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A stop at a roadside farm stand

A stop at a roadside farm stand

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A stop at a roadside farm stand

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Okay so we've, we've stopped here this classic fruit stand on the side of the road, this could be anywhere, and I'm just really taken by all the things that are happening here in this shot well I have a beautiful oak tree right here. I have the, this great shadow from the oak tree, and the sign, Gowan's Oak, Oak Tree Fruit Stand. there's one thing that's missing though, and I need to get some energy into this shot. And you can see we are right here on the main road, and we got cars going by. Normally you might think of that as distracting. But in, I'm going to use it as an element in this picture to make it more interesting. So, what I've done is I've put the camera on a monopod. So I have a little more stability. Vertical stability. And I'm shooting at a fairly slow shutter speed. In this case about a thirtieth of a second. And the next part is just really waiting for the car to come by. Now here's somebody com, some car coming now so I'm going to get ready to shoot. And, as soon as…

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