* The Weekly Image Thread 21 07 04 #577 *

[19andrew47]

Welcome to The Weekly Image Thread

This thread will appear every Saturday (GMT) and is open for submissions and discussions about images and processing techniques until the next Saturday, or the new thread is started. If the thread is nearing full before the next Saturday, I may start a new thread and carry on until it fills or the next Saturday arrives and it is reasonably full in which case I will start another. Confused, so am I! From time to time the start could be delayed if I am unavailable.

Although this Weekly thread is in the Olympus SLR forum, we openly welcome users of all brands and models.

Please:

1. Reply to this post and change the TITLE!
2. Please reply to at least one other contribution, your replies encourage posters!!!
3. If asked, please share your processing techniques or technical details.
4. Please show the EXIF if possible. Please identify the lens used regardless of which camera was used to take the image. This helps people form opinions of the lens used with the body to possibly influence future acquisitions.
5. If special lighting was used to create your image stating what was done may help others.

Thanks for joining and contributing this week.

Andrew (19andrew47)

Formerly: The Weekly OMD & 4/3 DSLR Images & The Weekly 4/3 DSLR

 

[19andrew47]

2021

21 06 30 Number 576 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65279177

21 06 27 Number 575 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65269449

21 06 25 Number574 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65264760

21 06 22 Number 573 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65255974

21 06 20 Number 572 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65250751

21 06 18 Number 571 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65244743

21 06 15 Number 570 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65235565

21 06 13 Number 569 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65230151

21 06 11 Number 568 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65225255

21 06 08 Number 567 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65215928

21 06 05 Number 566 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65205790

this is where the numbering went off the rails, numbers above corrected!

21 06 01 Number 565 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65193439

21 05 30 Number 564 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65186381

21 05 26 Number 563 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65175291

21 05 22 Number 562 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65164503

21 05 19 Number 561 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65153705

21 05 14 Number 560 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65139260

21 05 11 Number 559 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65129684

21 05 08 Number 558 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65120428

21 05 06 Number 557 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65114675

21 05 02 Number 556 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65102736

21 05 01 Number 555 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65098932

21 04 29 Number 554 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65094543

21 04 25 Number 553 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65081436

21 04 24 Number 552 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65076931

21 04 21 Number 551 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65068946

21 04 18 Number 550 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65060095

21 04 14 Number 549 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65048067

21 04 11 Number 548 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65038315

21 04 08 Number 547 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65026806

21 04 02 Number 546 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65007661

21 03 29 Number 545 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64994151

21 03 26 Number 544 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64984047

21 03 23 Number 543 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64974805

21 03 20 Number 542 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64964556

21 03 16 Number 541 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64950856

21 03 13 Number 540 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64941051

21 03 10 Number 539 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64931597

21 03 08 Number 538 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64925273

21 0 3 05 Number 537 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64916113

21 03 01 Number 536 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64903326

21 02 27 Number 535 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64896056

21 02 24 Number 534 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64886962

21 02 21 Number 533 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64875418

21 02 18 Number 532 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64865767

21 02 14 Number 531 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64853787

21 02 12 Number 530 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64848455

21 02 09 Number 529 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64838722

21 02 06 Number 528 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64826992

21 02 03 Number 527 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64818590

21 02 01 Number 526 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64811337

21 01 30 Number 525 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64801385

21 01 26 Number 524 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64788951

21 01 24 Number 523 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64782310

21 01 22 Number 522 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64775853

21 01 19 Number 521 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64767762

21 01 15 Number 520 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64755856

21 01 12 Number 519 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64746454

21 01 11 Number 518 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64742040

21 01 08 Number 517 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64733756

21 01 05 Number 516 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64725641

21 01 02 Number 515 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64716030

21 01 01 Number 514 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/64709512

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[19andrew47]

Happy 4th of July to our U.S. friends!

Nothing much happening in these parts. It is supposed to be nice today so we will take out the rag top and make a small road trip for a short visit with some relatives.

Andrew

 

[Craig from Nevada]

I mentioned to Rich the other day that the flowers posted here this year are especially nice. This is certainly true of the ones you post. The roses are beautiful to be sure.

Enjoy your Sunday.

 

[19andrew47]

Thanks Craig.

Andrew

 

[EZGritz]

From the vintage races Saturday. Fun as long as nobody is hurt. Nice of him to do that right in front of me. He did a "540". You can see he has a camera mounted. I'd like to see the video. Maybe he will pay me to delete these. Too late. They will be published in "The Vintage Drift."

 

[softmarmotte]

Party roses Andrew. Beautiful

Not sure what all the celebrations are about...a rebellion against their rightful monarch ;-)

Happy 4th of July to our U.S. friends!

Nothing much happening in these parts. It is supposed to be nice today so we will take out the rag top and make a small road trip for a short visit with some relatives.

Andrew

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[softmarmotte]

Certainly all action stuff. Very impressive. Glad I wasn't in the car

From the vintage races Saturday. Fun as long as nobody is hurt. Nice of him to do that right in front of me. He did a "540". You can see he has a camera mounted. I'd like to see the video. Maybe he will pay me to delete these. Too late. They will be published in "The Vintage Drift."

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[softmarmotte]

rain and thunderstorms. easily the heaviest rainstorm I have ever seen in belge. we narrowly averted disaster in the cellar as the drains couldn't cope and we had the beginnings of a flood...fortunately swmbo and myself managed to barricade the water and then the pumps managed to catch up...just

before that there was 10 minutes of clear weather

one of the first 2 is 'post focus' in the GX9


nigella seedhead


nigella seedhead 2


ammi


all sorts

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[meow]

Thank heavens I'm going to live on the upper floor! :-D

I like the nigella thing. Is that the plant that the spice nigella comes from? I discovered that spice just the other year. It's very special.

 

[softmarmotte]

Thank heavens I'm going to live on the upper floor! :-D

I like the nigella thing. Is that the plant that the spice nigella comes from? I discovered that spice just the other year. It's very special.

That's the fellas

 

[EZGritz]

Those cars are fast and very dangerous. They are light, fragile and can reach 120MPH. If two cars touch wheels one of them flips over because they are turning in opposite directions. There is almost no protection. We lost a driver two years ago. He ran off the end of a straightaway and flipped over. If this car hit the tire wall hard broadside it would have at a minimum broken the suspension and knocked the wheels off. If it nosed in the driver's feet would have been in his face. Backing into the wall is safest because the motor and transaxle are behind you. I spun a car on the track. It's alarming but for racers who are used to it, not so bad unless they hit another car or a wall.

 

[meow]

Thank heavens I'm going to live on the upper floor! :-D

I like the nigella thing. Is that the plant that the spice nigella comes from? I discovered that spice just the other year. It's very special.

That's the fellas

And you grow them - wow. I thought it was tropical. I think it's really good with meat, like in a pot.

 

[WhyNot]

A couple weekend ago we went early to take our walk along the Tennessee River. My friend was waiting and as I've often advised the best way to take pictures of birds is to get close …







We saw him as we drove in. I parked the car just above and beyond him, walked down to that rock which was about 15 feet away and then he walked over toward me not letting my presence interfere with the breakfast that he was stalking.







This was taken at 35mm with very little crop .. I did get a few pictures of him at breakfast but we'll have to save those for another day.. I took a few pictures and since we were here for a walk we left him to finish his meal alone …. But first I turned and said hello to those four persistent geese that I meet all over the marina ..







Being summer and warm or maybe a bit hot even in the morning a good kayak ride on the river is certainly warranted and desirable . …







This is a small river that empties into the Tennessee several yards from here. …. and along this river we met a few swallows …. one left ...







While the mZD12-100mm lens is fine for a friendly heron, it's not really that great for these tiny swallows that are a bit more skittish any day …. and if irritated will attack …. but not this warm morning as we continue to the Tennessee and the fishermen under the bridge ..







I took a few more but not as interesting as the heron which we'll get back to on another day ..

WhyNot

Today we went for another walk along the Tennessee but not much happening for a 4th even our friend took the day off and wasn't having breakfast at the usual location …. A few similar pictures but not yet processed .. I am busy learning to use Affinity and not doing a lot of photography, just catching up on all pp that was lost with the crash. …

 

[EZGritz]

I'm surprised the heron let him get that close.

 

[WhyNot]

I'm surprised the heron let him get that close.

Sorry, I may have been a bit ambiguous ... my "friend" is that heron and the person seated on the rock is me and my wife took that one photograph. .. There are four heron ,maybe a couple more, that are resident at the marina on the Tennessee River where we go walking frequently ... mostly they prefer that we stay a bit further away and prefer that we not be above them .. But I find that if you spend time becoming part of there environment and happen to know what rock they prefer to fish from I can easily get within 20 feet from most heron ... This particular one is quite familiar at the marina and even has a couple names (I've heard but don't remember) ,,.. he will fish with the other fisherman ....





and often gets thrown those fish that the these other fishermen find to be too small to be keepers. This morning while I watched the heron he caught a keeper himself and I have the pictures for some time later ...

Thanks for stopping by

WhyNot

 

[WhyNot]

Very nice, Andrew .... You and Rich are raising the level of these flower portraits ....

Stay well ...

WhyNot

 

[WhyNot]

Nice sequence .. Interesting but nothing I'd care to try ....

WhyNot

 

[19andrew47]

Well I am glad to hear that you avoided disaster Rich. Do you have a supply of sand bags on hand for such purposes? Pumpsssss .... how many pumps do you have? These are sump pumps? Perhaps a higher capacity unit would be in order. Pump it all to your neighbour's yard! Perhaps not. :-(

At least you got some garden shots. Where are the shots of the ark under construction?

Andrew

 

[WhyNot]

I too liked that first nigella ... interesting sequence ....

Stay dry

WhyNot