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Haha, they start petering out towards the end, since I only had one spare battery and drained my first battery by day 3/4 I think. From that point on, I had to take shots with my iphone out of necessity, and whatever shots I did take with my P&S, I just snapped em and didn't get too picky in order to conserve battery. I will say though that days 3-6 were probably my favorites. Every day gave us something unique to appreciate.
I'm using a Canon Powershot A3300, I used another Powershot back in the day (my GF's), but dropped it in the Pacific at Big Sur. I think that one was a better camera, The A3300 looked like the best bang-for-the-buck replacement at the time I purchased it. I really want a mirrorless DSLR one of these days, just always end up purchasing other stuff first. There's only so much one can do with the tiny sensors on these P&Ss...
Some of the highlights still look blown even if the pixels aren't actually saturated, and the landscape shots with a bright blue sky background and foliage in the foreground often come out flat and there isn't much you can do in post-processing to get the image to display better because the data is the limit. The biggest thing I've learned thus far playing around with taking pics is to just be aware of the light. Know which way the light is coming from, be very specific about what you meter on so you can acquire at the best exposure possible (rather than try to fix it after the fact and add artifacts to the image), know what's being lit in your shots, pay attention to your histogram if you can afford to check it. This is all stuff you know already, judging by your pics
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I did use the PS unsharp mask on some of these, just because I figured if I'm going through the effort of posting em, might as well put the little added effort in for a trip like this. Not that the pics were all that blurry to begin with, but it does polish it up just a smidge. It's really a very subtle change. But that's it, any other post-processing (crop, levels) was done with the basic tools in iPhoto.
Anyway, I really just dick around, but I'm glad you're enjoying them! Hope to get at least a couple more days up tonight.
As for pack weight, my base (no consumables) was at 16lbs. A little heavier on this trip because I had a 2.5lb bear canister and had to bring some common supplies for my buddy that I would otherwise change or bring smaller stuff (pot and cup, canister stove instead of alky). Total weight was somewhere about 32lbs I think. I carry mostly dehydrated/freeze-dried food. Until I get my own dehydrator to make my own stuff, I've been very pleased with the food from PackitGourmet. Good stuff, a little on the pricier side, but much more palatable than other stuff I've had. I'm a boil water, rehydrate food in a ziploc, and eat out of the ziploc kinda backpacker. Easy, uses less water, minimal clean-up, and less worrisome in bear country where all the stuff that contacted food goes in the canister.
If you have the desire and can get out to backpack, I highly recommend it. Nothing else like it, in my opinion. :thumbup:
I'm using a Canon Powershot A3300, I used another Powershot back in the day (my GF's), but dropped it in the Pacific at Big Sur. I think that one was a better camera, The A3300 looked like the best bang-for-the-buck replacement at the time I purchased it. I really want a mirrorless DSLR one of these days, just always end up purchasing other stuff first. There's only so much one can do with the tiny sensors on these P&Ss...
Some of the highlights still look blown even if the pixels aren't actually saturated, and the landscape shots with a bright blue sky background and foliage in the foreground often come out flat and there isn't much you can do in post-processing to get the image to display better because the data is the limit. The biggest thing I've learned thus far playing around with taking pics is to just be aware of the light. Know which way the light is coming from, be very specific about what you meter on so you can acquire at the best exposure possible (rather than try to fix it after the fact and add artifacts to the image), know what's being lit in your shots, pay attention to your histogram if you can afford to check it. This is all stuff you know already, judging by your pics
:thumbup:I did use the PS unsharp mask on some of these, just because I figured if I'm going through the effort of posting em, might as well put the little added effort in for a trip like this. Not that the pics were all that blurry to begin with, but it does polish it up just a smidge. It's really a very subtle change. But that's it, any other post-processing (crop, levels) was done with the basic tools in iPhoto.
Anyway, I really just dick around, but I'm glad you're enjoying them! Hope to get at least a couple more days up tonight.
As for pack weight, my base (no consumables) was at 16lbs. A little heavier on this trip because I had a 2.5lb bear canister and had to bring some common supplies for my buddy that I would otherwise change or bring smaller stuff (pot and cup, canister stove instead of alky). Total weight was somewhere about 32lbs I think. I carry mostly dehydrated/freeze-dried food. Until I get my own dehydrator to make my own stuff, I've been very pleased with the food from PackitGourmet. Good stuff, a little on the pricier side, but much more palatable than other stuff I've had. I'm a boil water, rehydrate food in a ziploc, and eat out of the ziploc kinda backpacker. Easy, uses less water, minimal clean-up, and less worrisome in bear country where all the stuff that contacted food goes in the canister.
If you have the desire and can get out to backpack, I highly recommend it. Nothing else like it, in my opinion. :thumbup:
... so from what I can see so far, a trip to wifi at Tim Hortons is definitely in order! Looking forward to some great views.
