Your Canon Photos No.2: 14th to 20th May 2023

Sandy,

Those are pretty purple and yellow flowers. Thanks for identifying them for us also...that is, the Meadow Rue and Golden Ragwort.

David,

Thanks for noticing the rainbows pictures. 😀

I used F9 and F10 for the rainbow shots because I was zooming in and out, and I wanted to have good depth of field. With rainbows a person doesn't have time to set up for the lowest ISO. I could have done it that way, but this camera handles ISO levels very well, all the way to ISO12800. Once there was a plane in the background. Unfortunately, the trees were in focus but the plane was not. With higher focal lengths, depth of field can be tricky.

I hope I never see an event like that again. Yes, it was very weird.

I used F11 to keep the depth of field I wanted, at the chosen focal lengths. For example, for Photo No. 9, I focused between the tree and the performer's stage and I got everything in focus. Without looking at a depth of field chart, I guess at what is appropriate and again don't have to be concerned about ISO levels, especially in bright sunlight. I often study my photos during post processing, so I have an idea of what I want. I'm often disappointed when something is a little blurry.

A little edit: I should let you know also I normally use autoISO, so I can concentrate looking at the composition and have both enough shutter speed and depth of field. I used to take pictures using aperture priority. Yes, I could do it that way using ISO100, but it makes no sense. These newer cameras are amazing with the high ISO levels. When in bright sunlight the ISO levels are lower as expected and when I'm in shadows of trees etc., of course the ISO levels are higher. But that's totally OK.

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

This was the first for me this year of the Damselflies, it was the walk between the two lakes where they were hanging out.

Hi davidwien, Thank You.

It's funny you should mention rain at the end of that pathway we had a hailstorm it's a good job the 7D mkII is waterproof and bulletproof. 😂

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

There was lots of Coots on the lakes and chicks of all stages those in the picture were very young. I found the Damselflies on the walk between the trees which overlooked both lakes.

Hi Digirame,

I love the rainbow photos especially Photo No. 3's colour it's so intense, super photo.

Dunlin,

Thanks. 😀 Nope I didn't make it to the end of the rainbow. It was gone in a few minutes, as the storm clouds moved east. I'm glad you like the non-event photos too.

Ray,

I like your tulips. Yes, that's OK to use a hybrid...looks great. 😀

Hi SandyF,

Beautiful colours, I don't think I've seen that plant.

Mocha,

Thanks. That intense rainbow was only there for a few seconds. It was late in the afternoon. The rainstorm quickly moved east.

David,

I don't know how far the rainbow is, but probably where the rain is coming down from the clouds.

Here's an example of issues a person has with depth of field.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 227 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Hi raythentic,

Love the array of colours.

David,

The availability of rose flowers for us, will be about the same. We might see a few of them, but mostly we need about two more weeks. That's great the rain stopped for you. We have bright sunny days now.

What's interesting for me, is to see that European architecture that we don't get here in the USA. I like seeing all of the spring green leaves too.

Subject: Wild Rose

While walking through a forest yesterday, I saw this wild rose.

For this photo I used cloudy white balance.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/100 seconds
FNumber - 6.30
ISOSpeedRatings - 2500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 35 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

And for this one, the white balance was the same. It was sunny but some storm clouds blocked out the sun. But so far, I don't think we got any rain.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/60 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1600
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 250 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Nice. 👍