"Elements of Design" - Texture

I selected Texture for this photo because of the different types of plant life, as each plant has its own unique texture. This was taken on the Cascade Falls Trail at Lake Quinault. Shutter Speed 1/50, Fstop 5.6, ISO 200, WB Cloudy, Focal Lenght 66 mm.

Dick

This photo was one of several taken on Halloween night. The bottom photo is RAW.jpg with the "fill light" slider set at 75. The top photo is Jpg.jpg with the "lighten shadow" slider at 75 and "levels" slider at 1.3. The fill light slider was not available for jpg.

The photo was taken on a Canon 40D at f/11, 6.0 seconds, ISO 100, and daylight WB.

Maria- A day in the life

ISO 100
f/6.3
Exposure 1/10
Focal Length 42 mm
I have worked for a collectively run co-op for 20 years. This picture is taken in front of one of the stores where I work. After taking it I decided that I want to do a series of pictures of the bench throughout a month. Lots of things happen on and around this bench.
I have uploaded the jpeg version of the picture. I tried to work with the raw version in Picasa but it converted it to a jpeg. When I tried to open it in the Canon converter I was excited by the future raw possibilities but was not able to do what I wanted to with it yet. One of my projects this week is to learn more about the converter. I will also get a plug in for Gimp so that I can edit raw pictures in Gimp or I will break down and use that Costco coupon to get Photoshop elements.

Dave W

I saw these guys this morning and could relate to their situation - I felt like it was pouring rain every time I went out this weekend! I only posted the converted raw because I couldn't get the jpg to adjust well at all. I accidently took this shot with the ISO way too high but was able to adjust the raw to something reasonable.

Rose Bud

I spent a lot of time go over issues of RAW vs JPG and still am a bit confused. These two photos from the same exposure "should" be identical it seems to me. But on my system, the RAW photo looks much warmer. Haven't figured out why unless it is some of the settings in my RAW converter are set by default and I haven't figured out what they are yet. Grrrr!
Photo taken at f/8
1/100 sec
ISO 400
100mm

Photos were shot at 33 mm, tungsten, f/8, ISO 100, shutter speed Bulb 7 secs. I did nothing to this photo except cropping out the rain spots.

The top photo was shot in RAW, the bottom in JPEG. It was very hard to get a shot because it started raining and getting water all over my lens.

I don't see any difference between the two photos.

This view has been part of my day for the past 27 years as I pass it on my way to and from work.

Lyell - Day in the Life

Some days I feel like a mushroom but on this day I just took a picture of one. So, here is a day in the short life of a musroom and a sign of change in the season and the shorter days to come.

Photos were taken with Cannon XTi and 70-300 lens Shutter speed 1/100 F8.0 ISO 100 Focal Length 130mm. No post processing exept to convert raw to jpg and resize.

I find the image taken in jpg to have richer colors.

Stephanie- A day in the life

I realized that if there is anything that I do consistantly, it's housework. So this best depicts 'a day in the life' for me. The top image is JPEG and the bottom is RAW converted to JPEG. I didn't retouch a thing including that annoying little piece of pocket lint that made its way onto the floor. The only thing that changed, is before I got the second shot in, my daughter took a couple of blankets out of the laundry basket. Otherwise, most everything is the same. One thing that I notice is based on what I see on my monitor, the RAW converted photo has the truest color.

Aperture mode shooting

f/5.0 (shutter 1/100)

Exposure comp -1/3 stop

ISO 800

AWB

Spot metering