The Weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Starting 26 May 2025 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.

During the time that I found the eagle that I showed last week, I did find some more wildlife.

Photo No. 1 - OK, here's the frog I was talking about.

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 2500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 600 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 2 - And I cropped it in closer.

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 3200
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 600 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 3 - I only got this one picture of the swallow, but I liked it.

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 600 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Photo No. 4 - I was able to capture the heron in a different environment, than what I normally see.

Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 428 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

Nice shots, specially that swallow, they tend to fly more and fast 😉

We had a busy weekend again 😁
Saturday we decided to go for a short hike close to home visited the Baggelhuizerplas recreation and provingground area again.

The saturday hike was actually not planned but the weather was better than we expected.
On the sunday the weather would be about the same and we thought lets go again for a hike.
We visited The Boswachterij Exloo a reserve located in the Geopark de Hondrug

Photobygms,

Thanks. I had only one opportunity to take a picture of the swallow before it flew off. That always something to think about each time, to make sure the first photo counts.

Photobygms,

For the first set of pictures, i really like seeing the photos of the paths beneath the trees with the bright green colors. That purple rhododendron is gorgeous. That's a nice green worm. It looks like a tasty meal for a bird. 😀

Photobygms,

For the second set of pictures, again I like the bright green colors of the forest. That's a good capture of a bird. What type is it? What type of boulders are those? Are they are part of some glacial action? That's great you got some blue sky. 😀

The rain we had lately gave all green a nice fresh shine again. it just looks so much better when nature gets some needed rain.
That " worm" is a Caterpillar on the run, it crossed the trail we followed😊
The Little bird is a female eurasian chaffinch If i'm not mistaken.
Those boulders are (as you mentioned) left overs from the Ice age. (from somewhere out Scandinavia)
And our ancestors build this dolmen (Dolmen D30)

a few days off and we are in Domburg, Zeeland in the Southwestern part of our little country.
A day with some rain but the evening was nice again.
Went for a short stroll at the beach:

Photobygms,

Beautiful...nicely captured with the clouds and the sun's reflection on the water.

A few clouds but perfect weather for a hike at the beach and through the dunes:

Photobygms,

Oh, those are so nice. I just love the beach. I haven't been to our beaches in a while. They are about an hour and a half drive from where I live. But it's one of my favorite places for photography.

This time we didn't go for a beach hike, but stayed just behind the beach and followed a trail though the Oranjezon nature reserve

Photobygms,

I'm impressed at how much hiking you do. It's also so nice to see a lot of wildlife pictures from you. The turtle photo with the reflection is my favorite.