Your Canon Photos No. 28: 12th to 18th November 2023

Dunlin,

Thanks. In some of the pictures you can see part of el tigre on the blue background.

Photobygms,

That's great to see your autumn colors and surroundings. I've been also walking about and taking pictures of colorful leaves.

Paul,

That's a treat to see the cats. Yes, I can see that manually focusing the first one was the way to go, with the branches so close together. When we first find something that's difficult to find, it's usually a few tense moments to try to get the best photos possible.

Two weeks ago, when the sun was still shining strongly, I took a mid-day walk around what is called the Hofburg. This is the imperial palace in the centre of Vienna. There are several buildings. The earliest part dates from 1552, while the latest was not finished until 1920, by which time the country was a republic.

This is part of the earliest section:

Turning to look in the other direction we see:

A few steps further is the building now used as the Chancellory:

This almost faces the Heldenplatz. When Hitler annexed Austria in March 1938, his first action was to give a speech from the balcony in the middle to the assembled crowds.

I shall return to this one day, when the sun is better placed. The wing at the right hand end is the Neue Burg, the latest addition. The building on the extreme right, the other side of the Ringstrasse, which encircles the inner city, following the line of the ancient walls, is the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Museum of historical art.

The other side of the Neue Burg there is a very pleasant garden.

I shall return to the statue of Mozart later, when I have assembled other photos of it.

As this series shows, the quality of the light is of paramount importance in capturing interesting photos.

David

Here's a long exposure I took today around 4:30PM.

It's a 13" exposure with a 10 stop ND filter taken at f/9 and ISO of 100. (Regular exposure was around 1/20).

It's a little soft 'cause I took it out the window.

Steve Thomas

Sunset 11-14-23

Steve Thomas

Thanks Dig.
I tried for a while but it was really difficult. Even manual focus was a challenge with ISO at 8000, it was pretty dark. Definitely tense moments lol.

Cheers
Paul

David,

The statues and architecture are amazing. For something so old how to they keep everything so clean looking? Everything has the appearance of being new.

Steve,

The long exposure picture makes it look like a cold and dreary day. How are the temperatures?

Steve,

I like your sunset picture. You managed to capture a large amount of reddish clouds.

Have you tried any of the classic long-exposure subjects yet - moving water, cars driving at night ("car trails")?

You take super architecture photos David, even if the light isn't the best.

Dig,

The temperatures are not too bad right now. The highs are in the upper 50's (F), and the lows in the low 40's.
The long exposure shot is a little underexposed. I erred on the side of caution, I think..
It was about 4:30PM though, the sun had gone down below the horizon.
The sunset picture I showed was done about 20 minutes later. You can tell that by the 1/6th shutter speed. The ground was dark, but the sky was still lit up, at least for a few minutes more.

Steve Thomas

Dunlin,

Not yet. I'm still learning the ropes.

I did spend some time today using my tablet and doing some wireless remote shooting using an app called Camera Connect and Control in Bulb mode.

It's so cool. You can put your camera in Bulb mode and remotely change things like exposure time, aperture and ISO and see the results right on your screen before you take your shot. The advantage here is that you are looking at a 10" screen instead of a 3" screen. The Bulb mode even has a timer on it, so if you set it for 10 seconds shutter speed (or whatever), you can see it counting down. The timer goes off and your shutter closes. It's pretty neat.

Steve Thomas

You remind me, my Olympus can do a similar thing, and I recently got my first tablet. I'll have to try that!

Exeter at night.

Was taken handheld. With IBIS and software denoising (not AI-denoising), I think it's still usable at ISO 1000.
Shot as RAW, processed in darktable.

I was going to try taking a long exposure of the clouds blurred and streaking across the sky:

By the time I got my tripod out, however, and my ND filter put on and my exposure worked out, this is what I was left with:

freekin frackin frickety frack.😀

Steve Thomas