Snowscapes
A fter my periodic camera sensitivity testing this morning in the infrared wavelengths, I pulled out one of my oldest digital cameras to shoot some snowscapes. As often is the case when I don't feel well enough to head outside, these images were shot through our open living room window because I didn't have the energy to dress for the winter weather outdoors. For these photos, I used my Olympus E-500 with it's Kodak CCD sensor from way back in 2005. This camera is nothing special but the Kodak CCD sensor is special which is the only reason why I continue to hang on to this camera. The camera likes to clip highlights which is really frustrating. I'm constantly applying a lot of negative exposure compensation to keep the highlights under control. Also, I have found that the Olympus cameras don't auto-focus well on items with a lot of specular highlights like ice and wet snow in the sun. These images came out fairly well though. I shot in monochrome with a red