The Weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Starting 30 June 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.

A busy week has gone by, We had the 100th Dutch TT with the races on sunday and with all kind of festivities during the week.
Did enjoy the time we spend in town and all the drunk people 😁
Didn't shoot many photos, didn't want to bring a camera, So just one crappy phone photo 😄

Photobygms,

It looks like something where people would have lots of fun. It's nice to see a night-time photo from you, even if it was only from a phone.

Subject: The Rose Garden in May

Photo No. 1 - I went to the local rose garden in late May, hoping I could get some good photos of the rhododendron flower wall.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 10000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 29 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 2 - But to my disappointment, a lot of the flowers were starting to drop. So I was too late to catch them at the perfect time. I think it was because we had previously some warm, dry and sunny weather. Plus the bright afternoon sun and dark shadows did not help either. I should have come in the morning.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 3200
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 28 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 3 - But I did find a few rhododendron flowers that did not look too bad, next to the bench that I showed in the previous picture.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 28 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 4 - Here's another one....

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/100 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1250
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 5 - Typically, we would see these young girls and women in their pretty dresses.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 6 - So that they could take photos of themselves next to these beautiful flowers. But it was too late for the best looking flowers.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 7 - So instead I proceeded to take pictures of the rose flowers nearby on this sunny day.

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 160
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 127 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 8 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/2000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 160
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 100 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 9 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 119 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 10 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 145 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 11 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 119 mm
Lens Model - EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 12 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 105 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 13 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 92 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 14 - And finally the last one.... This was taken of the same rose flower as shown above, but with a different camera.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 105 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

You might notice that in the first picture I had the ISO value too high. But the Canon R8 is forgiving that way. It was one of the first picture I took until I realized that I should use a slower shutter speed. A lot of times the first few photos are that way, until we figure out what settings might be better.

Nice set again, lots of beautiful flowers.
The R8 has the same sensor as the R6-II and that one can handle high ISOs perfectly. 😉

Thanks Photobygms. 😀

Subject: Rose Garden

I thought I would show you a few pictures of our local rose garden where I took the pictures shown above.

Photo No. 1 - The rhododendron wall can be seen on the left side. The white flowers are easily seen.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 31 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 2 - This is a view of the rose garden, which shows at this time that a lot of flowers had not bloomed yet.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/400 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 31 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 3 - But there were some.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/400 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 29 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Photo No. 4 - And one more picture.... If a person loves rose flowers, this is the place to come. Early June is usually best.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 73 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

I went there about a month later and the roses did not look good. We had hot weather followed by some rain. I think the weather was too hot for just long enough. There were too many brown spots and discoloration.

I visited Shoshone Falls, ostensibly named "the Niagara of the West" a few days ago.

@Digirame those garden must be a sort of heaven for flowers lovers, if the flowers do bloom 😎
@mtgoatee, a nice set, do like them a lot, Does bring back memories to when we visited Iceland. Iceland has a lot of beautiful waterfalls also😉

Thanks photobygms. I do visit that garden a few times a year. There's lots of photo ops.

Mtgoatee,

Thanks for showing those wonderful pictures. That's an area I'll have to visit sometime. I did not realize that the falls are actually about 212 feet high and 900 feet wide.

Subject: Happy Fourth of July

Happy 4th of July for those that celebrate that day in the USA. 😀 I have a ton of parade photos that I'm reviewing now. Here's one. If any of you have also some photos to share, let's see them.

Model - Canon EOS R8
ExposureTime - 1/400 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 44 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

I love parades! Yes, please post more. Happy 4th!

Here's one from a nearby pond I shot yesterday on my way back from the grocery run.

Mtgoatee,

Thanks. I'll show more parade photos on the latest weekly collegial show your photos.

I'm glad to see your picture.