Pix for the Week Ending May10th to 12th, 2019

larryj · May 10, 2019

Hello Sigma Shooters:

May is here and spring is in full swing

. You guys really started the year with lots of photos and good discussions, lets keep it going in May. All Sigma cameras and lenses are welcome and try to limit you post to 3 images. Please remember to give your post a title so that responses can be directed properly.

Have fun, shoot some photo and enjoy spring .

larryj · May 10, 2019

This is a poor man's style focus blend. I have on occasion shot landscapes using focus blending where I shoot 3 images, one for the foreground and second for the middle ground and a third to get the background in focus. In this case I was only interested in the petals of the front rose. I used three exposures for the front, middle and far petals of the this flower and blended the exposures. I like the results and think it is a relatively simple approach to focus blending flowers. Image taken with the sd Quattro H and the 105 mm OS macro lens.

Enjoy!

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Cheers,
larryj
If you can see the light, you can photograph it
Quote from Myron Woods

docmaas · May 10, 2019

Nicely done Larry.

Mike

Joris1632 · May 10, 2019

Texture- soft feathers and calligraphic water

Warmer WB

This is a mute swan cygnet from last year; doesn't seem to have matured - no white plumage or orange bill. Solitary, sad.

"Warts and All"

Last century's male; never matured, solitary, happy.

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Joris1632

larj_lights · May 10, 2019

These were taken weeks ago but was just playing with it today

boat jam in coron, palawan, phil

a lagoon in el nido, palawan, phil

larryj · May 10, 2019

Nice images lark_lights: Great detail everywhere, thanks for sharing

SigmaChrome · May 10, 2019

Hi George,

Nice set.

The self portrait is excellent. I reckon it would lend itself to an oil painting.

Thanks for posting.

docmaas · May 10, 2019

Elephant Seals have returned for their molting season.

2 image dp2M pano f5.6 Iso 100.

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"Dao ke dao, fei chang dao. Ming ke ming, fei chang ming" Laozi
"At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past."
Maurice Maeterlinck

DavidWright2010 · May 10, 2019

I spent 5 hours walking the beach today, and have 210 pix to show for it. (I won't display them all here...) This is the first time I went on a photo-trip without one of the DP Merrills. I wanted to try a longer lens for one of these walks, mostly for wildlife, and there is no DP4M. But not to worry, these are all taken using the small and inexpensive Sigma 70-300 mm lens. Even so, I got tired of carrying this heavier gear.

(This one is 4 MB)

A-frame and Baker

I saw 4 eagles (or maybe the same one 4 times?) This one was being harassed by a starling-sized bird (don't know what it was) It must have gone on for 20 minutes while the eagle ignored the other bird:

Go away

Then, just as I got back to the house in late afternoon, another eagle visited with his dinner. I checked with a spotting scope and it was eating a Dungeness crab.