Fujifilm X10: on-board flash

Asian House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus. January 11, 2012

The picture was taken through the glass with Fuji X10 using on-board flash, and the shadow is on the ceiling. Tech: iso 400, max focal length, Macro mode, spot metering, F5.0, 1/56 sec. The image was cropped and levels were adjusted in GIMP. The unedited 100% crop from the original JPEG is posted below.

When the night comes to Brisbane

 Brown Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda jugulans. January 11, 2012 | flickr

Night life is very prolific during wet season in the South East Queensland, including Brisbane. Giant spiders wander inside houses, cane toads are coming in great numbers, and numerous Asian House Geckos stay close to windows in order to catch insects.

All pictures were taken with the Fuji X10 in Aperture priority mode using on-board flash. The upper image was taken in Macro mode at maximal focal length. The JPEGs were cropped and resized. The image with Brown Huntsman Spider (above) was processed in GIMP a little bit, the levels were adjusted, and unsharpen mask was applied. You can click on the images to see a bigger picture.

I am very pleased how the X10 works with its tiny flash including the metal door/window frame on the photo below. The highlights were clipped very nicely in this picture.

Brown Huntsman Spider and three Asian Hause Geckos, January 11, 2012

Brown Huntsman Spider and Asian Hause Geckos, January 11, 2012 | flickr

Cane toad

Cane toad, a photo by igomak on Flickr.

The cane toads, Bufo marinus, one of the most famous pest species in Australia. Shot at close range with Fuji X10 using tiny build-in flash. Tech: iso 100, F4.0, 1/60 sec, macro mode, max focal length, handheld, distance to the animal is about half of meter. I am pleasantly surprised with the image quality. The shot was made in complete darkness, the camera used AF assist lamp and locked the focus very fast. The original image was cropped and resized. Photo: January 3, 2012.

I also took a couple pictures of Common House Geckos, and the camera nailed the exposure (I like the images :-)).

The unedited 100%  crop from the original OOC JPEG is below.