** Weekly X-Series Photo-Sharing Thread 05 MAY – 11 MAY**

Hello, Everyone and thanks for making Contributions to this worthwhile endeavor,

This weekly thread serves as a place for those DPRevived.com members who own Fuji gear to share recent work …… specifically, with their Fuji X APS-C cameras. It's just fine for owners to post images made with their “other” cameras, but the idea is to allow owners with Fuji X APS-C cameras to compare notes, tips, and any other helpful hints.

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Thanks,

Bob, your humble host

PS…… Post away!

From Pompeii to Sorrento

Hello, Again,

As you may have seen the past few days my wife and I are on Holiday. Yesterday we visited Pompeii on a glorious day and then drove to Sorrento to a beautiful hotel on the Mediterranean.

Below is an image of the beautiful red poppies on the top of Pompeii before exiting the ruins. These have been dotting the landscapes since we landed in Rome. The culprit, Vesuvius, is noticed by the ancient statue. The second is a panorama at a viewpoint a few miles from our Hotel in Sorrento. The island in the background is Capri, where we will visit today.

Hope to see a lot of your images.

Bob, your Host

Some BW shots...

Full moon (day -1) yesterday night

In blue sky

.... and a few minutes later

GHO chick from the other side

This set is from the first day I saw the owlets on trees away from there nest. When I joined the group of photographers photographing them, we had the light behind us and were struggling to find holes in the foliage to see them. I left the group climbing a small hill placing me at the same level as the younger owlet with the hazy sunlight behind the owlets. As you can see I was rewarded with nice rim light, beautifully illuminated leaves and some nice views of the owlets.

1) The younger owlet climbing
X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/300s 1600 ISO +1.3 EV

2) The older and higher owlet
X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/240s 1600 ISO +1.0 EV

3) The older owlet
X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/280s 1600 ISO +1.0 EV

4) The younger owlet
X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/200s 800 ISO +1.3 EV

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Two lovely images Bob. Sounds like a wonderful trip.

Morris

The first two are super

Morris

Black headed gulls and common tern at Blashford Lakes, UK

ETA: X-H1, XF100-400, set shutter, set aperture, auto ISO, boost mode, AF-C (Morris). RAWs developed in darktable.

From the Isle of Capri

On a tour so no early or late light without missing the bus. Here are 2 from today. A boat ride to the northwest side of the island and a PANO view before taking the funicular down to the return ships. Both Low res.

Bob

Recently we were on a trip to Belize. Had a great time bird watching in the central part of the country. Had an opportunity to see an endangered Orange-breasted Falcon. It was an excellent trip.

Indeed it is. Thanks, Morris. On to Florence today.

Thanks for this. First time seeing one of these.

Bob

Nice set. Bob

American Oystercatchers

Some photos from a lovely day at Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY

1) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR + 1.7X lens 840mm f/9.0 1/1100s 400 ISO +0.3 EV

2) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR + 1.7X lens 840mm f/9.0 1/1250s 400 ISO -0.3 EV

3) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR + 1.7X lens 840mm f/9.0 1/1250s 400 ISO -0.3 EV

4) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/3800s 400 ISO 0.0 EV

5) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/5800s 400 ISO -0.3 EV

6) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/3200s 400 ISO +0.3 EV

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

This is a new one for me. Nice portrait

Morris

Using Autopano Giga to proce high quality panoramas, with some issues

below is a sample, from my garden

Looking carefully at 100% following electric wires you discover several ruptures in a fine adjustment, same for the roof of the house in the middle. This "quick and dirty" sample was done handheld, the software does compensate for roll and light, but not for pitch or yaw. If the distance is quite big the ruptures do ,not appear.
Nothing surprising
Here there is only the width of the garden, 5m, so even the smallest pitch or yaw made handheld is visible
Conclusion: need use a tripod !

below a sample handheld 10 files but at a quite significant distance, no problem

Thanks Bob

Pileated Woodpecker at the feeder

Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (adjacent to MSP airport)

It’s like shooting fish in a barrel, but I have a friend who is mobility challenged after a stroke. We sat on benches yesterday and let the birds come to us. The refuge offers a network of trails for those who prefer (and are able) to work for their images. (There’s an owl there that I have my viewfinder set on…)