New camera! (Utrecht, story + bunch of snaps)
ivar
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I found out that having a (D)SLR is great. Okay, so far so good. But... it is quite a big thing, physically. When going to work, only having one bag/case to bring it is not the most useful thing, really. Enter: the P&S. In this case, enter the G9. It's a cool gadget, it has some of the Dgrinners' seal of approval, and it has more functions than my 30d :scratch
I've been quite busy the last few weeks, and have had no time whatsoever to try it out. Today was *the* big day! I was going to play with the new toy :barb Yesterday I made sure my battery was charged, the memory card was empty and I was ready to go. This morning I open the curtains, and as you would expect: dark, rain, cold. Terrific.
It really was no P&S weather, but who cares! whatever happened, I was going to use my camera today. I had to do a little shopping for my brothers birthday, so I took it with me, downtown.
Started out with a pink bike,
but soon I wandered of to the little alleys. There are quite a few of them in Utrecht, and for some reason I love them.
At one point I was walking towards the Dom. The Dom is a church, and church-tower. The tower is a little under 350' high and is the highest church-tower in the Netherlands. The church-tower is not connected to the actual church. When they built it, they started to run out of money at one point. Instead of waiting to raise more money they took the cheap route and built the 'bridge', connecting the church and tower, of cheap materials. Not too long after that....... there was a storm. Since then, the church and tower have been separated
Anyway, I was walking towards the Dom, and more and more people started walking in the other direction. At one point I felt like I was a fish swimming against the stream. So naturally, I had to continue :lol3
Turned out that between the church and tower, there was a fairly large ice-sculpture:
By the way, ice is very hard to photograph;
There were some very weird, purplish, lights directed on the sculpture which didn't make things easier :rolleyes This is part of the church in the background
The sculpture from the other side, with part of the church tower in the background:
And I was not the only one interested in it:
The irony, I thought, was that the ice-sculpture was created for the start of the 'religious heritance' year. Out of 19000 churches and other religious buildings once built in the Netherlands, only about 9000 remain, and only about 4000 of them are still used actively as church. This year is to save those buildings. So what do they do? They put up an ice-sculpture that will be gone in about 2 days, since it is 40 degrees F or more :lol3
This was supposed to be a saint of some sort saint, I think:
Some of the leftovers:
Next to the sculture there were some kids who were getting a lesson in sculpting ice:
of course, a small demonstration had to be done by mr. iceman. The weather had turned even worse at this point:
Pfew, I don't think I've ever posted this many shots on digital grin, total. One last one though:
I hope you enjoyed the small trip around Utrecht. C&C, questions and whatever else you can think of are most welcome.
I've been quite busy the last few weeks, and have had no time whatsoever to try it out. Today was *the* big day! I was going to play with the new toy :barb Yesterday I made sure my battery was charged, the memory card was empty and I was ready to go. This morning I open the curtains, and as you would expect: dark, rain, cold. Terrific.
It really was no P&S weather, but who cares! whatever happened, I was going to use my camera today. I had to do a little shopping for my brothers birthday, so I took it with me, downtown.
Started out with a pink bike,
but soon I wandered of to the little alleys. There are quite a few of them in Utrecht, and for some reason I love them.
At one point I was walking towards the Dom. The Dom is a church, and church-tower. The tower is a little under 350' high and is the highest church-tower in the Netherlands. The church-tower is not connected to the actual church. When they built it, they started to run out of money at one point. Instead of waiting to raise more money they took the cheap route and built the 'bridge', connecting the church and tower, of cheap materials. Not too long after that....... there was a storm. Since then, the church and tower have been separated
Anyway, I was walking towards the Dom, and more and more people started walking in the other direction. At one point I felt like I was a fish swimming against the stream. So naturally, I had to continue :lol3
Turned out that between the church and tower, there was a fairly large ice-sculpture:
By the way, ice is very hard to photograph;
There were some very weird, purplish, lights directed on the sculpture which didn't make things easier :rolleyes This is part of the church in the background
The sculpture from the other side, with part of the church tower in the background:
And I was not the only one interested in it:
The irony, I thought, was that the ice-sculpture was created for the start of the 'religious heritance' year. Out of 19000 churches and other religious buildings once built in the Netherlands, only about 9000 remain, and only about 4000 of them are still used actively as church. This year is to save those buildings. So what do they do? They put up an ice-sculpture that will be gone in about 2 days, since it is 40 degrees F or more :lol3
This was supposed to be a saint of some sort saint, I think:
Some of the leftovers:
Next to the sculture there were some kids who were getting a lesson in sculpting ice:
of course, a small demonstration had to be done by mr. iceman. The weather had turned even worse at this point:
Pfew, I don't think I've ever posted this many shots on digital grin, total. One last one though:
I hope you enjoyed the small trip around Utrecht. C&C, questions and whatever else you can think of are most welcome.
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Cuong
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Cuong
The dom is beautiful. The last shot in particular really shows how tall it is. I would have loved to be one of the kids watching how they sculpt. Another shot i love is the man taking the photos while everyone else around him is moving. What a great street shot!
Congrats again on the new G9. Convenience can't be beat.
I hope your brother liked whatever you got him, too
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Congratulations Ivar on your new G9
I agree with you about the joy of owning a DSLR, and I too recently brought a point and shoot that is small enough to fit in my pocket.
Sometimes you just want to not carry stuff, but at the same time,
you don't want to miss any photo opportunities,
and that's where the smaller camera's come in very very handy indeed.
Your images are great Ivar, my personal favourite is the last shot.
I gotta laugh though.......what is it with finger tip photography
notice the people you photographed who were also taking photos,
and all of them are finger tip photographers
Great series Ivar, thanks for sharing your day out with your G9.
.... Skippy
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It is, and did you know you can climb the tower
Thanks, I like that one too, albeit slightly soft.
Convenience is not a bad thing at all, especially if it takes decent photos
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Thanks, the one of the resistance monument I like as well. A lot of people were using just their fingertips to hold the camera and take photos. I've never tried it, nor do I really now how I was holding the camera when I took the shots actually. A lot of cameras are pretty small, so that could be the only decent way of holding them and still seeing the screen?
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These are some cool shots!
I really love the one of the ice sculpture with the church in the background.
The one with two bikes in an alley is a good one - the closer bike is interesting-looking. Actually I think I'd crop the left side with the red bike out and just have a 4x8 of the blue bike in an alley.
And the one with the guy taking a picture and everyone else blurry is cool too.
As for fingertip photography - what is the right way to hold a compact, anyway? I think I'm a borderline fingertip photographer too, but I'd love to learn better...
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I've never really thought about how I am holding a P&S to be honest, I should pay attention next time
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Thanks for the comments! I'll try the crop you suggested when I have some time.
I'm not sure if there is a 'right way' to hold a P&S. I guess whichever way stabilizes the camera the best, works?
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Great series Ivar, a lovely introduction to Utrecht.
Canon DOES make a completely waterproof, submersible, housing for a G9, for use by divers, Gus.........
I've have had great fun with my G9.
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