Sometimes, just before going to sleep, I’ll reread some tidbit of info about how to use one of my cameras. At some point I inevitably think to myself, “have I tried that before…”, and skip off to get the camera. Usually I shoot the nightstand on my side because it’s close by and lit. I can’t remember why I shot this one, but it must have been something about depth of field.
Canon T2i learning the ropes.
Where the guests sleep–in black and white, in December.
Canon G11 at the homestead.
The grass turns green in December in Northern California–which means rain and gray skies. I posted a photo of this same field several months ago when it was brown and full of hay bales. The freshly mowed look won’t last for long. One warmish day and you’ll be able to hear the grass growing.
And, as a kind of leitmotiv, a contrasty black and white shot of the palm in front of our house (obviously not the palm I posted a couple of days ago). Palms survive the Nor Cal winters quite nicely as long as we don’t get the rare hard freeze. But even then they survive. They just look ratty for a while.
Canon G11 in the Nor Cal December.
I like coffee, she likes tea. Actually, I like tea too, but a strong mug of coffee rocks my boat. The Cezanne is my home mug of choice. Hers is the Van Gogh “Sunflowers” mug which was in action, and conspicuously missing, when I shot this. The dark brown cup at the top left is my daily fave–it goes to work with me every day and been in the car when I shot all of the “commute” photos.
BTW, on my monitor, the color rendition of these cups is spot on. The little G11 is quite good at capturing “as is.”
Canon G11 caffeinated at the homestead.
Sometimes a blown out shot can become an act of resistance. Crank up the saturation and see what happens. I like what happened to the palm that’s catty corner from my house. Brazilian headdress? Oh là là!
FTR, this is the first shot saved in RAW mode that I’ve posted. I’m now recording all images to RAW and JPEG. Must be the years of compressing images for the web that kept me from saving a digital “negative.”
Canon G11 collecting the pixels.