When I take a picture, I often ask myself: does the picture look better in color or in black-and-white? It comes down to a simple choice — does color add to the image? If so, then it is best displayed as a color image. This shot was taken straight out of camera using Fuji X … Continue reading Color
Trying out the Ilford Delta recipe from Fuji X Weekly. All shots are straight out of camera with no exposure or color changes. I set the camera’s ISO to 12,800 (as recommended by the recipe developer) and enabled x100v’s internal ND filter. I am loving the contrast! Here’s the recipe: Monochrome +YDynamic Range: DR400Highlight: 0Shadow: … Continue reading Ilford Delta shots
Whenever I go out for a walk, even if it is in a route I always take, I often bring my camera. Because you will never know when you will see something that you seldom see. And my camera is always setup for a quick snapshot. Manual focus. Focus set at infinity. Shuter speed at … Continue reading Always bring your camera
Experimenting with a Fujifilm recipe for drab, cloudy days. This is the settings I used in my Fujifilm x100v (slightly different from that in Fuji X Weekly’s site): Classic ChromeDynamic Range: DR400Highlight: +3Shadow: -1Color: +3Noise Reduction: -4Sharpening: -2Clarity: -2Grain Effect: Strong, SmallColor Chrome Effect: StrongColor Chrome Effect Blue: StrongWhite Balance: Auto, +1 Red & -6 … Continue reading Old Kodak shots
A few years ago, a friend of mine asked who was my TOTGA. What the heck is a TOTGA, I asked? The One That Got Away. I am pretty sure that there are people who yearn for that person from the past. I am sure that these people ask themselves what would have happened if … Continue reading TOTGA
When I was younger, I wanted to buy those ecosphere products that demonstrate how inter-related our planet is. It’s a sealed environment housing shrimp, plants, water — everything that allows the organisms inside to thrive. That’s how our world works. Everything is connected. If you disrupt the balance, it can cause a range of negative … Continue reading Lens-Artists: Environments
From RDP’s word of the day.
If there is something certain in life, nothing is permanent. Nothing is static. In the blink of an eye, everything that you had built your world on will suddenly change. The pandemic showed that. From a busy metropolis to empty streets devoid of cars and people. My thoughts of the day as prompted by RDP’s … Continue reading Nothing
“AI is not photography.” Boris Edlagsen’s AI-generated image This is the statement of Berlin-based “photomedia artist” Boris Eldagsen. He participated in the World Photography Organization’s Sony World Photography Awards and garnered first place in the Creative Category. The problem is: the winning image was generated using AI. Eldagsen writes: Thank you for selecting my image … Continue reading AI is not photography
You can find more puzzles at the Puzzle Mansion at Tagaytay, home of the largest collection of jigsaw puzzles in the world, with over 1,000 puzzles on display. The collection includes puzzles of various sizes and themes, some of which are rare and valuable. This post is a response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge - … Continue reading Big Cities Made Small
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