Your Canon Photos No.1: 4th to 13th May 2023

@simplejoy

Never cared much for macro images of inanimate objects but you have a special way of bringing it, excellent compositions with everything else on point as well, I really enjoy these pictures, good art is good art I guess.

Ray

David and Digirame, just FYI, here's a rather similar rhododendron I recently posted online taken with the 5DS + 50mm f/1.8 at f/5. I forget the name of these often-seen color rhododendrons. This was in clear but a bit overcast light. The other rhodo shot crop I posted above was in deep shade with one streak of sun hitting it.
2O6A0759 Canon 5DS Rhododendron season VA by Sandy Fleischmann, on Flickr

Hi Ray, Thank You.

Hopefully we've all got lots more to share, this new thread is looking good.

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

The Sun was bossing it that day. 😀

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

We've been having some good weather of late but early this week it's changed back to mixed weather, You're right the Jackdaws are a member of the Crow family but they have a grey hood colouring. This time of year the butterflies seem to be always on the wing, I got lucky with this one. 😀

Hi Digirame, those colours are stunning.

Hi SandyF,

I love the pastel colours of the Rhododendron

Hi simplejoy,

Love the photo and the humour. 😁

Great photo Sandy, is that from your own garden or out in the wild?

San x

Hi Dunlin,

Can't get enough of the bluebells, soon be gone, till next year. 😢

Super set.

Thanks mocha. 😀
I guess we'd get bored of the bluebells if they were around all year. They could become like dandelions - pretty, but very very common.

David,

I try to get the depth of field that you see with F11 and sometimes I focus on the petals that are not the closest but not the farthest distance either...that is somewhere in between. It's challenging. No, I did not do any special processing. I use the free version of IrfanView for software.

Just to let you know also.... The rhododendron flower was taken in the shadows of other trees which gave me that combination of colors, both of the flower and the background.

Sandy,

Wow...that rhododendron is gorgeous...love it. 😀

Mocha,

Thanks. I'm glad you like the photo of the rhododendron. I noticed we are starting to get a lot of them blooming now in Oregon.

David,

I think around a 100 to as many as 200 postings is a good number. How many posting contributions we would get (of course) would depend on the participation. When I hosted it on the other forum, I would make it a point to reply to every photo. But anyone could reply and I'm happy also to see this interaction as well which leads to greater postings. Since we broadened this to be on "Your Canon Photos" with a welcoming for all brands, I expected that it would be quite popular. So each thread could be easily done once a week, if this continues.

David,

That's why I enjoyed visiting the Canon DSLR photo thread. There's not a lot of criticism here. Just a bunch of people who enjoy taking and sharing photos. Sometimes you can ask for help or advice, and it's freely offered without any judgements.

I, myself, think a weekly thread would work better. You'll have to ask Digirame how much of a hassle that would be.

Steve Thomas