photography – sceadugenga

playing with pictures || 17may2022

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Michael Raven

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A few pictures turned out decent while I walked in the neighborhood this weekend and went to that local wildlife area. All photos taken late afternoon on 15 May.

more photos from 07may22

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Michael Raven

A few more pictures from yesterday’s jaunt. Some post-processing (cropping, rotation, and color correction/B&W).

I love the color mixture of the featured image and it was one of the few where I utilized the wide-angle option of the camera. Most of the pictures I took are done with a “linear” focal range, meaning that they tend to not have the curvature of the wide-angle. I took several others of that picnic table with the linear angle on the camera and they just lacked that sense of huge that works with this picture in my opinion.

photos || 07may22

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Michael Raven

A few pictures as I reboot my playing around with the camera and try to get a feel for how the GoPro works. Nice day for a change, neither too cold or too warm, nor too rainy. Wandered around the neighborhood where my kids do aikido.

GoPro Hero 10 First Impressions

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Michael Raven

So… As I had already said several times this past week or so, I decided to take the plunge and pick up a GoPro Hero 10 Black. It arrived this afternoon and, while I haven’t experimented much with taking any usable pictures, I have been exploring the various features to try and become familiar with the little guy. [Note: this is not a product review, just initial impressions].

Random thoughts

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Michael Raven

Because… why not?

Photo/wildcrafting

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Michael Raven

I’ve been doing some reading up on several things that pique my interest these past few days in what may seem at first like two unrelated areas: photography and foraging/wildcrafting.

I know — for those who read my non-poetry posts, you already likely know that I am interested in both subjects and you may have picked up that I am interested in combining the interests after I get the rugged camera I have on order early next week. To you, this might not be news. But now I am actively looking into both areas of study — and have been both frustrated and made excited by what I have been reading.

Waiting for a Hero

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Michael Raven

Well, I got it into my head that I wanted to get a hobby that forced me outdoors more and to pick up a new skill that I always wanted, so I ended up buying a GoPro Hero10 last night direct from GoPro. I wouldn’t have normally bought a $500+ device like that, but the official store brought it to a more reasonable $350, inclusive of a subscription to their media storage and photo tools site (with extended no-questions warranty and GoPro-store discounts). Plus, although I didn’t know it at the time, I snagged an extra 10% off by giving up my email address (which I had to do anyway by making a purchase) and was below even that, including a spare battery I picked up.

“But Michael, don’t you have enough going on? And why a rugged sports action camera instead of a more sensible and professional DSLR camera?”

Well…