We had a really sunny day today causing the light to be pretty harsh from morning until night. With it so bitter cold I have no compulsion to go outside- unless it's to get wood for the woodstove! So I set up my camera by the kitchen window today and was rewarded with the antics of this little guy. I first tried processing the picture in color, but with the light being so harsh, it only made things look washed out, or too dark. Converting it to black and white surprising took care of some of those issues! Also, I am taking a huge step forward (at least for me!) and after some help from one of my fellow photo club photographers am shooting in AV mode for a change! There will be a bit of a learning curve as I start to figure out what settings work best with what- but I'm glad to be growing in my knowledge and skills!
Excellent capture, Ann. The b&w definitely brings out the texture and the details. Fav. I use my AV setting to shoot the moon and other night shots. I don't change the settings though. I leave them alone and hope things come out. You'll have to let me know how to change settings to shoot certain things so I can learn off of you! I suck at the settings because I can't seem to take a long exposure shot during the day without everything turning white.
What a chubby looking chap. I pretty much only use Aperture mode. The camera settings challenge @camerasavvy is currently dealing with apertures, I will post the link shortly for you. I must look it up and it is much easier to do when on my laptop than on my phone.
What a sweet capture Ann, love the hard edges to the shadows...........great subject for this weeks theme for B&w.
I generally use the av mode when I want to have deep depth of field, large Fstop 16 or higher, or for blurred backgrounds with a small f stop 1.4 and higher, it's nice to be able to move between the different modes on the powershot. And I really enjoy being able to use manual setting with this camera for times when I want to have the correct exposure.
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Perfect example of how hard light works and what it does to color and b&w! this really brings out the feather structure! And good thing your starting with Av mode!
@yaorenliu@summerfield@maggiemae
Thank you Yao! What looks like a wooden frame is actually a wooden bird feeder that looks like a little log cabin. I don't always put food in there because it is too easy for the squirrels to feed from it. But every once in a while I do and the wrens love it when I do!
Thank you Vikki! He's in the middle of chomping on that seed.
Thank you Maggie!
@prttblues Thanks Bev! This is going to be a long and slow learning curve. I'm attempting to read the posts here on 365. Sometimes I get it, and sometimes, well... That's why I'm glad to have the camera club folks because they can actually point things out to me and explain it right there. And thanks to digital I can take a shot and actually practice it too. And you were actually the first person I used the AV setting by because of the moon shots. So I did have a little exposure to it, thanks to you! And thanks also for the fav!!
@salza Thanks Sally! I have been printing them out and have been reading them. I haven't gotten to this week's post yet, but now I'll make a point to read it tomorrow!
@radiogirl Thanks for the tips Kathy- and the fav! I will have to play with your suggestions to see them at work. Learning info like that is really helpful to me, especially when I apply it. Thanks again!
@pammerritt@kerristephens@eudora@sarah19@nicoleterheide
Thank you Pam!
Thank you Kerri!
Thank you Diane and thanks so much for the fav!
Thank you Sarah!
Thank you Nicole! Just beginning but we have to start somewhere, right?!
@prttblues Bev, have a look at the links I have posted above. They are fabulous for explaining how aperture works.
I generally use the av mode when I want to have deep depth of field, large Fstop 16 or higher, or for blurred backgrounds with a small f stop 1.4 and higher, it's nice to be able to move between the different modes on the powershot. And I really enjoy being able to use manual setting with this camera for times when I want to have the correct exposure.
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Thank you Yao! What looks like a wooden frame is actually a wooden bird feeder that looks like a little log cabin. I don't always put food in there because it is too easy for the squirrels to feed from it. But every once in a while I do and the wrens love it when I do!
Thank you Vikki! He's in the middle of chomping on that seed.
Thank you Maggie!
@prttblues Thanks Bev! This is going to be a long and slow learning curve. I'm attempting to read the posts here on 365. Sometimes I get it, and sometimes, well... That's why I'm glad to have the camera club folks because they can actually point things out to me and explain it right there. And thanks to digital I can take a shot and actually practice it too. And you were actually the first person I used the AV setting by because of the moon shots. So I did have a little exposure to it, thanks to you! And thanks also for the fav!!
@salza Thanks Sally! I have been printing them out and have been reading them. I haven't gotten to this week's post yet, but now I'll make a point to read it tomorrow!
@pandorasecho @nicknac @alia_801
Thank you Dixie!
Thank you Nick!
Thank you Alia!
@whimsicalgrateful @thresheg @quietpurplehaze
Thank you Marta!
Thank you Graham!
Thank you Hazel!
@radiogirl Thanks for the tips Kathy- and the fav! I will have to play with your suggestions to see them at work. Learning info like that is really helpful to me, especially when I apply it. Thanks again!
@pammerritt @kerristephens @eudora @sarah19 @nicoleterheide
Thank you Pam!
Thank you Kerri!
Thank you Diane and thanks so much for the fav!
Thank you Sarah!
Thank you Nicole! Just beginning but we have to start somewhere, right?!
@rachelwithey @httpgeffed
Thank you Rachel!
Thank you Colleen!
And thanks to those who fav'd this shot and I missed thanking you above!