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Leaves of joy

Challenge #17 in the Untitled series. Hosted by Joriarty.

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As winter approaches for us northerners, cheer us up with a happy photo in the autumn leaves!

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Fallen Leaf

by wtang

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Backlit fallen oak leaf.

Camera:	Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2
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Submitted:	Wednesday, 11th November, 2015 23:02 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 26th November, 2004
Focal length:	44.25 mm
Shutter speed:	1/200 sec
Aperture:	F7.1
ISO:	100
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Total comments: 9

10% equipment+40% lighting +50% a person behind the camera ....a proven fact

3 upvotes

And 25% being lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time. :-)

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Incredible what you can do with an obsolete, small sensored, low end camera. Really good! Bravo!

3 upvotes

I fully agree, with the exception of one thing: the A2 was by no means a low end camera in its time. This photo really shows that photographers take pictures, not cameras.

1 upvote

Exx, you are right, for those time it was quite high end, but there were already bigger sensors and dslr around. It was like a high end bridge.

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The A2 was really good in its time, and still not bad today. I have an A200 and still use it occasionally for nostalgia. In good light it still takes sharp detailed photos with great color, but anything over ISO 100 is noisy and focus is slow.

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I also still use my A2 now and then, it is just such a great all in one package. It is just the sensor which is mediocre by todays standard, and the autofocus is slow. But the design of the camera is really great, with all the controls, buttons and switches. I sometimes wonder how great this camera would be if equiped with a modern 2/3" BSI sensor and modern image processor.

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Tremendous, huge, massive, gigantic, colossal, mighty, great, prodigious, formidable win!
Bravo!!!!

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Thanks for the nice adjectives. :-)

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