rlv567 wrote:
Finally, my first picture post, though on the Hog for nearly two years.
I have been taking pictures for a lot of years. My first good camera was a Voigtlander Vitessa. Later, for quite some time, I used an Asahi Pentax K1000. When digital came around, my first good camera, which I really liked, was a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F717 (with the swivel body). I cycled through some others, including a very good Panasonic DMC-FZ18. I currently use a Canon G16 and Canon 70D, with Canon lenses EFS 50mm 1.8 II, EFS 10-18mm 4.5-5.6 IS STM, EFS 18-135mm 3.5-5.6 IS STM, EFS 70-200mm L 4.0 IS USM. Cost will preclude my acquisition of any upgraded equipment.
I have used or tried just about every post-processing program on my Windows 10 computer, which has a fast processor, 16 GB RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GT 730 video card with 2 GB video RAM. Unfortunately, my monitor is just a standard Acer 23 inch, with the limitations that implies. (I cannot afford a good photo monitor.) Perhaps that is just as well, as I have cataracts which limit severely my ocular capabilities, though I did just recently score 100% for accurate color vision on the Munsell Hue Test. (I am 90 years of age.)
My post-processing never has been very sophisticated/in depth. I used PaintShop Pro from before it was Corel, up to version X9. I now am using Canon Digital Professional, Adobe Photoshop Express, the Adobe subscription programs (desktop), ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 and occasionally Topaz Studio.
With that as a background, here are 10 shots from those taken at the annual Baguio Flower Festival this past February. I processed a bit in ON1 and used a preset I saved from the first photo for all the rest (admittedly, not the best idea, but a time saver; I also would have cropped two or three a little had they been done individually). I resized down from 5472x3648 to 2400x1600 to reduce file size for uploading. Critiques are solicited, as that is how I will be able to improve, equipment and eyesight permitting!
Loren; Baguio City, Philippines (the past nearly three years); previously, Phoenix, Arizona and Southern California
Finally, my first picture post, though on the Hog ... (
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Wow, how similar are we.....My first camera was also a Voigtlander Vitessa T. And my second camera was also an Asahi Pentax K1000...Wow, how great those cameras were. The first picture i ever had published was in the then, LIFE magazine and that shot was taken with the Voightlander...
Your images are really good, riv.
Rich...