ISO 80; f/5.6; 1/500; 13.8mm; 11/11/10 11334am (Canon SX10 in P mode)
Another exercise in using the Aperture and the Topaz products together. Although I have many other “finished” images of this, this is the final attempt. In this one, I did the following: Continue reading »
ISO 80 f/8 1/125; 7.7mm; 6:38am in May 2010 (Canon Powershot SD950 IS)
I took this in May and have been waiting until now to post it. If I was really participating in the Alphabet challenge, this would be disqualified since we are suppose to take current pics each week. But I’m making up my own rules. Anyway, I got a kick out of how ghoulish this cactus look when I got down low and took the photo straight on.
ISO100; f/8; 1/400; 100mm; 2:40pm (Canon SX10 on tripod) Cropped and adjusted in Aperture.
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ISO 100; f/8; 1/250; 15.5mm; 2:37pm (Canon SX10)
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I had my eye on this cactus for a few days before I finally took these photos (at end of September). I decided the best time was the middle of the afternoon while the cactus blossom was still open. Early morning the light was wrong and by the time the “evening glow” occurs, this bud is closed up tight.
I can’t believe its Oct 6th and I’m finally getting around to posting these!
ISO 80; f/8; 1/160; 5mm; 10:57am (Canon SX10 in Super Macro mode on tripod)
Remember Lola and her cactus plants? I just barely caught the last two blossoms on this squirrelly cactus. It looks like it might have had 20 different blossoms on it over its blooming period, at least judging by how many dead flowers that Lola picked of this plant before giving it to me. Yup! That’s right. This one and about half dozen others are mine now. Lola flew back to live near her family in Iowa. I am going to miss her… but at least I have some of her favorite cactus.
I should also mention that I’m still trying to figure out the best way to take macro photos with the SX10 – it has a “Super Macro” mode in which you are supposed to the hold the camera almost right up against the subject matter but because the lens is fully retracted to 5mm, it takes a wide angle view. I really don’t mind the outcome, but its never what I expect. My other camera seems to do the digital macro better. (Karen, what’s your experience with super macro mode?)
ISO 80; f/5.6; 1/250; 71.8mm; 7:33 am (Canon SX10 on tripod)
I’m still working on Friday’s assignments! This is an cactus that I found more interesting from the horizontal viewpoint than the vertical. Post processing done in Aperture… adjust levels, some color, dodged, burned, and tinted the a bit.
ISO 80; f/5; 1/640; 43.4mm; 8:14am (P mode)
ISO 80; f/5.7; 1/500; 100mm; 8:14am (P mode)
While waiting for a bird to show up for the Saguaro Fruit photo… I got a bit distracted with this old part of the Saguro cactus. In post processing, I worked on detail and hue.
Not so sure why I stayed in P mode while on the ladder… but might have had something to do with my early morning attempts at the sunrise.. which came out in all the wrong colors. And then later I had a bunch of blurry bird shots. I guess I was tired of trying and just wanted the photo to come out right.
Time to go back and read the camera book again.
ISO 80; f/5.6; 1/329; 43.3mm; 8:13am (on ladder, no tripod, P-mode)
I dragged the ladder over to the Saguaro again today… Obviously, this plant is still tall… even with the ladder I am still looking up! I waited quite a while for a bird to show up… but I guess me being on a ladder wasn’t part of the fine dining experience they had been expecting.
ISO 80; f/8; 1/125; 100mm; 7:08am
This is a close-up photo of a cactus with the morning sun shining through it and then in post-processing the levels were adjusted to remove the green and blue. The cactus was pretty, but ordinary. I guess I felt like having fun. Besides… green was so June.
By the way, this is Debbie’s “green” thumb:
ISO 8-; f/4; 1/15; 5mm; 7:37pm
She is showing us the new growth on her Pancake Prickly Pear Cactus… No, Debbie is not a masochist.. this leaf is as rubbery as it looks; and, even the prickles are rubbery.
ISO 80; f/4; 1/160 5mm; 6:55pm
While taking a walk around the park two nights ago, I came across this most perfect natural ball! Don’t you just love it?
Here’s a close=up taken the following morning… I wanted to see how the morning light changed the cactus. The whole cactus shot was better in the evening sunlight, the morning seemed better for the detail shot.
ISO 80; f/8; 1/200 67mm; 9:56am (next morning)
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