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03-24-2014, 11:29 AM   #1741
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WR was used




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Still Waiting for Spring

I got tired of waiting for Spring to actually get here (-5C yesterday) so I went to the Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse (Niagara Parks | Floral Showhouse: Falls Greenhouse, Gardens, and Shows). It was nice to feel some warm temperatures and to see flowers in bloom especially after this winter which doesn't seem to want to let go.

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QuoteOriginally posted by curlednoodles Quote
How does Auto mode affect the colours?
When you press the shutter release your camera reads the values of every pixel on its sensor (all digital cameras do this). Your camera then stores those values in one or both of two ways-
RAW - this file format retains the values as seen by the sensor at its designated ISO.
JPEG - in this file format, the computer takes the sensor values and adjusts them according to the current camera settings, and then stores those revised values using a file format that compresses the data.

In short, your camera is a pretty sophisticated computer doing some automated image editing with minimal user input. And when you use AUTO (the green mode on the selection dial), you are telling the camera to use even less user input. You are pretty much limited to a few pre-built editing programs as setup by Pentax engineers.

For general photography, these pre-built programs are actually fairly decent. But move into an image that falls outside what the camera is programmed to handle, image quality can get blah pretty fast. From my perspective there is nothing wrong with using AUTO so long as you recognize and understand where the limitations lie. And the artists participating in this Forum will frequently tell you that most extraordinary images fall outside AUTO's limitations.

For everyone who complains in this Forum that their older point & shot camera took pictures just as good as their expensive dSLR, they are probably correct. And the reason they are correct is in the preceding paragraph.

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QuoteOriginally posted by bluenose Quote
I got tired of waiting for Spring to actually get here (-5C yesterday) so I went to the Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse (Niagara Parks | Floral Showhouse: Falls Greenhouse, Gardens, and Shows). It was nice to feel some warm temperatures and to see flowers in bloom especially after this winter which doesn't seem to want to let go.

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It's gonna be +5 tomorrow! Snow has almost all gone

The greenhouses are a good place to photograph in the winter.

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Outstanding capture! Love the shadows on the building

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Very nice shot, Nick ... still too easy for me ... BHV Rivoli ... Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is my humble contribution:

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Another From the Greenhouse

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K-30 + DA 18-135WR SOOC

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Outstanding capture! Love the shadows on the building
Thanks!

QuoteOriginally posted by Jean Poitiers Quote
Very nice shot, Nick ... still too easy for me ... BHV Rivoli ... Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hehe you spotted it again
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Tide's out, boats having a rest......
K-30/Sigma17-50@f11, cropped to about 3/4 frame.
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Burnt Tree

I was surprised by the Sigma Mini Wide II 28mm M42 mount
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cross

But my super takumar 1.4/50 (7 element) is better
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