As for the playing with the camera, I experimented with RAW format, discovered that it doesn't help - much - as long as I'm using Picasa for editing. Besides, it takes forever to save a photo in the camera. Maybe I'll use it in the future; not for now.
Here's a sample of the photos, after Picasa "fixed" them, with a bit of cropping and resizing.
Dried pearly everlasting. Harvested on the Sunshine Coast a month ago.
A dried, rolled leaf off my prayer plant.
The business end of a Venus flytrap, through dewed glass.
A carpet beetle larva. I've had this one in a bottle for several months, with a wisp of wool and a piece of feather. He's doing fine, growing and chomping away. 4 mm.
And now, to take an aspirin and head to bed. Just what the doctor used to order.
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Picasa doesn't have much in the way of RAW processing options. You would have to use something like Adobe Camera RAW or Lightroom. I like Lightroom but for quick processing I still use Picasa because it is easier to navigate.
ReplyDeleteI love that rolled leaf image. What interesting looking patterns on the leaf.
ReplyDeleteDoubting Foo,
ReplyDeleteBeing free adds to the attractions of Picasa, too. I used to have Photoshop, but my old computer killed it and everything else aboard. And a new version costs over $600, (Lightroom runs around $300) so I'll have to wait a bit to indulge.
Zhakee,
It is surprising what beauty there is to be found in the old, dead parts of plants, the ones we usually throw on the compost heap.
Just found your blog (via Sky Watch)and have been reading and getting intrigued with your passion for wee critters...you have some strange pets LOL
ReplyDeleteI'll be back.
Hi, Sue! Glad you found me.
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