I shot the feathers falling without the model in the background, but with same lighting and all.

They still look like cut from paper - frustrating.

I think I need to get an extra pair of hands for the shoot next time so I can get all in one go.

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panasonic lumix tz70

this morning i continued to experiment with my new camera. i used the panoramic scene setting for this photo. it's a lovely camera to hold and the weight all ok ... but practise, practise, practise

i had been waiting for a panasonic lumix tz90 but there is a global shortage of point and shoot cameras petapixel.com/2021/10/15/the-camera-industry-is-trapped-d... i was on various waiting lists but no stockist had any idea when it would be available. a panasonic lumix tz70 was in stock last week www.lcegroup.co.uk/New-Equipment-Home/ i bought it rather than have a possible prolonged frustrating wait for the tz90

for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...

www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing

texture ,HDR, cloning ,i guess i did everything ,good day everybody.

Experiment.......................................

Horse Lake Trail-Wenatchee, Washington

This little house sparrow shot became the subject of a little experiment on using an online image enlarger. I fed my 12mp image into it and it became something like 16mp. Not a big enlargement by any means. I am not entirely sure that it improves resolution in any way. It is sharp enough for an image from a small sensor camera, but I couldn't see any noticeable improvement on the original, apart from the extra size. But it was interesting to try it out. Perhaps it would work better with a greater enlargement, but the one I used only seemed to allow for trying a 25% enlargement. Sadly, I cannot remember which online enlarger I used, but I don't think I will use it again. I was curious about such things with the recent news of such image enlargers using AI to improve the resolution of older or smaller image files. Also, sadly, I cannot show the original image for comparison as it was deleted accidentally after I made my own comparison! I may try other ones in the future just to see if there are any better ones out there.

This was taken through my lounge window at a distance of 7 metres from my birdbath. Original focal length would have been the 35mm equivalent of around 1800mm. Camera was the Nikon Coolpix P900.

Bäume gezoomt, aufgenommen im Urwald Sababurg

I used to have a great view of the sunset from my balcony, but after moving homes I need to actually get out of the house in order to take decent photos of the sunset. This has quickly become my favorite spot... 10 minutes by bike from my home (so I really can't complain :-)).

I've been experimenting with some long exposure shots at the lake, but the time in which the sunset is brightly colourful is a bit short for actually changing the settings, plus the darkness doesn't really help.

Practice will hopefully help, until then I'll keep posting some more imperfect shots.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Experimenting.

I've not shot into the evening sun so directly before, but I did want to see if I could capture the hay and dust stirred up by our neighbor's tractor.

My husband walked down the lane after I began, and weighed in today: he would have shot a more perpendicular angle with fewer or no sun flares, yet still capturing the light. I mention this so that you'll know I'm open to suggestions. (Previous photo link in first comment.)

Nikon D810, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 (130mm)

1/320 sec; f/16; ISO 250

manual exposure, monopod

Thanks for looking and for your fun comments. I think Flickr tagged this one well: "surreal" ;)

Beads on black. Experimenting to bring up enough light, but not to blow the highlights.

My sister brought some of these beads from Kenya. She enjoyed bartering for them, she said.

Tried a picture, out of the rastered side window of a bus.

Experiments with trying to backlight the cabbage leaves. I don't like how tightly cropped the image is but my board was my limiting size. I might try again with a more neutral palette. Happy I tried something new, playing helps my mood. Do you post your fails as well as your successes? I like sharing so others know not everything is successful but you try again another day.

experimenting

Experimenting...

OnceAWeek KW24

Here is another experiment with light and liquids.

Sony α7

Samyang 100 mm f/2.8

Playing with an old image.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWHi_a_TT8

Perhaps you will understand that this was initially a dandelion photo.

Experiment

the balls are covered with glue,painted with watercolr on Fabriano paper and then textured

Experiment

With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️

Experimenting with HDR

I've posted shots before of this fountain near me. It's on until 9pm from May to September, and to depict photographically the flow of the water, I've had to shoot it either at night

flic.kr/p/PLzAiE

or at twilight

flic.kr/p/nEpaKM

because I just couldn't get a long enough exposure during the day to capture the flow, not even at f/36!

flic.kr/p/nS6cbU

So this time I tried it with my new 10-stop ND filter, and I like how it came out. I like being able to capture the fountain's flow during broad daylight (this was a 15-second exposure at f/25), and compared to the evening or night shots it's less contrast-y and yet the light is still good. So I think I'm going to stick with this filter for my daytime long-exposure shots.

Converting a RAW image by using the photo editing software of my iMac and, then, sending it straight to Flickr. It does work, is easy, produces presentable results, but offers a rather restricted range of editorial possibilities [image was shot in Fuji's Acros B+W R film simulation which, of course, was eliminated by Apple's photo editor. In order to preserve this setting I would have to use Fuji's Silkypix raw converter].

Actually I want to do some experiment with candle. Suddenly, an idea has been popped up in my mind! Then I did this and took the shoot. It took a lot of time to capture this photo. I didn't get the perfect shot. Finally I captured it.

When it was raining the other day I decided to experiment with a CD disc, water droplets and a torch.

Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comment or fave my images.

Enora by IRISCUSTOM - Blythe Custom Art Doll

Happy Bokeh Wednesday

Thank you for taken your time to visit me, comments or faves are always much appreciated!

robin not in focus but hopefully will improve

panasonic lumix tz70

this afternoon i continued to experiment with my new camera. i used the scene and macro settings together with the focus lever. it's a lovely camera to hold and the weight all ok ... but practise, practise, practise

i had been waiting for a panasonic lumix tz90 but there is a global shortage of point and shoot cameras petapixel.com/2021/10/15/the-camera-industry-is-trapped-d... i was on various waiting lists but no stockist had any idea when it would be available. a panasonic lumix tz70 was in stock last week www.lcegroup.co.uk/New-Equipment-Home/ i bought it rather than have a possible prolonged frustrating wait for the tz90

for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...

www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing

“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn."

― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

My all-time, best-loved quote. With that in mind while still sheltering at home (nine months!), I rented a Lawoa 2.5X-5FX Ultra Macro lens. We already had a macro focus rail. Light is vital on a rainy day; brought in two studio lights in addition to three windows in my office studio. Magnified by three.

Hope for improvement. Comments not necessary until I improve, thank you.

Yellow ball on electric wires,,, backlight experiment

I think it turned out quite interesting.