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** Weekly Fuji X-Series Photo-Sharing Thread Sep. 27-Oct. 3, 2025**
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Morris0
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Thank you Bob,
The storm was over night and lots of wind and lightning with the heavy rain. Glad we were back at our room for that and also that the worst was over before bed time.
Morris
Nice work. Rain really brings out the texture in the badlands.
A couple years ago we came in the NE entrance at sunrise. It had rained heavy the night before. We came to the first parking lot and the light was incredible. We stopped and got out. I lived in Colorado, I knew very well about bentonite clay. The badlands is primarily bentonite. Bentonite clay gets slicker than whale snot when wet. I knew that but I walk out anyway. A step across a drainage full of water onto slick clay and my foot goes out from under me and in trying to get up off my butt, my shoe comes off and slides down a hill.
I kept my camera in the air to protect it but having one hand up in the air was not helping me get my shoe, getting it back on and get up. While I'm wallowing in the mud, my wife is over somewhere else preoccupied. Thankfully I had my hiking sticks with me and was able to finally get up. I walked very gingerly back to the truck, covered with bentonite mud. I did have a towel and change of cloths in the truck or else I expect Kathy would pointed to the truck bed and said - that's where you are riding.
So now I am very careful in the badlands after a rain. The good news, I got some great shots.
A couple years ago we came in the NE entrance at sunrise. It had rained heavy the night before. We came to the first parking lot and the light was incredible. We stopped and got out. I lived in Colorado, I knew very well about bentonite clay. The badlands is primarily bentonite. Bentonite clay gets slicker than whale snot when wet. I knew that but I walk out anyway. A step across a drainage full of water onto slick clay and my foot goes out from under me and in trying to get up off my butt, my shoe comes off and slides down a hill.
I kept my camera in the air to protect it but having one hand up in the air was not helping me get my shoe, getting it back on and get up. While I'm wallowing in the mud, my wife is over somewhere else preoccupied. Thankfully I had my hiking sticks with me and was able to finally get up. I walked very gingerly back to the truck, covered with bentonite mud. I did have a towel and change of cloths in the truck or else I expect Kathy would pointed to the truck bed and said - that's where you are riding.
So now I am very careful in the badlands after a rain. The good news, I got some great shots.
Morris0
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Thank you Truman,
Yes that clay sticks solid and is very hard to get off. I still had some on my hiking shoes wen we returned to NY. One walk on the sand of Nickerson Beach cleaned them right up! I did spend about 30 minutes with a stick cleaning out the treads on my shoes the day after the rain.
Morris
Indeed, This image was taken with you beside me. Let me know when you are down.Great shot and a very familiar location -- I remember a very pleasant trip we did together there a few years back. No firm plans, but will most likely plan a trip that way either later this year or early next. Thinking maybe a good buddy of mine might be interested in sharing a meal and perhaps a bit of photography along the way. I'll keep you posted.I wish I did. The locale is the The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert, CA. What's nice about the Zoo is the amount of free space for many of the animals to roam.Very impressive. The horns too are impressive.Standing there with your X-H2 and 70-300? Oh, taking my photo. BTW I am A male greater kudu. Been very busy so the image is from the archive.
Male Kudu
I cannot remember if I saw one many years ago on a safari in Kenya, so I read up on them in Wikipedia upon seeing your image. Here is a fun pub quiz question: what is the longest horn length if they were straightened? 1.8 metres - that quite a length.
So, did you capture this image on safari?l
Thanks for the info on the horns. Looks like it could defend itself pretty well.
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Meeces
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Usual suspects for editing. C&C welcome.
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Matt
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Fujifilm X-T5 (black and silver).
Prime time- 18mm f/1.4, 33mm, Viltrox 75mm.
2.8 club- 16-55, 50-140.
Rest of the story- 70-300, and 100-400mm, 1.4 ext. and MCEX-11. X-T2 (broken paper weight).
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Matt
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📷 California based photographer. Capturing the beauty of the places, people, and events around us. Fuji X series. You can find me over on the gram also- instagram.com/photosbymattjames
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Prime time- 18mm f/1.4, 33mm, Viltrox 75mm.
2.8 club- 16-55, 50-140.
Rest of the story- 70-300, and 100-400mm, 1.4 ext. and MCEX-11. X-T2 (broken paper weight).
jhorse
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Well, the 'stones' wouldn't have changed - they built 'em solid in those days!
Like so many tourist sites around the World, it is the visitor wrap around that has changed to accommodate more visitors. For many such places, the tourist wrap around has made it a faff to visit the site, but at Stonehenge it is not too bad.
a_c_skinner
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I think I've shown other pictures of Tin Tabernacles (Wiki has a good summary). This one used by a minority denomination in a small village (Great Urswick, Cumbria). I'm please to say the congregation seems to have joined the parish church, less pleased that this bit of history is doomed.
X-T50 and 10-24 zoom.
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Andrew Skinner
X-T50 and 10-24 zoom.
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Andrew Skinner
CamerEyes
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Bobo Hodls
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Drove across the Catskills this past week. . . colors on northern E-W rtes. 23/23A were peaking, colors on rte. 28 weren't quite there yet.
Here on our valley, a bit NE of the Catskills proper. . .
. XT4, XF50-140, 1/160s, f9, ISO800, 102mm
Here on our valley, a bit NE of the Catskills proper. . .
. XT4, XF50-140, 1/160s, f9, ISO800, 102mm
MByatt
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Thanks for your kind words. As much as I liked the first 16-55, I have found the II superior in every aspect. Thanks again.
Morris0
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The humming birds loved going to the firecracker plant and this was a challenging environment to photograph them in as the branches are so close together. I managed to get one burst off on one of there visits as it approached the little bush providing a faverate image. These are all female or juveniles as the male birds migrate first.
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2) Oh, that tastes good
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4) Eating while perched
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7) Extrema reach with one foot still on perch as wind separates the branches
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Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
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2) Oh, that tastes good
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4) Eating while perched
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7) Extrema reach with one foot still on perch as wind separates the branches
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Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
Jerry-astro
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I had totally forgotten about that... no wonder it looked a bit familiar.Indeed, This image was taken with you beside me. Let me know when you are down.Great shot and a very familiar location -- I remember a very pleasant trip we did together there a few years back. No firm plans, but will most likely plan a trip that way either later this year or early next. Thinking maybe a good buddy of mine might be interested in sharing a meal and perhaps a bit of photography along the way. I'll keep you posted.I wish I did. The locale is the The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert, CA. What's nice about the Zoo is the amount of free space for many of the animals to roam.Very impressive. The horns too are impressive.Standing there with your X-H2 and 70-300? Oh, taking my photo. BTW I am A male greater kudu. Been very busy so the image is from the archive.
Male Kudu
I cannot remember if I saw one many years ago on a safari in Kenya, so I read up on them in Wikipedia upon seeing your image. Here is a fun pub quiz question: what is the longest horn length if they were straightened? 1.8 metres - that quite a length.
So, did you capture this image on safari?l
Thanks for the info on the horns. Looks like it could defend itself pretty well.
I will most definitely give you a heads up when we head that way.--
Jerry-Astro
Hillsboro, OR, USA
Jerry-astro
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There is something very special and maybe even sort of mystical about Stonehenge. It's been many years since I visited it, but it left a very lasting impression. Your fine images brought back some old but very nice memories. Thanks for sharing.
missedshot
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Mom, yearling and this years twins. My usual quick snap from a vehicle.
Late evening shadows.
Late evening shadows.
jhorse
Veteran Member
Glad you enjoyed them and the memories. I am not sure they are sufficiently 'artistic' to invoke a 'mystical' look as they are near straight out of camera (a touch of subtle Capture 1 'refinements') as seen on the day!
Orsonneke1
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Fujifilm XT5 with CV 35/0.9
Today’s wander at Castle Campbell in Dollar…and then down into the gorge, didn’t have my tripod with me unfortunately, so no long exposures of waterfalls.
Great views from the parapets
Fujifilm X-pro2 with Ttartisan 35mm f/0.95 and Fujifilm 16mm f/2.8
Cheers, Bob.
Great views from the parapets
Fujifilm X-pro2 with Ttartisan 35mm f/0.95 and Fujifilm 16mm f/2.8
Cheers, Bob.
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