** Weekly X-Series Photo-Sharing Thread 14 APR – 20 APR **

Yes, luckily for me he was perched up high and seemed quite relaxed about the whole situation! Maybe I should chalk it up to the X-Pro’s general stealth.

That's unusual. Where was this taken?

Bob

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Osprey v Peregrine Falcon

Superb series, Morris.

Warkworth Castle in Northumberland. Really taken as a tech demonstration of IS with the 10-24 and X-H2. Modern gear makes you seem a better photographer.

XT5 with XF 18/1.8 wr

Some tree pictures with Sigma 18-50mm at 38 mm/f2.8 and the Fujinon 70-300 mm at 150 mm/f5. Light combination for a longer hike - i do agree with you Bob. The 70-300, which was hard to find some months ago, is a very good compromise in terms of quality and weight.

Osprey buzzes Osprey

The osprey couple at the Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, NY has been getting along well. There is another male that has been trying to chase off the male and take over. I witnessed this as the male relaxed on a perch near the nest.

1) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/2700s 400 ISO 0.0 EV

2) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/2700s 400 ISO 0.0 EV

3) X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/2700s 400 ISO 0.0 EV

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Some Welcome Swallows on a post in the middle of the lake.
Xh2s Fuji 100-400 Using Pre-Shot to catch some movement.
Heavily cropped and processed in Topaz AI after minor edits with Capture One 22.

Thanks
Paul

Nice monochrome

Bob

Hi Bob, as a new DRevival member and to test contributing an image, let my first post image on this site be one of my favourites (almost an experiment as my first image upload):

My guess is it’s a painted tree root - when they mark the utilities underground. That’s my answer.

It's your answer, and it's the right one. 👍🏻

My long-time partner and I got married yesterday. Things went off quite well and it was exactly what we wanted - a simple country wedding at home with family attending and a local judge presiding. No one flubbed their lines, food and drink was good, people, grandkids (all 11 of them) and dogs all had fun. We are lucky in that both families were very supportive of our decision - something that apparently isn't that common where a widow and widower get married later in life.

I photographed the setting before things got going, but obviously couldn't photograph the actual wedding. Two of the guests told me they were avid photographers but didn't have good cameras, so I issued one a Sony RX100V and another with a Fuji XT2 and the 18-55mm lens. Each camera was set to shoot on automatic, so all they had to do was frame the pic and press the shutter button. I never use those cameras on full auto, so I experimented for a couple of weeks ahead of time and set up parameters that I knew would work well on full auto under the anticipated shooting conditions. Each camera had a 256GB memory card. I asked the two photographers to take a thousand pics of the wedding, the people, the food, etc, etc. and not worry about picking through them. I figured I'd cull through all of the countless files afterward and get at least some really good pics. I REALLY wanted one good image to print, frame and hang on the fireplace in the great room.

The cameras worked great, but my idea was a total bust. There were perhaps two dozen frames captured between the two cameras. Most were distant snapshots where the people looked like tiny specs. I got virtually no usable images. Happily, this was the only disappointment of the day. I shoulda known better - guess you get what you pay for. Very disappointing with no way to go back and fix it. 😞

This was the outside of the house in the morning after days of mowing, power washing, flower planting, etc.

The inside the house awaiting guests:

The front deck - where we wanted to get married in front of family standing in the yard:

The vows on the deck with a couple of grandkids as ring bearers:

Pretty much the only pic of the actual vows - sadly not a very good one:

Youngest granddaughter watching the ceremony from the yard in front of the deck:

Moments after the outdoor ceremony, an astonishing thunderstorm with big hail came crashing through and we all had to go indoors. No real problem - the house was able to accommodate everyone.

Some grandkids hitting the groceries:

Oldest granddaughter (she is a US Marine vet) and oldest grandson in his goofy "surfer" hairdo.

It was a great day!

Greg

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Congratulations on your wedding day.
Lovely images of family and the home.
Glad the weather held off long enough.

Cheers
Paul

And what a nice image! Next time you upload an image, wait a few seconds until you see a box. The click on the box so it will create the code necessary to actually display the image at the position of the cursor.

You can get a short primer here: dprevived.com/t/how-to-upload-your-own-pictures-to-this-site/2039/#post-17538

Bob

Many happy years Greg. Congrats!

Bob

Reply to @fotoword
Eastershow is a fun family event😁
If you want the images to be visible without having to click on every image, read the following:
dprevived.com/t/test-photo-upload-thread/504/post/9414/
It shows how to expand each thumbnail.
Apologies if someone has already mentioned it.

I was liking the lichen on today's walk in the high desert of NM.