lime - photoblog of a fruit

Toothbrush Macro

lime — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:42 +0000

Location:

At home, Ipswich

The Setup:

This is for the get-pushed-43 challenge from @nicoleterheide: "for this challenge I want you to keep it closer to home. Find something in your house that you use a lot and make an interesting photo of that. For inspiration take a look at the mundane challenges." I spent a few days thinking about it and came up with this.

This is my toothbrush, much used and in my house. It is lit from the side by a torch.

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 4/10" @ f/16, ISO 200 (Av, manual ISO, manual focus)

Post processing:

Lightroom 4 -

Shadows -30, white clipping -100, black clipping +10, clarity +60
Spot adjustment over the dark areas: -8 stops (hasn't quite wiped out all of the detail, but close enough!)
Noise reduction: luminance +40, detail +100

What do you think?

All constructive criticism is welcome! Please let me know what you think, and what you don't like about the picture. Everything is on the table, including the setup, equipment used, and the post processing. Nothing is off-limits and I'm always eager to learn!

2013-05-17 20:08:04

Spaghetti Face

lime — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:47:03 +0000

Location:

At home, Ipswich

The Setup:

Evelyn loves spaghetti and pulling faces.

The camera & lens:

Camera: iPhone
@ 3.85mm
Exposure: 1/17" @ f/2.8, ISO 500

Post processing:

Instagram 3 -

Can't remember the filter used

What do you think?

2013-04-08 18:39:34

St Mary’s Startrails

lime — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:43:23 +0000

Location:

St Mary's Church, Wood End, Ipswich

The Setup:

Al and I headed over to St Mary's Church to catch some star trails. The front was quite well-lit, and Al managed to make a good picture out of it. I headed around the back to find something that was not so bright. This was still flood-lit but not as much.

This is made from 23 exposures, ranging from two minutes to four minutes each, totalling 65 minutes. Around 11.30pm, the floodlights were turned off so I was able to bump up the exposure to four minutes. The stacking method used (lighten) meant the brightest exposure won out.

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 65" @ f/16, ISO 100 (M, bulb mode with intervalometer)

Post processing:

Starstax -

Auto stack, lighten method

Lightroom 4 -

Contrast -100, shadows +75, white clipping +20, black clipping -55, clarity +100
Curves: Highlights -85, lights -65, shadows -15
HSL - Luminance: Red +50, orange +75, blue +100, purple +65
Noise reduction: Luminance +40, detail +100
Spot adjustment: in the star part, exposure +4 stops, contrast +100, highlights -60, shadows -100, clarity +100, sharpness +100

What do you think?

2013-05-10 23:11:00

Motorcycle Panning Triptych

lime — Sat, 11 May 2013 23:18:29 +0000

Location:

Queens Park, Ipswich

The Setup:

This is for my get-pushed-42 challenge from @noragentian: "What do you think about a panning shot? You can choose if the main object should be sharp or blurred by movement."

I went out shooting at Queens Park with my gr8 m8-o-m9 Al Warren. We set out to do star trails, but in between I tried the panning shot. There is a medium sweeping downhill run past the park and the hoons were doing laps. I only saw this motorcyclist once though. I found that I got a better result if I didn't have the camera up to my eye, but just aimed and panned with it at chest level. The triptych processing was Al's idea!

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 1/8" @ f/3.5, ISO 3200 (Manual exposure, panning movement)

Post processing:

Photoshop Elements 6 (Mac) -

Crop and align each image

Lightroom 4 -

Preset: B&W Look 5, which uses desaturation to get a B&W image, with shadow levels -15, temp +60 and tint +25.
Shadows -50, black clipping -85

The wash-up:

Not especially clear, but when I saw the preview on camera, I knew this is the one I wanted to keep.

What do you think?

2013-05-10 22:50:00

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A luncheon

lime — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:45:36 +0000

Location:

Brisbane City

The Setup:

Some people having lunch.

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 85mm
Exposure: 1/250" @ f/5.6, ISO 1600

Post processing:

Lightroom 4 -

Preset: B&W Look 5, which uses desaturation to get a B&W image, with shadow levels -15, temp +60 and tint +25.
Exposure +0.5 stops
Crop

What do you think?

2012-03-15 13:40:00

GOMA Elephant

lime — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:15:41 +0000

Location:

Southbank, Brisbane

The Setup:

Al and I were walking back to the train station via Kurilpa Bridge. This elephant has been here all along but I'm always in such a great hurry through here that I never noticed it.

Tried to give it the googly eye treatment but this is too big!

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 13" @ f/3.5, ISO 100 (Av, everything else pre-set)

Post processing:

SOOC

What do you think?

2013-05-04 18:52:52

Southbank: Twirling Movement

lime — Sat, 04 May 2013 22:23:50 +0000

Location:

Southbank, Brisbane

The Setup:

This is for the get-pushed-41 challenge from @mbrunner: "to capture motion. could be traffic, people, sports, whatever moves. if this is too boring - an extra: 'motion with emotion'."

I went to a photowalk with Al, Mick and others, and this girl was part of the group. Emotion could be 'concentration', perhaps!

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 30mm
Exposure: 1/5" @ f/2.5, ISO 800 (ISO 800, manual exposure I think)

Post processing:

Lightroom 4 -

Adjust white balance to Tungsten (I had flouro set manually in camera)
Crop
Clarity +50
Sharpening (not that it helped - image was out of focus)
Noise reduction: Luminance +50, detail +100

The wash-up:

Original image wasn't quite in focus or steady, but it was hand held at 1/5", so I'm giving myself an excuse.

What do you think?

2013-05-04 18:08:30

Southbank: Dancing Movement

lime — Sat, 04 May 2013 22:22:45 +0000

Location:

Southbank, Brisbane

The Setup:

This is for the get-pushed-41 challenge from @mbrunner: "to capture motion. could be traffic, people, sports, whatever moves. if this is too boring - an extra: 'motion with emotion'."

It is the Buddha's birthday celebration all weekend at Southbank. At the western end of the parkland a stage was set up with heaps of food stalls and bouncy castles. These guys were dancing in front of the stage. Emotion would be happiness!

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 30mm
Exposure: 1/30" @ f/2.5, ISO 6400 (Av f/2.5, rest auto)

Post processing:

Lightroom 4 -

Adjust white balance to 3.3K (not quite Tungsten) (I had flouro set manually in camera)
Crop

There was a very heavy magenta cast to the highlights due to lighting from the stage.

Exposure -0.5 stops, highlights +30, shadows -25, whites -20 to try to combat this (best thing is to turn the magentas into white, got some of the way there)

The wash-up:

I tried a lot of things to get rid of that magenta cast, but couldn't work it out.

What do you think?

2013-05-04 18:35:36

Southbank: Temple and Eye

lime — Sat, 04 May 2013 22:04:08 +0000

Location:

Southbank, Brisbane

The Setup:

This is for the get-pushed-41 challenge from @mbrunner: "to capture motion. could be traffic, people, sports, whatever moves. if this is too boring - an extra: 'motion with emotion'."

This is the Nepal Peace Pagoda and Wheel of Brisbane at Southbank. I didn't get any emotion here but this is an image that I've wanted to capture for a long time now.

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 15mm
Exposure: 20" @ f/11, ISO 100 (M, using 2-second delay)

Post processing:

Lightroom 4 -

Exposure -0.25 stops
ACR lens correction profile for EF-S 15-85.

What do you think?

2013-05-04 17:43:55

Roma St Passengers

lime — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:32:26 +0000

Location:

Roma Street Station, Brisbane

The Setup:

Passengers waiting at night (8pm) at Roma St Station.

In the frame before this, the guy was giving me the finger.

The camera & lens:

Camera: Canon EOS 650D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS @ 19mm
Exposure: 1/13" @ f/4, ISO 800 (0/1)

Post processing:

Lightroom 4

Preset: B&W Look 5, which uses desaturation to get a B&W image, with shadow levels -15, temp +60 and tint +25.
Exposure -1.1 stops, contrast +25
ACR lens correction profile for EF-S 15-85

What do you think?

2013-04-12 19:31:16