If Pinocchio were a Flower
he'd be a Flamingo flower ;-) Blushing, red and redder, with every "modified truth" he tells while his nose can't get much longer than this ;-)
For #sliderssunday
Fun snapshot taken last Sunday after some welcome rain. Raindrops on the window always look nice as bokehlicious background, and I wanted to test the "bokehbility" of the GR III. Ricoh labels this ultra lightweight, small and definitely pocketable cam the "ultimate snapshot camera", and a snapshot this definitely is. Not much thought went into this, except that I wanted to photograph a flower – any flower – in front of the raindrops on the living room window. Well, and the Flamingo flower happened to be there. I also took a few captures with my Oly and my vintage OM-Zuiko 50mm F/1.4 lens which is a true bokeh master, rendering some rather freewheeling, organic looking bokeh shapes wide open and nice diamond shaped bokeh when stopped down a little (which you can see in the third comment, if you like – same window, different flower, taken four years ago). But these perfectly round, kind of bubbly looking tiny bokeh balls the GR III created at its maximum open aperture F/2.8 aren't really bad, either, methinks.
One thing you should do before you capture a Flamingo flower is to grab a dustcloth and dust, dust, dust the blossom carefully. A Flamingo flower is a true dust magnet which I learned the hard way. I didn't dust it (didn't even think of it) which resulted in some considerable post-treatment with the healing brush in Photoshop. And then there are the reflections, of course. Boy, does a Flamingo flower's surface shine. It would have been a wise decision to shoot this in "Highlight Weighted Mode", but I simply didn't think of it. Now you might ask why I hadn't simply dusted the blossom after discovering its dust attracting (attracting? reproducing!) qualities, then chosen the right camera settings and taken another photo. Well, after the rain had stopped, the summer sun came out and quickly, way too quickly, dried away those lovely raindrops on the window. So I decided to go with what I had. And since it hasn't rained since last Sunday I also didn't get another opportunity for a better image. Instead, I decided to challenge myself with making this clumsy, not at all perfect GR III premiere presentable – with the help of the sliders ;-) Oh, and I almost forgot... the GR III is supposed to be a street camera... well, one could say that this is
a candid flower ;-) And there also is some street as background, my street. That'll have to do for now ;-)
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, wear a mask, keep a good distance, stay safe and healthy!
If Pinocchio were a Flower
he'd be a Flamingo flower ;-) Blushing, red and redder, with every "modified truth" he tells while his nose can't get much longer than this ;-)
For #sliderssunday
Fun snapshot taken last Sunday after some welcome rain. Raindrops on the window always look nice as bokehlicious background, and I wanted to test the "bokehbility" of the GR III. Ricoh labels this ultra lightweight, small and definitely pocketable cam the "ultimate snapshot camera", and a snapshot this definitely is. Not much thought went into this, except that I wanted to photograph a flower – any flower – in front of the raindrops on the living room window. Well, and the Flamingo flower happened to be there. I also took a few captures with my Oly and my vintage OM-Zuiko 50mm F/1.4 lens which is a true bokeh master, rendering some rather freewheeling, organic looking bokeh shapes wide open and nice diamond shaped bokeh when stopped down a little (which you can see in the third comment, if you like – same window, different flower, taken four years ago). But these perfectly round, kind of bubbly looking tiny bokeh balls the GR III created at its maximum open aperture F/2.8 aren't really bad, either, methinks.
One thing you should do before you capture a Flamingo flower is to grab a dustcloth and dust, dust, dust the blossom carefully. A Flamingo flower is a true dust magnet which I learned the hard way. I didn't dust it (didn't even think of it) which resulted in some considerable post-treatment with the healing brush in Photoshop. And then there are the reflections, of course. Boy, does a Flamingo flower's surface shine. It would have been a wise decision to shoot this in "Highlight Weighted Mode", but I simply didn't think of it. Now you might ask why I hadn't simply dusted the blossom after discovering its dust attracting (attracting? reproducing!) qualities, then chosen the right camera settings and taken another photo. Well, after the rain had stopped, the summer sun came out and quickly, way too quickly, dried away those lovely raindrops on the window. So I decided to go with what I had. And since it hasn't rained since last Sunday I also didn't get another opportunity for a better image. Instead, I decided to challenge myself with making this clumsy, not at all perfect GR III premiere presentable – with the help of the sliders ;-) Oh, and I almost forgot... the GR III is supposed to be a street camera... well, one could say that this is
a candid flower ;-) And there also is some street as background, my street. That'll have to do for now ;-)
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, wear a mask, keep a good distance, stay safe and healthy!