The Weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Starting 16 December 2024 Any Brand

This is the weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Any Brand thread where we invite you to show your own pictures. It is collegial in that it is a pleasant and friendly place among photographers to share.

I will begin this thread each Monday (Pacific Standard Time) to give each of you all the chance to share your weekend photos with us, for those that follow a regular work week schedule and choose to do it that way. But the pictures can be taken at any time with any camera, including your cell phone. It's open to all skill levels from beginners to advanced. The images posted can be anything from casual snaps to extraordinary. I'll be sure to comment to each of your photos, if you choose to share. Replies from others are encouraged also.

The intent of this thread to mainly to just show photos in a relaxed way and to generate replies or comments about them. Generally I'm not planning to critique any image unless asked. But I or we may ask things about a photo that may develop into a discussion, always being friendly and helpful. It has been a request that I mention this and from what I've learned from past experience: Can you ask a member first if they would mind you editing their photos?

Remember it's all about the enjoyment of taking pictures regardless of what we have. We can learn from each. Please share any tips or techniques too. A narrative sometimes also helps. Thanks everyone for your participation.

Subject: Angora Fire

I'm still sorting through the photos I took in October during our trip. Here's a few more. Just outside of South Lake Tahoe, California there was the Angora Fire in June of 2007 that destroyed 3000 acres (1214 hectares) of trees. Some homes in the area were also destroyed.

Photo No. 1 - Here we see the skeleton of those trees.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 35 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 2 - New homes have been built. It looks like they all have fire resistant roofs.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 65 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 3 - Here's a another view of the destruction. I heard it was started by an illegal campfire. Can you see the plane trail in the background?

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 31 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 4 - We see another view with a lone dead tree in front.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 30 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 5 - Here's the same plane trail.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 60 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 6 - I turned around at this location and saw these beautiful mountains.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - -0.67
FocalLength - 68 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 7 - The top of these peaks received a little snow. The highest elevations reach a little over 10,000 feet (3048 meters} at this location.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - -0.67
FocalLength - 102 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

That's a nice set again! no 6 and 7 are my favorites, do love the scenery and all the different colors of those two😎

I'll post a few from this weekend later today😉

Between some rainy periods this weekend we decided to go for a walk close to home.
A few moments with some light drizzle but still a nice walk for some breath of fresh air

Photobygms,

Thanks. I do also like the last two photos, so that's why I wanted to include it with my Angora Fire photos. Right after that fire occurred, sometime in 2007 or 2008 I was able to take pictures of the burned down cabins and a few vehicles. Not all the trees burned to the crown. I believe I took those with my Sony H2 camera, but I could not find them.

Photobygms,

Ah, the weather looks like what we have in Oregon. It's perfect if it's not raining too hard, when using an umbrella. You sure were able to get close to that heron, so that you could capture it at 70mm focal length. Recently a heron got close enough to me too, so that I was able to catch it with 45mm FL. Well, I also got it with the Tamron 159-600mm lens too. I showed some of those on Dpreview. I was going to show them here sometime later.

One of the great things about photography is that you often have some interesting encounters with people. I am sure you both enjoyed talking about music.

David,

You have some great subject matter there. Not only did I enjoy seeing the pictures, but I enjoyed reading about what you had to say about them. Excellent!