I’m still at the park for today’s post, where I pulled out all the stops to make technically and hopefully aesthetically strong photographs with a rather old camera. I’m talking about the Fujifilm A900 which I reviewed a few days ago. The A900 is a 13-years-old, entry-level model with several notable weaknesses. I only paid $22 for it recently, and I’m challenging myself to make good images.
This camera only shoots in JPEG, which imposes additional limitations, which I talked about yesterday. But, there are ways around them. The camera also suffers from extensive purple fringing, which creates nasty purple-blue hazes near bright areas such as around tree limbs. There is a simple solution, however. Just make them black and whites, which I did here in post-production.
Thus, by underexposing and post-processing images, I was able to reduce the known weaknesses of this camera. Making decent compositions is an entirely different challenge. I’m still a novice at landscapes but getting a little better as I begin to train the eye. Perhaps someday, I’ll get more earnest and venture beyond a park to wide-open nature well beyond the suburbs.
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I think the first image of the tree is your strongest yet.
Thank you, Khürt
My favorite is the last one, because of the shimmering water and twisted tree roots. Thank you for sharing these B&W photos.
Thank you for visiting and commenting, Geri.