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My photo walk of 4 May 2009 |
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4 May 2009
Today, as is usual on Mondays, I was to pick up my granddaughter Hazel Campbell-Crawley from Steele Street Elementary school, where she attends first grade. She comes home with me for some afternoon refreshment and entertainment before I drive her to Tai Kwando where she not only takes classes but also does some assistant teaching! I left almost an hour early for a photo walk to get some needed exercise (I've been celebrating my 67th birthday all week and just received two pounds of prized chocolate creams from Mrs. Sees Candies (an excellent California candy chain). I also wanted to pick up booklets from the Ingham County Fair office (see photo 14. on my 28 April 2009 walk page). This is a great time of year for taking walks in Michigan! Another goal of this trip was to get some good shots to demonstrate the high quality photos possible with the Canon G9. All the photos below not only allow you to click on them for a 900-pixel wide version but also have a link below the photo providing a full resolution 4000x3000 pixel photo (the highest quality JPG setting). Click on any photo to see a larger version in a popup window with photo information. |
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1. I was struck by the patterns of grass on the sidewalk. Perhaps this was due to using a lawn mower with a circular blade. As the person reached the sidewalk and turned the mower on the sidewalk to start mowing the next row the mower would deposit bits of grass along the outer edge of the rotating cutting blade. |
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2. The depth of field of small digital cameras seems very impressive. Here I took a photo with elements at all distances from the camera. F8 was sufficient to get just about everything in sharp focus. Check the larger size images to confirm the huge depth of field in this photograph. Click the photo for a 900x675 pixel reduced size image and click the original size link to see the original unsharpened 4000x3000 pixel jpg image. |
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3/4. I really liked the colors and graphic qualities of these scenes. I was walking through one of the many alleys in my neighborhood and spotted these interesting sights. |
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8. Here is the entrance to Rayner Park showing the good depth of field possible with the Canon G9. Take a look at the full size version (click on the "original size" link below the photo) and check out the great detail in the photo. The G9 records great detail in the highest JPG setting. |
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9. My first goal of this walk was to obtain an Ingham County Fair booklet, outlining the rules for entering the various contests conducted at the fair. Here is a photo of the Executive Director for the Ingham County Fair Thomas A. Edman. Just as he promised when I was last there the booklets were back from the printer and available. Mr. Edman graciously consented to allow me to take his picture, an "environmental portrait" showing him at his desk hard at work. I had neglected to make changes in the G9's settings and left it at F8 and ISO100. Since the room was darker than the outdoor shots I had been taking this caused the shutter speed to drop to 1/6 sec. Thus this became an excellent test of the Canon G9's IS (Image Stabilizer) function. Using 60mm FL (35mm camera equivalent) you wouldn't expect a sharp photo without a good IS system. Check out the details in the background of the high res (original size) copy and you will be impressed! |
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10/11. Here are two similar shots taken with different ISO settings 100 vs. 400. The detail 100% crops below show that ISO100 is far superior to ISO400. |
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Comparison of ISO 100 and 400 |
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| 12-14. My walk ends at my granddaughter Hazel's school in time to pick her up and walk her to my house. I cranked up the shutter speed by using a smaller aperture setting and a higher ISO200 to catch the students as they run out the door. You have to be careful where you stand to avoid being caught up in the stampede. After enjoying one of my famous snacks and playing computer games, watching TV or some other activity I drive her to her Tai Kwando school. Even at 6-years old she is doing very well and has been placed on the school's demonstration team (as well as accumulated a fair number of trophies from tournaments). Hazel is in the red outfit in the last photo. | ||||||
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