Images taken of my living space.
Grass is invading my space–literally. The very wet (and now warm) Spring is making the green stuff very happy. We’ve already got bunches in the field that are 6 feet high, and the ground it still too wet to mow. What to do? Take some photos! Here’s a shot of a tall sprig of wild oats I took late this afternoon. Wild oat is a nuisance grass, but the dangling, rocket shaped seeds look mobile-like–especially when they’re still green.
Canon G11 frolicking in the grass.
Saturday morning, after a good night’s sleep, inspiration strikes. With a large cup of coffee in one hand and the Canon G11 in the other I ventured out into the yard looking for a subject. What I found was truly monumental. I fired off a couple of close-ups and headed back into my studio to view the results on the computer. Oh yeah! After a couple of quick tweaks in Photoshop, this was the outcome of my morning inspiration–Poop art.
For reference: the shot as the camera captured it.
Canon G11 making poop art.
Spring comes slowly in Northern California–not like in cold climates, but later than it seems like it should given the temperate weather. Here’s a couple of ready to bloom close-ups taken from the yard taken this afternoon.
Rosebud:
Wisteria spike:
Canon G11 feeling Spring.
Here’s a backyard image of Max the wannabe gopher killer. He’s not our cat, but he hangs out in our field. As a hunter, well, he tries. Occasionally, he sneaks into the house and catches some ZZZs in the guest bedroom. Talk about living in the lap of luxury.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 85mm. 1/125 second at f/5.6, ISO 400.
Canon T2i hanging with Max.
A very cool feature of the Canon G11 is its “Macro” function. I’m not exactly sure how close the lens can be to the subject and still focus, but one to two inches away focuses pretty much every time. However, getting a “keeper” close-up, especially handheld, is a bit of a crap shoot. My method: take six to ten shots and hope for a good one. I think this very tight shot of the sexy bits of a red tulip that just bloomed next to our driveway is a good one. The image is virtually straight from the camera–no color or saturation tweaks, no black point or contrast boosts, no overlaying of layers, no clone tooling of fly specks. I did crop it slightly on the bottom and left side, but that was the extent of the post processing.
Camera settings: Manual mode, Macro function, 6.1mm, 1/125 second at f/4.0, ISO 100.
Canon G11 getting real close.