Do You Have A Golden Umbrella? - Steveston in Bokeh N8486e

            More than two years ago i.e. 2012, I had this little discussion about photographic gear going with this bokeh picture.

You may not need the golden umbrella for a great picture.

Surprisingly now I found that the gear you used does have an impact on your style or approach to your photography after all these years with different cameras or lenses.

What do you think?

Have a great Friday!

The umbrella is used as the shelter from the rain. So is a golden one practical for such purpose?

I have a story here.

Years ago I just picked up this photography hobby. I was then shooting with my little consumer camera Nikon F80. One day I went to camera store again browsing the lenses. I saw the salesperson showing the big flagship camera Nikon F5 to a gentleman. The salesperson tried hard to explain what is aperture and shutter speed etc to the man and showed different modes on the camera. The man looked very puzzled and said anyways I would shoot in auto mode just to be easy. How much is it? He asked. I did not follow up on the ending of the story.

There is rain outside. Will you take a golden umbrella out? Some people will choose golden umbrella because they want to get attention from others.

Do you need D4 or 1Dx for shooting? Or do you want a golden umbrella? :o)

This is another shot of Steveston in bokeh taken outside a gift store on Moncton Street.

Have a great Friday and weekend my friends!

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Richmond / Gulf of Georgia (show map)

Taken on: March 18, 2012

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Harris Hui

Nikon D300

D300

Nikon user

Vancouver

Richmond

Canada

Vancouver DSLR shooter

Nikon 50mm F1.4

50mm F1.4

Prime lens

Fixed lens

Standard lens

Bokeh

Steveston in bokeh

Do you have a golden umbrella?

Golden umbrellas

Gift store

Steveston

Fishing town

Beauty in mundane

Simple

Simplicity

Golden umbrella as something for vanity only

Vanity

Show off my wealth

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/2.2, 1/1600 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300
Aperture:	f/2.2
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
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