• Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 3:41 p.m.

    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.

  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 3:47 p.m.

    Subject: Sand Harbor - Part I

    I took many photos of Sand Harbor while we were visiting Lake Tahoe last October. There were not many people compared to what we would see in summer. I hope you enjoy these.

    Photo No. 1
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 200
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 31 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 320
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 42 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 8
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 31 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 8
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 50 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 800
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 24 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 500
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 30 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 7
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 1250
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 38 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 8
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 500
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 35 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 9
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 640
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 35 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 10
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 800
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 31 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 3:56 p.m.

    Subject: Sand Harbor - Part II

    Here's some more Sand Harbor photos as I walked from the south end towards the north side.

    Photo No. 1
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 400
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 28 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 2
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 500
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 42 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 3
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 500
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 44 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 4
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 8
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 37 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 5
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 7.10
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 46 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 6
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 35 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 7
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
    FNumber - 8
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 105 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 8
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 320
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 50 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 9
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 250
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 105 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 10
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 8
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 24 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 4 p.m.

    Subject: Sand Harbor - Part III

    And finally here's the last set of pictures from Sand Harbor. It's so beautiful there; I thought you might enjoy seeing all of these too.

    Photo No. 1
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 1250
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
    FocalLength - 24 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 2
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    Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
    ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
    FNumber - 11
    ISOSpeedRatings - 500
    ExposureBiasValue - -0.67
    FocalLength - 250 mm
    Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

    Photo No. 3
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 31 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 4
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 320
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 24 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 5
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 24 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 6
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 8
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 24 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 7
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 8
    ISOSpeedRatings - 100
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 44 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 8
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 500
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 42 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 9
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 640
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 24 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 10
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 500
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 37 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 11
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 640
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 57 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

    Photo No. 12
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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 640
    ExposureBiasValue - 0
    FocalLength - 85 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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  • Members 632 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 4:12 p.m.

    Very nice again @Digirame mentioned it before, we might have to go there one day for some hiking😉

  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 4:17 p.m.

    Photobygms,

    Thanks. 😀

    Yes, it's a great vacation spot. If you go in summer, sometimes it's hard to find parking anywhere and the prices of hotels are more expensive. But in October, as you can see, there's a lot less people.

  • Members 632 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 4:24 p.m.

    We still have some grey and rainy days, a white and cold Christmas is not going to happen where we live...
    We did go out for a hike. We started with some drizzle but that changed, we did actually see a glimpse of the sun again 😎
    Only at the last mile or so it started raining again, but we are prepared, in all our backpacks we carry ponchos
    We did only took a small selection of gear this time, the R8 and one R6-II and both our 24-240s

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  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 4:37 p.m.

    Photobygms,

    That's great you were able to get out and that you were prepared for any wet weather. Right now, we have rainstorm after rainstorm, so it's been hard for me to get outdoors. I managed a few times, but I always carry at least one umbrella. Then I photograph the rain. 😀

    I like the countryside you show. The cows look well-fed and happy. 😀 Since you live in the lowlands, I was curious what type of large rocks did you find in the second photo. Was that sandstone in a more hilly region?

  • Members 632 posts
    Dec. 23, 2024, 6:45 p.m.

    It's one of the many dolmen we do have where I live. this is Dolmen D8: www.visitdrenthe.com/locations/2607615621/dolmen-d8
    www.hunebednieuwscafe.nl/2017/11/hunebed-d8-strubben-kniphorstbos-near-anloo/

    Most of the "rocks" are from Scandinavia:

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen
    www.hunebedden.nl/engels.htm
    www.terugindrenthe.nl/en/stories/prehistory/dolmens/

  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 24, 2024, 12:25 a.m.

    Photobygms,

    That's fascinating that the granite stones were transported so far to the Netherlands lowlands by glacial ice from Scandinavia. Then people about 3450 BC made them for their graves by piling them up together. But about half of them were dismantled to make churches and other buildings.

    We also have a glacial rock in our area, that was transported by ice about 500 miles (805 kilometers). It weighs about 90 tons (82 metric tons). It can be found at the Erratic Rock State Natural Site about 6 miles (9.66 kilometers) west of McMinnville, Oregon. I didn't realize that it was so large. I'll have to consider that a future photo op. 😀

  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 24, 2024, 12:43 a.m.

    Subject: Raining

    Has the winter weather been keeping indoors with lots of rain? It has been doing that for me, so I found sometimes I have take pictures of it. Where's your pictures of the rain or snow that keeping you indoors too? 😀

    The reason I had the ISO level so high, was that I was taking pictures of some ducks in a pond. But then the rain came down hard and I forgot to change the settings (with autoISO) as it got darker and darker. But the Canon R8 handles ISO 32000 quite well.

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    Model - Canon EOS R8
    ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
    FNumber - 8
    ISOSpeedRatings - 32000
    ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
    FocalLength - 100 mm
    Lens Model - RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM

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  • Members 632 posts
    Dec. 24, 2024, 2:13 p.m.

    Still a nice shot @Digirame even with the rain👍

    The rain is falling again where we live at the moment and Christmas will be a wet instead of white Christmas 😐

  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 24, 2024, 4:13 p.m.

    Photobygms,

    Thanks. I did have the white balance set to cloudy. That helps the green colors to be accurate.

    Today will my last chance to take a few more photos with my new toy (the Canon R8) until the next rainstorms. We are forecast to have over 3 inches (76 mm) of rain in the next four days, starting on Christmas day. Yep, no white Christmas for us either. 😀

  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 25, 2024, 12:22 a.m.

    Subject: Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas everyone. 😀

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    Model - Canon EOS RP
    ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
    FNumber - 9
    ISOSpeedRatings - 640
    ExposureBiasValue - 1.33
    FocalLength - 30 mm
    Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

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  • Members 632 posts
    Dec. 25, 2024, 3:28 p.m.

    Merry Christmas everybody👍

    As mentioned it's a wet and grey Christmas in the Netherlands.
    We're visiting family and I had some time left to go out for a short hike/stroll, not the best circumstances but had to try a "Christmas gift" 😂

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  • Members 1744 posts
    Dec. 25, 2024, 5:20 p.m.

    Photobygms,

    Merry Christmas again. 😀

    That's great you got outdoors in all that fog and gray weather. We also have lots gray clouds too, but with a lots of rain.

    What's the reason for the Heerema marine contractor's equipment in the last photo?

  • Members 632 posts
    Dec. 25, 2024, 8:31 p.m.

    @Digirame, The Landtong, Rozenburg (Rotterdam Europoort) is the home base for both the Thialf and the Sleipnir.
    Many maintenance on these vessels is done at that spot.