* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #865 / Revived #085 on 2024 11 13 *

Classic bif shot. Graceful.

Close-ups

It is handheld in a metal frame to add a ring for a ND filter. You can see a slight vignette from the filter ring.

Though this image is of an 8, I had the same thing for the 7 on a more basic frame. I was using the camera as a dash camera and to record some flying videos so it was with me all the time. I used it to explore whether I wanted to make photography into an actual hobby. Once I was sure I wanted to spend money and time on this, I got a Nikon D3400 DSLR starter kit. Not my first "real" camera, just the first as a hobbyist.

It depends Rich. When I look at this image from you, I can't help being aware of many other shots I have previously seen from you where you have used the photographer's eye to draw my attention to architectural details. It has been a series I've enjoyed and it prompted me to pinch the idea and look for similar details when I was recently in Japan.
In the case of the image being discussed here, I agree with Alan. No probs with composition, colour etc but I don't see the kind of quirky detail that I've loved in the rest of the series. Alan suggests a bird but that's not the kind of thing I'm missing here. I'm talking about architectural detail.
I can't speak for Alan but in my case it is true that I was interested from the beginning but it's a beginning that is prior to the particular shot. I therefore think it is reasonable to discuss the image against that background.

Thanks for the explanation. All my deductive work on the image suggested it was indeed a thin slice of pie shape. It was the shadows on the left that caused my head scratching. It seemed very unlikely that the construction would be that shape. Am I right in thinking that the V projection is not very high, which again makes it curious.
Whay city are we in?

Looks like you have the settings for the G9 sorted out for BIF. You even managed to get the gap caused in the bill by the twig being carried. That's blue sky through there.
The birds around my house in Adelaide seem confused about whether they should be building nests, or not, or again.

Thanks for the info.

Um . . .

Ok

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Love the stack of mist shrouded mountains. Mystical and they go on forever. The foreground trees at the very bottom not so much but I expect you'll have more with your "real" camera or perhaps a crop to eliminate some at bottom/top and put more emphasis on the distant layers.

Note about iphone cameras: I just got the newest one. It was my turn in the family rotation to upgrade so I took advantage of a special offer and got the 16. The setup of the camera and dedicated camera buttons is conducive to landscape shooting, and for the first time I feel like I'm using a real-ish camera.