Your Canon Photos No. 13: 30th July to 5th August 2023

Vacation (or holidays) are the best times for traveling. The time off, no stress and enjoying everything you encounter. 😎

So, here are my (very consistent) thoughts on sharpness, in image form 😂:

Frankly, sharpness is... everything! by simple.joy, on Flickr

Frankly, sharpness is... meaningless! by simple.joy, on Flickr

@simplejoy, The frist one does made me think about a few I made a while ago.
(shooting with a shallow DOF is fun)

Fresh leaves by Photobygms, on Flickr
(Canon EOS 6D Mark II - EF24mm f/1.4L II USM)

Some leaves by Photbygms, on Flickr
(Canon EOS 5D Mark IV - EF135mm f/2L USM)

Simplyjoy,

I like the sharpness of the leaf in first one. For the second picture, I keep wondering what it is.

Photobygms,

I like seeing all of that green. I sometimes just take pictures of green plants also without flowers. Usually, that is when the first leaves show themselves in the spring. But I can't seem to take them like that with the shallow DOF, since I prefer sharp photos (for the most part, with some exceptions).

...and I finish the cornish shots (finally... who said what?) with a visit to the oh-so-well-known seaside town of St. Ives.
OOC JPGs, resized in Digikam.

Not exactly what you see advertised...

I'm quite happy with this panorama.

Dunlin.

I do like all the photos, but this one was puzzling me 😳
First I thought it was a old and worn thrown away shoe, but than I realized it a bit more fishy 😀

This is more of an experiment than anything else.
I hardly ever shoot at very wide apertures,but I wanted to toy with a 50mm prime lens at f/2.8.
Shooting in Av mode, it kicked the shutter speed up to 1/1600, which is totally unnecessary for a stationary object, but what the heck 😀

Steve Thomas

Even with f/2.8 still a reasonable DOF But that because foreground is not that isolated from the background, if you would change your own position you might get a more shallow DOF effect, And also shooting at f/1.8 could be an option to enhance the shallow DOF.
😉

A young robin and some hollyhocks.

That‘s an outstanding capture! Excellent work on focusing, beautiful colors and background. 👍

I agree with simplejoy, that's a superb shot.
Interesting arrangement of the photos in the post, too.

So, no prizes given, but who can guess what's the weather's like today, here on the southern coast of England?

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

We're still getting heavy rain, I think they've said we could have some sunshine next week 😀 😂

Hi David, Thank You.

I think they like to call it summer, we got the same (Netherlands) 😔

Hi David,

It is indeed a sad story, however your pictures to accompany your narrative are excellent, I particularly like photo 4.

Hi SteveP,

Super photo of the Robin.