Show Your Snaps...October 24, 2022

This is the weekly Show Your Snaps thread where we invite you to show your own snapshots or even choice pictures. I'll be sure to comment about your photos, if you choose to share.

When you are posting your own images please submit them as a reply to this post. Otherwise your pictures may be overlooked. You might also consider describing your pictures in the subject title. See my own photos for this week as a reply.

Remember it's all about the enjoyment of taking pictures regardless of what we have. We can learn from each other and it's fun to share too. Thanks everyone for your participation.

This is open to all camera systems and skill levels.

In August of this year, I got a chance to photograph some people playing Taiko drums. It was cloudy that day.

Photo No. 1 - The people playing these drums were near the columns seen in the back.

Photo No. 2 - First are a few photos from the Canon M50 MKII. Maybe i should have cropped this one a little for composition.

Photo No. 3 - Again....

Photo No. 4 - And again....

Photo No. 5 - Now switching back to the Canon T7i (800D) camera....

Photo No. 6 - I tried different angles.

Photo No. 7 - I hoped to capture the energy of the performance.

Photo No. 8 - They did very well.

Photo No. 9 - It was very entertaining.

Photo No. 10 - And my last one for the series.... I hoped you liked....

Beautiful!  I love sunrises and sunsets.  I liked seeing your variety.

Thanks for the reply.  They played for a very long time, I think for more than a half hour.

Thanks. I also took video of them with the Canon M50 MKII and 55-200mm lens. Because I could use the EVF I could capture them with good composition. Also by turning on and shutting off the video with the big shutter button that really helped when using that camera too. That EF-M lens is more smooth also for me when zooming in and out.

I love the green scene.  That's so beautiful with the reflection.  That's a great one of the heron too.  Yes, how can that heron see the fish?  They must know something we don't know.  I've never seen that kind of fungi either...good capture!  The flowing water looks so peaceful.

At the same location as the Taiko performers, I saw these pretty dresses on August 30th. i wasn't expecting this as I was there to visit the outdoor marketplace.  But as usual, I had my camera with me so I got these pictures. I hope you like these too.

My first set of photos were not that good, because my focal length was too long etc.  I wanted everything to be reasonably sharp including the background.  So I got closer to them and reduced the focal length.

Photo No. 1 - OK, we will start here with the shorter focal lengths from my lens.

Photo No. 2 - These girls are so beautiful.

Photo No. 3 - Because it was late in the day without sunlight, I had to use slower shutter speeds.  So here you might notice a little motion blur.

Photo No. 4 - Wow...what pretty dresses....

Photo No. 5 - Some more....

Photo No. 6 - And more....

Photo No. 7 - OK, we are almost done....

Photo No. 8 - Just a few more....

Photo No. 9 - Now they got ready to pose for more pictures.

Photo No. 10 - I took this before they were ready for posing.

Photo No. 11 - Again....

Photo No. 12 - And my last one....

OK, it's time for me to show you all my Cooper Mountain hike pictures that I took in early September. From the pictures, you all can see how dry it is. But now we are finally getting some rain.

OK, what are you all waiting for?  Come on and join me.

Photo No. 1 - Starting at the parking lot this is what I saw.

Photo No. 2 - I also saw these beautiful lavender flowers that were begging for a photograph.

Photo No. 3 - OK, it's time for a walk south.

Photo No. 4 - Wow...I couldn't believe how dry it was.  We hadn't had rain for over two months.

Photo No. 5 - There was a few trees here.

Photo No. 6 - With the fork in the path, I went to the right side.

Photo No. 7 -  The path I chose was to take the longest loop of the trail.

Photo No. 8 - I saw some people looking at their hand-held devices.

Photo No. 9 - Oh, I had to take this picture of these people too.  I had thought about getting walking sticks, but I think I only would need them for rocky trails.

Photo No. 10 - Here's a pedestrian bridge that crosses a stream.

Photo No. 11 - Circling around on the trail, we see more dry brush.

Photo No. 12 - Now we enter a forested area as we near the parking lot.

Photo No. 13 - Here's this beautiful forest.

Photo No. 14 - OK, now we are back where we started from.  It was dry but fortunately that day we had cloudy weather.  I hope you all enjoyed the tour.

Thanks. Again, I wasn't expecting this. I think an owner of a dress shop was promoting this, but I'm not sure. I just happened to have my camera with me.

Whether it's morning or evening, the colors are lovely.