The Weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Starting 24 February 2025 Any Brand

This is the weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Any Brand thread where we invite you to show your own pictures. It is collegial in that it is a pleasant and friendly place among photographers to share.

I will begin this thread each Monday (Pacific Standard Time) to give each of you all the chance to share your weekend photos with us, for those that follow a regular work week schedule and choose to do it that way. But the pictures can be taken at any time with any camera, including your cell phone. It's open to all skill levels from beginners to advanced. The images posted can be anything from casual snaps to extraordinary. I'll be sure to comment to each of your photos, if you choose to share. Replies from others are encouraged also.

The intent of this thread to mainly to just show photos in a relaxed way and to generate replies or comments about them. Generally I'm not planning to critique any image unless asked. But I or we may ask things about a photo that may develop into a discussion, always being friendly and helpful. It has been a request that I mention this and from what I've learned from past experience: Can you ask a member first if they would mind you editing their photos?

Remember it's all about the enjoyment of taking pictures regardless of what we have. We can learn from each. Please share any tips or techniques too. A narrative sometimes also helps. Thanks everyone for your participation.

Subject: American Robin

Here's some pictures of an American Robin I saw on January 28th of this year.

Photo No. 1

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 600 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 2

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 483 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 3

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 483 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 4

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 600 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 5

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1600
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 600 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Nice robin, thought for a minute it's similar to our European Robin, but it's not family 😄

@AlanSh, nice view close to the Danube If I'm not wrong 😉

I don't have anything to show, might post some older photos.
We were visiting family and had no time for a stroll/hike at all.

Alan,

That's a beautiful ornate castle. That's something we don't see in the "New World".

Photobygms,

Older photos are fine. I normally don't show older photos (but sometimes I do) for two reasons. First I can't always remember what I showed in the past. And secondly, I'm taking pictures each week normally anyway (as you do). But if an injury or weather prohibits me from showing recently-taken photos, then of course I have years and years of older pictures to share, probably a lifetime of images.... 😀

Almost 10 years ago:
Looking down at Loch Shiel from somewhere above Glenfinnan Scottish Highlands

(Canon Eos 7D- Canon EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, panorama from 10 photos)
Upload and resizing seems to soften the image 😐

Photobygms,

That's wonderful. A person could spend a very long time with a camera in the Scottish Highlands. That would mean lots of hiking through parks, forests, nature reserves and other scenic areas. You captured a spectacular wide view.

We have been there for three weeks, and haven't seen all, we might have to go back some day 😁
We used Corpach near Fort William as our homebase and enjoyed the highlands.

Subject: Injured Eagle

While walking through a park on February 1st, we found an injured eagle that was on the ground near the trail. I've never seen anything like it and probably never will again. I had forgotten to take some of these focus bracketed and stacked. Since the injured eagle stayed still enough, this would have been a perfect opportunity to do that. Oh well.... I'm constantly reminding myself to not forget. It's an important feature that we all should we aware of, for those that have the cameras that can do that.

Photo No. 1 - We first heard about the injured eagle from the woman shown here with the two dogs. She was calling someone about it, hoping that it could be rescued by someone.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 100 mm
Lens Model - RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM

Photo No. 2 - This is where I should have focus bracketed and stacked the image.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 100 mm
Lens Model - RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM

Photo No. 3 - I cropped this significantly to not only get close to the eagle, but to crop out distracting blurry branches. When I took this, the eagle managed to limp back behind some branches. It's my guess that one wing was broken. The barking dogs seem to scare it even more. We did not stay long enough to know whether the eagle had been rescued or not. We sure hoped so.

I did not bring the DSLR camera with the Tamron 150-600mm lens with me because it was raining on and off. I could have done that using a large umbrella, but it can be cumbersome. Plus this was an area that I was not expecting to find something like this.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 11
ISOSpeedRatings - 20000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 400 mm
Lens Model - RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM