Canon Powershot S2 IS: photography, help and advice

[Kirsten]

As many here seems to own the Canon PowerShot S2 (and as it seems, several others are planning to get it ), I thought we could start a discussion thread here were we can share photos and help each other to get to know the camera better. We could share our experiences and maybe learn from each other.

What do you think about it?


I got my camera two weeks ago, and I'm still practicing. Here are some examples of what I've tried so far (some of them were already posted in other photo threads).

Indoors, close up of Lily:




Macro shot, outdoors




Landscape




Zoom, landscape




Zoom, small objects

Here, the camera definitely reaches its limits! Even though the 12x optical zoom works great, I didn't manage to get a clear picture of this stork family. It's appr. 200 meter away and tried to take it from a little window in the roof of the bathroom in my office. I never managed to get a clearer picture.




(On shorter distances, the zoom works fine! The other day, I took a nice close-up of my neighbors daughter from my window on the second floor. )


Select one color

This is fun! In the Color Mode, you can select one color which you want to appear in the picture, and the rest of the photo will be black and white!




I would love to see YOUR photos made with the S2, and read about experiences!

Kirsten