The Weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Starting 25 November 2024 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: Early October Flower

Here's a photo of a flower I took in our area in early October. It was warm enough for these flowers. But now the weather is much colder and wetter. We had sunshine then too. 😀

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 45 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Alan,

I like the image but I have a hard time understanding it, like what was photographed. Was that because you removed some objects? What did it look like before you did that? Was that taken on a wet surface while it was raining? How did you remove the objects?

The way my brain works, is that if I can make some sense of it and it is beautiful, then that combination works best for me. That is how I view it. It will be interesting to hear other people's comments.

A bit abstract but I do like it @AlanSh I's it a puddle close to a sidewalk?

Ninja edit, nevermind you posted the original at the moment I posted my reply 😁

@Digirame Almost a perfect circle that flower nice shot with the dark background, all the focus goes to that flower.

We had almost every season in one week.
Last week started with snow and low temperatures, in the northern part we had actually about 10cm of snow.
Where I live a bit less but still I had to drive through snow to my work 😎
During the week the temperatures did rise again and we did see the sun a few moments but also a lot of rain
And the week ended with record high temperatures (18c in the southern part) but the sun still was covered with clouds.
And with that I went out for a hike (alone the lady didn't feel well with some flu)
Still busy with getting used to our new gear, and I do like the R6-II a lot
The AF tracking options and a few other things like the IBIS are very nice to use and do miss those with the R.
Did use the R and R6-II while hiking through a wet nature reserve

Alan,

For my tastes, I like the second image better. That's a nice street photo. When it's raining, I like to take pictures of the streets too, to capture anything interesting and also to get the reflections.

Photobygms,

Thanks. I was getting ready to post some other photos and then I saw my flower. I thought it was good enough to share. 😀

Photobygms,

You do have a lot of natural beauty where you live. That is great you captured the bird with an open wing. Would you ever consider the Canon R7 to give you that 1.6 crop factor for wildlife? I like the 1.6 crop factor that I get with the Tamron 150-600mm lens and my Canon T7i (800D) camera.

That's interesting that you are getting a variety of weather. That makes for great photo ops. 😀 I'm glad you are enjoying your new gear. I may get some more too, if I can find at least one good deal this autumn.

@Digirame We did use crop bodies in the past but I still shoot analog (fullframe) I wanted to keep every thing similar (like FOV) in a way so the crop bodies and EF-s lenses had to go.
We don't mind the weather, we're used to it, so we try to make the best of it .
I do enjoy the 6D-II a lot, actually I'm thinking and convincing the misses to trade in the R and a some other EF lenses with an other 6R-II 😄

Photobygms,

I'm glad you like the Canon R6-II so much and that you might get another one. I understand the feeling...there's just enough improvement to entice us to continue purchasing new gear.