I was playing around with my new Power Shot again. I really like this setting called "Color Swap" but I'm not really sure how it works! It seems to pick the colors at random. But in the end it looks like you've processed the shot with selective coloring. I particularly liked how it treated these Marigolds and decided to post it as another contribution to the 30 Days of Selective Color.
Thanks Sharon, Kerri, Colleen, Terry and Maggie! Yes, it's interesting what the camera decides to do when I put it in this mode. It will take me a while to figure this one out!
Thank you Rick, Brian, Sandi, Laura, Daisy, Jennifer and Altac for the visit and the comments! This is such an interesting effect but I'm not quite sure how the camera decides to do the coloring. It will be fun to continue exploring this one.
@vickisfotos Thank you Vicki! @jmrittle Awwww Marc, you are making me blush! I was so excited to get this upgraded version of what you saw me working with at the Stacks. And wow- if I'd have had this one there- my pictures would have been even better. The zoom is incredible! I am really liking this camera, but I've got to get comfortable with the manual setting all over again as this one operates differently than the old Power Shot. However, the macro is just as nice! Bottom line, although "top of the line" this is still a point and shoot- but noticeably better! The real challenge is going to be getting to know and understand the "Big Canon"- the EOS Rebel T3i that I have on loan. That one is soooooooo different!!
Oh, wow, what a burst of color! Those are the first flowers my mom every "let" me plant, when I was five--in a dry piece of the garden under the holly tree, in the shade! But they grew anyway, beautifully!! : )
@prttblues Thank you Bev!
I did some research for you and looked up your camera's manual on line. Your camera does have the capability to take multiple shots/rapid shots. It's called "continuous shooting" and it's in the P mode (page 102 in the manual). Basically all you do is hold the shutter button down without releasing and the shutter will continue to open and close taking shots. There was a note that said you could also do this in the SCN mode on the "low light" setting (illustrated by a candle on the selection screen). It may not be as quick as the shutter speed on the sports setting but I think you'll be able to capture something decent using that method. Our cameras do have some similar settings- we both have "toy camera", "fish eye" and there was one more which is escaping me right now, but you'll find those under the picture that looks like two circles together- I think it's called "creative mode" or something like that. Happy shooting!
@taffy Thanks Taffy! I am so happy with this camera- it's silly! I've been slightly derailed by the EOS and I know it's me, not the camera! I'll probably stop in the local photo store next week to see what I'm doing wrong. But enough of those troubles- I find this in-camera effect really interesting because I'm not sure how it decides what to put into monochrome and what to keep as color. It's going to take a while to figure it out!
Thanks Sharon, Kerri, Colleen, Terry and Maggie! Yes, it's interesting what the camera decides to do when I put it in this mode. It will take me a while to figure this one out!
Thank you Rick, Brian, Sandi, Laura, Daisy, Jennifer and Altac for the visit and the comments! This is such an interesting effect but I'm not quite sure how the camera decides to do the coloring. It will be fun to continue exploring this one.
@jmrittle Awwww Marc, you are making me blush! I was so excited to get this upgraded version of what you saw me working with at the Stacks. And wow- if I'd have had this one there- my pictures would have been even better. The zoom is incredible! I am really liking this camera, but I've got to get comfortable with the manual setting all over again as this one operates differently than the old Power Shot. However, the macro is just as nice! Bottom line, although "top of the line" this is still a point and shoot- but noticeably better! The real challenge is going to be getting to know and understand the "Big Canon"- the EOS Rebel T3i that I have on loan. That one is soooooooo different!!
@daisymiller Thank you Daisy!
@prttblues Thank you Bev!
I did some research for you and looked up your camera's manual on line. Your camera does have the capability to take multiple shots/rapid shots. It's called "continuous shooting" and it's in the P mode (page 102 in the manual). Basically all you do is hold the shutter button down without releasing and the shutter will continue to open and close taking shots. There was a note that said you could also do this in the SCN mode on the "low light" setting (illustrated by a candle on the selection screen). It may not be as quick as the shutter speed on the sports setting but I think you'll be able to capture something decent using that method. Our cameras do have some similar settings- we both have "toy camera", "fish eye" and there was one more which is escaping me right now, but you'll find those under the picture that looks like two circles together- I think it's called "creative mode" or something like that. Happy shooting!
@vesna0210 Thank you Vesna!