Getting ready for a trip with – I hope – plenty of photographic opportunities. Because I want to make sure everything is working right, I am calibrating my lenses. This one is using the Tokina 100mm macro lens – it was spot on! Sadly, other lenses were not, and one is so soft that I think I either need to get it refurbished by the manufacturer, or just sell it.
This is a composite photograph taken on the “Glamour” session a few weeks ago. About 60 images were taken, merged, and cropped to produce this picture. These are fun to do!
I used to collect post cards when I was a kid. Landscapes with bright colors always caught my eye . . . they still do! This is from my walk today – a pano pushed and pulled until I liked it.
There is the purist in me that says a photograph should never be changed from what the camera took. To change it means I cannot take a picture in the first place.
Another part of me that realizes there is such creative potential in photography – especially digital photography. And, in some situations, it is the only thing that makes a dismal photo worth looking at. For me, color and contrast are always attractive. Together, both change mood, season, emotion, focal points.
Today, I went out to the local botanical garden around noon. There was not the least bit of interesting light, only shadows. I wanted to see what a new lens could do, and was too lazy to get out when the light is particularly nice (meaning get dressed and out the door before 7 a.m.!). The intention was to see how well the V1 does creating panoramic pictures on manual focus – important to learn as the camera is highly automated. A couple came out okay, but they were truly boring to the eye. So, color manipulation and such – the art of post processing.
Creativity or lying?
Ink, Yarn & Beer 