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\"Murphy's<\/a>
Murphy’s Point Provincial Park, Ontario<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I bought a new Sigma Lens after my\u00a0Canon 17-85 finally gave up after eight years of service, so what better way to try it out than a day-trip to Murphy’s Point to take some pictures with my mother. We didn’t venture too far in, but there was plenty to photograph in what we did cover. Trying out a new lens after all that time showed me how lazy I’d been with letting the camera making too many decisions. Getting home to the computer I wasn’t thrilled with the results I’d gotten. They were okay, but finer points like contrast and focus weren’t what I wanted.<\/p>\n

I took some time and played with some settings and took comparable shots with other lenses and figured out what I was doing wrong. A little late perhaps, but I find it almost impossible to see in-camera how I’m doing. Sometimes you just have to take a bunch and see how they come out. Luckily twenty years of Photoshop practice allowed me to salvage most of what I took, and they’re decent, not complaining, but I know there’s plenty of work and practice still to be done to get what I want directly in-camera.<\/p>\n

Click the main photo above, or this link<\/a>, to see the photos taken.<\/p>\n

Murphy’s Point<\/h2>\n

If you’ve never been to Murphy’s Point Provincial Park, check it out on Google Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Murphy's<\/a>
Murpyh’s Point Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[515,402,516,208,513,224,60,514,28],"class_list":["post-10492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collections","category-photos","tag-big-rideau","tag-canada","tag-canoe","tag-lake","tag-murphys-point","tag-ontario","tag-photoshop","tag-provincial-park","tag-smiths-falls"],"yoast_head":"\nPhotos: Trip to Murphy's Point to Test Out a New Lens – Jeffco Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Took a day-trip to Murphy's Point with my mother to take some photos and test out a new lens. 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