Dr. Isaac Vaisman, APSA, PPSA
October 2023 - Amish Country
About the Image(s)
A few years back I spent 2 weeks in York-PA so during the weekend I drove around the Amish Villages and back roads. At one point I stopped and saw this long-steeped road so I waited until I saw two buggies going in opposite directions. Using a Nikon Z6 and the Nikkor. Zoom lens 70-200 mm f/2.8 + 1.4x TC for a total of 280 mm and with these settings: ISO 280, F/8 and 1/250 sec. Interesting the compressed visual effect created by the long lens.
The image was PP in LightRoom and cropped.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
10 comments posted
Patience is a virtue any good photographer must have. Your patience was rewarded with the desired image. I am wondering, however, if the near buggy was on a flat road or itself on a hill going down? Posted: 10/01/2023 07:07:26
Alan, at that point and left to right, it was a flat road, then it started to climb up. Posted: 10/01/2023 11:19:39
thank you, Isaac. I understand that why you used the equipment you did. But given my question, might it not have been better to just use the 70-200mm lens w/o the TC and have given a smaller telescopic magnification and have eliminated my question as to the slope of the near road? Of course, armchair critiques are always what they are: after the fact. But you had to make a decision on the spot. It's still a good image regardless of my picayune question. Posted: 10/01/2023 11:30:52
Alan, the reason I had the TC on the lens + Camera was because I tried to stay as far away as I could from the subjects ala paparazzi, since previous experiences showed me that the Amish do not like to be photographed by strangers. Posted: 10/02/2023 07:30:19
Isaac, A wonderfully composed image that tells a story. I can see two people in the buggy on the left, as the horse's head is positioned perfectly between them. And I think I can make out a person in the rear view mirror on the buggy on the right, where the horse's head is just discernible. That horse's feet are off of the ground, which helps add a sense of motion.
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Posted: 10/01/2023 21:07:25
Susan, great eye indeed !! Posted: 10/02/2023 07:30:54
Isaac, small nit. Would like to see more at the top to enhance the feeling of the steepness of the hill, slight cropping on the bottom to make the near buggy appear closer and bigger. You are absolutely right that photographing the Amish needs to be done with forbearance and delicacy. I have been yelled at. It's better when they come to their mud sales. These are the auctions and trunk sales on spring Saturdays, https://www.discoverlancaster.com/amish/mud-sales/. There they are in a more public setting, but photographing them still needs to be done with respect. Posted: 10/06/2023 13:03:29
Tom, thank you for the Amish Mud-sales information. I was completely unaware of these events. I will try to make one of those depending when I come to visit my son in Maryland next time. Posted: 10/07/2023 12:20:34
(Group 5)
Another good place to see Amish is in Belleville, PA, especially on a Wednesday when they have a farmer's market. It's about 2 hours directly north of Hagerstown MD. Posted: 10/09/2023 16:49:07
(Group 2)
A simple rural road scene, with steep slopes that may not be possible for ordinary cars to drive up and down, while only horse drawn cars can get up and down. Posted: 10/11/2023 07:15:56