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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Herra Tohtori on August 08, 2011, 05:27:50 am
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In the beginning of this summer (in May 2011) I got my hands on a new camera; a Canon Powershot SX130IS. While it is by no means a DSLR, it's no slouch either, with good objective quality, 12x optical zoom at one end and rather wide angle at the other; twelve megapixel grid and, in general, rather good image quality.
However, this was not enough for me, the hifist that I am, so I downloaded and got CHDK (http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK) installed on the camera's memory card. This enabled me to take RAW shots and do the image processing on a computer, which allows a bit higher quality compression-wise and also gives a few more opportunities in editing the colour balance of the images.
Here are some of the best shots I have taken during this summer.
From Helsinki:
(http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/9769/crw0248.jpg) (http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9769/crw0248.jpg)(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/7900/crw0257.jpg) (http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/7900/crw0257.jpg)(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7906/crw0258.jpg) (http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7906/crw0258.jpg)
Some beetle and an Old World Swallowtail butterfly. I've been photographing lots of insects since they offer a good way to utilize the macro optics of the camera's objective. There are a lot of them...
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2622/crw0286bsmall.jpg) (http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2622/crw0286bsmall.jpg)(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/5341/crw0308ritariperhonen1.jpg) (http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5341/crw0308ritariperhonen1.jpg)(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2227/crw0308ritariperhonen2w.jpg) (http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2227/crw0308ritariperhonen2w.jpg)
Some unknown Lycanid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaenidae) butterfly.
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2768/crw0374small.jpg) (http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/2768/crw0374small.jpg)(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/127/crw0374smallsat.jpg) (http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/127/crw0374smallsat.jpg)(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4531/crw0380small.jpg) (http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4531/crw0380small.jpg)
Some lycanid, a Small Tortoiseshell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Tortoiseshell), and a Lesser Marbled Fritillary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenthis_ino).
(http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/1876/crw0384small.jpg) (http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1876/crw0384small.jpg)(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2240/crw0387smallsquare.jpg) (http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2240/crw0387smallsquare.jpg)(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2136/crw0393small.jpg) (http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/2136/crw0393small.jpg)
Again some Lycanidae species of blue variety...
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2286/crw0399small.jpg) (http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2286/crw0399small.jpg)(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/1151/crw0403smallsat.jpg) (http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/1151/crw0403smallsat.jpg)
...and some gold-winged Lycanidae mating.
(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9885/crw0425small.jpg) (http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9885/crw0425small.jpg)(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1632/crw0428small.jpg) (http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/1632/crw0428small.jpg)
Spider's web (unknown species) lit by the morning sun, and a bumblebee.
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5473/crw0507small.jpg) (http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5473/crw0507small.jpg)(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5787/crw0539small.jpg) (http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5787/crw0539small.jpg)
Some shots of a dragonfly, most likely a Common Hawker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Hawker).
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8964/crw0541small.jpg) (http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/8964/crw0541small.jpg)(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6850/crw0544small.jpg) (http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6850/crw0544small.jpg)
(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/687/crw0547largewide.jpg) (http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3046/crw0547small.jpg)(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3046/crw0547small.jpg) (http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/687/crw0547largewide.jpg)
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2318/crw0548smalla.jpg) (http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2318/crw0548smalla.jpg)(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2716/crw0548smallb.jpg) (http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2716/crw0548smallb.jpg)
Red Admiral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_atalanta).
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2520/crw0592smallb.jpg) (http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4342/crw0592small.jpg)(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4342/crw0592small.jpg) (http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9899/crw0592smalla.jpg)(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/7443/crw0592wide.jpg) (http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7443/crw0592wide.jpg)
And some unknown species of dragonflies, will do a bit of research to figure out what these are. The first, bright yellow one was a very docile and easy to photograph, as you can see.
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/2223/crw0596small.jpg) (http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2223/crw0596small.jpg)(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6176/crw0596wide.jpg) (http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/6176/crw0596wide.jpg)
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/83/crw0603small.jpg) (http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/83/crw0603small.jpg)(http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/2152/crw0603wide.jpg) (http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2152/crw0603wide.jpg)
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2231/crw0604small.jpg) (http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2231/crw0604small.jpg)(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2510/crw0604wide.jpg) (http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/2510/crw0604wide.jpg)
This one was slightly darker and gave a hump-backed appearance. Again, will find out what exactly it is.
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5433/crw0607crop.jpg) (http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/5433/crw0607crop.jpg)(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/465/crw0607small.jpg) (http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/465/crw0607small.jpg)
I might update these with photos I've forgotten. Enjoy!
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CHDK is awesomesauce. it can make even crappy cams like the A460 take relatively decent pictures that arent just "point n shoot"
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Dragonflies are boss, especially if you ever get to observe them hunt they can put a fighter jet to shame with the maneuvers they are able to pull. Nifty pictures all around.