Tag Archives: Colorful

Charleston, Film Filter, Landscape, OM System, ON1, What I Saw

Black-eyed Suzy – Old Film Filter

August 4, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

Suzy is having a good year. Brutal sun must agree with them.

Both photographs were finished using DxO Filmpack. I tend to bounce between multiple photo software when developing an image. It’s actually not much different than staying in a single app when they integrate correctly. No software does everything the best, so to me it makes sense having a few different tools.

People have a love/hate relationship with Lightroom (me too) but Adobe systems will play well with others. That may be part of their secret sauce, after all they do own the general market.

ON1 ‘kind of’ has decent integration. You need to figure work arounds and patience to use it though. They tend to break and change things with their updates. But like Lightroom you can work with most any file type which is required during integration.

The other photography software stop at RAW files.

Black-eyed Suzy - Old Film Filter — Black-eyed Suzy – Old Film Filter

Both photographs here were done with a combination of systems.

Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100 f4, ON1, Topaz, DxO Filmpack.

Charleston, Close-up, Landscape, OM System, What I Saw

All About The Color

August 3, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

We have some brilliant colors around us. Having coffee this morning I commented to Ellen how vibrant lush out back is this year. Even the huge pines are a deeper green.

Like most things growing out there I have no clue what they are. I do a lot of pointing when talking to Ellen out there.

I would be guessing, and assuming, I used my usual kit so no specs here.

Charleston, Close-up, Landscape, OM System

Touch-Me-Not, And Frog Fruit

August 2, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

With names like that you absolutely must take a shot.

The smaller flower is a ‘Frog Fruit’. What a great name 😆. They are very small and low to the ground. Which means hard for me to shoot.

Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100 f4, Lightroom, DxO Color Efex.

Charleston, Film Filter, Landscape, OM System, What I Saw

Dinner Plate Hibiscus / Fuji Coloring

July 30, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

The Dinner Plate Hibiscus, also called Rose Mallow, is a tough perennial plant famous for its giant, tropical flowers that measure 8 to 12 inches wide. (wikipedia) They also can grow to 6 feet tall. In general a huge plant.

Best viewed large.

Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II. Finished with Lightroom, DxO Filmpack Fuji film filter.

Charleston, Landscape, OM System, Swamp, What I Saw

Swamp Buds

July 29, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 6 Comments

Some Texas Hibiscus getting ready to pop. The green background is the swamp water covered in thick Duckweed.

BTW, look at the flowers stem close, down the end. Theres a surprise critter I didn’t see. A small Katydid 👍.

Charleston, Landscape, OM System, ON1, Swamp, What I Saw

Single Bud

July 28, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

A single bud, I think a Plate Hibiscus.

There are large bushes along the side of a swamp pond on the Magnolia Plantation property. I never really paid much attention to the area until recently.

The flowers are huge!

Charleston, Landscape, OM System, ON1, What I Saw

Colors Out Back

July 25, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 6 Comments

I must give all the credit to Ellen for the growing jungle between our house and the woods. Not only is it colorful, but the local critters like it too. Last night an Owl gave out a call and we both almost hit the porch ceiling. He was sitting in the ‘jungle’ a few yards away.

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Colors Out Back

Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100 f4. Finished with ON1 Photo RAW, DxO Color Efex.

Charleston, Historical, Landscape, OM System, ON1

Out Front, Magnolia

July 24, 2026 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 4 Comments

There’s a spot out front of the old plantation house at Magnolia that over time has grown thick with various flowering plants. I’m not sure if it was ever part of planned garden, or maybe a place that just needed something growing to hide a ditch. 😆

Nothing formal here, but it grows every year, and can be a great location for quick photos of some colorful flowers, the house as a backdrop.