Random Object Photographs

[PALADIN85020]

Took this picture of candles on a table at a dinner celebrating a granddaughter's wedding in Santa Fe a couple of weeks ago.

John

 

[PALADIN85020]

Bisbee, Arizona has its own means of social networking, and it's been in existence since the late 1800s. Here's the hub of the network.

John

 

[JohnRippert]

Very nice shots. Love the depth of field in the hummingbird and butterfly photos. What lens were you using, and what's your exposure data for those two shots?

What do you suppose the snake was swallowing? Any idea? I can't tell.

I have a Canon EF 100-400 IS that is my main lens. On this particular day I had added my EF 1.4x II extender to it, making it a effective 560mm with the same close focus distance as the 400mm. With my 50D bodies I could not use autofocus but the 80D allows autofocus with the center focus point. The camera was set to Aperture priority (F8), AI Focus, evaluative metering, auto white balance and auto ISO. It did very well with those settings and the pictures that had noticeable noise were fixed in Photoshop using a plugin called NoiseControl. Since I do this for fun and not for money I don't worry too much about digital noise artifacts.

Numbers on that hummer photo were F8, 1/1000 second and ISO 500. The Butterfly pic was F8, 1/1000 and ISO 400.


ETA:

Oh yeah, I think the fish that cottonmouth was trying to eat was a catfish.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ian and Anna went to the Oxford PD open house today:

 

[retiredbadge8091]

I hiked 6 miles and climbed to 8299 feet in elevation to get this shot...

 

[Iggy]

Out on the ranch, the original Survey markers were Dinosaur Fossils as that was the only rocks they could find in that part of the country.

They scraped the information into the rock and dropped them out of the wagon load they had with them.

 

[Watchdog]

I was happy to see this thread still going! Really enjoying seeing everyone's photos!

I've been pretty busy and not on here much but this thread is perfect for showing what I HAVE been doing. (which is working on my photography!) Here's a few of my recent shots.

Burrowing Owls

Excellent work. Love the burrowing owls!

 

[Watchdog]

I have a Canon EF 100-400 IS that is my main lens. On this particular day I had added my EF 1.4x II extender to it...

I have that same lens, probably one of the first ones Canon made. I used it to make this photo. Also had my El Cheapo Tamron 1.4 extender attached.

I like the lens, of course, except I don't like the push/pull to change focal length. And I wish it were a faster lens. I mean, f/5.6 is okay, but f/4 would be even better.

Thanks for all the exposure data. And I'm confident the snake finally finished swallowing the fish.

Oh, and my favourite all around lens is Canon's 70-200 f/2.8L IS lens. It pretty much stays on one of my cameras.

 

[SweetMK]

I have hobbies other than guns,,,

Gardening and canning,,,

AND, hauling grandchildren around,,,

 

[gman51]

Harvey about 10 hours before it started coming into the house. Lucky the steady hard rain quit then or I would have been tearing out drywall and flooring again.

 

[Lil' LadySmith]

Excellent work. Love the burrowing owls!

thank you Watchdog! These little guys are sooo much fun to hangout and photograph!

 

[okiegtrider]

Guthrie, OK

 

[cmort666]

Top of a 1/2" length of 3/8" threaded rod.

 

[jughed440]

Wasting away on the edge of town...

 

[Rustyt1953]

Why I hope to hang around a while longer:

 

[Rustyt1953]

I got to spend time with my other grandkids too:

Tyson:





Lola:

 

[Targets Guy]

 

[Targets Guy]

 

[Targets Guy]

 

[Targets Guy]