Beach, birds and back woods with HX100V

LSF · Jul 4, 2011

I went to Pacifica Beach this monring to test the camera in less than sunny conditions, it is usually overcast in Pacifica and today was no exception. On one side is the ocean and then a people/dog path seperating it from a marsh area with lots of wild life..a fun place to go for diversity. I think the camera held it's own ..is it perfect no, but for such a light weight package I am more than happy.

The beach side

The marsh side

This shot was hard as the hawk was in a tree in a very dark area and the sky was white, so I used the on board flash at +1 and it did not do to bad.

then he nicely flew to an open branch where there was light for a better shot

SamTruax · Jul 4, 2011

Beautiful location and you have an excellent eye for composition!
I need to take the time to test my camera as well.

--
Sam

'Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it... albeit probably in colour the second time around.'

LSF · Jul 4, 2011

thanks Sam for the kind words

Lisa

Diane63 · Jul 4, 2011

These are beautiful photos. Are some HDRed?
Diane

LSF · Jul 4, 2011

no not HDR, I use a Nik Color Efex tonal contrast filter to bring out details sometimes

ASR45 · Jul 4, 2011

Love the series.
--
Alan.

LSF · Jul 5, 2011

Thanks Alan!

jmoh · Jul 5, 2011

Hi there LSF,

Beautiful series and I love #1 's composition...!!! That to me is Definately a Wall hanger. You should Enlarge it and Try selling it at any Stock Photo site.

Thanks for sharing.......James.

Mods at Malaysia's only 4/3 site : http://www.mychiaroscuro.net

My webpage : http://www.wix.com/jjjmoh/jmoh-photography

LSF · Jul 6, 2011

thank you James

mbc28 · Jul 6, 2011

awesome shots - you have a great eye - was interested to see what settings you used on these beach shots - I noticed your colours are more realistic than what some people are getting - auto setting seems to shoot in VIvid colour - these look less saturated and more natural- did you do any pp work on the images ie esp to bring out any detail in shadow areas or sharpening?

I love the camera but just sent mine in to be checked because of exposure problems - esp after reinitializing my camera to try to see if it fixed an oversaturated LCD screen with very red shadow areas and some focus issues - the red didnt show up in the images but in Auto mode all the shadows were way too harsh and in P mode 9 out of 10 images were way too overexposed in general with no detail in highlights.

I was getting very hit and miss images in terms of exposure and focus and when it was a hit the images were superb showing me what the camera is capable of

thanks again for posting

mbc28 · Jul 6, 2011

was wondering how you added a filter to the camera?

Stephen McDonald · Jul 6, 2011

Pleasing shots and interesting subjects. You've shown a previously-unknown species, the Ring-eyed Beige Duck.
--
Steve McDonald
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22121562@N00/
http://www.vimeo.com/user458315/videos

bikeguy · Jul 6, 2011

What a great spot and wonderful bunch o' pix!

Very nice job with the backlit hawk against the white sky. You probably could have pushed the flash up towards plus 2. You might also have compensated plus 2/3rds or so for the general exposure with that bright background.

If you've got an exposure lock button on that camera another trick would be to point the camera at the tree down from the hawk, where (and if) the background is not the bright white of the sky, lock that exposure, then return to the hawk to focus and shoot.

Cheers,

Charles
--
Website: http://www.charleschesslerphotography.com

Latest: http://www.pbase.com/charleschessler/latestimages

LX3 images: http://www.pbase.com/charleschessler/panasonic_lx3

LSF · Jul 6, 2011

Stephen McDonald said:
Pleasing shots and interesting subjects. You've shown a previously-unknown species, the Ring-eyed Beige Duck.
--
Steve McDonald
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22121562@N00/
http://www.vimeo.com/user458315/videos

thanks Stephen...and for the duck ID. She was there with 3 little babies and the Heron was not too happy with them swimming near him while he was trying to catch fish

LSF · Jul 6, 2011

bikeguy said:
What a great spot and wonderful bunch o' pix!

Very nice job with the backlit hawk against the white sky. You probably could have pushed the flash up towards plus 2. You might also have compensated plus 2/3rds or so for the general exposure with that bright background.

If you've got an exposure lock button on that camera another trick would be to point the camera at the tree down from the hawk, where (and if) the background is not the bright white of the sky, lock that exposure, then return to the hawk to focus and shoot.

Cheers,

Charles
--
Website: http://www.charleschesslerphotography.com

Latest: http://www.pbase.com/charleschessler/latestimages

LX3 images: http://www.pbase.com/charleschessler/panasonic_lx3

Thanks Charles. I was just trying to get a shot in before he floew away. There is a large raven population there and they were not too happy with the hawk for being in their territory....and since the camera is so new to me I am not the fastest with changing the controls swiftly yet.

LSF · Jul 6, 2011

mbc28 said:
was wondering how you added a filter to the camera?

the filters were applied in post processing

bikeguy · Jul 7, 2011

LSF said:
bikeguy said:

What a great spot and wonderful bunch o' pix!

Very nice job with the backlit hawk against the white sky. You probably could have pushed the flash up towards plus 2. You might also have compensated plus 2/3rds or so for the general exposure with that bright background.

If you've got an exposure lock button on that camera another trick would be to point the camera at the tree down from the hawk, where (and if) the background is not the bright white of the sky, lock that exposure, then return to the hawk to focus and shoot.

Click to expand...

LSF said:
Thanks Charles. I was just trying to get a shot in before he floew away. There is a large raven population there and they were not too happy with the hawk for being in their territory....and since the camera is so new to me I am not the fastest with changing the controls swiftly yet.

Gotchya. Looking forward to more!

Cheers,

Charles

mbc28 · Jul 7, 2011

hey Charles - how do you lock the exposure on one part of an scene and then refocus on a different section keeping the exposure on the section you liked - when you depress the shutter half way isnt it locking onto the focus as well as the exposure so when go to refocus on your subject then take the shot - its taken a new exposure reading from that focus area as well - lets say if you have the exposure set as centre weight or spot - sent my camera in to be checked so its not on me but dont think theres an exp lock button is there - one of my earlier zooms had a sep spot EXP lock button

bikeguy · Jul 7, 2011

I'm not sure if it's doable on your camera or not. That's why I wrote:
" If you've got an exposure lock"...

On my DSLR and on my Panny LX3 there's a dedicated button for exposure lock so it separates it from the shutter button if you want to do the procedure I mentioned. I'd look in your manual for "auto exposure lock" or "exposure lock". It's one of the features that I love on my little Panny.

Cheers,

Charles
--
Website: http://www.charleschesslerphotography.com

Latest: http://www.pbase.com/charleschessler/latestimages

LX3 images: http://www.pbase.com/charleschessler/panasonic_lx3

mbc28 · Jul 7, 2011

thanks - will go through the manual

Beach, birds and back woods with HX100V

Leading Member

Senior Member

Leading Member

Senior Member

Leading Member

Forum Pro

Leading Member

Well-known member

Leading Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Forum Pro

Forum Pro

Leading Member

Leading Member

Leading Member

Forum Pro

Well-known member

Forum Pro

Well-known member

Similar threads

Keyboard shortcuts