Mocha,
Thank you. It's a fun festival. I look forward to it every year.
Oct. 22, 2023
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Mocha,
That's a good test of the lens. 😀 The clothesline pins work real well.
I did check...yes...I must have bought the Tamron 150-600mm lens in November of 2014. So I guess that makes it almost nine years.
Here's a photo from November 22, 2014. Yes, I even took the photo while it was raining. 😀
Model - Canon EOS REBEL T3i
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1250
FocalLength - 600 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011 -
Steve,
It's good to see your autumn photos. With the falling leaves, comes the falling temperatures...brrrr...it's getting colder and darker. But we'll still be taking pictures. 😀
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JACS,
That's a nice autumn picture. Is that one of the canals in the UK? It looks similar to the pictures that Mocha shows us.
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JACS,
When a person uses 600mm FL, the depth of field can be extremely narrow at short distances. So a person might want to stop down the lens a little to get the entire bird or squirrel or whatever in focus. See a DOF calculator. One that I looked at, a few minutes ago said for a Canon 7D, at 25 feet away, using F9 the depth of field was a little over 2 inches (.17 feet). Using the minimum F6.3 (at that focal length) that is available on the Tamron 150-600mm lens, the depth of field is a little less than an inch and a half. It's a judgement call of what settings to use at the time when taking pictures of wildlife that move around quickly. I know if I have a bird or other wildlife that is not moving and I have time, I'll often play around with different settings so I have extra pictures available, so I can pick the very best ones on the computer.
If you don't have a super telephoto lens that provides 600mm FL or greater lengths, I hope you do get one. They are a lot of fun.
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JACS,
When I'm taking pictures of birds, I try to keep both the head and tail feather in focus. That can often be difficult. Another photographer that I knew that used super telephoto lenses, told me as long as the head and eye were sharp, that's all that mattered to him. But for me, it's different. First I try to get the head sharp, then if the small bird doesn't move, I'll change the location of the focus to see if I can get both the head and tail in focus. There's depth of field before and after the focus point. My style of photography is different than a lot of people; either I want all things in focus or if they are not in focus, I want the background to look nice (so in that respect I think we all agree to have the background be as nice as possible). It doesn't always work out that way, but that is what I (or we) try to do.
It's the same for me with street photos or people photography at events or other locations. There's many variables and not one answer that fits all.
Ah, the colonies...there must have been some influence in the design of that bridge from the UK or Europe maybe. The arch is similar to what Mocha shows.
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Subject: Red-winged Blackbird
There's a discussion about depth of field. What different settings would you use and why?
I'd like to give you a little background history about this first. I saw the bird and only had seconds to adjust the settings. I was with another person who started walking towards the bird and almost accidentally scared it off. That made me nervous. I knew I would have a good background; I didn't want to miss this opportunity. Well, eventually seconds later the bird took off anyway. I only got a few chances. So, in such circumstances of being rushed, we only can give it our best. It was late in the afternoon with very dark rain clouds. So, that's the reason for the high ISO level.
I was happy that the tail was almost in focus or in focus. I like that the leaves were reasonably in focus within the depth of field. The background was better that I thought originally when I first took the picture. I kept the lens and camera steady, without a tripod. I think I got lucky with a little skill too.
Model - Canon EOS 800D
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 12800
ExposureBiasValue - 0.67
FocalLength - 552 mm
Lens Model - TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011 -
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JACS,
OK...wide open it is for you. 😀 That's great to see your photos. My favorite picture is the eagle. Where did you get that photo? We have injured eagles at our zoo, but they are sometimes hard to photograph because they can't be seen or they are too close to the fence enclosure. That's the only place I can get as close as that (in rare cases when the eagles cooperate).
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An old sign in the woods, found this one whole hiking in the Mullerthal region in Luxemburg
Used one of our Canon Eos 3 cameras and the Canon EF 35mm F1.4L USM
The Camera was loaded with some Film Washi X 100 a maskless C41 ISO 100 color film.
Old sign by Photobygms, on Flickr -
I caught this out of the corner of my eye.
I did this one with a 50mm lens and a 2.8 aperture on a cloudy day, slightly cropped.
Steve Thomas
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Photobygms,
That's amazing to see a picture made from film. Did you process this in your own darkroom? What's the English translation of the sign?
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Steve,
It's great to see the red colors. We will have to keep looking for these bright autumn leaves.
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I don't have a full darkroom setting with enlargers and other materials, but I'm able to do developing at home.
Most black and white film I do develop with an home made developer Caffenol-C-L (instant coffee, vitamine C, sodium carbonate and potassium bromide)
A few black and white films that don't like the Coffee I will develop with Ilford Ilfosol 3.
Color film will be developed with Cinestill Cs41.The sign has no translation it just shows "Meuhlenbach Grundhof" a small village nearby 😉
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I tried to frame this a little bit, with trees on either side, leading you in.
Steve Thomas
