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Birdland at the beach
It was a wonderful day for a walk by the estuary, which is brimming over and full of birds.
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He let me get pretty close but all of a sudden I crossed that line
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The pelicans were a happy bunch. Lotsa bait.
I am still working with this camera so bear with me.
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Wow-----great shots, Judy.
Good show, I say.
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Friends of mine
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Bear with you??? Nothing to bear but great photos!!!
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Judy, those are really strong photos. What camera are you using? Does it have a filter, or have you run them through Photoshop? There is a pastel cast
in them.
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Thanks, guys
I thought that they were a little overexposed...ok a lot overexposed.
I am using a Sony Cybershot 80(I think that is the model number). It has a Leitz lens and a weak zoom. But what I am discovering is that you can
zoom, shoot, then crop and still get pretty good detail. It is small enough to take with me anywhere.
PS I dont know anything about photo shop. I have a program that I use but I seldom do anything but crop and resize. I dont really diddle with the
light, contrast, etc. It is what it is.
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Thanks Judy. Nice diddle bird.
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Thanks for sharing the photos!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Thanks, guys
I thought that they were a little overexposed...ok a lot overexposed.
I am using a Sony Cybershot 80(I think that is the model number). It has a Leitz lens and a weak zoom. But what I am discovering is that you can
zoom, shoot, then crop and still get pretty good detail. It is small enough to take with me anywhere.
PS I dont know anything about photo shop. I have a program that I use but I seldom do anything but crop and resize. I dont really diddle with the
light, contrast, etc. It is what it is. |
Judy,
I forgot to add.....besides having a pastel cast, the photos also have a brilliance. You say they are overexposed. Can you remember your settings? I
think they are fantastically beautiful.
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bajajudy
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Ok this was today.
You guys got me going now.....
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bajajudy
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So I cropped the above and got this
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Thanks, guys
I thought that they were a little overexposed...ok a lot overexposed.
I am using a Sony Cybershot 80(I think that is the model number). It has a Leitz lens and a weak zoom. But what I am discovering is that you can
zoom, shoot, then crop and still get pretty good detail. It is small enough to take with me anywhere.
PS I dont know anything about photo shop. I have a program that I use but I seldom do anything but crop and resize. I dont really diddle with the
light, contrast, etc. It is what it is. |
I understand that you are having difficulty making the switch from your old SLR to the point and click. I can sympathize with that. A few of the point
and clicks have manual override mode. I find that to be most useful. You can change the aperture/shutterspeed as desired and view the results on the
screen. Also, it has settings for lighting (sunlight, overcast, indoor) which greatly affects the colors you get. I've learned to use that a lot.
The automatic mode (although convenient) is to be avoided except when taking rapid snapshots in my opinion. I personally haven't done much with the
camera's scene modes (you know, snow scenes, night scenes, etc.).
I had a Sony Cybershot before losing it on a fishing trip and I thought that Zeiss lens was just great (better than my current Canon). That's a fine
lens you have on that camera.
It's frustrating working with a point and click because no matter what you do it won't replace your old SLR.
I agree with toneart, the underexposure on the beach picture works really well for that subject matter. It was a good choice, judy.
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Great shots Judy - thanks for posting them!
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The first shot of the heron looks like something out of Audubon! If you need a
photo editing program, U2U me and I'll send you one I no longer use.
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bajajudy
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I have been off the grid for a while
Thanks for all your comments
I actually like to just leave what I have. As I said cropping is about all I do. I have played with several programs but, with digital, you can take
so many shots that one has to be good!
These are from after the storm
I have never seen a booby here before
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The photo that I cropped above was taken at this place
Quite a difference after the storm!
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This guy was hanging out on the jetty
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Toneart, I think what you are seeing as a pastel cast is really a lack of contrast in the first few pics as well as a bit of digital noise like one
might experience by fooling the camera into thinking you are shooting with a higher "film" speed. The lack of contrast could be from overexposure, a
large amount of moisture in the air or the camera settings. My guess is overex as the later ones dont display this.
I agree it is a rather interesting effect.
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