JACK LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Playing with New G10
Posted by john4jack (Corvallis, Oregon, United States) on 13 January 2009 in Plant & Nature.
I'm learning how to use my new Canon G10 (but it will never be a substitute for my Nikon D300.)
Jean-François from LES ISSAMBRES, France
super !!!!!!!!! (moi j'ai un G9 qui est extra .......... avec mon D300 !!!! LOL)
13 Jan 2009 5:51am
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, CA, United States
Nice macro. I have a G9 that I use a lot. Excellent quality images...hate the optical viewfinder.
13 Jan 2009 6:03am
Toni from Eastern Washington, United States
I really like this image - great dof. I wonder what kind of plant it is - very interesting.
13 Jan 2009 6:08am
JamesC from portland, United States
Congras on your new cam. Love the shot too, impressive smooth bokeh.
13 Jan 2009 6:19am
Alivia from Saint-Etienne, France
des graines emprisonnées dns le tabernacles des courbes, une photo pleine de mystères, bravo l'artiste.
13 Jan 2009 8:53am
@zOOm: The entire plant is covered with a kind of fuzz; you can see it when you blow it up.
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
Very nicely captured, Jack. What fascinating form and detail here. Superb
13 Jan 2009 3:26pm
zahai from Berlin, Germany
Beautiful tones and composition. How does the G10 hold up? The reviews didn't sound too bad...
13 Jan 2009 4:21pm
@zahai: Like you, at this point, all I know is what the reviews say. It is very compact; much more so than the early G models. There is an amazing amount of technology in a small package. You can easily stick it in a coat pocket. I bought it for when I don't want to fiddle with the bulk and hassle of my D300. Thus far, I have been quite satisfied with the quality of the images.
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
I've heard and seen that the G10 produces excellent images for a PS camera. I'm sure as with anything else that is new it takes some getting used to.
I love the details of Queen Anne's Lace in all stages of it's life. This is quite pretty albeit a bit soft.
13 Jan 2009 4:54pm
@Laurie: Soft vs. sharp is an ongoing debate; I think that most of the time, it is a matter of preference. I reached adulthood in what, for most of us, was the age of Ansel Adams. For that school, sharpness was a sine qua non. Recently I have lightened up quite a bit. This blossom was dead, and if you blow it up, the edges are all a bit fuzzy. Because it was so devoid of color, a little softness seem to make sense. Most important, thanks for noticing; I really appreciate that.
k@ from Paris, France
Playing with new tools, that's always great fun ! Love that weird thing, prisoners inside seem happy to be :)
13 Jan 2009 5:18pm
Marie LC from Voiron, France
Beautiful composition. I like light on this dry flower.
13 Jan 2009 5:26pm
@Marie LC: It was a very soft light (which, in part, may have contributed to the softness of the image).
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
To enter the fray, a hand held macro [like] with a P&S will be whatever you get, which is far more than what you would have gotten without a camera : ] I've gotten some fantastic shots with a P&S. On my advice, a client bought (6) G's for a Dermatology practice and it has proven an excellent camera under heavy use. Enjoy your new toy !!! best...jerry
13 Jan 2009 6:31pm
@ordinaryimages: I do a lot of riding on a long wheel based recumbent, which means that you are sitting upright and can easily put your feet down and take a photograph while sitting on your bike. My handlebar bag is very accessible. I also do lots of walking with my wife; it's much easier to not hold her up if I have a P&S vs. a DSLR. As I'm sure you have noticed, many of the finest photographs on aminus3 have been taken with P&Ss.
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
That's a nice flower; I like the shape and the seed pods trapped inside.
13 Jan 2009 9:25pm
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
No, but is an excellent second camera...with a lot of possibilities...Especially the size... I like it but I have no money to buy it...
The result on this pic is perfect.
13 Jan 2009 9:40pm
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
It is most beautiful with those tones and dof! Did you use the unsharpen mask at all? That's what it looks like to me with the "fuzziness"... ?
14 Jan 2009 3:45am
@amy: Actually, the fuzziness is in the plant itself. For sharpening, I used the Sharpening slider in Lightroom; I try to not oversharpen; however, sometimes I do end up oversharpening; in part, because my sharpening is related to printing rather than the web.
NarB from Bruxelles, Belgium
Delicat and lovely shot, I like the tones and the details.
14 Jan 2009 9:20am
JJ from Jersey City, United States
beautiful macro, the G10 seems a pretty handy walkaround camera to have
15 Jan 2009 2:53am
@JJ: It is, and it's great for bicycling, not to mention being great fun.
May from Bogor, Indonesia
Hi, i just bought a canon G10 for my self, and since i've been diving i also bought the underwater housing. But I found myself difficult on focusing the object to shoot in macro. Can you give me the tips and trick of shooting macro? I'm new in photography, so its a lil confusing to use the auto or manual mode on shooting macro?
3 Sep 2009 12:36am
@May: I don't have any experience with shooting macro under water. When I use the G10 for macro work, I just set it to macro and try to get in fairly close. If I were under water, I would not use manual.
Canon PowerShot G10
1/60 second
F/4.5
ISO 80
31 mm