Out having fun

We decided to take a drive to Tombstone this past Saturday for no other reason than it was a nice day and we wanted to go exploring. Okay we did just get a new walk around camera and we also wanted to take it out as well. We've had a Canon G-9 point-n-shoot for over a year enjoying the ease of use that makes it a fun camera to have along; we took this to Alaska last year shooting most of the blog images and all the video you've seen here. We decided a couple months ago that we should have two P&S cameras so we both could have one; by the time we got around to getting one the G-9 grew up a little to a G10. So with that little bit of history out of the way here's some images that we took on our day exploring the southern portion of our home state.

Found this windmill just outside Tombstone

The wagon was sitting on a corner in Tombstone

Here's Sandy taking a picture of Don - taking a picture of her. Dueling cameras

Sandy using the Jeep to get the shot

We found these windmills just north of Sonoita

Same image after playing in CS4

These are two panoramas we tried 1st is the G10 the 2nd is the G9

Forgot to add these were both handheld!

We stopped for an all too short period at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area which is just off Rt 82 a little east of Sonoita AZ. It was late in the afternoon when we turned onto the dirt road, we were a little tired, hot, and hungry at least that's our excuse; however we both feel this area reminds us of the Serengeti (minus the really cool trees and large man-eating animals) maybe it's the combination of the rolling hills and color of the grass. Either way we've both decided we need to return here to do some serious landscape work.

We're not too sure if these next images will show up as well as we want however we wanted to show a comparison. These are all from a single parent image; we then either cropped it to a slightly better vantage and/or tweaked the image into a slight watercolor effect - not sure if this will show well on the screen but here goes...

Parent Image

After cropping some of the sky

Changing it to a watercolor effect

Here's Don thinking of what to do next

We've got more from the day including some street shots from Tombstone we'll share a little later.

We thank you for allowing us to share with you; and as always please feel free to leave us a comment.

Sandy & Don

Newest addition

As most folks may be aware I've been testing two news lens for the Cambo RS-1000 one of which is the Schneider 24mm XL along with a centerfilter. The purpose was for me to get used to the lens and learn of any quarks. I never really thought I'd get an image that went beyond nice to share on the web. That was till I open this image and processed it.

The image is offered in 11x14 or 16x20 or larger. I initially called it "Stormy Saguaro" however the person who saw it this morning in the gallery nicknamed it "Gates of Hell" - then ordered a print. While there's a dark side to the image and the saguaros could be seen as either gate posts or signposts I'm a little uncertain of the "goth" name.


A more detailed image is available on our website under "New Works" in the gallery section.

Comments as always are welcome.

Sandy & Don

Cambo RS 1000 & the Schneider 24mm

I felt that I had blotched the first test in as much I failed to ensure the body was set at zero movements thus creating a small amount of vignette. I also felt this failure gave the wrong impression not only of the RS 1000 but the lens as well. While I didn't beat myself up over this I did want to show what this combination was capable of so decided to go out once again and prove there merits; and I think I did...

I can readily tell this lens will be used quite often in the near future!

Hope this clears up any misconception my other images may have given..

Don

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