stuartp56

Thanks for posting the sidewalk art. You've captured the feeling of the event in the rain, having fun anyway, as well as the beauty of their art.

I've only seen one rattlesnake on the west side. I grew up in what was then a suburban area of 5 acre wooded plots South  of Eugene in the dry hills. They'd been blasting a foundation up the hill ...

Nice snake photos. Looks a lot like a garter snake. All of the snakes that I've seen in Oregon will swim in the water. I've seen garter snakes, gopher snakes, gray racers, really big bull snakes ...

Thanks. I'm hoping we have clear weather again for full moon. That made it easier even in town.

Tried out my new 55-250 at night last month. Really like this lens. It's an upgrade from my 75-300 and my new lens is SO much better. Taken in RAW, cropped down, adjusted settings as needed. The ...

Soft light from the clouds really makes these nice. The shadows in the woods aren't too deep. These two images look a lot like the Willamette Valley in Oregon, USA. Thanks for sharing.

I photograph my artwork which is flat and rectangular with my old 18-55mm kit lens because it gives a rectangular image of it. My 18-135mm kit lens distorts the shape of the painting making 4 ...

Rebel XT still works and is my backup. Goes with me in the kayak or other high risk venue! T4i is my main camera. I also use the XT to document progress when I'm painting in my studio. Don't need ...

New lens works great. I'm grounded from traveling for a few weeks with inner ear problems but got some decent dragonfly and bird images in my backyard. I took a few images on a family camp out ...

It's helpful to read how things work. These days I download directly to my laptop using Windows 8. The old XT with the USB cable and my T4i by inserting the card. I copy to laptop then back up ...

Gotta love the sofa folks! Good set of images.

And we like it because it's fun. Not a competition, just sharing what you got with whatever you had with you to "snap" an image! Cool!

could be that you accidentally mixed up some cards in changing them. Look at all your cards. It's very easy to do that.

On back country trails where there are no trees to mark with blazes or flag tape, rocks are piled for way finding. These are called cairns. At the beach, on lake shores, people and kids ...

Thanks, Olga, and Doug. I was logged out so the color buttons weren't there and it didn't know who I was so it didn't mark what I'd read. I don't remember ever being logged out before so I assumed ...

Mike, I have the 75-300. It's almost useless. It takes a lot of work and strong light to get anything good. I bought it in 2006 when options were few. I can make it work using a tripod, a bright ...

New 55-250 IS STM lens arrived this afternoon. I test drove it on my block in afternoon heat and wind. Only moving critters I could find were insects:  bees and dragon flies. I tested it on some ...

Something had logged me out. When I got logged in it became black. Thankful for that.

I can not tell which posts I've read with this white background. I hate it. How do I get the black back?

I connect by USB cable, turn the camera on. Open Windows File Explorer and it shows me Canon Camera at the bottom of the list of "drives" etc. Click on Canon Camera. Open folders until you see ...