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When travelling about the mountains and forests near our home in Vancouver Canada, there are plenty of opportunities to photograph broad vistas. However there are many photographs waiting to be made below the trees. This picture of Ostrich Ferns is an example.
The picture was made with a Canon G1 digital camera, with a shutter speed of 1/80s at f7.1 with a focal length of 18mm. The contrast was increased and the colour saturation was reduced using Photoshop to give the desired rendition.
Because compact digital cameras have small imagers, the focal length of the lens is much less than the equivalent 35mm camera requires. The consequence is that they have comparatively more depth of field. This photograph has everything sharp except some foreground leaves at the bottom. These leaves were considerably closer to the camera than the main subject.
The camera included the following information in the original file:
File Name
103-0361_IMG.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot G1
Shooting Date/Time
01/6/5 3:16:10 PM
Shooting Mode
Manual
Tv (Shutter Speed)
1/80
Av (Aperture Value)
7.1
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
7.0 - 21.0 mm
Focal Length
16.8 mm
Digital Zoom
None
Image Size
2048x1536
Image Quality
Super Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Cloudy
AF mode
Single
Parameters
Contrast Low
Sharpness Low
Color Saturation Normal
File Size
1892KByte
Serial Number
103-0361
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
Macro
Off
Owner's Name
Gerald & Irmgard Carter