Show Your Snaps...November 21, 2022

Digirame wrote:

Here's a neat photo I liked. There were no elephants in this area,..only this zookeeper. He was pretty cool about me taking his photo. Look how great this looks at ISO6400. I got enough depth of field too.

Nice. 

mocha123 wrote:

Hi all,

Lakeside, found these two around the bird hides.

Male Pheasant. (Aperture f/7.1 ~~ (SS): 1/1000 ~~ ISO 6400 ~~ EC: 0 ~~ PASM Mode: Custom ~~ Metering: Partial ~~ Focus Type: AI Servo ~~ FL: 150mm ~~ Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD ~~ Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Female Pheasant. (Aperture f/7.1 ~~ (SS): 1/1000 ~~ ISO 2500 ~~ EC: 0 ~~ PASM Mode: Custom ~~ Metering: Partial ~~ Focus Type: AI Servo ~~ FL: 200mm ~~ Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD ~~ Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Cool.

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

I was in a bird hide, and they approached without fear, the only difficulty was hanging outside the viewing hatch and pointing the lens in the right direction they were that close.

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

The KCS Local here in Tupelo, Mississippi taken with the original 300D/Digital Rebel & the Canon 50mm 1.8 Lens

Same train as above, but taken with my Samsung Galaxy S10e

Funkyd3121 wrote:

The KCS Local here in Tupelo, Mississippi taken with the original 300D/Digital Rebel & the Canon 50mm 1.8 Lens

Funkyd3121,

That photo should be in the horizontal lines. challenge.

I know if I was standing that close to a train with a 50mm lens, I would have been horizontal.

I would have fainted dead away

Steve Thomas

Digirame wrote:

For example at this event you can see the three women with their cell phones taking pictures on the left side. There was another photographer there (that I don't show) with much more expensive equipment than what I had. I don't know if he was a paid-photographer or not. I just happened to pass by this area, when I saw the ladies with their pretty dresses. So I joined in, in taking a few photos. Fortunately I had my camera with me, as I usually do.

I don't know if you are interested in this or not...let me know if you are. I'll make it a point to take pictures of other people taking pictures of strangers with their cameras (when I see them doing that). The camera of choice is usually the cell phone.

Sounds interesting.

The reason I bring this up for you, is that on another forum or this forum, I heard from someone in Scotland that said they would not take pictures of strangers. He made it sound like a serious offense. Between us on this side of the ocean, I think there's a big gap in our cultures (depending on where you live). In London or other large nearby cities the photography-expectations-culture may be also different than in the UK countryside...I don't know...but it sounds like it may. So, it's not a black and white issue, there's a lot of gray area here. That's why it's so important to research this, when we travel to different locations.

Yeah. I've tried to find out local laws but all I could officially find was a long page o photographer's copyright. I guess I'll keep looking.

Funkyd3121 wrote:

The KCS Local here in Tupelo, Mississippi taken with the original 300D/Digital Rebel & the Canon 50mm 1.8 Lens

Same train as above, but taken with my Samsung Galaxy S10e

Nice. 

I'm always interested to see the results people are getting with the original rebels.

Cheapo Marx wrote:

Look at the shadow details the phone shows (cowcathcher blade, inside face of rails etc.) but not the Canon w/o post processing.

Like it or not, the phone engineers have done brilliant work.

Regretfully I have to agree.

A couple of leafy shots I took recently...

This is about as little depth-of-field one can get with a 50mm f/1.8 on a Canon DSLR.

(Aperture f/1.8 ~~ (SS): 1/400 ~~ ISO 400 ~~ EC: 0 ~~ PASM Mode: Aperture Priority ~~ Metering: Evaluative ~~ Focus Type: One Shot ~~ FL: 50mm ~~ Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM ~~ Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D)

And, Autumn's last leaves against a cloudy background.

(Aperture f/8 ~~ (SS): 1/80 ~~ ISO 500 ~~ EC: +1.33 ~~ PASM Mode: Aperture Priority ~~ Metering: Evaluative ~~ Focus Type: One Shot ~~ FL: 55mm ~~ Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM ~~ Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D)

Digirame wrote:

Yes, at F1.8 you have very shallow depth of field. I think people like to use that lens for portraits. You could also try to use that lens at night with a very short focal length and F1.8 and see how they turn out. I like your golden leaves too. I saw some yesterday on a walkway.

Thanks.

BTW the EF 50mm f/1.8 is a prime lens, so it sadly can't zoom...

Hi Dunlin,

Love it when the background melts away as in your first photo.

Forgot to mention - that Train is NOT Moving, it's idle in the yard until the next morning when they go out to work/switch the local industries.