Our annual visit to the National Botanic Gardens of Wales took place this week, and after some awful weather, we were graced by beautiful sunshine for the day. This was the longest we had spent in the gardens, with a group of extraordinary people who love photography and capturing the best the place has to offer. For me, it was an opportunity to use my Nikon Z6ii and new Tamron 150-500mm to capture birds, bees and other wildlife.
This is part 2 of a 2 part series, the first part can be found here if you missed it.
For this part, I decided to use my 15 year old CCD point and shoot camera to take images. There are a few reasons for this. Firstly, I love the asthetic that the images give. The CCD sensor delivers beautiful, almost analogue images. Secondly, the camera is tiny! It is the Pansonic Lumix FS10 which I have used and mentioned before, and I just love it!
Here are the images. All straight from camera, just resized for the website.
And there we have it. As I keep saying, if you have an old camera, do not be afraid to use it, as they are still really good at what they do! If you would like to comment, please feel free to do so, I read and answer everyone.
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Beautiful photos, Mark!
I’ve seen both parts of your visit to the gardens, and you have some great shots there ! What you wrote about the autofocus is spot on. I’ve read similar comments from other photographers too. It’s a bit like your photos taken with the older camera; they all look amazing, but they’re not meant to be enlarged to pixel level. People have become just too demanding.
Some, if not many, photographers are overly focused on pixel sharpness, and that’s where things go wrong. Most bird and wildlife photos from various photographers are good, as long as you don’t crop or zoom in too much. This applies to any camera, whether it’s micro four-thirds, APS-C, or full-frame, and even top photographers – though they often use top notch sharpening software.
You’re doing great; keep up the good work!
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Thank you very much Marc, much appreciated. It’s been a busy few days, I shot an event the other night too, so photography is keeping me busy!
I hope you’re enjoying your time away. Take it easy.
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