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I posted an early evening shot from this viewpoint before, this is a little later.

I never would have thought that retirement would mean I am here less often but that is how it has been working out. My Saturdays have been busy. I've been putting lots of miles on my bike and my car. Tonight I have an outing with my Camera Club so I will be staying home to save my energy for that.

Wow! This is VERY nice! I'm a sucker for night landscapes generally but this one is special. 👍 If it were mine, I would darken the right front corner so it doesn't draw attention away from the spectacularness beyond it.

Mountain Lakes

It was a lovely spring day last Sunday, so I decided to have a wander around a series of lakes up in the Apennines. These are on the Emilian side of the ridge that divides us from Tuscany. I have never seem the water so high in the two small lakes. I have posted pictures of the small lake before.

1 Lake Pranda

2 Lake pranda

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4 Lake Scuro. It is the first time I have seen this lake so full, it is usually about 2 meters lower.

5 Lake Scuro

6 Lake Scuro

7 Lake Scuro

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That bark is gorgeous. I like the composition of the second, good lines and drama but there's a lot of ghosting around the edges. Bit heavy on the clarity or structure slider maybe? Worth revisiting, it's a very good shot.

Jeez, those lakes are stunning. That must have been a nice experience, wandering around those. Just came back from a 3 day fishing trip but I'd happily get the rods out again if I was there.

I agree. There is so much detail and it's very sharp. Has to be seen 1:1 to appreciate it.

I love Leica but I must say I love Panasonic more 😎
If Panasonic releases a fixed lens Leica/X100V competitor, I will buy it. I can't see a difference.

These are SOOC, Leica is less underexposed and made highlights blown out. But I think S5II files have more head room but it might be my imagination .

The first is definitely the best of these. The fisherman makes the shot.

It is late Autumn, early Winter here and we're starting to get some foggy mornings.

These are a few shots last Thursday morning as the fog was lifting.

It's not quite a scientific experiment. Apart from the exposure, which might be equalized, and the fact that they are jpegs from the camera, the focal length and aperture of the two cameras are diffrerent. I think the Q3 would trump both of them. But it costs three times as much, and perhaps I am prejudiced. 😉

Tha said, they are all very nice photos!

David

Obligatory Aurora Pics

This week's post was going to be all about yesterday's trip to The Lake District which yielded some nice images, despite being a bright sunny day, but last night's events changed that plan.

I've captured faint aurora pictures here in Lancashire, before, but last night was astounding. Not only did the camera pick it up rather well, but you could clearly see the shape and colours with the naked eye. Even weirder, rather than a faint band along the northern horizon, most of the action here was directly overhead, even pointing the camera South captured some interesting details.

According to aurora watch the solar storm is still blazing away as I type this, so we may even get another show tonight.

These images were taken between 23:00 and 01:30 last night / this morning. I ended up going through them until 03:00 this morning, followed by about four hours sleep, so I feel like death today, but it was well worth it. Regular viewers may recognise some of these locations. This is just a small selection of the images from last night as I'm sure the thread will be awash with this sort of thing before the day is out, but let me know if you want to see any more as I have loads of them.

All images taken entirely in manual mode with the Nikon Z8 and 14-30 f/4.0S lens (manual focus, 13sec exposure at f/8 as ISO 1600). Processed from single raw files in Capture One Pro 23. I did try running a few through Topaz to clean up the noise, but it just introduced additional artefacts, so I discarded those. As the aurora action was mostly directly above us, most of my images ended up in portrait orientation to try and fit as much of the higher angled sky in the shot as possible.

TBH, I think sensors have reached a tipping point, most will do a decent job, it's more about ergonomics, computational features, price and associated system.

But where is 'here'? Some subtle colours in these.

Amazing. Nobody will believe they're real! The tree looks like a Harry Potter wand. My daughter rang me at 11pm to tell me to look, I was asleep. Couldn't see much from where I was and was so tired after a 3 day fishing trip that I gave up. Wish I had stayed with it now. I also wish it would have happened while I was sitting watching the night sky whilst fishing.
My daughter took this from her balcony in Bromley.

Lovely colour and detail when seen enlarged.

I like the smooth colour of the bark.