FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO320)
Last autumn in Austria was warm and sunny. This one is not. At least so far.
September was mostly cold and there was a lot of rain. And October is not that much different so far. We still went for a day trip to the Neusiedlersee NP and I was curious how the lake would look like. There was a lot of rain in autumn but spring and summer were hot and dry. As a consequence the lake is at its lowest water level for years. And this is a not a deep lake to begin with. The deepest parts are only 1,80 meters deep, this year it is almost 40cm less.
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO320)
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO800)
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO640)
It’s always windy at the lake but this day there was a storm of 70km/h. Tough conditions for a walk or photography but perfect for the windsurfers. Not every surfer was up to the job. But this is a shallow lake. If you get off the board you can easily stand beside it like the surfer in the image above.
I chose to put my XF 50-140/2,8 OIS WR on my X-Pro3 because it is my newest camera which should have the best autofocus but forgot to put the AF-switch to C for continuous autofocus. So on my series I ended up with out of focus shots every time the surfer moved away from me. I also used only single point because I didn’t want to play around with camera settings. The small AF field was hard to keep on the surfer because my of the strong wind. Next time I know better. AF-switch to C and larger area for tracking.
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (134.4mm, f/7.1, 1/2000 sec, ISO400)
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO320)
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO500)
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO400)
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO400)
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/4, 1/4000 sec, ISO500)
By now I think it is clear that I’m not an action photographer. I haven’t shot any kind of fast paced action since the Nikon D2H. After my Nikon years I got a Canon 5D which was anything but an action camera. After that I switched to Fuji. First the X100 and later the X-Pro1. Great cameras but not for action. I think a lot has changed with the newer cameras. My X-Pro3 should be easily good enough to get those windsurfers in focus but it can’t compensate for the idiot behind the camera of course.
I took more shots that day. Landscape images. I think I’m just better with static subjects. More on that here soon.
FUJIFILM X-Pro3 (140mm, f/4, 1/4000 sec, ISO500)