Tuesday 1 January 2013

What a Grey Day

Not really. It has been wall to wall sunshine and cloudless blue sky so far today. Practising more with the Nikon S9050 I decided to try out the Special Effect Mode called 'High Contrast Monochrome'. The camera also has the ability to make b/w copies of the colour photos but the test I made gave soft focus b/w. Must investigate that further.

The advantage of the High Contrast Monochrome mode is having a b/w view of what you are taking shown on the LCD. This gives an instant idea of what the result will look like. That I found very handy and helped in composing the picture, focus point and exposure point. Not that I am saying my results are marvellous - far from it but I like the possibilities. It was just a pity there was a lack of white cloud.

All these are exactly as taken by the Nikon with its highest resolution jpg (no RAW available). If the odd horizon or tree is tilted blame the hairy monster who seemed to delight in trying to turn me into a 21st Century Houdini by wrapping the lead round my legs if we stayed in one place for too long.

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The variation of shading in the sky is not a fault in the camera - distant blue in the sky was much paler than that overhead.

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My favourite of this batch

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As an addendum - video can also be shot in monochrome.

12 comments:

  1. These are great John. On the first three you could apply a gradient to get rid of the blow out.

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    1. They came out better than I expected Adrian. It will be interesting to see what ReDynaMix does to them. Tried the macro setting - reasonable but still prefer the Lumix for that.

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  2. I love these...must have a go!"

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    1. Gerry - pleased you like them. Monochrome seems to suit Winter trees where I can concentrate on the shapes without any distractions from odd bits of colour nearby.

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  3. i do like the starkness of the trees in these. your furry beast made me laugh.

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    1. Pleased you liked them TWG. Takes me back to the days when I only used b/w film and did my own developing and printing.

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  4. Lovely set John, here's hoping for more sunny days this year!

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  5. ...aaahhh.....b&w a wonderful medium.....very nice.

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    1. I have missed b/w for a while. Converting colour pics doesn't seem to give the same effect.

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  6. I should have said the one with the puddles with reflections, anyway, last but one and I think it was the one you liked best yourself.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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