Couple of walnuts

Virginia creeper leaf starting to change colour

Sunset 18th September 2010

One of the many balloons around today. This was taken at close to the limit of the 14x digital zoom and despite it being difficult to hold the image steady nevertheless I'm pleased with the clarity of the detail.

Berries – exploring the limits of the macro

A macro that works

During the Los Grandes de la Rioja tastings I sat next to Ryan Opaz and was seduced by his Canon SX210 IS assisted by Ryan's enthusiasm for this small camera. I have been looking for a new compact that I can just put in my pocket, so I succumbed and ordered one on Thursday through Amazon France while in London and it arrived this morning. Ryan's praise for the macro on the SX210 was a deciding factor as the macro on both the Canon Powershot 1 and Canon PowerShot A620 are both poor giving erratic results. It is often easy to think you have taken a shot in focus only to find later that it is blurred.

So a new toy for the 2010 vintage!

Impressive detail (above and below)

Berries from a distance

The photo of the berries was taken from a distance on the zoom. Although when magnified the berries are a little blurred, the clarity is still pretty impressive.