This weekly thread is principally intended for you to showcase your photos made with Canon cameras of all sorts: SLR, DSLR, Mirrorless, M-series, APS-C, film, etc. But any brand of camera will be accepted, including photos taken with your phone. We do enjoy reading an accompanying text explaining your photo and any special techniques you may have used. Comments and helpful criticisms on others' photos are also welcome: we can all learn something from each other. We look forward to seeing your contributions and new participants to this series of threads are always welcome!
A new thread for the following week will be posted next Saturday around 10 pm UK time.
Digirame and I will be active here and are sharing the hosting, but we are used to all joining in and commenting on others' photos.
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Review of Last Week
Steve opened the gallery with a joke: "Little panorama". He continued to turn things inside out with his second panorama. His negative space was also "different". Later, or perhaps earlier, he caught some interesting cloud formations a few mornigns ago. Living here, where the skies are totally overcast on many days, the cloud patterns were very welcome.
Mocha went to Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. I was amazed how many people go there st this time of year, but then, the weather did remind me of the end of August! Very nice indoor shots in what are rather cramped spaces.
I agree with him about shooting raw and post processing. Most cameras and lenses are designed today with the expectation that this is how they will be exploited to the full. I also enjoy doing it, without needing to spend hours doing so.
Digirame showed us a mural. I know from experience that getting the perspective of these right is not easy. This one was excellent!
Later he covered the Christmas tree lighting where he lives, followed by more night shots for the RP, then a quick segue into October with planes. He certainly has that subject material down, though photo No.3 might have benefitted from a slightly longer exposure to show more propeller rotation.
And more night time shots. It's a little too cold for that here. Yes! We have to watch out for those mobile phone cameras: quality is increasing all the time.
He is doing interesting experiments to exploit his RP: his HDR photos are getting even better, though I think the "blue" building need an even wider angle lens, also by day! What is that building, by the way?
The sun shone here the day before the shortest day, so I was able to notice that the noonday sun was only at an angle of 30° above the horizon. On the day itself we had total cloud cover; but let me make up for that with a photo taken on the shortest day in 2004 at 3:56pm in Michigan on December 21st.
Photobygms must be very healthy, spending so much time in the open air in all weathers. The results he captures for us make the trips worthwhile also.
I look forward to seeing what you present this week and wish all who participate in these threads, whether as photographers, or as audience, very Happy Holidays, whatever, wherever and however you celebrate!
David
