Pathfinder's Recent Point and Shoots

pathfinder · October 7, 2007

Nightingale and I arrived home just a few day ago, and we have been very busy trying to get back into the work a day groove., so I have not begun to process my landscape shots yet.

I do have most of my P&S frames done, and I will throw a few up here for comment and/or criticism. My P&S for the trip to Glacier was the Panasonic Lumix DMC- LX1 - all shot in RAW.

I don't know if you all shoot state border signs, but it is a tradition for many motorcyclists, and I sometimes just can't help myself.

Welcome to Montana!!

I did not realize how very large the wheat fields are in Montana, or how many deserted buliding there are out there on the plains. Schmoo - you must make this trip by automobile sometime

Sunset on the Plains

Roadside Attraction in Montana

Abandoned Buildings

Abandoned Wells as well...

Seen in the Dakotas

After driving about 4,000 miles to Glacier and back, this is what I see in my dreams

wxwax · October 7, 2007

Wonderful. I especially like this one.

That Lumix delivers very crisp images with excellent color.

pathfinder · October 7, 2007

Thanks, Sid. I liked that comp the moment I saw Nightingale head up the old road with the grass furrows in it. Side lighting rocks.

The Lumix, like many P&S, does better with nice, soft, light which we were blessed with most of the way home.

schmoo · October 8, 2007

Jim, you made everything look so peaceful and lovely! Heh of course I'd love to see those falling-down barns myself, but also the waving grasses, the tracks through the earth, and the rural towns that are the epitome of America. I've never been to the heartland before, and hope to get to it one day soon.

If these are your point and shoot shots, I really can't wait to see your "real" ones!

It was so good to see you and Kathy again! I always look forward to shooting with the both of you.

Marc Muench · October 8, 2007

Jim,

I really think you should spend more time with your point and shoot. Filled the frame and the light is right

Courious, do you use the live view to compose or look through the view finder?

pathfinder · October 8, 2007

Marc,
I use the LCD viewer on the back of the camera. Seeing the image on the LCD, is more like composing on a view camera glass plate, than looking through a little window for me. I can also watch closely for hot spots that will be over exposed - I use a fair amount of -EC with my Lumix. Point and Shoots do poorly capturing shallow DOF, but if you want very deep DOF, they can be a real asset.

Richard · October 8, 2007

Give a P&S enough light and it can do just fine. Nice set. I love the Dakota Maid Flour shot. Great color.

Cheers,

pathfinder · October 8, 2007

Richard,

I am glad you liked the Dakota Maid Flour sign also. I know that "ghost signs" may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I have a strange affection for them. The old, faded paint on brick wall signs, that were put up a generation or two ago, still remain as a fading reminder of our past.

I liked the colors also.

pathfinder · October 8, 2007

I have a few more P&S shots that may be of interest

Tree Trunk on the Beach

More ruins on the plains

Aspens in the Sunlight -

Fence Wire

P&S B&W sunset

Comments and Wise Cracks encouraged

schmoo · October 8, 2007

Wisecracks? Unfortunately I'm fresh out.

I absolutely love the b/w shot. I'd never guess that one came out of a P&S!

pathfinder · October 8, 2007

We just had great cloud cover that evening - I shot dozens of shots with my P&S

I would be driving along the highway and see a great god beam in the rear view mirror, try to find a place to pull off the road without killing Kathy and I, and finally pull into an empty cornfield to find a suitable west facing view and grab a few frames.

The light was the trick - the camera was really just a box to hold some "film"

I am glad you enjoyed them Stephanie.

My wildlife shots can be seen here

Here's another P&S drive by sunset that evening

DoctorIt · October 9, 2007

those grasslands have always drawn me.

Your first few shots are very reminiscent of Knary's series he did on advrider a few years back. Do you remember? I can't find a link quickly now, but he had a great many abandoned barns and lonley prairies.

Good stuff.

And way to go on the state signs, I know what you mean

pathfinder · October 9, 2007

I think state signs are not appreciated by cagers as they roar past. Two wheelers, at least some of us, like to stop and smell the roses, and document our passage across the landscape. It is a lot easier to do out west than in the heavily trafficed interstates of the eastern states though.