• Members 643 posts
    June 20, 2023, 6:39 p.m.

    Super shots mocha. My fav is the butterfly.

  • Members 643 posts
    June 20, 2023, 6:40 p.m.

    Hello from Kernow (Cornwall) everyone.
    I am indeed taking pics, and looking forward to sharing.

  • Members 411 posts
    June 20, 2023, 7:13 p.m.

    Hi fotoword,

    Love those early morning colours, stunning.

  • Members 411 posts
    June 20, 2023, 7:17 p.m.

    Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

    Hope you get lots of photos, weather is looking good after localized showers today, later in the week it could reach 30C. 😎

  • June 20, 2023, 8:14 p.m.

    Steve,

    I am not sure that would have made much difference. The histogram shows a pretty uniform range, and comparing the animal with the grass, there is not much difference in levels. It is a very challenging case! But I like it anyway.

    raccoon-histogram.jpg

    David

    raccoon-histogram.jpg

    JPG, 35.4 KB, uploaded by davidwien on June 20, 2023.

  • Members 1662 posts
    June 20, 2023, 9:01 p.m.

    Great shots, love the colorful water and the interesting poses. I like this one particularly and would call it "conducktor" 😉 Very well captured!

  • Members 767 posts
    June 21, 2023, 12:33 a.m.

    Dunlin,

    I think it leaves us right where we are.

    Photography-wise, I don't see Gear Patrol going any where.

    They loudly proclaim that the have acquired DPReview, but their magazine is full of articles on pen knives, pizza ovens and pickup trucks, etc. I can't see them devoting a lot of print space to the art and science of photography.

    Steve Thomas

  • Members 176 posts
    June 21, 2023, 8:59 a.m.

    Hi SimpleJoy
    Now that you mention it, I see that is quite the appropriate title 😃. Very clever.

    Thanks for the comments.

    Cheers
    Paul

  • Members 1855 posts
    June 21, 2023, 10:16 p.m.

    Subject: Programming and Waves

    Hi everyone,

    I edited this on 6/22/23 to explain more about the beach pictures. Sorry...I've been going so fast with so many activities that I didn't explain it very well.

    I'm back from vacation (holiday). I'll start off by showing some pictures I took the previous week at Cannon Beach, Oregon while I work on the post processing from the Montana trip. I used these Cannon Beach wave pictures to test out my newly revised EXIF data program which I describe below.

    Because I'm so busy post processing, I won't be very active on this board for about the rest of the week (other than a few simple comments). I've got about a thousand more photos to process from my trip to Montana and back, a lot of them taken from a moving car.

    But I wanted to share with you, some more of my EXIF data programming. I was thinking last night that I could list the photo number with the selected EXIF data programmatically with a space, that is with a carriage return which is Chr(13). The space would be where I could embed the photo. So now I can do all of this much much easier and faster with less chance of errors too. As always, I would share the code with those that are interested. With that code that I used, here's a sample of the weekend prior to my vacation. Also you all should expect that the code could change, as I think of new ideas of how to save time and do things differently. I may also add options on my form. In other words, it's still preliminary. I write programs so I can make life easier, as I often make life more difficult by keeping so busy. 😀

    The wave pictures are a very small sample of dozens of photos I took at the Cannon Beach. They also had a sand castle event that gave me plenty of other photo opportunities. With this edit I also revised the third picture. It was not straight at the horizon and a little too dark for my liking.

    Photo No. 1
    ResizedDPR2-18.jpg
    Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
    ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
    FNumber - 10
    ISOSpeedRatings - 200
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 200 mm
    Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

    Photo No. 2
    ResizedDPR2-20.jpg
    Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
    ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
    FNumber - 10
    ISOSpeedRatings - 250
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 200 mm
    Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

    Photo No. 3
    ResizedDPR2-22R1.jpg
    Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
    ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
    FNumber - 10
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.67
    FocalLength - 157 mm
    Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

    Photo No. 4
    ResizedDPR2-23.jpg
    Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
    ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
    FNumber - 10
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.67
    FocalLength - 157 mm
    Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

    Photo No. 5
    ResizedDPR2-24.jpg
    Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
    ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
    FNumber - 10
    ISOSpeedRatings - 125
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.67
    FocalLength - 157 mm
    Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

    ResizedDPR2-22R1.jpg

    JPG, 263.4 KB, uploaded by Digirame on June 22, 2023.

    ResizedDPR2-24.jpg

    JPG, 228.2 KB, uploaded by Digirame on June 21, 2023.

    ResizedDPR2-23.jpg

    JPG, 237.5 KB, uploaded by Digirame on June 21, 2023.

    ResizedDPR2-20.jpg

    JPG, 269.1 KB, uploaded by Digirame on June 21, 2023.

    ResizedDPR2-18.jpg

    JPG, 227.5 KB, uploaded by Digirame on June 21, 2023.

  • June 22, 2023, 4:49 p.m.

    More boring pictures of Vienna...

    Today I went out with just my RF16mm lens. It is actually 15mm when uncropped, but let's not argue about that!

    Unlike the 50mm lens that I used last week, what I see here is what I see in real life, and to me the photos give a much better impression of the actual localities. (Not as many tourists out today as there were last week.) I have uploaded largish versions for the full effect.

    IMG_6047_DxO-b.jpg

    IMG_6052_DxO-b.jpg

    For comparison, two of the 50mm photos again:

    IMG_6021_DxO-b.jpg

    IMG_6019_DxO-b.jpg

    This is the Neuer Markt ("New" Market). The name dates from 1274! Last year the fountain was temporarily removed and the area was excavated for the building of a large underground car park. (Only €2.20 an hour to park right in the heart of the city!) I think the photo gives some idea of the scale of this open space.

    IMG_6040_DxO-1-b.jpg

    David

    IMG_6040_DxO-1-b.jpg

    JPG, 1.9 MB, uploaded by davidwien on June 22, 2023.

    IMG_6052_DxO-b.jpg

    JPG, 3.6 MB, uploaded by davidwien on June 22, 2023.

    IMG_6047_DxO-b.jpg

    JPG, 2.3 MB, uploaded by davidwien on June 22, 2023.

  • June 22, 2023, 7:45 p.m.

    Interesting pictures. I dont recall seeing the sea when I was in Montana!

    David

  • June 22, 2023, 7:56 p.m.

    Welcome, Clikka! Thanks for the interesting photos. Those trains remind me of my extreme youth, before the diesel-electric engines came to the North of England. Thise that I see and travel on now are all electric. Much cleaner and not so smelly, but lacking in romance...

    David

  • Members 1855 posts
    June 23, 2023, 12:17 a.m.

    David,

    Thanks for making me aware of that.

    I edited my post to explain better. But I did say prior to editing "here's a sample of the weekend prior to my vacation." That was buried in my EXIF data programming comments. But the whole thing was not clear, so I fixed it. I've been going too fast.

    When did you go to Montana? Where in that state did you go? Did you visit Glacier National Park?

  • June 23, 2023, 7:01 a.m.

    Unfortunately, I went to the boring bit of Montana. Hopefully, Digrame has photos of the interesting bits!

    David

  • Members 568 posts
    June 23, 2023, 3:56 p.m.

    A nice set of images of your neighbour! I believe this is a pine squirrel, often referred to where I live as a red squirrel, but note that it is not the same as the European Red Squirrel that has much longer ear hair!

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_red_squirrel

    Andrew

  • Members 1662 posts
    June 23, 2023, 4:24 p.m.

    Yeah - you're right! Seems significantly better suited for what you do! In the first shot it might be a little bit too wide for my taste, but of course that could easily be cropped, while the reverse option (stitching) with the 50 mm is no great alternative on a busy street with people moving. In the shot of "Neuer Markt" it works very well and really captures enough of the space to provide a good impression. Well done!

  • Members 411 posts
    June 23, 2023, 6:52 p.m.

    Hi Digirame,

    The first photo with the light illuminating the crashing waves and the birds around the rock looks tops to me. 👍