During the early part of Friday’s accordion event, Ginger was happily enjoying the music while keeping an eye on the goings on outside. The fellow in the wingtips is her friend.
Canon G11 viewing the pooch.
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Les accordéonistes
Yesterday, my accordéoniste wife and I played a few tunes at the grand re-opening ceremony at Smythe’s Accordion Center in Oakland, CA. The event featured lots of fine musicians. I kept my G11 handy and took shots throughout the day. Here are two faves (that they are both diagonal shots is purely a coincidence).
The Zydepunks accordionist, Juan Christian Küffner
Canon G11 enjoying the accordion.
Studio impressions
From our recent recording sessions, impressions from two different cameras. The first is from the T2i. I took the image through a double glazed soundproofing window with the lens fully zoomed. The reflections off the window glass were very cooperative, as were the musicians.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 85mm.
Settings: 1/8 second at f/5.6, ISO 800.
This image of the tuba was taken with the G11. The G11’s articulating LCD screen makes high and, as in this case, low angle framing super easy. For dramatic effect, in post-production I added a bit of vignetting in Nik Silver Efex then overlayed the black and white layer with the original using the layer palette’s “Color” menu selection.
Settings: 6.1mm, 1/60 second at f/2.8, ISO 400.
Canon T2i and G11 making impressions at the studio.
Red tulip
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.
Dusty lovers
Here’s a Holga-esque impression of a little statuette we have in the house. I set the statuette against a black backdrop and kept it dusty because I liked the dust effect in yesterday’s shot.
Settings: 6.1mm (28mm equivalent), ISO 200, 1/60 second at f/4.0, flash compensation set to -1. Hand-held–like most of my shots.
Effects: B&W conversion, Nik Silver Efex (slightly tweaked “Holga” preset), blueish color cast added in Photoshop.
Canon G11 working the dust.