When I saw this utility hole cover for Vancouver Water Works this past Sunday, I laughed. The message that flashed through my mind when I saw the VWW, was Vancouver Walk Walk. I had been walking through Vancouver's Gastown, Granville, Coal Harbour Seawalk, up and down Howe, Hornby, Granville and Seymore streets to meet friends and take photos along the way. It was great to travel light for three days - no computer and just my Canon G9 for a camera, which shoots 12MP raw files.
I can do without my dSLR on a holiday, but I can't seem to do without RAW. Shooting raw files has been part of my work flow for the past 4 years. It pains me to shoot jpg, mainly because of the loss of control that those 4096 tones in a raw file provide me.
The G9 is not perfect. If it was, then why would I bother with a high end dSRL for 10x the price? I had to get used to the noise, but I try to keep the ISO as low as possible to minimize it. For grungy inner city photos though, it's perfect.
I'll be adding some of the Vancouver shots to the travel stock on my PhotoShelter Personal Archive over the next short while.
Oh, and while on my travels I bought a new pair of blue shoes. You can see the top of them in the shot.
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