Limbless
Another view of Ross Bay Cemetery, though it could be nearly anywhere. The healed amputations of limbs, on a tree that I did not notice much else about – actually I am not even sure if these shots are on the same tree, though this seems likely as they were taken within seconds of each other. Unlike the rampaging arborist hacking away with a saw many years ago, I did not notice if the tree was a conifer or deciduous.
These are more shots from the Canon G15, the day I took it to the Cemetery for a trial. Both these shots are HDR processed from 3 brackets. I think that they go quite well with yesterday’s gravy shot, especially the first image.
Other Ross Bay Cemetery posts can be found here.
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Canon G15, 6.1 mm (=28mm full frame), ISO80, f1.8, top: 1/100th, bottom: 1/50th, +/- E.V. 2.0.
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burnt embers 
Love those details! Your b&w processing really accents the textures and makes the images just pop!
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Thanks Toad – it was one of those odd things that caught my eye. And when testing a camera, I find that I press that shutter in places I might not otherwise. Glad you like it 🙂
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I like these textures very much and the monochrome suits them very well
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Thank you Helen. They were pretty much monotonal anyway, so the conversion seemed to make a lot of sense.
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These shots from the G15 retain the detail and richness of the tree. I’ve always wanted a small camera to keep on me at all times. I like the G15 because it shoots RAW, too, but after buying the d600 last year I’m going to have to win the lottery before I buy another camera.
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Hi Ken. The G15 seems like a very good camera, there is the RAW, the f1.8 lens, bracketing, in camera panos and good image stabilisation, good video qualities too, a really nice viewfinder, and so on. $$ are of course an issue with any gear. I wish I had one as well. I would keep it with me all the time.
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These are similar to your post from yesterday, in shape and color and texture!
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Thanks Melinda. It would great to be able to stir something like these up in the kitchen!
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Without scale that first one could be an aerial shot down onto a volcano’s crater. I can see the connection with yesterday’s gravy!. G15 – did you have a previous Canon? I’m still using a G10. Works fine apart from the noise above ISO400 which is horrible. Have they dealt with that issue in the G15
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Hi Andy. My wife has the G15. I was using it when my 5Dii had taken my son off at a festival to document musicians. The G15 is good at higher ISO settings, though I have not experimented very much with it in low light.
Images are a bit grainy but serviceable at ISO3200, and pretty horrible at ISO6400.
If you look at this blog entry of my wife’s the top image is taken at IS1600, the bottom one is at ISO6400. They look better prior to compression for the blog:
https://quimperhitty.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/apple-pip-in-december/
The second image in the following link is taken at ISO640 https://quimperhitty.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/weaving-4/
This one is ISO1600: https://quimperhitty.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/the-undead-in-monsalvat/
And the second one here is at ISO1000: http://quimperhitty.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/rose-knits/
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Many thanks for those links. I would say the noise is vastly reduced compared to my G10. Fascinating work by your wife, by the way.
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Thanks Andy, I will pass along your compliment to her. I think that the G15 has a whole new sensor. I looked at some tests and they don’t find a big difference in high ISO performance, but I am not sure what the basis of the tests are. It has many other clear advantages such as a much higher resolution image, faster lens (f1.8) and so on.
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