** Weekly X Series Photo Thread 18 NOV - 24 NOV **

Looking In and Reach (I like the back lighting there) are my picks JS, nice job. 1/60 on the 56 with no IBIS, you like to live dangerously I see ;-)

I really like the textures and contrasting color you captured in nearly all the shots. I think the red door is my favorite.

Wow Vic, what a set! Is this an ad for the X-H1 and 16-55? ;-) You certainly make good use of that combo.

I love the light and shadow in the 1st image. The swan and last image as well are really something else. Well done!

Talk about yer variations. . . no less the stunning expertise being exhibited here, each causing pause to linger and become further captivated. . . I'm struck hard with the fungi exposure - having seen and done so many through the years, I can't recall being as impressed by such a depiction as I am with this one here. Seriously impressed.

Vic Chapman said:

They both work but what I forgot is that in a sloping field the tractor would tilt too. I see that's an American made John Deere tractor - what happened to the old Fergusons?

Vic

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Many moons ago Massey (Canadian) merged with Ferguson (British) and it now Massey Ferguson. The are still around but Kubota is probably the most popular compact to mid sized tractor and Deere the most popular large tractor.

I have a good friend that collects and restores old tractors - more expensive than photography - and he has a vintage Massey. If I remember it was Henry Ferguson that invented the three point hitch.

JS Burnie said:

Nice to see some of your work in colour! Were these more or less from the camera, or did you do significant processing? Cheers.

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I use lr for tone curve changes

thanks, ori.

Dang, that's cracking nice. Our hummers have departed already.

JS Burnie said:

Looking In

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Reach

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Wow, folks, thanks SO much for all the kind comments. JS, to answer your question, I try to get at least 1000s shutter speed, if possible, to freeze the bird but still show some wing motion. Amazingly enough, even at higher speeds, those little wings beat so quickly that they often will still show a little blur. A bit lower speeds will also work, but at the risk of some motion blur on the bird.

To be honest, there are many options for your settings. I like to keep ISO relatively low, which is easier if the light is good, as it was for this shot. In this case it was set at ISO 1000, but I'd be comfortable going as high as 1600, possibly even a touch higher). While I fixed this ISO here, letting it float up to 1600 would work great. Very little noise management is required on the X-T2 or X-H1 at that ISO. I keep the aperture wide open (plenty enough DOF at f/5.6). Honestly, letting the ISO float and fixing shutter speed would be a better bet, but was admittedly a bit lazy about changing my settings this time around.

I'm still experimenting around with different settings combinations, a lot of which are very dependent on available light (it was a very bright day here when this was taken). I hope this is a bit useful anyway. These guys love hanging around our backyard feeder, so when I'm in the mood to take some pictures, they make for a very handy subject. Alas, we're enjoying the last of the nice Fall weather now... it will soon revert to the normal Northwest US rain. [sigh]

Bob Tullis said:

Talk about yer variations. . . no less the stunning expertise being exhibited here, each causing pause to linger and become further captivated. . . I'm struck hard with the fungi exposure - having seen and done so many through the years, I can't recall being as impressed by such a depiction as I am with this one here. Seriously impressed.

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Thanks very much for this Bob. I've not found it easy to take/compose pictures of fungi so I'm extra grateful that you singled out this one for comment.

Vic

Bob Tullis said:

Talk about yer variations. . . no less the stunning expertise being exhibited here, each causing pause to linger and become further captivated. . . I'm struck hard with the fungi exposure - having seen and done so many through the years, I can't recall being as impressed by such a depiction as I am with this one here. Seriously impressed.

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I'm with him. Stunning work! Serious respect.

X-T2 and 18-55. a great walk about combination

Pesca said:

Took this one this morning, just a few minutes after sunrise. Probably could have used a hard grad filter on this, instead of trying to recover the blown highlights in LR.



X-T2 and 10-24mm

shot at 10mm, 1.5 sec @ F/11

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Super sunrise picture Pesca.

Fine as is and you could also try - Nik suite's Colour FX, Tonal contrast and ND grad filters.

Lovely pic.

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Love the striking treatment of the first composition, Daniel, as well as the delicate hand to the 2nd.

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Directly into the Sun

Could this cause damage to the Sensor ??



North West Scotland..

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Directly into the Sun

Could this cause damage to the Sensor ??

North West Scotland..

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No. Prolonged sitting, even if the camera is not on, where the sun shines through the lens, is the danger in this regard. If you've set that up on a tripod and plan to wait for the scene to change, you'd wnat to put the lens cap on the lens. If the lens is focused right and the sun can shine through the lens onto the sensor, that's inviting trouble. Same goes for just laying the camera on a picnic table, be aware of what it's facing on a sunny day if the lens cap isn't in place.



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I took a quick walk at lunch today looking for something with water and snow. I thought this was a nice little scene for being "nowhere special." I later discovered that my camera was set to shoot only normal jpegs (apparently tethering to C1 causes this setting to be changed). I still cropped and slightly brightened the shadows, but this is pretty close to the out of camera image.

Wonderful spot, I've been there many times. Really nice captures. Excellent B&W treatment.

Thanks..

Pleased to hear that .. I took a couple of shots like this .. then thought ????

Now reassured