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Random Photo thread

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I think you have a grip on night shots.. :)
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Yeah... about that. Digital photography is great in that one can take a boatload of pics and delete the garbage. Also, it makes it possible to review an image on the spot and adjust as needed. I do both, yet despite this, I still sometimes come home and end up disappointed with my results. It?s fun, and at times humbling. It may seem odd, but this site and some fellow photography enthusiasts here have gotten me back into something that I gave up on years ago. I?m thankful for that.
 
dorkburger said:
Yeah... about that. Digital photography is great in that one can take a boatload of pics and delete the garbage. Also, it makes it possible to review an image on the spot and adjust as needed. I do both, yet despite this, I still sometimes come home and end up disappointed with my results. It’s fun, and at times humbling. It may seem odd, but this site and some fellow photography enthusiasts here have gotten me back into something that I gave up on years ago. I’m thankful for that.
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Again...We need a "Like" button....
 
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Yep, another beautiful shot. Sandy, did you do anything special to get such sharp focus throughout?
I only ask, because literally just yesterday, I started goofing around with in camera focus stacking.
 
No. The photo was taken with my old dslr and 18mm and aperture somewhere in the middle. Only a slight crop to get rid of some vignetting. The only fiddling I did was a slight colour adjustment but mainly some lightening of the fore to mid ground grasses.

Wow. Just edited my typos. Did it on my phone and to had rush for a zoom meeting.
 
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No. The photo was taken with my old dslr and 18mm and aperture sonewhere in the middle. Only a slight crop to get rid of some vignetting. Tge obly fiddlibg I did was a slight colour adjustment vut mainky some lightning of the fore to mid ground grasses.
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Nice. Even more impressive.
 
Has been almost a week since I last subjected yall to another pier pic.

Sun disapeared behind heavier cloud cover on horizon, so Wasnt any sunset on this recent evening. But I hung around till the lights came on, and found a different perspective to shpw more of the reflection in the channell. Channell unusally calm that evening.
Was some twilight color (out of frame to the right) that can be seen reflecting off the catwalk some.
P1150406 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

(Some folks might ask what else I was hanging onto.)

(Am protruding out thru the railing, only a little bit, not as far as would seem. Am at a place a ways down from where the walkway/channel turns a bit. About same place as this pic https://flic.kr/p/2kJAHB2 )
 
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Yep, another beautiful shot. Sandy, did you do anything special to get such sharp focus throughout?
I only ask, because literally just yesterday, I started goofing around with in camera focus stacking.
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Further to your question of focus stacking I find shooting mid aperture with a wide angle it's not really necessary for big landscapes, especially if you concentrate on focusing about midway through the photo to use all your available depth of field. That's the easy answer unless you're obsessed with mathematical formulas. LOL. Unless of course you're shooting with the camera very close to the ground or at longer focal lengths. I do prefer using focus bracketing vs focus stacking as you have more control over output. Focus stacking is generally an automated in camera feature where multiple focus points are taken and processed in camera where bracketing is done threw post processing multiple images the camera took at different focus points. Yes the terminology can be quite confusing.
 
Thanks for the comments on the photo. It's one of my all time favourites as was the trip into this lodge. We got to spend 3 nights there hiking around the area. The only way in is by foot or horseback in the summer or skis in the winter. Supplies are bought in by horseback and IIRC they're only allowed 2 helicopter supply flights per season.



Skoki Lodge1 by soates50, on Flickr
 
Dave. What no drone shots yet? Great shot you got that evening. Boy, that looks like a busy place.
 
Y'all really bringing your A game, aren't ya? Great stuff from all of ya.:cool:

I need to step it up. Wild flowers are coming up everywhere, but it has been some constant rain lately.

Did manage to sneak up on another squirrel yesterday....about 30' away. 100-300mm zoom.

Squirrel Overhead by R John Thieda, on Flickr
 
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Sandy said:
Further to your question of focus stacking I find shooting mid aperture with a wide angle it's not really necessary for big landscapes, especially if you concentrate on focusing about midway through the photo to use all your available depth of field. That's the easy answer unless you're obsessed with mathematical formulas. LOL. Unless of course you're shooting with the camera very close to the ground or at longer focal lengths. I do prefer using focus bracketing vs focus stacking as you have more control over output. Focus stacking is generally an automated in camera feature where multiple focus points are taken and processed in camera where bracketing is done threw post processing multiple images the camera took at different focus points. Yes the terminology can be quite confusing.
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Thanks Sandy. I still have a tough time with setting up big landscapes in regards to composition.
I was goofing around foucus stacking (post focus in Panasonic speak) a couple of days ago at home to see what it can do.
 
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