HDR with the Canon G5X

A quick test using the built in HDR effects of the Canon PowerShot G5X. When taking HRD photos the camera takes three shots in quick succession. One normal exposure, one at slightly less and one slightly more exposure. It then processes them to give the HDR result. Processing seems to take about 5 to 10 seconds. Can be useful when there is a very large difference in lighting over shadow and well lit sections of the scene. There are a few different HDR effects to choose from. I tried a couple. As I didn't have a tripod with me I rested the camera on the hand rail of the footbridge leading to the cricket field.

First a normal single shot:


This is HDR Art Embossed


Finally HDR Art Bold


There are a couple more variations to use but I was blocking other people wanting to use the footbridge so I'll have a further experiment another day.

Monday Mystery

Last week's close views



were parts of



a glue stick. Well done to Kev Scott, Ellen D., Dave and Kris. My thanks to all who had a go.

This week you can see the the full view of something to identify



If you would like to make a guess please leave it in the comments. They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.

Spotted Visitors

Just missed taking some still views of a couple of Great Spotted Woodpeckers visiting the feeders. This is a bit of rather grainy surveillance video. I had to zoom in to see the birds. I can't work out whether the first one is a juvenile or female. The adult comes in right near the end just before the automatic recording cut off.

I uploaded the video direct to Blogger instead of using YouTube.

Goldfinches

The morning started with an adult and juvenile making a brief visit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A short while later six adults came to try out the new seed feeder:



First time for a few years I have seen more than an occasional lone Goldfinch visit.

Autumn Brood

I was surprised to see a juvenile bird this late in the year.





It took me a while to work out what is was. Eventually I was able to briefly see the tell tale yellow of a Goldfinch on its wings. The photographs were taken a day apart so there may well be more than one.

Monday Mystery

Last week's close view



was part of



what I suppose could be called a candle lantern. I bought that many years ago when there were several long power outages during bad winter weather. It's not been needed for quite a while but looks as though it could be in use agin in the near future if the recent increase in power cuts continues.

It was difficult from the close view to tell exactly what it was. Well done Adrian, Ellen D., Dave and Ragged Robin for either being spot on or very near in their guesses.

Two close views of parts of this week's mystery object:



These are parts of ..... what?
Please leave any guessses in the comments. They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.

Ellen D. wondered how I pick the objects each week. My instant answer wouls be - with difficulty. I am always on the look out for something I think may be suitable. Sometimes I will spot an object when wandering round my home, sometimes when out dog walking. Other times it's a scrabble at the last minute searching for anything I can find.

Feeders at the Ready

With the change in the weather there have been more birds visiting the feeders so it was time to check them over and top them up. A new(ish) feeder is this one:



It holds jars of peanut butter specially formulated for birds. Peanut butter for human consumption can have too much salt for feeding to birds. I get the pots from CJ Wildlife:



I did have it set up under the bird table over the Summer but it was ignored there and the contents went mouldy. I though I would try it on the side of the shed not far from the traditional feeders.