A selection of Darktable Styles

Darktable has its own presets that are known as Styles. They’re a powerful and useful part of editing in Darktable, and they can be great starting points to give your images a consistent look and feel. As a major contributor to Fujifilm film simulation “recipes”, it’s been at the back of my mind for aContinue reading “A selection of Darktable Styles”

A Walk Along Neath Canal

It was a glorious day, and what better way to spend it than taking a stroll up and down a canal. Its a place I had not been before, even though it lays in my hometown. Its still a bit early for autumn, but there was a few things to photograph on the way. IContinue reading “A Walk Along Neath Canal”

A Mushroom Hunt (And More) With The Viltrox 56mm

I had the opportunity to go out for a few hours and hunt for some mushrooms to photograph. Although I was after the red variety, I didn’t capture those, but I did capture a few different types. Armed with just the X-T3 and Viltrox 56mm F/1.4 I went on the hunt… Of course, it wasn’tContinue reading “A Mushroom Hunt (And More) With The Viltrox 56mm”

Margam Pulpit And Castle With The Olympus

A trip to Margam Pulpit and Castle. I already did a recon mission of this place, so today I tried something a little bit different and just used the Olympus E-PL8 and 14-42mm lens. The weather turned out to be very nice, and I got some great images! Images edited in Darktable. Today was aContinue reading “Margam Pulpit And Castle With The Olympus”

A family day out on the Pontwalby trail

The great thing about having the Olympus EPL8 is that its so small and compact, that I can take it with me as if its a mobile phone, and capture really good quality images of the family, and they don’t blink an eye as it doesn’t look like my Fujifilm X-T3! Today was another reconContinue reading “A family day out on the Pontwalby trail”