Impressionist
Walking through the woods one cool, misty day – my mood was feeling a bit detached and out of sorts. Coming into view of this stand of trees, I figured that I would try and capture an image that could match the odd feelings I was having during this foggy hike.
A walk in the woods
It was actually challenging to try and get the little Olympus point and shoot to behave like I wanted it to do since you can’t manually set the shutter speed. After a few attempts and learning how to fool the camera, I was able to get something that came pretty close to matching the mood I was trying to capture.
Unaffected Photography 
You painted a brilliant photograph here, Mr. B…
well worth the fight/challenge!
🙂
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thanks Inky! It was some fun trial and error and outsmarting the camera. Modern point and shoots are designed to give a pretty sharp, in focus image automatically… outsmarting that took a bit of time, but I think it was worth it! Thanks again!
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Good effect wiith your point and shoot camera. Using a DSLR with a zoom lens, you obtain similar effect by slowing down the shutter speed and quickly zooming or turning the lens.
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thank you – of course you are right with the DSLR information…. as I was visiting this place on my motorcycle, the only camera I had with me was my little point and shoot. 😉
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Very nice, Derrick! These types of shots aren’t easy to pull off successfully with a DSLR nevermind with a P&S. Well done.
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I like the effect you got. Very nice. 🙂
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Thanks Robin!!!
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This is a pretty neat shot made with the point and shoot. I took mine with my fairly basic cell phone which is exactly why it came out so unfocused! http://designhouse9.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/then-again-by-diane-keaton/
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thanks!
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Now how on earth did you do that?!
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I fooled the camera into thinking it was darker than it was to slow down the shutter speed and then panned the camera across the scene I wanted to capture. 😉
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A really intriguing shot.
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ahh the imagery, I see the forest through trees
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Indeed, thanks!
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Just lovely!
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thanks, and thanks for stopping by!
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so how did you fool the camera in to thinking it was darker…please tell
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I set the exposure on the darkest part of the scene I could see, held the shutter button half way down and re-composed. Viola!
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Terrific composition! love it. Here is my take on “unfocused”: http://wp.me/p1TywS-rc
~Anne
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thank you Anne! I’m glad you stopped by.
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