR to get back into photography and to replace my old K1000,when i found out my lenses would fit...had to go for it..besides my Christmas $ would more than cover the cost!! I can't wait for it to get here!! I go to ALOT of races and the 200 mm zoom with 2X converter will do the trick just fine!!

[garagemethods]

if that's where you live...its beautiful there.

[Black2003SS]

Thanks. I dont live there, its where I vacation. Michigan has some gorgeous territory in the northern lower penninsula and upper penn as well. Here are some generic pics of what the lake is like in the summer (I didnt take the following pics). Everyone falls in love with the Carribean blue water immediately. Silverado SS truck meet at Torch Lake anyone

 

Specs on the lake...

Torch Lake, at 18 miles long , is Michigan's longest lake. Torch Lake also is Michigan's second largest lake covering over 29 square miles. Torch Lake, with an average depth of over 200 feet, is a fine habitat for trout. Downrigger fishing is the best way to go after the trout that stay in the cold depths most of the time.

 

AREA :18,770 acres

LENGTH : 18 mi.

WIDTH : max. 2.35 miles.

DEPTH : max 315 ft. ave 111 ft.

THERMOCLINE : starts at 25'

BOTTOM :

Shoal - sand, gravel, rubble,marl.

Deep - clay, marl, pulpy peat

 

Latitude: N44� 58.57'

Longitude: W85� 18.32'

 

Species: Lake trout, rock bass, yellow perch, small mouth bass, muskellunge, ciscoes, brown trout, rainbow trout, whitefish.

 

 

 

 

Here is an aerial view of the lake...The spot I was taking photos from is in the very llower left hand corner of the lake in this photo. You can see the massive sand bar, probably 200+ acres if I had to guess...

 

 

 

Here are a few boats lined up on the sand bar in the summer...its like that every weekend from Memorial to Labor Day.

Edited December 31, 2008 by Black2003SS (see edit history)