Photo of the Week 2026-04-27

 

 

' April Showers '

It certainly has been a wet April ... and I met a friend for a walk on the Wild Goose Woods Trail in the UofG Arboretum. Shortly after we started, the rain intensity increased to the point where eventually we were driven back to our vehicles and retired to a local cafe for coffee and a chat. But ... not before making an image or two.
 

 

DJE 

Photo of the Week 2022-01-10

 

Lynn suggested a trail in the Arboretum for an afternoon outing and as we started along the first boardwalk, I looked back towards the sun, it was white and bright ... at least it was until I remembered to reset my exposure settings on the camera after it's last use, DOH. Still, I liked the high-key look and decided to work with the resulting image.

 

' white and bright '

For this trek, I decided to continue with my desire to utilize ultra-wide angle lenses more, and mounted the fish-eye on one camera. The distortion with this lens, a Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 fish-eye CSII, is extreme to say the least and as expected, lines at the edges of the frame were severely curved. Earlier in the week I had been watching instructional videos on photography with wide and ultra-wide lenses and recalled one about "de-fishing" an image in Photoshop. This looked like a decent test candidate for the technique so I decided to see if I could achieve a more natural look (aside from the overexposure).

 

DJE