A Few Images of Fall in Indiana by P&Ss mostly

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This is a smattering of a few shots I have taken over the last couple of weeks in western Indiana - mostly relating to fall, or color.

DMC-LX1 in Fairbanks Park
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Canon G9 maple leaf in my backyard...
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And as B&W
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Canon G9 in my backyard
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Canon G9 from my parking spot in the morning
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A gas(?) pipe downtown in the sunlight 1DsMkll
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Just some random shots of what I saw in my viewfinder recently. Color, and tone.

Comments and criticisms heartedly responded to:D :clap

Ann McRae

Well, Jim, you already know this but it isn't the camera but the eye behind the viewfinder.
Fairbanks Park - lovely clouds, color and wonderful lines from the arch leading to the sky.

Maple leaf - great deep color and lovely dof

Parking spot - wonderful use of contrasting colors

ann

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Hi Ann,
I am glad you liked the sky in the fountain at Fairbanks park. I had been watching the sky as I drove to work that morning, and prayed that I could get parked and shoot before it faded away. That sky did not last 10 more minutes and it was gone.

I had watched a similar sky the previous morning and missed it because I was too slow.

The maple leaves are easy to capture of course.

Here is another from a G9


The interior of a covered bridge with a Lumix DMC_LX1 - it is usually very dark in there too

schmoo

beautiful, Jim! You guys have a really nice backyard... I would have thought that was a park

How did you work the covered bridge shot? Looks like a very tricky lighting situation.

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Hi Stephanie,

Fog makes lots of things look so much more attractive, almost as much as new snow

I wondered if anyone would appreciate the challenge in the bridge snapshot.
It was shot with a Lumix DMC-LX1 in RAW, with - 1/3 EC. The actual exposure was 1/30th, f 3.6 ISO 100 in Av flash did not fire

I had to look at the exif because I suspected that I used fill flash, but apparently I did not. The actual exposure was 6 and 1/2 stops more than for bright sunlight - that's pretty dark. RAW gives so much more ability to handle these kind of exposure dilemmas today. I did have to wrestle a bit as it was underexposed more than a little bit in the shadows. I did run it through Noiseware for decontamination.

Point and shoots small sensors have great DOF - that can be an asset, or a liability, depending on the needs of your image.

In lots of situations - macros, some landscapes, it can be a real asset, like in the bridge interior. I think they are great for small detail shots like leaves too.