Your Canon Photos No. 43: 25th February to 2nd March 2024

Shot in RAW, edited in DPP4.
I darkened up the grass a little.

35mm with an 18-135 USM lens

@stevet1 That's a nice one, it almost does have a analog B/W vibe 👍

I really like this one. The green hill (mountain?) in the foreground contrasts nicely with the snowy hill.

I think the "mobile" version of LR is a great idea. I had a book (that I bought for less than £1 in a charity shop) about LR mobile, written by Scott Kelby. A very handy book, though it was outdated.
Photos look great.

We've got pretty bad flooding around here also at present. Had to take an hour detour today because of a road blocked due to flooding.
No photos, unfortunately.

Dunlin,

I spent several frustrating hours yesterday trying to get LR Mobile to work with RAW files on my tablet.

In the end, if I understand it correctly, you have to either buy their paid product, or download the RAW files from a cloud service like Adobe Creative Cloud or Dropbox. From what I gathered, you can directly import JPG or DNG files, but not RAW.

I could be wrong, but like I said, I was frustrated.

In the end, I just dropped the idea and will use DPP4 to work with the RAW files on my laptop.

Steve Thomas

I just quickly installed the app on my tablet and got the same - no free RAW editing. Adobe seems to be pretty much subscription only - I think the only program/app that you can buy a "lifetime license" for is Photoshop Elements. It seems that most everything is moving to a subscription model of payment. Regarding photo processing software, I think DxO Photolab and Affinity Photo are well spoken of by non-fans of the subscription model. Affinity Photo especially. For years, Affinity was updating licenses purchased for only £48 (and often less), without charging more. That earned them a lot of fans. Now AP costs £68, which is still really good value (comparatively speaking).

Meanwhile, IMHO, if you're willing to spend a bit of time learning and/or you're not a processing large quantities of RAWs, the free (eg. DPP4) and libre (eg. GIMP) options are absolutely more than good enough.

Spring's blossoms have started.

Photobygyms,

Thank you.

Steve Thomas

Steve,

I like the contrasts and the photo is sharp. Did you have a color version too?

Dunlin,

I like seeing the tree blossoms. We have some green leaves in our forest at the lower level, but I did not see any tree blossoms. I also took some pictures of flowers on a sunny day.

But winter still continues for us. We saw snow yesterday but it did not stick. The rain is pretty much continuous now, but not too bad. Tomorrow the rain is supposed to be heavy according to the forecast..

Dig,

Thanks.

No, I don't. I shot it in black and white.

Steve

The raw file should be in colour, even though the jpg is b&w.

David

Dig,

I didn't realize that you could change a monochrome RAW to color in DPP4. It's easy just by changing the Picture Style to Standard or Landscape or something.

Once you convert it to jpg though, you can't change it. I didn't save the RAW file. It wasn't that big of a deal.

Steve Thomas

Steve,

A raw file is just the individual outputs of the pixels on the sensor. It is neither monochrome nor color. It is the act of combining these outputs in different ratios that determines whether the result is monochrome or coloured. Choosing monochrome throws away the color information, which can only be recovered by starting again with the raw file. Of course, a colour file can be converted to monochrome, but not vice versa.

David

Subject: Early Flowers

About five days ago when we had some sun, I was able to find these early flowers or plants that were about to have them. Lately it's been a lot of rain with some snow. But as discussed I did not see any tree blossoms.

Photo No. 1 - This small plant had all sorts of them.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/400 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 2 - This was pretty too.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/400 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 90 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 3 - The daffodils are ready to bloom. I did find other daffodil flowers in different locations.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/400 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 4 - These are future flowers I should check up on later. Other than than some crocus flowers that I could find earlier, it's still too early for a lot of them.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/40 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 106 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

I had a pretty successful afternoon.

Using my tablet as a remote controller, I took a couple of RAW photos. For my Android tablet, I use an App called, Camera Connect and Control.

I downloaded the pictures, and then using an OTG (on the go) cable, copied those over to a USB thumb drive plugged into my tablet.

I then plugged that thumb drive into my laptop, and using DPP4, was able to edit and post process them. I didn't save the pictures, because they were lousy to begin with. I just wanted to prove to myself that it could be done.
My ultimate goal is to take long exposure photos using my tablet as the remote control, while I sit in a camp chair sipping on mint juleps. 😀

I was happy.

Steve Thomas

Steve,

That's great. For my iPhone, there's a Canon App that allows you to run the camera from the phone. That would be ideal to set up a camera near some wildlife and operate it remotely. But I would have to get a more up-to-date phone and Apple operating system. I'm not in the hurry for it, but it's something I'll keep in the back of my mind.

Enjoy your time in the camp chair. 😀 I hope it won't be too cold for you. We got cold rain right now; might get some snow too.

Dig,

Yeah, I use Canon's Camera Connect on my phone. I use the Camera Connect and Control app for my tablet to avoid any conflicts. I use the tablet a whole lot more, because the screen is so much bigger.

They say that the range on these remote devices in direct line of sight and no with no competing wi-fi signals can extend out about 300 feet. I think they work better if you limit it to about 150 feet.

Steve Thomas.

Life has kept me pretty busy again lately, but here's a lovely yellowhammer posing on a very grey and foggy day.

Mika,

That's a beautiful image. I like how the bird stands out against the background.

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