My Mum mentioned recently that quite a few plants in her garden had not made it through the particularly cold winter. She was especially sad that the ones my Dad had bought that unsuspectingly (several weeks after the order) arrived on the day of his funeral seem not to have made it through the winter [...]
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Over Exposed
In my recent post I mentioned that I had inadvertently changed a setting on my camera which was affecting the results of my photographs.
These two photos show the results of my accidentally altering of the exposure compensation setting. The second photo was taken after I got the settings back in order
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2011
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DoF Experiments
DoF = Depth of Field.
The above article is a little confusing as are the other internet articles on the subject. In layman’s terms DoF means that when you have focused on the subject of your photograph the camera settings you choose determine how much of the foreground and background is in focus too. It is [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2011
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Home Grown
It was lovely to see the sun come out this afternoon, it lightened my spirit. My household chores were done so it was an ideal opportunity for me to test my new camera out in the garden.
When I visited Wenlock Priory recently I tried the ‘Aperture Priority’ setting and struggled with it, despite having [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 6th 2011
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Weight Loss – Week 31
Today has been one of those days…
On the way to work this morning I needed to pick up a couple of parcels from the local post office. This proved difficult because the town civic offices and library are currently being regenerated which meant that getting into town and parking up was a nightmare. There [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 3rd 2011
The other place I visited on my recent trip to Kent was Greenwich. There was a difference of opinion on what we should do whilst we were there. We settled for the National Maritime Museum in the end. The museum is being refurbished in places meaning some of the rooms were closed and some of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 19th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent February 2010
EZ Zoom
Whilst checking out the EZ Zoom function on my camera I inadvertently took a self portrait.
The booklet tells me that EZ Zoom allows you to zoom in a little closer to an object without the loss of image quality. It does indeed zoom in a little closer but I think more practice is needed…
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2011
