Christmas Displays, Lubbock's Holland Gardens, 2014

All taken with a Nikon D200.

Merry Christmas!

More Shots From Holland Gardens, Nikon D200

More Nikon D200 Test Shots

I did some picture taking last evening, using the camera in a point and shoot manner, and got very nice results. In programmed mode with matrix metering/focus control and max ISO set to 1600 it works very well as a point and shoot camera. I did telephoto shots in low light conditions with enough breeze to make the camera hard to hold steady and got sharp pics. But I'll be coming to that set of photos in a few days.

The seasonal things were taken inside Holland Gardens, a local nursery with a very high end Christmas operation. Want to spend a couple of thousand dollars on an artificial tree? They've got 'em.

More From The New Camera

I've got it set up, optimized, to do the sort of photography I normally do. No need to worry much about the various settings unless I need macro or something more extreme. I'll be using it with these "base" settings until I am more familiar with it.

Frankly, this camera knows a lot more about photography than I do!

 

More With The Nikon D200

These are all done with auto focus. ISO settings for the outdoor pics are high because it was very cloudy and overcast-- not much light and I didn't want to use flash.