R10, f5.6, 1/760, ISO 80, JPGThere are some days when I'm very inspired and take lots of pictures and like quite a few of them. Then there are days when I am not very inspired or don't have time to take pictures. While I had enough time today and went for a walk to take pictures with both the R10 and GX200, I did not take many pictures and most are pretty bad or at best average.
Take this picture for example, it has very nice colors but is aside from that more a typical tourist snapshot so not very arty or interesting as such. Then again, I took it with the R10 and it is nice to use it sometimes in pure point and shoot mode and be like a tourist. The geek in me is now more interested to see how the picture came out, it is the best case scenario for the R10 or any camera. It is taken in bright light, at base ISO with a fast shutter speed so it should show what the R10 can do best. I based the image parameters on Pavel's recommended settings for the R8/10 (Contrast +2, Sharpening -1 and Color Depth +1). I think the result is very good and as usual the colors came out very well. This is one of the reasons I prefer Ricoh cameras over any Nikon, Fuji, Canon and the likes, the colors are just more natural and not over the top saturated.
I know how you feel. Some days shots seem to jump out at you, then others are devoid of anything worth taking.
ReplyDeleteI had a similar day as you today - I wonder if there was something in the air.
Great color image! And this is an example of what I tell "students" about seeing the mundane and making into something special.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if many tourists would have the color right, and I am not sure if I would either ;-)
ReplyDeleteMaybe there was something in the London air yesterday. Seems strange that we both had a similar experience. You'd think in a place like London there are always things worth taking pictures of.
ReplyDeleteThanks James, glad you like the picture.
Thanks Wouter, I am really impressed with how well the the 'little' R10 performs. If you would have taken this picture, I am sure we would have seen a stunning b&w version of it :).