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David,

That's great you rise to the challenge with high dynamic range. To me, I rise to the challenge to taking interesting photos without high dynamic range (if I can). For example, I might see some interesting people or cars coming down the street in late afternoon. The shadows of the buildings will make everything dark. But directly ahead of me will be the bright sunshine higher up in the sky. So I what I have to force myself to do, is take the pictures at the side, so the background of bright lighting is gone or limited to a small space. That's my "lazy" way of taking lots of pictures. It's really hard (at least for me it is) because I'm focusing so much on the subject matter and that in a way I want to forget about the background. But I know that I can't. Because I learned a long time ago, that the entire picture is important, not just the main subject matter. Saying that, I really appreciate you taking the extra steps to rise to the challenge with high dynamic range. There are times it is very challenging for all of us photographers.

Well, in this case (as shown below) I stood to the side for two reasons. First to avoid the bright background (seen on the far right) and to not get run over. But this was a small car show, so people were still walking on the street and everyone in this area was driving slow. But it's one of hundreds of photos I took to avoid that bright light in the background while being in building shadows.

The car lights are on, because it was getting dark. The sun hadn't quite set yet, but was close to doing so. The ISO level was high for that reason. That's a 1960 or 1961 Corvette.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/200 seconds
FNumber - 5.60
ISOSpeedRatings - 4000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 17 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Hmmm .... legspan about 3-1/2", IIRC.

that would be about 9 cm, bit bigger that I would have guessed 😁

You're right, Van Isle is a sort of heaven, we do miss it.
we stayed in Campbell River, Tofino, Ucluelet, and Victoria.
We did like the smaller places like Tofino more, But Victoria's chinatown was fun to see/visit
spotted a few bears at Stone Island near Tofino:

and a few from the beach trail near Ucluelet:

And East Sooke Regional Park near Victoria:

David,

I like the first photo better too. Yes, there's a time when we want to deliberately do something to emphasize the subject matter.

Yes, they say that everything's bigger in Texas. 😉

Photobygms,

Thanks for sharing your photos of Vancouver Island. I did not see any bears. That must have been exciting. I only saw one deer in a residential area and one owl in a tree. It brings back memories. I did not travel very far. I mostly stayed around Victoria, Thetis Lake Regional Park, Butchart Gardens, Sooke Potholes (where they mined gold), and made it as far west as French Beach.

David,

That's interesting. With politics, emotions can run high. I used to take pictures at political protests a long time ago, but sometimes they can be dangerous if someone doesn't want to have their pictures taken or for some other reason. At all of these protests that I attended, there were policemen to keep the peace. I remember the policemen patrolling the streets on bicycles and some were walking with the crowds of people.

Subject: Wood Ducks Fighting

Today, I was able to take a few pictures of some wood ducks. Here they were seen fighting. But they seemed to be not hostile to each other either. They would chase each other and then get together again. I didn't know what to make of it.

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/400 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 4000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 375 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011