Your Canon Photos No. 44: 3rd to 9th March 2024

This weekly thread is principally intended for you to showcase your photos made with Canon cameras of all sorts: SLR, DSLR, Mirrorless, M-series, APS-C, film, etc. But any brand of camera will be accepted, including photos taken with your phone. We do enjoy reading an accompanying text explaining your photo and any special techniques you may have used. Comments and helpful criticisms on others' photos are also welcome: we can all learn something from each other. We look forward to seeing your contributions and new participants to this series of threads are always welcome!

A new thread for the following week will be posted next Saturday around 10 pm UK time.

Digirame and I will be active here and are sharing the hosting, but we are used to all joining in and commenting on others' photos.

Review of last week

Simplejoy lead last week with more and varied photos made with unusual glass. Although he claims that the Steinheil Culminar lens is not suitable for landscapes, his example gives the lie to that assertion and was justly praised.

Steve showed some examples of his work with Lightroom Mobile. I am not sure what he actually did, but the results are good. His exploration of DPP4 continues to enlarge his repertoire of post processing techniques.

Photobygms is still wading around in the mud; but, not put off by that, turning in interesting shots.

Digirame's photo of the Ross Island Bridge is one of his best. His problem with dust bunnies turned to a discussion of unsightly utility cables. His photos of waterlogged areas were aided by the sun coming under the clouds. This combination often gives more impressive results than blue skies do.

I agree with Digirame on the greater ease of maintaining "box" computers. I have a large and silent Antec P101 case which has plenty of room inside for cabling without fighting.

I forget where Dunlin lives, but his spring blossom photos are way ahead of ours and quite gorgeous. Digirame, much closer to the North Pole than Austria, is also ahead with spring flowers.

MikaY returned with a cute yellowhammer pretending to turn his back on the camera.

Great variety of subjects and high quality last week from this friendly group!

David

Just a short stroll close to home. After some needed shopping we decided to go for a walk around the block while the weather was still very nice for a change
Took only our Eos R and the RF 24mm F1.8macro

Subject: Rural Oregon From the Car

On the way to visit the Oregon State University where we found the food cart robots, I was able to take a lot of pictures from the car. I'm lucky that I have someone that will drive these distances, so I can as the passenger have fun with the camera. It makes long trips easier.

To be able to take these, the shutter speed has to be high from a moving car. It was cloudy most of the time with some rain. Also note that the composition may not always be the best. It's tough to take these at highway speeds. There occasionally also might be found motion blur or issues with depth of field. But I hope you enjoy seeing them of mostly rural Oregon.

Photo No. 1 - Because we wanted to avoid the main Interstate to Corvallis, Oregon we took country roads. This is what we would see.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 100 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 2 - A lot of these rural community have residences that apparently don't follow standard housing codes that we have in towns and cities. This house was built on a wooden platform, which is unusual (at least for me to see anyway).

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 3200
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 3 - You will find unpaved roads also.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 4 - You'll see the sign directing us towards Corvallis.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 84 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 5 - There's a railroad crossing.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2500
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 6 - The fields are plowed for the next season.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1600
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 100 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 7 - The barn is huge. I wonder what they store in it.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1600
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 70 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 8 - I found this unusual clock. It's quite different than what David found in Vienna. I have no idea why someone placed it there, so high up.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 3200
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 9 - We see a tractor. I think they sold recreational vehicles here.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 10 - Look at all of those agricultural storage bins and buildings. Seeing these, makes me appreciate the efforts that these farmers must make, to grow, harvest and store their products to get ready for market. The farmers have to be self-sufficient. You make it or break it (so-to-speak) on the backs of your own labor. You can see the snow on the Coast Ranges on the right side.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1600
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 11 - I liked seeing this with the birds.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 12 - It won't be long until this structure falls down. I think it could be something neat to see in a painting.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/2500 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 4000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photobygms,

I like your creative way to take pictures of plants and flowers with that lens (with a shallow depth of field). They are beautiful. Our crocus flowers are almost gone, but we are starting to see a lot of daffodils.

Wonderful captures! Love the low POV and beautiful colors - very well done!

Thanks a lot @davidwien for the great overview!

I found something fun, while walking along the local river (called "Inn") with my kids:

I tend to see lots of faces, symbols etc. in things (it's called pareidolia, if I'm not mistaken) so it's hard for me to judge how apparent something is... I asked my daughter and she immediately got what I was referring to. Do you see it as well?

I've also started doing some ICM (camera movement) experiments recently. That's a lot of fun, because it makes it necessary for me to think of my own solutions in order to realize what I have in mind. Here's one of my first results:

Simplejoy,

The first picture kind of looks like a snake that's ready to bite. The second photo is amazing. I don't know how you do it. You have a special artistic ability.

I agree about the snake. I think the second picture required imagination and also good coordination!

David

The other side of the road from the Russian Embassy in Vienna this afternoon.

R. I. P. Alexei Navalny

David

Thanks everybody 👍

@Digirame, do like those rural sceneries.
@simplejoy, The Inn a well known river for me (have seen many parts and crossed it many times 😁 Also some of it tributaries (Otzaller Ache, Pitze or Pitzbach)
@davidwien That is what you see in more countries at the Russian embassies at the moment. I don't like what is going on overthere with Mother Russia and Mr P. Does like we're going back to the 70-80-90s with the Cold war.....

Back to the photos 😁
This weekend we could enjoy some nice weather for a change. actually both days were nice so we went out again for a short hike.
We did spot some wildlife again 😂😁

Fox moth caterpillar

Ladybugs

And some sceneries

I shot these in a 1:1 aspect ratio.

Steve Thomas

Steve,

These are interesting photos that would be improved by more space at the top and less at the bottom, if you see what I mean! 😀

David

David,

That's an interesting tribute for Navalny. Did you create the photo by stitching it together or by cropping? I was just curious. That is a nice image.

Photobygms,

I liked seeing your photos. It's nice to see the insects on a sunny day. That area looks so inviting for a place to hike around. Some areas appear to be quite sandy.

Steve,

I agree with David. The top of the item was cut off in the first picture. It's similar to cutting off a part on a person in the image (which I try to avoid)...but could be considered OK as that's subjective. That happens for me when a person suddenly raises their arm or hand. Then I have to quickly adjust it, so I include everything when taking the photo. It's the same with flowers, birds, or insects etc. If I don't have to exclude parts of them, I'll try to have them appearing complete. A photographer also has to consider "wasted space" like at the bottom. We would like to have a more balanced photo, which some might call composition...but a lot of that is again subjective to each person's own likes and dislikes. David might have said it better than me, but I hope that helps.

Saying all of that, what is that item in front? Are they seeds? How large is it?

Dig,

I don't know what they are. They're some kind of weed. There's a small collection of them at the foot of my driveway. They are very fragile and those flowers? blooms? are about 5" tall. The slightest wind blows them all over the place and it was running about 14mph today. It was hard to get them to stay still long enough to take any kind of picture. I knew that compositionally, it wasn't the best picture, but it was that or no picture at all. I'll try to be more selective with what pictures I post in the future.

Steve Thomas

It comes from a single cropped raw image (Leica Q3). For me, the panoramic format gives a better impression of what it was like to see all those moving tributes to a brave man.

Original jpeg was like this:

(Unfortunately, the EXIF display is not working properly at present. Alan knows and it will be fixed. EDIT: it seems to have been fixed, except the software doesnt realise that the Leica is FF!)

David

No! Please keep posting. I think the answer to your problem would have been to move backward and leave more space around what you wanted, and then crop.

David