Monthly technical challenge

Screws are arranged across some plywood, being 1 inch apart. At F1.4 with the lens acting at 50mm-ish (sensor crop turns the 35mm into a 50mm) this demos how shallow the depth of field is.

Wannabeatz Liveband on Facebook and Instagram

Wannabeatz Liveband on Facebook and Instagram

pentax kp darktable processed

Schloss Oberhofen / Thunersee

From a local forest preserve, processed in darktable

Wannabeatz Liveband on Facebook and Instagram

Overlooking the Columbia River in Washington State.

Paperbacks are great for flipping through pages and writing in the columns, but digital allows us to carry a library in our pocket.

Luminance HDR 2.3.0 tonemapping parameters:

Operator: Mantiuk06

Parameters:

Contrast Mapping factor: 0.5

Saturation Factor: 1.8

Detail Factor: 14.8

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PreGamma: 0.39