Creative Photography

[briantrumpet]

That’s truly creative and nicely conceived, although it appears you’re not all there.😆

I never was.

The idea was hatched back in May, when I posed with another one, and I thought it would be quite fun to do, and just needed the right place and someone else to do the snapping (though with a tripod I could have done it on self-exposure mode). With a bit more care I would have got the pose a bit more accurate, and turned slightly more to the centre to improve the light on me, but given that the gallery had several people in there viewing, I'd made enough of an exhibition of myself already.

 

[briantrumpet]

Creative flowers/planty things this morning. I've discovered a different auto setting within the macro mode, and am having a bit of a play with that for the tiny stuff.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Wow, it was wet…powershower wet at times.
I seem to have mushrooms on the brain. Cordyceps told me to do it.

 

[briantrumpet]

They look like extra-terrestrials. Phabulous photos.

 

[Way-Out-West]

They look like extra-terrestrials. Phabulous photos.

Yeah, they’ve got an otherworldly appearance, although they’d be easy to walk past without a second look.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Some long lens beach stuff.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Last evening’s effort which I left a bit late. More of the same type, which were the only ones I spotted in the failing light. Perhaps later in autumn will bring out some variety.

 

[briantrumpet]

Last evening’s effort which I left a bit late. More of the same type, which were the only ones I spotted in the failing light. Perhaps later in autumn will bring out some variety.
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I shall have to see if there are any Topsham minifungi to train my micromacro gadget on. If it stays grey like it is today, that'll be a good recourse to stave off photographic boredom.

 

[Way-Out-West]

I shall have to see if there are any Topsham minifungi to train my micromacro gadget on. If it stays grey like it is today, that'll be a good recourse to stave off photographic boredom.

I’d imagine the OM would be good with the mini ones. I've just picked up a nice Pentax 50mm macro lens which might be easier to use than my other options.
It’s gone beyond grey here, so no mushrooms today, although the monsoon might ease in the evening. Beach maybe?🤔

 

[Pross]

Never been inside a windmill before. Seeing the complex engineering still pretty much intact after around 300 years in timber was quite an experience. Hoping to get a clear night in the next few days for a bit of Astro stuff outside it.

 

[Pross]

Channelling my inner WOW today making the use of breezy conditions on the IOW.

 

[Way-Out-West]

^Ha, my favourite conditions. Nice timing!^
Rather rough out. With so much spray and haze in the air, I didn’t even try a long lens. The last two are long exposures.

 

[Way-Out-West]

These did surprisingly well against that wind.

 

[briantrumpet]

The things that's perplexing me most about the new OM camera is just how inconsistent the colour balance is when on auto: it varies from quite acceptable to needing 100% increase in saturation and tweaking the colour balance, and I've seen no obvious pattern.

Just as a 'for instance', one I took yesterday to catch the beautiful red berries and luminous greens: before and after...

And unlike the Sony HDR, the HDR on this is virtually unusable, as although it reduces shadow contrast, it seems to do so at the expense of any reality of colour.

 

[Way-Out-West]

The things that's perplexing me most about the new OM camera is just how inconsistent the colour balance is when on auto: it varies from quite acceptable to needing 100% increase in saturation and tweaking the colour balance, and I've seen no obvious pattern.

Just as a 'for instance', one I took yesterday to catch the beautiful red berries and luminous greens: before and after...

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And unlike the Sony HDR, the HDR on this is virtually unusable, as although it reduces shadow contrast, it seems to do so at the expense of any reality of colour.

Re colour inconsistency, could the OM be shooting in RAW? As RAW files aren’t fully processed they require editing to achieve a desirable look.
Maybe it’s just the camera's inherent ‘colour science’ or purely a vibrancy setting. I personally don’t mind the muted colours, but if you are seeking colour accuracy, then it’s not ideal, especially if you don’t want to edit.