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[DennisN]

I also forgot to tell you I love your floral photography work! Nice colors!

Thanks!

 

[DennisN]

Three more autumn photos...

Fallen leaf:

Autumn vines at the corner:

Colorful autumn vines:

 

[Point Conception]

Gorgeous Autumn vines @DennisN Is that all in natural sunlight? Octoberfest with Neng, 39

 

[DennisN]

Gorgeous Autumn vines @DennisN Is that all in natural sunlight?

Thanks! Yes.
(though I edited the so-called "gamma correction" which can give more vibrant colors.
Edit: I also shot in the so-called "vivid" scene mode in the camera & I used a lens which gives warm colors.
Edit 2: And I used a CPL filter too)

The third photo is actually not taken in direct sunlight. And it's only a small part (maybe 5%) of a long wall full of vines in similar colors. It's nearby, and I'm thinking of going back and shoot sometime when the wall is hit by direct sunlight.

 

[DaveC426913]

(though I edited the so-called "gamma correction" which can give more vibrant colors.

Is this an in-camera setting? My Canon G-15 produces pretty dull colours that I have to boost in PhotoShop.

 

[DennisN]

Is this an in-camera setting?

No. It's in Photoshop:

Choose Menu->Image->Adjustments->Exposure.
Then in the opened dialog there is a "Gamma Correction" slider.
When I use it (which is quite often*) I almost always lower the value (dragging the slider to the right).

* I've found myself to like the effect. I often do:

Menu->Image->Adjustments->Levels->[Auto] (auto levels button) and afterwards I lower the gamma correction.

Edit:

I've also found that Menu->Image-Adjustments->Vibrance->[Vibrance slider] dragged right can give a more natural boost to colors than "saturation".

 

[Borg]

A simple little bench that I built in my garage for Raspberry Pi experiments.

 

[Andy Resnick]

I’m thinking about buying a Sigma 85mm F1.2 ART lens. It’s perfect for portraits and getting good lens compression and is very sharp with excellent bokeh. Too bad it’s nearly a thousand dollars, so I’m saving up

I read about that lens (minor correction: it's 85/1.4, not 85/1.2), it seems to be a great deal- alternatives cost several times as much.

When I was shooting with a Sony Alpha, I used the 85/1.4 lens (Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM) and it was a joy to work with.

Good lenses cost money, but the benefit is that you won't ever need to upgrade.

 

[DaveC426913]

She-Hulk is light and fun, but needs more plot tension.

There needs to be either a real physical danger (she totally thrashed her first opponent without even a fight. . .can we at least see her capable of getting hurt?) and/or a real value/ethical one. . .something to up the stakes/tension and balance out the camp/fun.

Just my humble opinion.

Choose Menu->Image->Adjustments->Exposure.
Then in the opened dialog there is a "Gamma Correction" slider.
When I use it (which is quite often*) I almost always lower the value (dragging the slider to the right).

* I've found myself to like the effect. I often do:

Menu->Image->Adjustments->Levels->[Auto] (auto levels button) and afterwards I lower the gamma correction.

Edit:

I've also found that Menu->Image-Adjustments->Vibrance->[Vibrance slider] dragged right can give a more natural boost to colors than "saturation".

I've experimented with Gamma Correction and Vibrance but couldn't figure out what they were doing that wasn't covered by Levels and Saturation, which is where I spend most of my time.

I will read up on them and play some more.

 

[DennisN]

A spur of the moment shot some minutes ago...
...the logo of Physics Forums shown on my tablet screen, shot with my Canon macro lens (the logo has a dark background, since I run my browser in "dark mode"):

 

[jtbell]

Today I came across this tree which is apparently caught in a time warp. At the bottom it's still summer, but at the top it's autumn!

 

[DaveC426913]

Today I came across this tree which is apparently caught in a time warp. At the bottom it's still summer, but at the top it's autumn!

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We have some beautiful effects here I've tried to capture where only the outer tufts of leaves are gold or orange while the rest of the tree is still green.

 

[BillTre]

There is probably a gradation in temperatures the leaves experience (from top to bottom or inside to more exposed areas) during mild cold periods.
I am guessing the leaves respond to their local temperatures independently.

 

[Point Conception]

There is probably a gradation in temperatures the leaves experience (from top to bottom or inside to more exposed areas) during mild cold periods.
I am guessing the leaves respond to their local temperatures independently.

And that gradient affects the resorption/conservation of chlorophyll that is seen.

 

[DennisN]

I took out my East German "bokeh monster" (Pentacon 135mm) for a short session in the courtyard today...

October afternoon:
(I quite liked this because of the somewhat "metallic" colors of the leaves.
It really surprised me, I haven't seen this effect before in any of my photos)

Colorful leaves in afternoon sunlight:

 

[DennisN]

If anyone thinks macro lenses are too puny, here's an alternative vintage device for sale : Jeol Microprobe (an electron microscope).

Start saving, it can be yours for merely 9 999 EUR...

 

[Rive]

I took out my East German "bokeh monster" (Pentacon 135mm) for a short session

For most people it's the dog which they takes out for a walk

 

[pinball1970]

I took out my East German "bokeh monster" (Pentacon 135mm) for a short session in the courtyard today...

October afternoon:
(I quite liked this because of the somewhat "metallic" colors of the leaves.
It really surprised me, I haven't seen this effect before in any of my photos)
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Colorful leaves in afternoon sunlight:
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Stunning yet again. The first red leaf looks like woven fabric. Beautiful.

 

[DennisN]

Stunning yet again. The first red leaf looks like woven fabric. Beautiful.

Thanks!

I got pretty excited by the look too, as I hadn't seen it before.
I will try to recreate it elsewhere, though I'm not quite sure what made it look like that.

It could be the lens, the reflective characteristics of the leaf, the afternoon sunlight, an odd white balance (?) or some combination of those perhaps.

 

[Point Conception]

Some various from the back area around here.

 

[Point Conception]

Same area taken from back window. 10x @ 75m.

 

[DennisN]

It was foggy yesterday, and whenever it is I get an automatic urge to go out and take some photos.

 

[Rive]

It was foggy yesterday, and whenever it is I get an automatic urge to go out and take some photos.

I too like foggy weather, but somehow I just can't get it right on photos. Something somehow always different.
We had a hike today and it was foggy/cloudy and we made some photos, but... Well...

...this time it was the road: it wanted to tell a different story

This one was caught well, I think - but it's not about fog:

That stream has something against roads

 

[Point Conception]

After a cappuccino at Jomtien beach cafe a lot to photograph:

 

[Point Conception]

The Thai ministry of health legalized cannibus last June. Now everywhere you look:

 

[Rive]

The Thai ministry of health legalized cannibus last June. Now everywhere you look:

Happens. It'll pass. Once upon a time we got hit by a cocktail wave: cocktail bars on every street corner and in every 100m inbetween.
Most of them gone in two years without any fuss.

 

[DennisN]

A red leaf:

(Lens: Helios 44M7, this time on a full frame camera (Sony A7R))

 

[Point Conception]

Air 32C, water 30C . You can get condos here for about $30,000. Photos Jomtien Beach.

 

[Point Conception]

And looking South

 

[Point Conception]

And looking West - Sorry - But it's

world I live in...