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.
Review of last week
As Usual, Digirame opened our gallery this week. With bell bottom jeans, which he was "shocked" to see in Washington State -- so far a unique sighting. His pink blossoms (cherry?) -- particularly the second photo -- were well framed against a blue sky. This is something that I tried to achieve, but failed earlier this spring, so congratulations are due. He also found an osprey -- a bird we dont see around my part of Austria -- two excellent shots with his telephoto zoom. Then back to Brewer's Blackbirds, who have amazing eyes. His later shot of Mt. Hood was well framed between closer trees.
Photobygms took advantage of the slightly warmer weather to visit his local National Park with some great lenses: lots of lovely greens with lingering browns.
Steve was testing his new ND filter and long exposures. An interesting scene. Curiously enough, I also bought an ND filter (1-5 stops) this week. My plan is to use it when the sky gets too bright, which happens sometimes when it is overcast. So far I havent had any chance to use it.
Photobygms demonstrated the use of his filter on Icelandic running water. As Digirame remarked, this picture is competition quality.
Steve is having a little trouble with a water leak, and was able to document the work being done to rectify this.
On Friday I had to go out at 6:30 am, which is very early for me. I debated with myself about taking the camera, but was glad I did. You see different things at that time of day around here.
Photobygms showed a couple of stormy-looking sea scapes at Domburg, which looks like an interesting locale on the map, with a mediaeval castle nearby.
Even though there are few members resident in this thread (the rest were having a ding-dong argument about something boring), the quality and variety of the pictures were first class this week.
Thank you for sharing your talents!
David
