Your Canon Photos No. 48: 31st March to 6th April 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

Digirame started the week with his interesting pictures of Sellwood Bridge, which happily did not get hit by anything. I am not sure I would like to live in one of the houses next to it: in my experience US freight trains tend to be very long and slow, and take a correspondingly long time to pass through.

Unfortunately, Digirame was then taken ill, though I am pleased to report thatr he is now well on the mend. We all wish him well for a speedy recovery.

I had a chance encounter with an enormous crane only about 50 metres from the Danube Canal on the edge of the old city. Plus more daffodils, which are surviving well here. Cranes have seemingly followed me around this week. I proved by my posting that one should always have a camera at the ready -- you never know when a crane -- or a rainbow -- will strike. I was thinking of Steve when I saw the clouds.

Dunlin went to a butterfly farm and returned with some truly spectacular photos. encouraged by my photo he showed us the four cranes that have taken up residence near him.

A visit from JACS with a picture of a balloom seemingly being towed by a boat -- or was it the other was around? I hope he will return with move pictures.

I would also engourage LeeJay to go out and take pictures of whatever he thinks the rest of us might be interested in seeing. I am sure we would all welcome his participation in these threads.

A heads up for those in the US: the clocks go forward in Europe this weekend, three weekd after you made the change, for some reason I cannot fathom.

Keep taking and posting more photos. The great thing about digital cameras is that, unlike film, you dont pay per shot!

David

Subject: Orenco Woods Nature Park Pedestrian Bridge

Hi all. I'm feeling better enough to show some more photos. I hope by tomorrow on Easter Sunday I'll even be better. I'm a lousy patient as a lot of you also might be. We don't like to be off our feet. I haven't been taking pictures recently obviously, but since I'm constantly taking pictures I have plenty in reserve.

This is the largest pedestrian bridge I've seen in our area. I'm always fascinated by it. I have many more photos of it, but these are some recent ones I took on March 19th. This bridge is found in the Orenco Woods Nature Park in Oregon. I don't know why they built this so large, as there should have been a lot more economical way. But I'm glad they spent the money. It probably was funded by tax money. It's really cool.

Photo No. 1 - I'm walking south towards this bridge.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 50 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 2 - I continue walking. They have some really expensive homes built close by.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 48 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 3 - At this point, I crossed completely across. This lady seen in the distance with the three dogs passed me by. I wanted to ask her if I could take a picture of she and the dogs, but she walked by too fast out of that neighborhood of houses. I couldn't react fast enough. So anyway, I took a picture of them later which helps dimension the size of this bridge.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 50 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 4 - Here's the bridge from a lower level.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/160 seconds
FNumber - 6.30
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 54 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 5 - Now I don't really care for this image. I don't know if any of you do. But it's another view showing how large it is. The creek below is not really that large. So it seems silly for something to be this gigantic. But hey, it's pretty neat.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/200 seconds
FNumber - 7.10
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 28 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 6 - I like this picture better of the bridge, where the light is at my back.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 35 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Subject: Lake Tahoe Balloons

JACS inspired me to find some of those balloons I saw at Lake Tahoe last summer. So here's a few I took with the Canon 800D and the Tamron 150-600mm lens. There's unfortunately a little haze with these which is amplified with a telephoto lens. But I thought the balloons were pretty.

Photo No. 1

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 300 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 2

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 300 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 3 - This one was a little darker than the others. But I didn't change it, because in a way I liked it. What do you think?

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 226 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 4

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 250 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 5

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 256 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 6

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 300 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Dunlin,

I saw your comments on last week's thread which said: "Sorry to hear about that Digirame. I'm hoping and praying you get better real soon.
About likes, being completely honest, most of the time I hit the button without thinking about it. But I also often like when I can't think of a comment beyond a generic "cool photo". I am and always have been impressed by your ability to consistently come up with interesting, often helpful high-quality comments."

Thank you for the prayers, well-wishes and thoughts. I'm still "on the fence" with the Likes button for me. But for the rest of you...please continue in the way you have been doing. I hope I can still reply to each person's comments this week. What's weird, is I'll get this burst of energy like everything is fine and then get "knocked down with a ton of bricks". So, then I go in to sleeping mode. 😀 Speaking of that, I might as well rest now a little. Or maybe I'll cruise over to Dpreview for a short time and see what they are doing. Some write and write "forever" about controversial subjects. It's a little interesting and I'll comment some, but then I like to "jump off the wagon".😀

Digi,

Two exceptionally good sets of photos, even better than your usual high standard! The subject material is very interesting, particularly the Tahoe balloons. (Living a long way from the sea now, I miss large masses of water.) Having enjoyed your RP photos a lot recently, I am wondering how it is that the 800D photos of the balloons look even sharper than the bridge ones. Perhaps it is simply due to the Tamron lens. I think the haze is actually useful, as it focusses attention away from the background and onto the balloons.

Your enforced physical rest is obviously a good opportunity to evaluate those photos that you took earlier but didnt have time to share with us!

A Happy Easter to you, your family and all here! 😀

David

The bridge photos are nice, looks like wood based bridge with steel (suspension)cables 👍
Those "balloons" I would call those parasailing canopies 😋
I think the haze just makes the photos better, It does blur the mountains/forest in the background a bit and my attention is on those parasailing people

After a busy week and visiting family last weekend we have time again this Easter weekend for a hike.
We visited an reserve/national park that is about an hour drive from our home this time:
www.sallandseheuvelrug.com/about-the-area/national-park/
It's a reserve that was formed in the distant past, by sliding ice, meltwater and drifting sand.
With a nice 15c temperature good conditions for a hike, but with clouds and some leftover Sahara dust
(www.dw.com/en/sahara-dust-cloud-smothers-germany-france-and-switzerland/a-68705280) it was not really sunny it was challenging to get nice photos.....

We did use our 4 digital bodies again and a selection of different lenses from 14mm up to 600mm.

David,

Good morning from the west side of the USA. 😀 I'm up now and will just write for a bit. Thanks for the feedback. I don't know why it appears that way, that one is sharper than the other. I've noticed that even with doing everything the same with my software and resizing that usually the RP does show me more details on my monitors (as a general rule). It's not huge, but enough that I notice. This would be particularly when the lighting wasn't ideal, like if I was taking pictures under the canopy of a forest. I haven't researched monitors lately, but how we perceive these images may be because of that. That would be an interesting separate subject to research and talk about. I haven't checked how technology for that has recently changed (or will change). For example, take a picture, resize it for web use. It may not look as sharp as we would like. Then take crops of the image and keep observing them. If you keep seeing better details than know that those details were already there on the first full-size image, it's just that we didn't see them originally.

Thank you again for your well-wishes. 😀 Happy Easter to you too, your family and to everyone on this forum.

Photobygms,

Thanks. The wood based bridge, is what I would expect to see, since wood is abundant where I live. You can see how tall the trees are. We have conservation efforts in place, so our natural environment is not destroyed. The logging companies are required to replace every tree they cut down with new seedlings, so bare stretches of landscapes will not be seen for very long after the cuttings. I can't remember the term without looking it up, but those long beams are laminated and glued together as far as I know and remember. That must have been a challenge from the manufacturing side. Then I would imagine that they had to truck those beams in and lift them in place with a huge crane.

OK, I'm glad you like the haze. 😀 I want everything sharp (or reasonably so) but we can't always get what we want. 😀

Photobygms,

Oh yeah...I remember reading about that Sahara dust a long time ago. It's amazing how it traveled to Europe but I can't remember anything about it now without looking it up. But it's fascinating. Who would have thought.... All your photos are good, but the third one with the lone tree is really good. That's neat that you got to use 600mm FL. I like that you took these under cloudy skies and are not waiting for the sun. Because we have also so much clouds and rain (especially during the wet season), that's why I switched to using DSLR cameras over 15 years ago. Then I could take pictures all year long. I like how you were able to capture those bright colors with those conditions. The second to last photo is amazing. It goes to show us all, how wonderful these clouds can be, to be part of our photographs.

Happy Easter everyone!

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 11
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 175 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

I have been experimenting with CRAW the last couple of days.
The have been converted to jpgs for web display purposes.

The first photo is my first attempt at long exposure black and white.

This is a 5 second exposure with a 10 stop ND filter at f/10 and ISO 100 in a 1:1 aspect ratio with a 50mm prime.
The wind was blowing about 20mph, so there is movement in the trees.
I lightened it up a notch in DPP4.

With the second photo, I used a color polarizer. I thought the two roofs made interesting leading lines. This is a standard 3:2.

I also learned over the last couple of days that you can convert RAW photos to jpgs in Irfanview.

Steve Thomas

Steve,

Super clouds.

As a raw processing program contender, have a look at RawTherapee. It appears to be on the level of Darktable, BUT the user manual is much easier to understand and full of interesting explanations.

David

On Friday I had to leave the house at the unearthly hour of 6:30 am, which is the middle of the night for me. The sun was just about up (and stayed for the rest of the day!). The result was that this building, which I had previously not even noticed, caught my eye.

On the way home, I also saw the church in a "new light":

and met up with an old friend that I have presented here before:

David

Steve,

The first picture for me depicts stormy rainy weather. I can sense the rain and wind. The second picture with the clouds is outstanding. I like that one a lot.

David,

The building, church and statues etc. are interesting. The blue sky is amazing. I suppose a storm moved out the air particulates. That type of sky is something I would see in Montana or other areas high in the mountains.

Actually, there was no storm: just the threatening clouds the days before. It rarely rains properly here, but we get many dark overcast days.

David

David,

Oh I see.... I've learned a lot from the photos I've seen posted here. You all make me more curious. In my spare time, I'll look at some maps too.

I often look at Ventusky.com, both for local weather and weather in other parts of the world. Here in Austria, the bad weather usually spreads across the country in an easterly direction, but when they arrive close to Vienna the storms either go around, to north or south. I think It must have something to do with the local terrain and the Danube flowing from NW to SE at that point.

David