Whitewater11 Loc: Ellensburg, Washington

A hand held image of December lights from Leavenworth, WA. In the 60s a ski jump long since torn down and ski lessons blessed the land on the North edge of town. Not even a snowflake on the ground this Dec. day. It is a nice outing anytime you can go.

I used a lamp post to lean against for the image from a small Lumix camera. Processing was in ACR with presets and profiles that I obtained from Blake Rudis. He has developed a very practical set of materials that are more functional than most I have tried to use and describes himself as a mechanical artist. For those who like to experiment with this kind of thing he has a Friday tip on most weeks that I often find practical and free. As an artist and educator he naturally has products for sale and it seems he had a new product he was promoting this Thursday. Most of his products install and work with ACR, photoshop and Lightroom.

Comments are welcome and the image may be copied or modified and used in any way.

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

For a 1/2 sec. hand-held exposure that's amazingly sharp. I get the impression that with m4/3 cameras they don't need high f-stops to give lots of DOF, and since there's nothing too close in your foreground you could probably have come a stop or two lower than f/16. But like I said, the slow shutter speed hasn't stopped you from getting a shake-free image. Did you nail the camera to the lamp-post?

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

That 's a really nice Christmassy shot. Were you using IBIS plus OIS? Do you favour electronic shutter?
How do you rate the 12-60? For my GX8 I have a 12-32, 35-100 and yet to use 45-175. The GX8 is the best G I've had.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

That's a gorgeous photo, Lynn! Thanks so much for the tip about Blake Rudis also.

I bought the G7 in 2017 and just use the 14-140 mm lens on it. It's a sweet, sweet camera

Whitewater11 Loc: Ellensburg, Washington

Thanks for your comments. I really enjoy my Lumix camera as it is compact and easy to use. I confess that I just set the camera on auto and used a smashed finger on one edge against the lamp post to get an image. I tried to level the image in post processing, but the roads are all going up or down hill. There is much that could have made this image better. It looks a lot brighter on my screen.

Whitewater11 Loc: Ellensburg, Washington

Thank you for your comment. I used the camera on this shot in Auto mode and I assume both stabilizing systems were operating. I have no complaints with the 12-60, but I confess that I have a lot of canon glass for my mark three that I am looking to upgrade this year. I do like the GX8 and have used it as a travel camera. Images are sharp at least up to 12 by 18. It sounds like you have some very nice glass to work with.

Whitewater11 Loc: Ellensburg, Washington

Thanks for checking out my image. I would love to have the 14-140 lens. It should have a very practical reach and your great images show very sharp and colorful results.

I will have to think about the Blake Rudis action program he presented today. I do not use actions frequently. A few weeks ago he demonstrated how the calibration icon works{two little boxes stacked up}The calibration sliders affect the camera profile and each color affects more than just the color labeled with the slider. I believe that is in both Elements and photoshop. He has some very practical presets and a special way to use them for photoshop, and some very practical profiles the I think will work for elements and photoshop. These were presented in the past few weeks with instruction and may still be on sale. I signed up for his programs as they were on sale and have no regrets as he is creative and a hard worker.

Lynn

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

These tiny lenses are magic - imagine a 35-100 and camera on a neck - strap fitting beneath my anorak - and able to produce shots for sharp 16 x 20 prints.