Summer is over… but the hot dogs will live on forever. I’ve had a lot going on the past few months… a new job, a quick site redesign, vacation to Niagara falls and other fun stuff. I also purchased an iPad to play around with. This photo was taken with a Panasonic GF1, uploaded to the iPad, edited with PhotoGene, and watermarked and uploaded with FilterStorm. I’ll be following up with a post about an iPad workflow in the near future.
The new site design is a slightly modified version of a theme called “ePhoto” from ElegantThemes. It’s a little more visual than my old theme… let me know if you like it.
I wanted to make a print to hang in my bathroom. My kids are getting older, and I always take a picture of their toys before they “move on”. These two duckies are not going anywhere yet… but I killed two birds with one stone. I used the stuff you blow bubbles with in the bathroom sink, turned off the lights and opened the blinds to get some natural light. The duckies are a little worn, but I think they have a little more character than if they were brand new.
I held my GF1 precariously in the sink just hitting the tops of the bubbles and arranged my models in various poses. I liked this arrangement the best.
I just got back from vacation in San Diego. This shot is from the Belmont Park amusement park on the Mission Beach boardwalk. I took the GF1 and the 20mm and left the D200 and G9 behind. Overall, I’m very happy with the camera… and blown away by the lens. In spite of the lcd washout, and a few cases where some zoom would have been nice (at the Zoo), I had a lot of fun with the camera.
This shot was taken with a circular polarizer which accounts for the blue skies. I used Lightroom 2.7 and a calibration profile I found in this DPReview Posting (Direct link to daylight profile). It definitely gave the image a little more punch over the default Adobe profile.
Below is a full resolution crop of the same image located just below the “S” near the center. The 20mm lens is really delivering on detail…
100% Crop
Panasonic DMC-GF1, 20mm f/1.7
I’ll be posting some more images from the trip when I get some time.
