Due to circumstances, I bought myself a Sony RX100 VII super compact camera some time ago. My main goal was to take it hiking to the Dolomites, Alps. I have since discovered a new hobby; on this page you’ll find some pictures and experiments with pictures.

This page is mainly meant to take some notes regarding post-processing, and as a shameless plug for promoting some prints on my Etsy store. These items are available thanks to the Gelato print-on-demand service. If you see a picture in here that you’d like to buy, which I don’t offer on my shop, feel free to send me a message!

Dolomites, August 2024

These pictures were taken during a hiking vacation with friends in the Alps. All of these were in Auto mode on the RX100, straight as JPEG.

Some variants of this moonrise are available on canvas on my Etsy store

During our hike to Tre Cime, I got some exercise in sniping birds. Both pictures are available on canvas on my Etsy store

During our Campofosso hike (before going to the Alps), I followed a butterfly, and managed to capture it with a huge bokeh when it landed on a flower.

Darktable and HDR experiments

Since May 2025, I started shooting most of my stuff in RAW, to see what extra I can do with Darktable in post. Turns out Darktable is kinda really awesome!

Triomfboog Jubelpark

Here is the Triomfboog of the Jubelpark in Brussels. One of them is JPEG straight out of camera, the other two are Darktable-edited HDR composites.

It’s interesting how much more detail you can extract in the clouds, especially the color in the highlights.

Veerboot Hemiksem-Kruibeke, flowers

Took this pictures on a walk when it was rather cloudy, against the light.

Again, these HDR composites allow to retain a lot of color information and dynamic range in the clouds. Even when the sun is basically directly in the lens, it’s possible to capture detail and contrast in dark areas.

In both these images, I applied additional exposure on the underside of the image, by means of a gradient mask.