Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Watery Wednesday - Autumn Color Experiments


Like many of you I've been busy over the last few weeks trying to capture the wonderful colors of autumn. In a good weather year the colors need very little help from fancy camera setting to show off glorious colors of yellow, orange, red, and blue--and all the ranges of each color. I'm a beginning photographer who is working with a new camera as well. So, I've been experimenting.

In the top photo of this little creek in a local park, I used "auto" setting. The result was a rather muted feel, but quite pleasing. In the bottom photo I set the camera on "vivid" and wow! The camera picked up all range of colors not visible with the naked eye. I like both, but probably lean more to the natural setting. What do you think?


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11 comments:

  1. its really colorful and bright, its beautiful

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  2. Wow! That vivid setting really makes those colors POP! You should blow that one up and frame it.

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  3. I tend to lean towards the natural colors.. You are really getting to know that new camera of yours. These are great shots with good composition!

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  4. your camera did it? I thought it was an editing program of sort.

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  5. Wow love the colors it's beautiful!


    WW

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  6. I love bright and vivid colors, but the muted soft tones is very pleasant to me.

    Nice composition!

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  7. Liz you know I love COLOUR, and your second photograph looks zingy for something special. It's hard not to play with photos sometimes and see what happens with them. It could make a card front with a difference.

    I do love the natural though; it's a beautiful scene.

    Enjoy our new camera.

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  8. I like the first the best. I love watery shots. Thanks for the visit too!

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  9. I like both photos. I used the vivid colors setting also, but my vivid isn't anything like your vivid :-)

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  10. Oh my word! If I saw that view I don't think I'd be able to move away. That's incredibly beautiful.

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  11. Wow! All of those colors are gorgeous!

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