{"id":2215,"date":"2011-08-12T06:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/08\/12\/8122011-portland-horse-chestnut\/"},"modified":"2011-08-12T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T10:55:00","slug":"8122011-portland-horse-chestnut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2215","title":{"rendered":"8\/12\/2011: Portland Horse Chestnut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the consequences of doing a Pic 4 Today blog is that you are forced to seize every opportunity to pick up your camera and go find something to photograph. I was stranded in a hotel for the morning in a rather seedy section of Portland Oregon (my bad, I made the reservation)…and it took some determination to shut down the internet and get out there. As it happens there was a tiny cemetery across the street from the hotel with some huge old trees. I took a dozen or more exposures and went back to the hotel, transfered the images via Eye-Fi card to my Xoom, and processed a few in PhotoEnhance Pro HD and PicSay Pro.<\/p>\n

I liked the texture and the light coming through the extra large leaves of the Horse Chestnut. Selective focus kept the strongest pattern sharp and Active D-Lighting gave me a good exposure for processing. I also liked the big ugly fruit. <\/p>\n

Nikon Coolpix P500 at 23mm equivalent field of view. f3.4 @ 1\/320 @ ISO 320. Program with Active D-Lighting. Fruit at 410mm equivalent. f4 @ 1\/320th @ ISO 160. Close Up mode.<\/p>\n

Processed as above in PhotoEnhance Pro HD. Fruit in PicSay Pro. <\/p>\n

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