tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13016047462255263842024-03-12T20:34:00.914-07:00Photography Art in NatureChristine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-83734601522667633562016-01-20T13:50:00.001-08:002016-01-20T13:50:49.771-08:00FeathersI'm known as being a feather collector - can't resist photographing them too. Trying to get detail in a feather floating by the bridge, such a small feather, I decided to try spot metering to see what effect I could get. It was quite hard to keep the focus on such a small thing on a moving surface and I had several failures, but I kept trying and this is one of the successes. What I liked is how the river water darkened and displayed the white feather perfectly. I used Aperture Priority which stopped at 6.5 when I zoomed in fully, and the spot metering faded out the surrounding water beautifully. You can also see the surface tension on the water around the feather.<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-67435267903285477382016-01-10T18:32:00.000-08:002016-01-10T18:32:59.218-08:00Using Birdwatching Scene Mode - not just for the birds!Looking at the settings that Birdwatching Scene Mode sets up on my camera, I wanted to view the difference in the settings as I zoom out. The only thing I have against the Nikon P610 is that the lens is variable in that I can set it all I like at 3.3, but when I zoom out it changes according to what focal length I end up with. That doesn't happen with the Panasonic FZ200 but hey, not camera is perfect. Anyway, when I zoomed right out, there weren't any birds outside the window at the time so I aimed at a hibiscus bud. Oh - the leaves behind it blurred out and gave me a good clean shot. Aperture down to 5.6 but still nice and clear.<br />
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I aimed at a much smaller flower, a seaside daisy. The aperture went out to 6.5 and I found I really liked the result, with the large ginger lily leaf going right out of focus and leaving the seaside daisy and a few stems (I did crop this a bit because a lot of dead stalks were to one side).<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-33035827028366166072016-01-05T15:16:00.001-08:002016-01-05T15:16:40.892-08:00Bokeh <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I was pleased with the bokeh effect - blurry background setting off the sharper image of the bird, particularly in this case the eye. Discovering some of the Scene modes in the Nikon P610, there is one called Birdwatching. In this Scene mode, the ISO is set on auto, F/3.3, shutter speed 1/30, and the only choice being single or continuous frames. Generally speaking I have found this setting to be much the same as if I had set up Aperture Priority with continuous frames, which would normally be my go-to choice for bird shots. So I have been trying out both, and while often both give the same result, occasionally one or the other will produce the better result. In other words, it's always worth taking lots more than one photo of any subject, from different angles, different distances, different zoom lengths. <br />
Another shot I was pleased with is a pair of pelicans cruising down the Torrens. This is also in Birdwatching mode. I cropped it back to one pelican for this purpose, to show the frondy feathers on the back of the neck.<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-24745982256190693872016-01-05T01:47:00.002-08:002016-01-05T01:48:35.867-08:00My Nikon P610I have tried to post a new page about my new camera (twice), but it won't show. Apparently I'm not alone in this so I will just have to continue my news about it here. I bought it for the zoom 60x, and I have had some lovely images with it.<br />
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Another great close up was of a Koala, up a gum tree on Linear Park at Klemzig. He was hiding behind the leaves but still not a bad shot. I was impressed that I could see the details of his fur when he was so high in the tree.<br />
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I've also been looking at ripples and reflections - with the sun low in the sky, I am delighted with the appearance of the river, with the ripples and reflections appearing exactly like when we dyed the Fortuny scarf at college. This was just one image - I ended up with a couple of dozen, kept finding more beautiful reflections.<br />
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More on my experiments soon.Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-65262404752269165532015-12-17T19:23:00.000-08:002016-01-05T01:49:01.120-08:00I love my Panasonic FZ200 - it is easy to use, it has f/2.8 available throughout the zoom range, and many other reasons. It is also the first camera I have had that I ventured outside "everything auto". But I found I was looking for a longer zoom; this one is 24x, which has been great for me as a beginner. But when I started looking for more zoom, and found the extension zoom for the FZ200 was going to cost nearly as much as a new camera with a 60x zoom, I did my research and decided to get the Nikon Coolpix 610. Only had it a few days but I'm finding it just as easy to use; there are diffferences of course - each has their own pluses and minuses, like anything in life - but the 60x zoom is giving me what I wanted, the fine detail on feathers on those too-far-away birds.<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-76199387252147398962015-11-04T21:35:00.001-08:002015-11-04T21:35:46.076-08:00Experimenting with the white balanceRecently I was in the Mortlock Building on North Terrace, looking at the wonderful old books. I took the same photo twice - once with the white balance on auto:<br />
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and then with the white balance changed to Daylight:<br />
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The auto white balance made it look quite cold with a blueish cast, whereas the Daylight setting made it look warm and inviting, which is how it always seems to me. I don't know which one is strictly accurate, but I like the warm Daylight one to express its genuine feeling for me.Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-69641134736559041382015-10-27T19:52:00.000-07:002015-10-27T19:52:25.727-07:00Kakadu wildlife<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow River, Kakadu. Though the left of the photo came out a bit fuzzy - possibly from another tourist - I like this photo because the Jabiru is eyeing the Saltwater Crocodile, who is eyeing the Jabiru. It is like an action photo waiting to happen - and crocs often do take the wading birds. The reflection is rather nice too, showing the movement in the water. It follows the rule of thirds, though I don't always look for that.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These beautiful Plumed Whistling Ducks are just part of a large congregation of them along the river bank of the Yellow River in Kakadu. I liked that there were three in this small group - an odd number - with a partial nod to the rule of thirds again. Taking shots from the brilliant sunshine out on the water into the shade of the trees meant I lost some of the detail of the feathers but the experience of being there was wonderful.</td></tr>
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Both of these photos were captures taken from video from my Panasonic FZ200. Overall I was able to take some great photos and videos in Kakadu.<br />
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<o:p></o:p>Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-15793198354379224202015-07-19T16:06:00.001-07:002015-07-19T16:06:59.823-07:00Rubbish in a new lightOut walking, on a block cleared for building, there was some dumped rubbish. One item was a crushed wing mirror from a car. The sun was reflecting off it, so I switched my camera to macro auto focus setting (1 area) and set it down next to the pieces. Aperture Priority f/2.8, 100 ISO, white balance on daylight, and I had this interesting shot that looks like a blue glass mountain.<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-4565429791246222972015-07-16T18:45:00.000-07:002015-07-16T18:45:31.628-07:00Port Adelaide<div class="MsoNormal">
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Port, discussing subjects that presented themselves. After a lovely lunch at a pub we went off on
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results the next day. One of the things I
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Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-67836053525639245802015-05-24T22:14:00.000-07:002015-05-24T22:14:40.849-07:00Photo EditingI am continuing to learn how to edit my photos with Picasa. I am amazed at how much I can do with this free download. The new version is <a href="http://picasa.en.downloadastro.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. Today I learnt about watermarks and then looked at some more of the Tuning features. One feature is using Fill Light. This is used where the background e.g. the sky is bright, making the subject, in this case a koala, too much like a silhouette. I know that if he had been closer, a flash would have lit him up, but looking at the photo retrospectively I decided to try the Fill Light - you can see how well it worked, bringing out colour in the tree and texture in the koala's fur. Quite possibly I could have played with it for longer to get it better but was pleased with this.<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-34947523934740163792015-05-23T19:25:00.001-07:002015-05-23T19:25:47.042-07:00Multiple Exposures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the things I am looking at now is photo editing. I don't have Photoshop or a similar program, just the free downloads of Irfanview and Picasa. With these two programs, I have discovered how to work on multiple exposures. First of all I tried to get complicated, putting four photos into this one of Rundle Mall.<br />
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Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-25406212809532638762015-05-17T22:01:00.000-07:002015-05-17T22:01:05.891-07:00More at the PortThe City of Adelaide has been brought back here by a dedicated group. I haven't had time to go on the tour yet. When I was reviewing these photos on my computer, I realised that a shot of this window opening, had something on it. When I enlarged it, I found the plastic covering had reflected a house right across the bitumised area in front of the ship. Because of the distortion in the plastic, the reflection is also distorted and looks like something from a Grimms Fairy Tale.<br />
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Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-38945670646355660152015-05-17T21:55:00.000-07:002015-05-17T21:55:15.510-07:00Photography at the PortRecently I did a photography workshop at Port Adelaide, which gave fresh life to my photo shooting. One of the sights that interested me most was all the rope - along the wharf where the City of Adelaide was moored, plus the working boats - they represent hard work, and strength.<br />
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Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-4226041157018347752014-07-20T18:05:00.001-07:002014-07-20T18:05:54.326-07:00Bugs in the gardenWinter in my garden looks very bedraggled. There were lots of aphids and bugs on the weeds, and lots of caterpillars too. Without caterpillars there won't be any butterflies in the spring and summer so I left the weeds alone. Caterpillars were clustered all over but the photos weren't interesting enough to post. More interesting were the other bugs - aphids, a small spider and another bug (as you see I'm not very well up on insect identification). But the first photo is actually (I think) a piece of the dried out seed head of a weed - looks just like an alien! Both photos were shot on Aperture Priority, F/2.8, ISO 100.<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-65434827406929399612014-07-05T18:13:00.000-07:002014-07-05T18:13:08.458-07:00Dew on websWinter wonders in the garden:<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-4238486535692925322014-06-18T18:38:00.000-07:002014-06-18T18:38:45.265-07:00Going round the cornerI thought this photo was rather funny, because the caterpillar appears to be going round the corner. In fact, they must have very sensitive antenna or eyes, don't honestly know which, because whenever I tried to put the camera on the ground in front of it to capture the front of the head/the face, it kept turning away. This was not really close to the caterpillar either, at least 6 inches or more. In the end I had to take this from above then crop quite drastically. So I couldn't get the detailed view I wanted. Such is life.<br />
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-22070306804380231382014-05-16T19:33:00.000-07:002014-05-16T19:33:15.918-07:00A walk looking for macrosOnce I had decided I wanted to do lots more with macros, I picked up my camera and headed out - but first I took a close up of my Mother's Day flowers, chrysanthemums, my favourite flower.<br />
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Then I went over to Lochiel Park where I noticed some yellow fungi (mushrooms or toadstools, I don't know which, nor did I touch because I don't know what is poisonous) growing in the approach borders. Used an aperture of F/2.8 for these, so that I could get a good quality close up. I also used the Macro setting as I had the camera within a few centimetres of them.<br />
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I find weeds as fascinating as cultivated flowers, often more so. They don't have that perfect look, often a bit shaggy and half-eaten, but still showing a strong presence. I admire their stand against perfection. Such as this weed, I think a dandelion head shedding it's clock. This one I also took on the macro setting and with a F/2.8 aperture.<br />
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Rob Sheppard talks about photographing unexpected things such as weeds<b><i><span style="color: red;"><u> <a href="http://www.natureandphotography.com/?p=1953" target="_blank">on his blog.</a></u></span></i></b>Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-76039824190974906022014-05-12T19:02:00.001-07:002014-05-16T19:07:51.141-07:00MacrosI have posted a new page on this blog, called Macros - because, well, I'm particularly interested in developing my macro skills. I've put a few pix on there to start off and will put more on as I take them.Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-52418685398126338862014-04-17T18:01:00.003-07:002014-04-17T18:01:51.544-07:00Ginger Lily mini-progression<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This time my photos of the ginger lily blooming succeeded, and I will put together a time-progression as is my plan soon. Here are three of the photos, and I have put them on here to show how fast the blooms change - these shots were over the course of just one day, and look particularly at the two blooms at the bottom, and how the stamens change from the first shot to the last. Also how the top bloom opens out, and how the stamens to each side stand up and out in the morning, and droop within a couple of hours. The total time frame here is 7 hours!<br />
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I love these flowers, and the perfume from them is wonderful. Photographing something that is personally meaningful ... please read Rob Sheppard's post on this <b><i><a href="http://www.natureandphotography.com/?p=1932" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></b>Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-37947477764677660002014-04-11T17:48:00.005-07:002014-04-11T17:48:51.855-07:00Crocus<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crocus<br />Technical details: Aperture Priority, f/2.8, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/25th<br />white balance on auto with overcast conditions</td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Christine Linton</span></td></tr>
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-62312574611450936002014-04-02T17:17:00.000-07:002014-04-02T17:17:43.024-07:00Ant with his aphidsI know that ants and aphids have a <a href="http://insects.about.com/od/coolandunusualinsects/f/antsandaphids.htm" target="_blank"><b><i>close tie</i></b></a>. (read more about that at this link) Ants feed on the sugar produced by the aphids as they feed on a plant. I have been watching a hibiscus bud become covered with aphids, and this morning took some close-ups (macros) of the bud. The aphids are swarming, and I caught an ant in one of the pix. I was using Aperture Priority set to AF Macro, daylight white balance as it was in the morning sunshine, and ISO 100; f/2.8. I cropped it closer in the computer, but I love the way f/2.8 gives that blurry background behind a sharp image - you can tell I'm still a beginning photographer by the way I am in awe at normal photographic results!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ant with aphids on hibiscus bud</td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Christine Linton</span></td></tr>
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-37729233017053515382014-04-01T17:20:00.003-07:002014-04-01T17:21:41.583-07:00The dandelion continues ...If you saw my post on the <a href="http://photographyartinnature.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/dandelion-seed-head.html" target="_blank">dandelion seed head</a>,<br />
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this is what a dandelion head looks like halfway through shedding:<br />
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Technical details: Aperture Priority, F/2.8, shutter speed 1/500, ISO 100, AF 1 area, white balance - daylight.<br />
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Also I recommend the post at<b><i><a href="http://www.natureandphotography.com/?p=1907" target="_blank"> Rob Sheppard</a> </i></b>for thoughts on self-judgement of your photography. I have been reading "<a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Photography-Art-Seeing-Freeman-Patterson/9781554079803" target="_blank"><b><i>Photography and the Art of Seeing</i></b></a>" by Freeman Patterson which talks about thinking sideways in your photo composition and links in with this post (in my head). A stimulating book and not expensive.Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-86085026888683871332014-03-29T17:12:00.000-07:002014-03-29T17:12:20.604-07:00Experimenting with flareI have found that using flare as opposed to avoiding it, can be quite interesting in its effects. I found this down feather on a fence at the park, and faced directly into the sun to see what flare effect I could get. I was delighted! The purple circles on the lens, plus the sun itself as a glowing white ball with flare lines erupting, so interesting, and you can still see the feather barb details.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using flare for effect</td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;">©Christine Linton</span></td></tr>
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<br />Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1301604746225526384.post-42349513213716696372014-03-20T16:51:00.000-07:002014-03-20T16:51:11.686-07:00Learning from experienceI have just been reading Rob Sheppard's blog about how important experience with your photography equipment is; I too find that, even though I read about how to get the best out of my camera, when I actually go out and start practicing what I have learnt in theory, that is the only way to integrate it into my understanding. I had been reading about reflections in water as well as composition of shots. This is a cormorant that I noticed when I had those things buzzing around in my head. It was quite some distance away and I had a shutter speed of 1/1000 and F/2.8 in Aperture Priority, and I moved around to try to get the best background. The background of grasses was the least distracting. Eventually I narrowed it down on my computer to this shot, which I cropped to get the effect. The reflection was almost complete - I found that was surprisingly difficult to capture, so many of the shots I took had fractured reflections, this was the closest. I had expected the water to be still and show the reflection perfectly but there were ducks swimming around nearby which obviously was disturbing the surface. <br />
<b><i>My own reflections</i></b>: I think I should have changed the aperture - it was on 2.8 but being so far away, I should have tried for a greater depth of field. I will try to change my aperture more in the future - I have tended to stick to 2.8 rather too much, and thinking about it, the cormorant was further away than it's reflection - so although I had the auto focus on 23 area, the clearest part is actually the water.<br />
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The blog I referred to at the top is here:<br />
<a href="http://www.natureandphotography.com/?p=1899" target="_blank"><b><i>http://www.natureandphotography.com/?p=1899</i></b></a>Christine Lintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029193220962496501noreply@blogger.com0