| Fri, 29 Sep 2006 | Comment on this article via email or flickr |
Hot chilli stuff
Good news everyone! The new camera works. Hurrah. This was the first photo of it. I've not had much chance to play around with it yet - these chillies have been the only subject, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it. Thought the white balance and auto-exposure could have been a bit better on this, but I was using it after sunset trying desperately to get something to put up before it got dark, so will have to hold judgement for a while yet.
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Camera model : Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL Date/Time : 2006:09:28 18:28:25 Flash used : No Focal length : 55.0mm (35mm equiv: 89mm) Exposure time: 0.300 s (1/3) Aperture : f/5.6 ISO equiv. : 100 Metering Mode: matrix Exposure : aperture priority |
Editing consisted of playing around with the curves to try and do some white balance correction, but that's about it.
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| Sat, 23 Sep 2006 | Comment on this article via email or flickr |
Hit me with your rhythm stick!
This chap was part of a percussion group taking part in the Market Harborough Arts Fresco - I don't know anything more about him, but I like drums, and they put on a good show. Not quite as good as "Mario Queen Of The Circus", but he was a hard act to follow.
In other news (Good News Everyone!) I sold a photo this week through fotolia - one of the many "stock photos from the masses" websites - so am rightly chuffed. I've celebrated by buying a new camera with my earnings.
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Camera model : Olympus C2040Z Date/Time : 2006:09:09 13:51:16 Flash used : No Focal length : 21.0mm Exposure time: 0.0025 s (1/400) Aperture : f/3.2 ISO equiv. : 100 Metering Mode: matrix Exposure : program |
Standard stuff for me in the post processing. Curves adjustment, overlay laer, vignette, and some unsharp mask - quite a bit more unsharp than normal.
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| Fri, 15 Sep 2006 | Comment on this article via email or flickr |
Nature Mimics Man
A cobweb built inside the metal lattice of a garden gate.
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Camera model : Olympus C2040Z Date/Time : 2006:09:10 08:24:14 Flash used : No Focal length : 21.0mm Exposure time: 0.0040 s (1/250) Aperture : f/2.6 ISO equiv. : 100 Metering Mode: matrix Exposure : aperture priority |
I was very much in two minds when processing this: normally I go for a darker, higher contrast, more punchy colours sort of look, but with this image that style of processing lost some of the grey misty autumnal feel of it. I did it anyway as it was past my bedtime!
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| Fri, 08 Sep 2006 | Comment on this article via email or flickr |
Chain Reaction
Another Fujimugs Challenge entry, doubling up as a blog post. The brief was "Machine macro".
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Camera model : Olympus C2040Z Flash used : No Focal length : 21.0mm Exposure time: 0.020 s (1/50) Aperture : f/2.6 ISO equiv. : 100 Exposure bias: -0.70 Metering Mode: matrix Exposure : aperture priority |
Cropped, curves adjustment, and vignette using multiply layer with mask. No sharpening. Would have been nice to have a camera capable of a more genuine macro, but only a bad workman blames his tools!
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| Fri, 01 Sep 2006 | Comment on this article via email or flickr |
Smiler
Been a few weeks since I got some decent shots of isabel, so I tried to get some last weekend. Unfortunately it was quite dark by the time I got the chance to take them, and her happy wiggling coupled with the slow shutter speed meant most were blurred. This was the best of the bunch, but I think it's a something I'll revisit and try to improve. Can't get them all right first time, eh?
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Camera model : Olympus C2040Z Flash used : No Focal length : 11.9mm Exposure time: 0.013 s (1/80) Aperture : f/2.3 ISO equiv. : 100 Metering Mode: spot Exposure : aperture priority |
Post processing on this was fairly standard, gaussian blur overlay, vignette, etc. I also removed a mark from her cheek where she had scratched herself. There's an interesting description of post-processing work on Shutter Junkie's latest post, which is for a similarly framed shot, so I will have to try that perhaps.
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