Your Canon Photos No. 37: 14th to 20th January 2024

Subject: Sauvie Island

At the end of last October I was able to get out to Sauvie Island. It's an agricultural area that also has wildlife. The beaches along the Columbia River are filled with people during the summer. This time of year, although, there were no other people other than myself and the people I was traveling with. Since I was a passenger in a car, I was able to take quite a few pictures while we were moving along. Consequently, that's why the shutter speeds were often very high. I hope you enjoy seeing some of this countryside.

Photo No. 1 - As we crossed over the bridge to Sauvie Island, I first saw this wildlife. It was a little hazy.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 11
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 135 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 2 - This is along the Columbia River.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 56 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 3 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 35 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 4 - And again....

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 20 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 5 - We see some farmland with some dried out corn stalks.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 18 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 6 - And a dairy farm....

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 20 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 7 - Another farm....

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 19 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 8 - We did not go to this Pumpkin Patch. But next year we probably should. It looked pretty big.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 27 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 9 - I was fortunate to be able to photograph this corn with the shutter speed that I used, being that it was close and we were moving fast.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 1600
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 18 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 10 - And finally, there's one more photo, as we cross the bridge from this island back to the mainland.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 10
ISOSpeedRatings - 5000
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 29 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

I like this one. The shapes of the wood and stuff the river left there when it was higher creates a sort of path and the composition and balance is very nice.

How about some bird shots:

Commercial bird photography by simple.joy, on Flickr

Like a fir-nix from the ashes... by simple.joy, on Flickr

Am I just salty for the lack of ideas? by simple.joy, on Flickr

Not what you expected? 😉

You're not alone, I do find that image also be best one, How the lines flow through the image and the clouds on top 😉

Dig,

I liked this one. The leading lines lead straight into the horizon and the house is slight;y off-center, giving the picture a balanced look.

I know you were probably rushed for time, but I think this would have been a good candidate for a long exposure shot with the clouds streaking right at you.

Steve Thomas

Simplejoy,

Thanks. I'm glad you like the composition. Walking along that beach made me feel free. It's nice to have these wide open spaces.

Simplejoy,

I wasn't expecting this for birds photos. I like the blue sparkly background in the first image. In the first picture, the white and black object could be either a flying bird or something like a dog jumping. Have you tried taking pictures of actual birds or wildlife with a wide or normal lens? I did that, the other day. I think they were better than what I could get with a telephoto lens. The reason is that the sun was setting and it was getting dark. I was also lucky that the nutria and geese that were walking along, let me get close. Oh...another neat photo I took with the normal lens was seeing these geese flying in formation high in the sky. They only could be captured (to get all of them) with that lens.

Photobygms,

Thanks. I'm glad you liked seeing this one with the beaches of Suavie Island along the Columbia River.

Steve,

Thanks. I'm glad you liked seeing the farmland with the dried out corn stalks. Yes, I was rushed for time in a way. I took this from a moving car (as a passenger). In a way, it's kind of stressful taking these kinds of pictures, because you want to have good composition, no motion blur and good depth of field all at the same time. But fortunately, some straightening and cropping can help with that composition later on the computer. Plus I found that taking multiple pictures at the same time helps too, because the brain can not process this quickly enough. I think the clouds in this one looked good without HDR. If I had time and I knew what I know now, I would have probably have been playing around with that too.

David,

Your photos of the mistletoe were interesting. I had to read about them. I don/t know why they infect some trees, but leave other trees alone. I saw the lens you used (the RF 24-240mm lens) in a store. When not extended it looked rather compact compared to my RF 24-105mm lens. Even though it was cold, the sunshine and blue sky look great. Those skyscrapers appear huge. The St. Francis church is beautiful. That's neat that it has a clock too. I hope you enjoyed your ride. Was it below or above the freezing mark?

I do agree the RF 24-240 is a gem so to say. 😉
We actually own two and use them also both (on a R and RP)
It's a perfect lens for when you want reach and have to travel light

Subject: Snow in the Valleys

Well, I was able to get outdoors yesterday to take pictures of the snow. We did get snow in the valleys. You'll notice that there is very little traffic. The reason for that, is because since we only get snow a few times a year or sometimes nothing, a lot of people do not know how to drive in it. So that's why the streets look so empty.

I hope you enjoy these. I took a lot more at a park, in a forest, along more streets and a parking lot. I'll show those later.

Tomorrow we may get freezing rain. I don't know if I'll be able to get pictures of that. It looks neat to see the frozen ice on the tree branches.

If you also have some snow and/or ice pictures, I would love to see them. 😀 Oh, I should mention...wow...it was so cold that my fingers hurt. I had to take off the heavy mittens because otherwise using the camera was almost impossible to use. I kept "fat fingering" the settings, where twice I had error messages and once I got an indication that the battery was failing. But after I decided to not wear the mittens, everything was fine. Later, I then let the hands warm up in the camera bag. So I went back and forth with that, first to take the pictures with bare hands and then later let them warm up.

Photo No. 1

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 7.10
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 18 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 2

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 7.10
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 24 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 3

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 7.10
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 15 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 4

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 7.10
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 24 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 5

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 7.10
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 34 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

No, not really! I don't get around too much, so the only animals I would be able to capture would be the usual suspects, like sparrows, blackbirds and crows, perhaps some buzzard here and there (they sometimes get into air fights with the crows, which are great to watch, but would be very hard to capture, because they are quite short - given the crows are way more efficient - and there are lots of trees in the way).

That being said, if insects and smaller animals count... yes, I've taken quite a few shots, even though it's not my main interest in the macro world:

Transluce-Ant by simple.joy, on Flickr

Already wearing the fall collection? by simple.joy, on Flickr

A dead end, ant! And now? by simple.joy, on Flickr

Beeing the center of attention by simple.joy, on Flickr

When did it get so green? by simple.joy, on Flickr

There‘s a bug going around… by simple.joy, on Flickr

Looking up spiders? Not really my thing. by simple.joy, on Flickr

Wasp up with that? by simple.joy, on Flickr

A-legged wasp by simple.joy, on Flickr

Back to busyness! by simple.joy, on Flickr

Hoverly confident - missing the target by simple.joy, on Flickr

Colorful free-bee by simple.joy, on Flickr

Great that you were successful capturing those things happening on short notice! I guess it's one of the drawbacks of working exclusively with old lenses on a bellows - I can't just point at something and capture it. I have to be at least a little bit prepared and bring the right lens and mounting (so I can focus to infinity... not all of my lenses are able to).

Simplejoy,

I like seeing the insects. You have quite a variety. I enjoyed seeing them over and over. The backgrounds work well too.

The photo of the bee is superb. I like seeing bees from the side like that.

Something a little different as far as my photos are concerned; I went to an old friend's birthday party that continued to early hours, including live music, DJs, plenty of time in sauna and significant amounts of booze.

Waiting for sparking wine

One of the DJs playing