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Compton Verney – no 3

This is the final selection of creative juices, now that does sound really quite disgusting, I created at Compton Verney. These were made with my G1x and for me they are the least successful…interesting that Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Cold Case Photography

Deep time seems to be seeping through me. I revisited the first photographs I made for this project some two and half years ago and quite frankly they were just not good enough. They certainly didn’t fit with the images … Continue reading

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Calke Abbey – Part 2

This is the final images from this afternoons walk around Calke Abbey. Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Calke Abbey – Part 1

So another day another test – this time at Calke Abbey which is a wonderful National Trust property and park on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border. If I thought the light was pretty awful yesterday well this was even worse, apart from … Continue reading

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12800 iso on the G1x

Another test of the G1x, this time at 12800iso – another winner. The image was captured on RAW and has just had small amount of the noise reduction applied in Lightroom so it is a really impressive result given that … Continue reading

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Wondering near to home

One of the things that I had forgotten about photography is that you have little control over the light unless you want use artificial light but that somewhat defeats the purpose of having a small and compact camera. Sp this … Continue reading

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G1x – starting to love a camera

It is early days and with all infatuations it is very difficult to know when this turns into love. But I think I’m starting to love my G1x – which is more than can be said for my iMac! It … Continue reading

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My it was cold out there

I went a walk around the local park this afternoon with my new toy and with a combination of a very cold easterly wind and pretty awful light I’m happy to report that the G1x was able to capture some … Continue reading

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G1 x – first test drive

I’m taking this slowly, which for me is a bit of a first, so I’m just messing around in the garden at the moment. The object of the exercise is to get used to the different dials. Although I really … Continue reading

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G1x…just out of the box

So my new toy arrived this morning and I have had an initial look around. The first impressions are that this is going to be fun to use as it has proper dials and is built with the usual G … Continue reading

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