Last Friday, our freshmen class went on a field trip to the WWI trenches on a hill in Haut-Rhin, near where my parents live. The weather was horrible. It was cold and rainy, and my socks were damp. Was pretty depressing. But, I got to bring along one of the yearbook’s cameras; their old Nikon D1x with a 50mm f/1.8 prime on it. It really sucks battery life and two of the three batteries that I brought didn’t work, so I couldn’t shoot at the end of the trip. There were times when I wished I had a longer focal length, but in general, the prime satisfied my needs. I’ll get the pictures up in the gallery eventually. EDIT: They are now up.
Didn’t realize that “trenches” meant Vieille Armand! We should have stopped by and said “hi!”
Perhaps you should put your pictures as your “trenches reflections” for World History eh?!
Thought the vehicle with new barbed wire in it was interesting…think they’re passing it off as genuine WWI barbed wire?
With such low light, good thing you had a 1.8 lens!
[quote comment=”“]Thought the vehicle with new barbed wire in it was interesting…think they’re passing it off as genuine WWI barbed wire? With such low light, good thing you had a 1.8 lens![/quote]
Actually, there was plenty of light, and a small depth of field would’ve been detrimental in getting the focus right.
KILLER rainbow pic! But I would have liked to have seen a trench! (I’ve not been there yet.)