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[Jaws]

This flower was about eight inches (200 mm) in diameter.

The photograph was taken with the zoom lens from quite a distance, so I am pleased with the clarity of detail.

As you should be. Can't see any flaws in the photo or the subject. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder if you could give details of the camera settings and whether or not it's post-processed on your Picasa site if it isn't too much work?

Cheers

[PGTips91]

As you should be. Can't see any flaws in the photo or the subject. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder if you could give details of the camera settings and whether or not it's post-processed on your Picasa site if it isn't too much work?

Cheers

Hi Jaws,

The details are available in Picasa. Just click the 'more info' button to the right of "Photo information" and you'll get this : --

Photo information
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9 Feb 2010
1600×1203 pixels – 179KB
Filename: 100_9913.jpg
Camera: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Model: KODAK Z650 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
ISO: 80
Exposure: 1/400 sec
Aperture: 3.3
Focal Length: 39.5mm
Flash Used: No
Latitude: 36.533174° S
Longitude: 174.711306° E

The geographical information comes from Google Maps after I put in the approximate location of the photograph there, I don't have a GPS device or anything like that!

I'm still trying to work out the Focal Length information. On the camera for this image it is reported as 'f = 247mm (35mm)' but Picasa reports it as '39.5mm'
And when the zoom is at 'normal' it is reported on the camera as 'f = 38mm (35mm)'.
And when the zoom is at 10 x it is reported on the camera as 'f = 380mm (35mm)'.

So, it appears that by dividing the focal length, on the camera, by 38 I get the number of times magnification used. But this does not seem to be transferred to the Picasa information, so I have a bit more digging to do.

Now having looked at a few more photos it appears that the focal length reported in Picasa has been divided by 6.3 approximately. Not sure why or what's going on there!

Paul

[MeeMaw]

I'm not as good as you guys are (yet!  ) but I took several photos in Hawaii a couple of years ago...

Akaka Falls is on the Big Island... there's a walking trail that leads to the falls (there are actually two falls on the trail) - however, along the trail I found a little waterfall I liked as well.......

I'll keep practicing.....   

[Jaws]

Love it Meemaw, especially the lushness of the greens.

Cheers

[PGTips91]

I'm not as good as you guys are (yet!   ) but I took several photos in Hawaii a couple of years ago...

Akaka Falls is on the Big Island... there's a walking trail that leads to the falls (there are actually two falls on the trail) - however, along the trail I found a little waterfall I liked as well.......

I'll keep practicing.....    

You're doing alright, MeeMaw. That's a very nice shot that you've taken.

I've just passed the  10,000th photograph taken on my Kodak Z650 digital zoom camera. I still have a lot to learn, but it's a lot of fun being able to shoot ad-lib. Imagine the cost of film!

I've added a few more shots of my visit to Wenderholm Regional Park, including a couple or three panoramic views stitched together with Hugin and tidied up in the GIMP.

Click here.

Paul

[MeeMaw]

Beautiful photos, Paul!!!!

btw, thanks!

 

[PGTips91]

Here's my latest attempt at a panorama using Hugin.

I stitched together eleven individual photos into one panorama of part of Wenderholm Regional Park. I've added a small-sized version to my Picasa album of the visit.

Wenderholm Panorama - 3255x720 pixels

I think this is my most successful attempt so far. Enjoy.

Paul

[Jaws]

... and enjoy we do. All of your work is great but I suspect that’s not too hard with the extremely gorgeous subject matter.

My wife wants to know if you would have permanent guest quarters for us and what the job situation is? No outside employment, no problem.    She says she will cook for you and I’m pretty handy around the house and can repair your vehicles.

Cheers

[PGTips91]

... and enjoy we do. All of your work is great but I suspect that’s not too hard with the extremely gorgeous subject matter.

My wife wants to know if you would have permanent guest quarters for us and what the job situation is? No outside employment, no problem.    She says she will cook for you and I’m pretty handy around the house and can repair your vehicles.

Cheers

Well I'll let you know when a vacancy occurs! Unfortunately our government seems intent on ruining a good country, and they are succeeding faster than expected.

This morning when I was seeing my youngest grandson off, I saw a flower on a small Hibiscus tree I planted on Saturday. These flowers last only one day, so I got my camera and took some photos for the record.



As an experiment, I extracted the flowers from their backgrounds and made a montage with the results.



Paul

[ms_meme]

I enjoyed looking at a few of your pictures.  I liked a lake scene that was composed of 11 different takes.  What a fun hobby you have.
Oops ..just noticed you seemed to have posted it here. I Just hadn't got to that page yet. Well, I still like it. 

[PGTips91]

I enjoyed looking at a few of your pictures.  I liked a lake scene that was composed of 11 different takes.  What a fun hobby you have.
Oops ..just noticed you seemed to have posted it here. I Just hadn't got to that page yet. Well, I still like it. 

Thanks, ms_meme, it is always good to have positive feed-back on posted images. It is fun creating them, too, but so much more to learn ...

I am trying to find ways to cut down on the amount of work involved, and with the latest applications that have come across my horison I think that I have found some answers. I will do some more experimenting and produce a small how-to when I think I have the method somewhat sorted.

Paul

[PGTips91]

I have tried to do my bit in raising some monarch butterflies this summer but started rather late in the season. My first butterfly hatched out yesterday morning. I missed the very first stage where the wings are still unfurled, but got a some shots shortly afterwards. Difficult lighting and backdrops.



Poor thing! It was windy, cold and wet today and I heard that the butterfly was blown under our deck and has probably perished.

Paul

[rji]

Poor thing! It was windy, cold and wet today and I heard that the butterfly was blown under our deck and has probably perished.

At least your Monarch's don't have to contend with milkweed cross-pollinated with patented Bt-corn pollen that effectively turns the plant into caterpillar poison.

Good photo,

[PGTips91]

At least your Monarch's don't have to contend with milkweed cross-pollinated with patented Bt-corn pollen that effectively turns the plant into caterpillar poison.

Good photo,

I'm glad that we don't have that problem, yet. Nature itself is hard enough.

I was fortunate to be right there as a butterfly emerged from its chrysalis today and shot a series of close-up photographs of the process. I have posted two albums, one with the raw photos and another with them cropped. Since I was less than a couple of inches away from the scene I couldn't really get any closer.

click for album of originals.

click for album of cropped shots.

The first time I actually witnessed this event I thought that the butterfly was deformed! The body is enlarged and the wings are tiny and crumpled, like a packed parachute, but there is a fluid in the body that is pumped into the veins of the wings, which lengthen and straighten. The fluid then solidifies, I believe, strengthening the wings structurally. All very amazing considering that it is pre-programmed into the DNA in the egg a few days earlier.

Paul

[sawer]

Paul you are making me want to go though some old slides I have. One is off a honey bee that you can see the pollen packed on it's legs and another is a stone fly that you can see the veins in it's wings, both taken with a 100mm macro lens at 18". I don't remember the others.