Weekly Fuji X-Series Photo-Sharing Thread June 21-27, 2025

Morris0 · Jun 25, 2025

The Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, NY is one of my faverate preserves in the New York Metro Area. The manager is a photographer and has set the preserve up with many perches, observation points and hedges that can be used as blinds. Being in such a dense area many of the birds are tolerant of people allowing for close observation. Here are some images I took a couple of weeks ago under smoky skies.

1) Tree Swallow

2) Clapper Rail

3) Red Winged Black Bird

4) Tree Swallow

5) Yellow-crowned Night Heron

6) Yellow-crowned Night Heron

7) Willit

8) Snowy Egret

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Bobdjo · Jun 25, 2025

Interesting lights in the French Alpes last weekend, 23mm + 60mm + 70-300mm is a pretty versatile combo for hiking (and the PD capture clip is a revolution compared to conventional straps).

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Morris0 · Jun 26, 2025

Staying out of the extreme heat and bad air has been the name of the game the past few days here in New York City. Before it became unbearable for me, I visited Kissena Park and spent a bunch of time in the shade of a tree photographing visitors to one of the clover patches. That area always provides some close up opportunities.

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7

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Mar · Jun 26, 2025

Hi Morris, the first three are my absolute favourites. Congrats.

Morris0 · Jun 26, 2025

Mar said:
Hi Morris, the first three are my absolute favourites. Congrats.

Thank you Maurizio,

Morris

Mountaingrapher · Jun 26, 2025

Morris0 said:
Morris0 wrote

4) Tree Swallow

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Really like the Dynamic of this one. Great head details that make it look like an Angry Bird, and great framing that fill the frame. I'd darken the background, to isolate the bird more, if that's the kind of change you're open to.

Gregcpb · Jun 26, 2025

lovely Morris, images 2-3 are my favorite with the #2 being the best of all IMHO. Did you shoot those with the 500mm? I can’t see the exif data on the smartphone. I need to check the pin focus distance of the 500mm and see if it is as good or better than the 150-600 for close-up ^^

as you said, from now on, waking up early may not be enough to get good bird shots but insects/butterfly and else is quite fun as well ^^
Cheers

Morris0 said:
Staying out of the extreme heat and bad air has been the name of the game the past few days here in New York City. Before it became unbearable for me, I visited Kissena Park and spent a bunch of time in the shade of a tree photographing visitors to one of the clover patches. That area always provides some close up opportunities.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

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Meeces · Jun 26, 2025

Great series. Really like the softer color palette and sharpness is on point.

Morris0 · Jun 26, 2025

Mountaingrapher said:
Mountaingrapher said:

Morris0 wrote

4) Tree Swallow

Comments and suggestions welcome,

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Really like the Dynamic of this one. Great head details that make it look like an Angry Bird, and great framing that fill the frame. I'd darken the background, to isolate the bird more, if that's the kind of change you're open to.

Thank you,

I probably should have posted this photo on it's own. I appreciate the suggestion. The blue part of the bird is rather dark so I would not want to darken the part of the background behind the blue. Now being darker below the white part would add some pop. Silly bird should have flipped over to the white was in the dark and the blue in the light :-}

Morris

Gregcpb · Jun 26, 2025

Thank you very much, I am very happy to read you enjoy the images. Keep watching as there are more to come

Cheers

roxo56 said:
Gregcpb said:

Hi everyone,

Summer is well established now in Japan, 30-35C everyday this week, mountain or great landscape are very hard to photographed due to heat haze and high humidity so I am trying to go to the few small parks around where I live. In winter, there is not that much to photograph but now it is pretty pleasing with Hydrangea, butterflies and few birds still here.

All shots taken at the end of the afternoon with XH2S and XF150-600.

Thanks for watching, C&C welcome.

Cheers everyone

Maybe the large white butterfly, also called cabbage butterfly. Correct me if I am wrong

Moorhen

Eurasian tree sparrow

Tailed blues butterfly

Japanese pygmy woodpecker

Rainy season and summer mean Hydrangea blooming everywhere

Rainy season and summer mean Hydrangea blooming everywhere

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Stunningly beautiful photos. Nice work !

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Morris0 · Jun 26, 2025

Gregcpb said:
lovely Morris, images 2-3 are my favorite with the #2 being the best of all IMHO. Did you shoot those with the 500mm? I can’t see the exif data on the smartphone. I need to check the pin focus distance of the 500mm and see if it is as good or better than the 150-600 for close-up ^^
as you said, from now on, waking up early may not be enough to get good bird shots but insects/butterfly and else is quite fun as well ^^
Cheers

Thank you Greg,

Yes these are with the 500mm and they are cropped from about 1/2 frame to 1/4 frame.

The MFD of the XF 500mm is 9.02' / 2.75 m

For the XF 150-600mm it is 7.9' / 2.4 m

The 150-600mm focuses a bit closer and I've used it for butterflies and flowers when it was the only lens I had and this as was the case on this day except I had the 500mm. It was great as I had lots of working room.

Morris

Gregcpb said:
Morris0 said:

Staying out of the extreme heat and bad air has been the name of the game the past few days here in New York City. Before it became unbearable for me, I visited Kissena Park and spent a bunch of time in the shade of a tree photographing visitors to one of the clover patches. That area always provides some close up opportunities.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

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Morris0 · Jun 26, 2025

Meeces said:
Great series. Really like the softer color palette and sharpness is on point.

Thank you Matt,

This is an incredibly sharp lens. All the photos are crops from 1/2 to 1/4 frame except the squirrel and it's framed as taken.

Morris

Gregcpb · Jun 26, 2025

Thanks for the feedback Morris.

i often found that with the XF150-600 I would like to focus even a bit closer than it can so if the MFD of the XF500 is a bit longer it means for closeup the zoom as a slight edge. Obviously if you get sharper images out of the 500mm and crop a bit more, at the end both lenses should provide quite similar results I guess.

yes I am trying to convince me I don’t need the 500mm ^^

Morris0 said:
Gregcpb said:

lovely Morris, images 2-3 are my favorite with the #2 being the best of all IMHO. Did you shoot those with the 500mm? I can’t see the exif data on the smartphone. I need to check the pin focus distance of the 500mm and see if it is as good or better than the 150-600 for close-up ^^
as you said, from now on, waking up early may not be enough to get good bird shots but insects/butterfly and else is quite fun as well ^^
Cheers

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Thank you Greg,

Yes these are with the 500mm and they are cropped from about 1/2 frame to 1/4 frame.

The MFD of the XF 500mm is 9.02' / 2.75 m

For the XF 150-600mm it is 7.9' / 2.4 m

The 150-600mm focuses a bit closer and I've used it for butterflies and flowers when it was the only lens I had and this as was the case on this day except I had the 500mm. It was great as I had lots of working room.

Morris

Morris0 said:

Morris0 said:

Staying out of the extreme heat and bad air has been the name of the game the past few days here in New York City. Before it became unbearable for me, I visited Kissena Park and spent a bunch of time in the shade of a tree photographing visitors to one of the clover patches. That area always provides some close up opportunities.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

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Morris0 · Jun 26, 2025

Gregcpb said:
Thanks for the feedback Morris.

i often found that with the XF150-600 I would like to focus even a bit closer than it can so if the MFD of the XF500 is a bit longer it means for closeup the zoom as a slight edge. Obviously if you get sharper images out of the 500mm and crop a bit more, at the end both lenses should provide quite similar results I guess.

yes I am trying to convince me I don’t need the 500mm ^^

LOL

There are always extension tubes. I use them with my XF 90mm for macro work, a real delight.

Morris

Gregcpb said:
Morris0 said:

Gregcpb said:

lovely Morris, images 2-3 are my favorite with the #2 being the best of all IMHO. Did you shoot those with the 500mm? I can’t see the exif data on the smartphone. I need to check the pin focus distance of the 500mm and see if it is as good or better than the 150-600 for close-up ^^
as you said, from now on, waking up early may not be enough to get good bird shots but insects/butterfly and else is quite fun as well ^^
Cheers

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Thank you Greg,

Yes these are with the 500mm and they are cropped from about 1/2 frame to 1/4 frame.

The MFD of the XF 500mm is 9.02' / 2.75 m

For the XF 150-600mm it is 7.9' / 2.4 m

The 150-600mm focuses a bit closer and I've used it for butterflies and flowers when it was the only lens I had and this as was the case on this day except I had the 500mm. It was great as I had lots of working room.

Morris

Gregcpb said:

Morris0 said:

Staying out of the extreme heat and bad air has been the name of the game the past few days here in New York City. Before it became unbearable for me, I visited Kissena Park and spent a bunch of time in the shade of a tree photographing visitors to one of the clover patches. That area always provides some close up opportunities.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

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Gregcpb · Jun 26, 2025

Yes extension tubes… They work quite well for shorter focal length but last time I tried on the XF150-600 and at 500-600mm I could not see any difference in my MFD to the subject. Maybe it was in the order of few centimeters only and the AF was slower so I gave up (yes I could try MF but with the wind I tend to stay on AFC locked on the subject ^^)

Cheers

Morris0 said:
Gregcpb said:

Thanks for the feedback Morris.

i often found that with the XF150-600 I would like to focus even a bit closer than it can so if the MFD of the XF500 is a bit longer it means for closeup the zoom as a slight edge. Obviously if you get sharper images out of the 500mm and crop a bit more, at the end both lenses should provide quite similar results I guess.

yes I am trying to convince me I don’t need the 500mm ^^

Click to expand...

LOL

There are always extension tubes. I use them with my XF 90mm for macro work, a real delight.

Morris

Morris0 said:

Morris0 said:

Gregcpb said:

lovely Morris, images 2-3 are my favorite with the #2 being the best of all IMHO. Did you shoot those with the 500mm? I can’t see the exif data on the smartphone. I need to check the pin focus distance of the 500mm and see if it is as good or better than the 150-600 for close-up ^^
as you said, from now on, waking up early may not be enough to get good bird shots but insects/butterfly and else is quite fun as well ^^
Cheers

Click to expand...

Thank you Greg,

Yes these are with the 500mm and they are cropped from about 1/2 frame to 1/4 frame.

The MFD of the XF 500mm is 9.02' / 2.75 m

For the XF 150-600mm it is 7.9' / 2.4 m

The 150-600mm focuses a bit closer and I've used it for butterflies and flowers when it was the only lens I had and this as was the case on this day except I had the 500mm. It was great as I had lots of working room.

Morris

Morris0 said:

Morris0 said:

Staying out of the extreme heat and bad air has been the name of the game the past few days here in New York City. Before it became unbearable for me, I visited Kissena Park and spent a bunch of time in the shade of a tree photographing visitors to one of the clover patches. That area always provides some close up opportunities.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

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BluesJake · Jun 26, 2025

Son of Thunder said:
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Excellent pose, great smile. Nice shooting

Frederic-Kelder · Jun 27, 2025

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Morris0 · Jun 27, 2025

Great use of a classic cinematography technique to show what has happened without showing it.

Morris

BobsYourUncle · Jun 27, 2025

Beautiful tones in the background.

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