Awww...Nuts!

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:18 pm

Well an acorn is a nut...isn't it? At least the squirrels think so, I assume.

Another shot taken with my Sony DSC-W1, this time at 1/125 sec. @ f/5.6 ISO 100. Not a great shot but sort of puts one in a frame of mind for the season, autumn of course.

A lot of sharpness and detail is lost in this image and it looks unnatural. I tried to doctor it up some in Photo Impact but it looked even more unnatural the more I messed with it, so I left it as it was. Needless to say that the Carl Zeiss lenses employed by Sony may be good but something is wrong somewhere. I am thinking probably in the size of the cameras sensor or the design of the sensor or more than likely the problem may just lie with the guy using the camera, and trying to use it too close to the subject probably.

Anyway I was not expecting perfection from the Sony anyway but just a convienent mode of photography while on the run or during my half hour lunch break at work. I am presently considering one of the Oly's...very soon!

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:05 pm

Ken,

From where I'm sitting, this photo looks fine. But I notice you've posted only a very small version -- effectively 576 x 445 pixels. Is that because it looks fuzzy at any larger size?

--Rik

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:15 am

No, I just didn't make a larger image due to having to scroll across the screen to read any response. I think I tried to get too close to the acorn with the camera. Some of the other photographs I tried to shoot in macro with this little camera, seemed to turn out fairly well. Thanks Rik.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:46 am

I like the colors in it..like you said Ken, the colors of Autumn. I can smell the turkey as I type

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Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:53 am

Doug replied:

I can smell the turkey as I type

Can't we all?

Thanks Doug.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:54 am

not sure if an acorn is classed as a nut or a fruit, or maybe a drupe. Either way its a nice shot Ken!

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:08 am

Thanks Cyclops

, I'm not exactly sure what it is either.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:41 am

This one could literally shake squirrel's nuts!

Great autumn atmosphere and colors you got, Ken!

georgedingwall · Post by **georgedingwall** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:32 am

Hi all,

This will really confuse you. A definition from Wikipedia.

The acorn is the fruit of the oak tree (genera Quercus, Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis, in the family Fagaceae). It is a nut, containing a single seed (rarely two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule.

So everybody is right - It's a fruit and a nut.

A nice seasonal image Ken.

Bye for now.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:14 pm

Thanks everyone

Well George it is as they say, "sometimes you feel like a nut...sometimes you don't." An old "Almond Joy" candy bar jingle.