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Procrastination

May 8, 2009 by Jen

Lemon - just about ready

I got my camera out before and had a play outside with it (subtext – I’m procrastinating from cleaning chores). I played with some settings and tried to get some interesting photos out of something I find pretty ordinary. I’ve mentioned before I’m a fan of the aperture setting so that’s what I used.

These photos were shot in RAW format and I played with them in the Photoshop CS3 RAW editor. Don’t know the exact name of it but the file extension out of the camera is CR2 and these open in Photoshop. I don’t know heaps about RAW but I do know that you can do a heck of a lot more when they’re in this format than you can when they’re in JPG format.

It’s enabled me to bring out a lot more detail in this photo than there was in the original and make it a bit more interesting than it was.

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I included Monty below. She knows I was taking a photo of her. Again RAW helped me out here because it helped me to pick up more detail with her too. Because she has mainly black fur (although a steadily increasing amount of gray is appearing) most photos don’t pick up that much detail.

Monty posing for me

Now I’ve wasted just enough time that it’s nearly time to go do the school pickup. Procrastination is a wonderful thing.

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Comments

  1. Farmerswife says

    May 8, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    The pics are great. I have a really good camera and I need to play around with the settings as well, to get some good shots. We went to the botanical gardens, and I was kicking myself because I couldn’t figure out how to get really good clear close ups of the gorgeous plants and berries.

  2. Jen says

    May 9, 2009 at 2:46 am

    Farmerswife, I hate it when shots I think should have been great don’t turn out as expected. Try manual focus in those closeup situations though – I reckon that works better than auto.

  3. Jayne says

    May 9, 2009 at 9:10 am

    It’s a good hobby that keeps you away from housework lol 😉

  4. jeanie says

    May 9, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Great shots!! I can’t even get my point and click to take shots at the moment, let alone play with them so professionally!

  5. Jen says

    May 9, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Jayne, I sit here and type and all sorts of housework awaits me. Grumpy pants is quiet at the moment so I’m sitting down for a minute before a trip to the hardware store to try and get a dripping tap fixed once and for all.

  6. Jen says

    May 9, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Jeanie – camera hardware problems. Damnit. Hope it’s fixed soon.

  7. Kikolani says

    May 12, 2009 at 8:27 am

    Procrastination can lead to beautiful things. I was procrastinating from work when I discovered a hummingbird nest in a tree nearby. Thank goodness I was toting my camera everywhere I went at that time.

    ~ Kristi

  8. Jen says

    May 12, 2009 at 9:56 am

    Kristi, I remember seeing your hummingbird photos. What a wonderful thing to stumble upon.

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