I headed into Lithia Park to try my first pictures shooting in RAW. The above isn’t one of them. I took the same picture in RAW and could not get it to look anywhere near as good as this. I took a bunch of others in both JPEG and RAW mode too. Same result. All look far better in non-RAW mode. The processing of the RAW images is a huge hassle too. Just to load one takes a few minutes and then the manipulation can take pretty much as long as you want to spend on it.

Some people don’t shoot in RAW because it takes a few seconds to save it to the memory card (as the RAW files are huge). That isn’t a problem with the LX3. In fact, I think you can take something like four or five pictures a second even in RAW mode. But my initial experiment in RAW will not likely have me using it again anytime soon.

This photo is of Ashland Creek in Lithia Park. The little kid’s playground is just off to the left.

Posted on March 12th, 2009 under lithia park, nature. Tags: lithia park, lx3, trees, water. Comments: 5

Today’s entry goes along with this one from last week. For easier reading, try clicking on the image.

Posted on March 11th, 2009 under lithia park, only in ashland. Tags: plaza. Comments: 2

Given that it was a school day, and it had been raining, it isn’t surprising that Ashland’s new ice skating rink sat empty earlier this week. The new rink has taken the place of the old Darex Family Ice Skating Rink generously donated by the town philanthropist. This one is sponsored by Ashland Rotary and was strongly pushed by one of Ashland’s famous residents, Tai Babilonia.

Posted on March 5th, 2009 under lithia park, places. Tags: sports. Comments: 1

Yesterday was a good day for taking photos in Lithia Park as it was raining and yet there were spots of blue sky. The rain is good for photography as it keeps the people away while at the same time making the moss extra green and the rocks a richer, darker color.

This picture looks much better (on a big screen) if you maximize your browser and then click on it.

Posted on March 4th, 2009 under lithia park. Tags: lithia park, trees, water. Comments: None