Show Your Pictures...April 24, 2023

Those blue flowers are Grape Hyacinths.

Don Cox

Don,

Thanks for letting me know about the Grape Hyacinths. I see them a lot near where I live. They are quite pretty to see in the spring.

Bluebell Wood and a Tulip, First of the season.

A carpet of Bluebells. (Aperture f/9 <> (SS): 1/80 <> ISO 400 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Manual <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 23mm <> Lens: Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II <> Notes: Evaluative metering used for initial start point).

Bluebell. (Aperture f/9 <> (SS): 1/200 <> ISO 800 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Manual <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 300mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II <> Notes: Evaluative metering used for initial start point).

Tulip at the site entrance. (Aperture f/9 <> (SS): 1/500 <> ISO 1000 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 300mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Hi Dunlin,

I like the photo with the interesting background.

Mocha,

I like seeing your flowers. I again took pictures of tulips closeup like your last photo, this time using F13 and F14. I wanted to compare them to my F11 images.

Thanks mocha.
Your bluebells look good.

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

Just recently I have been using higher F stops because of the latest softwares that remove noise in RAW photos, the results are amazing. The Canon 7D mk II was never the best in that department so to me it's like buying a new camera and having the benefits that the 7D mk II camera gives me.

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

Groundhog takes a selfie.

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Steve Thomas

That photo makes a cool avatar Steve. 😃

Steve,

That groundhog looks great. It's perfect for the avatar.

The little blue flowers are grape hyacinth.

Thanks for the discussion and photo thread. This week I've primarily been using the Canon 5DS with either 24-105mm or trying out the Tamron 28-300mm. Full specs are on the flickr photos. A large wisteria plant was my favored subject. This is a Tamron shot @ 300mm 1/60 f/13 ISO400

Thanks Stuart. Don had informed me that they are Grape Hyacinth. I'll have to find more of them. They are pretty.

Sandy,

Those are beautiful flowers. We are happy to see so many of you showing your pictures.

Subject: More Tulips

In the last few days with lots of sunshine in Oregon I was able to take some pictures of tulips like this. I used a very small aperture to capture a great depth of field, from F13 to F16. I wasn't too concerned with lens diffraction. I hope you like these.

Photo No. 1

Photo No. 2

Photo No. 3

Photo No. 4

Photo No. 5

Dig,

How did you achieve the black background?

Steve Thomas

They look good.
The purple one especially stands out well.