Some of you may know of my frustration with the current camera, although it's not the kind of thing I usually post here. Sometime last year I messed up a setting so that it no longer took good macro shots. And that's one of my favorite things to do. So I haven't been very happy about that, since I couldn't figure out what I'd done.
Last week, I managed to accidentally change a setting and the picture resolution was reduced to a size you'd use to send in an email. Not good. And actually not even acceptable for the work I do taking pictures of houses.
It only took about an hour (sarcasm with the emphasis on "only") to figure out how to get my larger resolution back. And somehow, in the process of doing that I reversed whatever stupid thing I'd done to mess up the macro! So today, you get fun closeup pictures from my back yard.
A dried up goldenrod head is transformed to a collection of small shaving brushes.
Canada thistle? Pineapple? Pine cone? You can certainly see similarities in form across species when you move in close.
I didn't actually take this one with the macro lens, but it's pretty close. The late afternoon sun was turning the insides of split milkweed pods to gold.
...and her sisters.
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Yay for the resolution to the resolution problem which also resolved the macro issue! My favorite photo from your post today is the golden pod, but I like them all.
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ReplyDeleteWhat camera do you use Joan? As you know my love of flowers, nature & my camera walk together :)
ReplyDeleteI can tell you that when things like that happen to me and I don't figure the problem out right away, the longer it takes, the more likely it is that the object will end up permanently broken :) Glad you got it figured out. I like that milkweed pod
ReplyDeleteGlad you "fixed" it. :)
ReplyDeleteDo you have a reset feature in the menu? I have that on mine--where you can reset back to factory settings. Look to see if you have that somewhere.
Glad you got your camera reset, and fabulous pictures as a result!
ReplyDeleteLoretta- The gold color was amazing- all the ones facing the sun were lit up like that.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gayle!
Carol- It's a Canon Powershot
Ann- I just don't find the settings on this camera intuitive at all
Lin- yes there is, when I stumble across it, but who knows how to actually find it either. And... do I want to cancel everything? Not really.
Stew- thanks! Nice compliment coming from you.
Glad you "fixed" the macro problem. I enjoy your macro shots of the glorious world that surrounds us.
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