Your Canon Photos No. 34: 24th to 30th December 2023

I took this a few days ago. Sheep eating turnips on the Downs.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Hi all,

Winter walks along the Canal. There's a hidden Christmas icon in one of the photos, if you enlarge the house and look through the righthand window panes you will see a Christmas tree. 😀 😀

(Aperture f/7.1 <> (SS): 1/160 <> ISO 400 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 84mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 70D).

(Aperture f/8 <> (SS): 1/200 <> ISO 320 <> EC: -0.33 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 70mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 70D).

(Aperture f/4 <> (SS): 1/80 <> ISO 2000 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Manual <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 70mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II <> Notes: Evaluative metering used for initial start

(Aperture f/7.1 <> (SS): 1/30 <> ISO 100 <> EC: -0.66 <> PASM Mode: Manual <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 104mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II <> Notes: Evaluative metering used for initial start point).

I headed out the other evening with my 37 year old EF 24mm f2.8, & my S5.

Mocha,

Thanks. It has been fun getting out and taking photos of these street scenes. I enjoy using higher ISO levels, so I can take them with faster shutter speeds. What was impossible previously in-camera, is now possible with the Canon RP.

Dunlin,

Thanks for sharing with us the photo showing the sheep eating turnips. The grass looks so green.

Mocha,

I like your landscape scenes. The large house looks neat with the reflection in the water. That is excellent. Your creative Christmas photo is wonderful with the bird. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Ghundred,

I enjoyed seeing all of those colorful cars and the wall mural. The second photo is my favorite.

Subject: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. It's been a good year, seeing all of your photos.

Model - Canon EOS RP
ExposureTime - 1/60 seconds
FNumber - 6.30
ISOSpeedRatings - 12800
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 24 mm
Lens Model - RF24-105mm F4-7.1 IS STM

Beautiful photos mocha, I really like this one.

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

A Merry Christmas to you and your family also.

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

These photos were taken at different times but all of them during the Winter period, you have to chase the light. 😀

Hi Dunlin,

I like the atmospherics of this photo, on a side note I didn't know sheep eat Turnips. 😀

Well, I think they're turnips. Could be something else of course.

Dunlin,

I didn't know sheep eat turnips either. Thanks for providing us those details.

Dig and Dunlin,

I looked it up...

“Turnips offer a great source of nutrition for sheep and lambs can gain 200-250 grams per head per day from a well-managed turnip crop,” “There a number of factors to consider when planning to make the most of a turnip crop for sheep next winter.

Barkant forage turnips are a common forage on many grazing dairy, beef and sheep farms across the country (Scotland). An excellent forage choice for extending the grazing season into late fall and early winter".

Steve Thomas

Late this afternoon I went out on my bike across the Danube. The river has two parallel streams, the main stream, which one crosses first, and the Neue Donau (New Danube), which was created between 1972 and 1988 to control flooding. The earth dug out to create this new part was piled up between the two sections and forms the Donau Insel (Danube Island). The island is about 21 km long and 200 metres wide in most places. It is is a nature preserve with many pathss, and by now is well provided with mature trees. Cycling is allowed, but no cars.

The sun had set by the time I left the house. The first picture shows the main stream, looking towards the source.

The second is a crop from this photo and shows the Milennium Tower on the left. To its right are the radio/tv tower and the Kahlenberg hotel. Further to the right one sees Leopoldsberg, with a church dedicated to St. Leopold, which is currently being restored. Both these places are accessible by car or bus, and on foot.

This next picture shows the Reichsbrücke, the Neue Donau, the UNO City and new skyscrapers on the other side.

A close-up of the building called DC-1.

Looking back at the city from the Donau Insel one can see the Prater amusement park with the Riesenrad, and St. Francis' Church. In the distance one can just make out the spire of Stefansdom (St. Stephen's Cathedral).

A crop of another photo shows the church in more detail,

Looking the other way, across the Neue Donau, one sees the new buildings again.

Seasons Greetings to all from Vienna on St. Stephen's Day (Boxing Day in the UK).

David

David,

Thanks.

Aside from being nice pictures, this is a side of Vienna that most people don't ever get to see.

Steve Thomas

Excellent captures - I like these two in particular. Love the atmosphere and composition in both and the reflection in the second one is just superb! Really well done.