More Depth of Field Teach Ins

Seems the first topic that newbie photographers need to learn is Exposure. The second is Depth of Field. So a lot is written and experts expound theories and DOF calculators abound. But newbies still don't grok it immediately. How about some YouTube?

Whet Plent Ees It?

I remember when my Dad would have a tyre flat between towns. He'd hitch a ride to the nearest town, get a fix to the puncture (the spare would be bad or not useable for some reason). Meanwhile little boy that I was, I would be fascinated by the wild tropical creepers. This was a passionfruit species I think, it had small fruit that was sweet.

Later on, I would encounter it once in a rare while. This is one from Thailand, captured on film.

From Plants and Flowers

St. Mary's looking a bit forlorn

Passed Brunswick Street. Looks like St. Mary's had her day there.

From Spring in Melbourne

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

I seldom use commercial laundrettes - when I was younger, yes, I would go to the community ones.

From Spring in Melbourne

Radiant smiles

Went to City today, bumped into an old, long eared friend of mine. Seems the wacky wabbit's got a new gf. She looks way hot to me....



Shot with my old Olympus C-750uz, 1.7x TCON, P mode, Auto ISO

Major Tom calling

Olympus Master is this really sluggish software on my dual screen desktop. I received three Art effect freebies with the xD card purchase. They're can come in quite useful.

Major Tom was an inflatable piece of artwork at the Melbourne Dream Festival 2008



Ferris wheels are soo much fun.

Vignetting Flowers

Terry was advising on how vignetting would improve the visual of a flower. It woke me up and I decided to take an otherwise ordinary photo and post process this into one with some light and shade. Photoscape vignetted, resized and framed in Faststone Resizer.

Fun with an older digital camera

I took my 4 megapixel Olympus C-750uz out of storage, fitted the 1.7x TCON and went shooting with it as a second camera. I used it for long range shots. After moving on to a DSLR and coming back to this, I became more patient with it. Also, I'm taking the time to work with Photoscape, some Photoshop Add-Ins through Mediachance Paintbrush and Fotoflex (for frames). Hope you like these.

The Harley shot - I'm amazed at the clarity and detail. Hint: It's not monochrome.



Waiting for the ferry at Southbank - this one is Monochrome - converted in Mediachance Paintbrush, framed with the AAA Frames Photoshop plugin, resized using Bilinear 2-Pass and sharpened with USM defaults.