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exploring my garden with a camera

September 6th 2008 05:56
i was given a new camera as a gift for my birthday, unfortunately all the instructions were in Japanese so ive been feeling my way through the settings

today i went out to the garden to check out the "flower" function

the camera is a tiny little Casio Exilim EX-Z77 and is cute as a button

speaking of buttons, there is a "Best Shot" button which allows you to select "scenes", which is where i discovered the flower mode!

here are some flower photos:













Casio Exilim EX-Z77 (red) camera


Dimensions: 95.0 x 59.0 x 19.8mm

Weight: 118g



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Comment by Cheryl J

September 6th 2008 06:28
Pretty! Cute camera too. I'd love to get a new one.

It looks like you don't have the same torrential rain we have in Sydney. If I weent outside to take a pic I'd be up to my knees in water. My suburb is flooding!

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 6th 2008 06:56
hi Cheryl,
nah its been really fine and sunny in the land of Taz today!
i love the spring rain in Syd though - im jealous!

Comment by Lara M

September 6th 2008 07:39
Nice shots!
That camera looks like a handy size.

Lucky u with the sunshine. It seems like Winter (again!) over here

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 6th 2008 07:43
hi Lara,
thanks for the vote of confidence!
i was impressed with the results out of such a little device . . . you can literally put it in your pocket!
how strange that Tazzy is the sunny spot today!

Comment by Cheryl J

September 6th 2008 09:14
You wouldn't call it spring rain if you were here. It's torrential and today's maximum was only 13 degrees. We've gone right back to winter!

I'm off out in it in a minute, yuck, I want to be in your garden!

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 6th 2008 10:38
hi Cheryl,
haha yeah i should have said spring downpour!
when i lived on the north shore and got the train to uni i would often have to take my shoes off to walk home because the rain water poured down the street like a river . . . it was inonvenient but kind of fun!
although up to my knees is probably up to your waistline!

Comment by S.L.

September 6th 2008 12:42
Very nice pictures, Morgan!

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 6th 2008 12:59
hi S.L,
thanks for the comment!
i had fun taking them!

Comment by James Rickard

September 6th 2008 21:09
Nice shots!!!! It's so hard to take what seem like simple shots such as these! This kind of stuff can be faked but looking at shadows, depth, etc., I'm sure you didn't!!! Again, nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 7th 2008 05:08
hi James,
thanks for the kind words!
i dont really have any experience with photography so that was my humble amateur attempt . . . with all that encouragement i might go out and try some more!
so how do people "fake" nice photographs? do you mean with photoshop etc? im curious now . . .

Comment by James Rickard

September 7th 2008 15:44
Hey Morgan Bell, Photoshop make everything look a little better. I'm not sure that's cheating if you just change the contrast or brightness a little. You can take flowers inside and then you don't have to worry about the breeze and then you can also use a faked background for all the shots but if you have several like you have in your post people can easily figure it out because of the sameness and lack of depth and shadows.

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 7th 2008 16:23
hi James,
oh dear, that sounds like alot of trouble to go to!
i think im too lazy to fake shots, esp if the subject is just the poxy "weed" flowers and native shrubs out of my yard haha

Comment by Michaelie

September 8th 2008 04:47
Well, you do a better job than me when I try to be artistic. Mind you, my camera's screen is cracked so I can't see anything to take a photo. I just have to aim in the general direction. I'd be better off with an olden days camera, though maybe this little devil would be a good replacement?

Michaelie

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 8th 2008 04:54
hi Michaelie,
oh no, abroken screen? that must be annoying!
mine was a gift but im pretty sure they retail for around $150 . . . ive never owned a digital camera before but ive worked with many different ones in the office and this one is pretty user friendly in comparison . . . the zoom is fairly limited but for day to day happy snaps i think its pretty good quality and easy to operate

Comment by Michaelie

September 8th 2008 05:16
Very annoying, and the camera is not very old, yet it will cost more to fix the screen than to replace the stupid thing!

I need user friendly. I am a techno-no-hoper.

BTW, Happy Birthday for whenever it was!

Comment by Morgan Bell

September 9th 2008 04:00
hi everyone,
ive turned into a crazy person with the garden photography - theres a new set up HERE if you would like to see some more nature shots (my cat iota snuck into the background of one of them haha)


hi Michaelie,
thanks so much for the birthday wishes *hugs*, it was at the end of August and coincided with someone close to me coming through duty free at the airport, so TADA a user friendly camera for Morgan haha

Comment by Michaelie

September 9th 2008 11:01
Excellent timing indeed! Glad you had a good one, Morgan.


Comment by James Rickard

September 9th 2008 21:27
*LOL* You have a point there!! It can be a LOT of work to fake a photo!!!!

Comment by lua

September 30th 2008 17:00
Pretty photos and I'm a sucker for colourful cameras... I've got a little Olympus Mu, but I am tempted by the Exilim

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