- Location
- Lota, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Name
- Larry Griffiths
This is Digital Darkroom Derby #135, a digital image editing/processing challenge.
Please read the rules here. - Short version: The host provides the challenge image / images and selects the winner, who then becomes the next host.
A couple of weeks ago, I was wandering around Wynnum with members of my local Camera Club on a Coffee & Camera walkabout. While crossing the Wynnum Creek, we spotted a number of bats resting on a tree in the early morning sunlight. Fortunately I had my 100-400mm lens with me and so I fired off a number of shots, of which the one below is one of the better ones. It was fairly early in the morning on a sunny day and so the bats were illuminated by direct sunlight. It was only afterwards that I noticed that I had left the aperture set to f/8 and so the depth of field was quite a bit more than I really wanted. This led to a sharp and very busy background. The only reason I kept the image was to play around a bit in post production and see if I could "resurrect" it into something acceptable (to me).
Let's see what you can make of it.
The ORF (raw) and JPEG files are here: DDD #135.
The challenge will close at 05:00pm (17h00) AEST (07h00 GMT) on Saturday 22 July 2023.
Please read the rules here. - Short version: The host provides the challenge image / images and selects the winner, who then becomes the next host.
A couple of weeks ago, I was wandering around Wynnum with members of my local Camera Club on a Coffee & Camera walkabout. While crossing the Wynnum Creek, we spotted a number of bats resting on a tree in the early morning sunlight. Fortunately I had my 100-400mm lens with me and so I fired off a number of shots, of which the one below is one of the better ones. It was fairly early in the morning on a sunny day and so the bats were illuminated by direct sunlight. It was only afterwards that I noticed that I had left the aperture set to f/8 and so the depth of field was quite a bit more than I really wanted. This led to a sharp and very busy background. The only reason I kept the image was to play around a bit in post production and see if I could "resurrect" it into something acceptable (to me).
Let's see what you can make of it.
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The ORF (raw) and JPEG files are here: DDD #135.
The challenge will close at 05:00pm (17h00) AEST (07h00 GMT) on Saturday 22 July 2023.
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Or were you taking pot shots at the bats?
