1/2/2012: Candied Rose Leaves, Kennebunk ME
The very first warm rays of New Year’s sun brought up the red under the frost in these beach-rose leaves, giving them the look of a confection. I backed off and used the long end of the zoom from 4.5 feet to throw the background well out of focus and –isolate the arrangement of leaves and berries. I used a Canon SX40HS super-zoom point and shoot camera with a real focal length only 150mm…so I got the depth of field of a moderate telephoto and the image scale of an 840mm lens. Best of both worlds.
This was just at dawn, so the exposure was f5.8 @ 1/100th @ ISO 800. This kind of shot is not possible without the excellent image stabilization of the Canon lens (handholding 840mm equivalent), and the excellent high ISO performance of the sensor which maintains color and detail without adding a lot of noise.
Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness.
Good Morning and Happy New Year
This is a great image and one I would have wanted to take.
Not sure if this is the correct place for asking a question but here goes. I have been following you on your blog for several months and am planning to purchase a SX-40HS in the next couple of weeks. I currently have a S-90 that I have been using with my Swarovski 80HD for digiscopeing with some good results. I also have been using the camera for landscape and macro. I try to shoot in manual as much as possible. I have noticed that many of your images are shot in Program and wondering why you choose Program Mode?
I have enjoyed birding and nature for many years and photography has always been a low level interest. I have been struggling with the PS or DSLR choice but have settled on the PS because I do not see myself as a DSLR bird on a stick pro. So far my images are getting a good response.
Thanks in advance for your response and I assume if this is not right place for this post you will let me know.
Ed Dombrofski
I have actually written on this very subject recently on my Point and Shoot Landscape page on google+
https://plus.google.com/b/102612730161560525434/102612730161560525434/posts/ZwJJiaGxLm4
This is really nice……the leaves look like they are sprinkled with sugar.