Crazy AF

It can be pretty annoying when your technology is not up to the task at hand. Auto focus, for example, has always been a bit of a mixed blessing. Mostly amazing, to be sure, let's be honest. But the fails sure can be frustrating. Absurd to the point of hilarity. The missed focus here was so ridiculous, in fact, that over time I came to actually grow fond of this photograph. Shot a decade ago when technology was evolving so fast.

Tasting notes: Olympus digital camera.

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A front came through yesterday, bringing cooler weather and some spectacular atmospheric conditions to our neck of the woods. As the late afternoon sun dipped below the distant tree line, the tops of the taller pines appeared to be on fire. This happens every once in a while and I never tire of seeing it. But the scene was particularly memorable last evening. I happened to be pruning some maples but I had the relatively ancient Canon Powershot G11 with its groovy little CCD sensor in my pocket. I captured some 10MP raw files at an ISO of 800. The combination of the older CCD, the low resolution and poor dynamic range, produced a file I am especially pleased with.