Canon G10 Macro

The Canon G10 was handy when again the evening light hit the vase of fading Sunflowers on our window ledge.

I used the G10 set to macro and simply knocked off some shots without really looking at the screen, just relying on the focus confirmation beep.

I was rather pleased with these two abstract images.

Processed from RAW in Lr, Ps and EFX-Pro.

Canon Powershot G10 in Macro mode

Canon Powershot G10 in Macro mode

Olympus Pen E1 rediscovered

If you have read this blog from the start, or were just drunk, or bored and read it all in one sitting once you had scrolled down 20 pages in a Google search, then you will know I have an Olympus Pen E1.

I liked the Pen but it was kidnapped and taken to China by my daughter and spent 12 months there with her.

Its now back, as is my daughter, and its been lying around in the the house, much like her, after she used it to take photos of some stuff she was putting on eBay.

This evening the setting sun hit a vase of Sunflowers that we have and so I grabbed the Pen as it was handy and got some images before I lost the light.

I used the standard Olympus Zuiko 14-42mm lens and when I looked at the images on the monitor I was really impressed. The Pen was set to jpg capture so no RAW conversion here.

Olympus Pen EP-L1/Zuiko 14-42

Olympus Pen EP-L1/Zuiko 14-42

Canon G10 Aberystwyth

I finally got to take the Canon G10 somewhere other than back and forth to work in my manbag.

I rode to Aberystwyth recently to view the Phillip Griffiths exhibition in the National Library in Aberystwyth, which is well worth a visit.

I only have s small seat bag that attaches to the pillion seat so no space for my Fuji X-Pro1 never mind the Canon 5DII. So I chucked in the G10.

It was a quick overnight stay so not a great deal of time to explore Aber photographically so these images were taken on the way to the exhibition.

I shot RAW and jpg and these images were processed from the RAW files.

In decent light the G10 can produce the goods, as light falls and you push the ISO above 800 the noise gets too much. 

Convert the images to BW and the ISO can be pushed much higher and the noise, to me, looks quite nice. i'll post some BW converted images in another post.

Images processed in Lr, Ps and EFX Pro as usual.

Canon G10 processed from RAW in Lr, Ps and EFX Pro

Canon G10 processed from RAW in Lr, Ps and EFX Pro

Canon G10 processed from RAW in Lr, Ps and EFX Pro

Canon G10 processed from RAW in Lr, Ps and EFX Pro

iPhone 6 camera and Photos App for editing

I was in York last weekend and came across the York Scooter Club displaying some of their Mod style Scooters.

As I walked past I grabbed some shots using my iPhone 6. I then edited these in the Photos App on my iMac just to see what it was like.

As a simple quick photo editor is works well; I used the enhance function and then applied a Chrome filter and a bit of cropping. In one image I used the Healing Tool.

iPhone 6, edited in Photos

iPhone 6, edited in Photos

iPhone 6, edited in Photos

iPhone 6, edited in Photos

Canon G10 Powershot

I Fancied a camera I could take with me when I ride my motorcycle. I ride a Triumph Street Triple R and its not the type of bike for which panniers or luggage is made. I do though have a smallish case designed to mount on the pillion seat which holds enough for an overnight stop, maybe a weekend if you really cram it full. This means that its impossible to take my Canon 5D2. I could get the Fuji X-Pro1 in if I didn't pack any trousers, but that is a little inconvenient. 

So a small compact; I'd always liked the look of the Canon G series and came across a nice condition G10 at MBP Photographic for £109.

I've only had a couple of hours to play with it so far but was really impressed with the Macro mode and how nice the images look in B&W when passed through Nik Suite.

I'll write more once I've had a longer play with it and shot some better images, in the meantime here is there Macro shot I was impressed with.

Canon G10 in Macro mode, processed in Nik Suite

DPR photo challenge 4th place

My best result so far in a DPR photo challenge.
Very pleased with 4th place out of 100 entries.

This image was taken on my Canon 5D2 with a Canon 20mm USM f2.8 lens.

It was further processed on Ps using a photo of a rusty baking tray as an overlay.

York and Manchester with Fuji X Pro-1

This week I had cause to go to Media City in Manchester.

I took along my Fuji X Pro-1 just in case there was time for a bit of photography.

As it happens it was raining and Hailstones in Manchester (yes,  Hailstones in May!) so I didn't do as much as I would have liked.

I got a few more in York whilst waiting for my train.

I had the XP1 set to jpeg+RAW and the film type as B+W+Red Filter, I like this as it gives me a representation of the image in B+W in the EVF.
I don't use the B+W jpegs but process the RAW files.

All images taken with Fujinon XF 18-55mm, processed in Lr, Ps and Silver EFX Pro.