Your Canon Photos No. 6: 11th to 17th June 2023

Dunlin,

Thanks. I hope you have a good vacation (holiday) too. 😀

DaveNJ,

Thanks for the reply.

I'm glad you asked. I purposely left the first two photo's colors untouched for discussion purposes. I mentioned that there was a blueish cast for that reason.

The first two photos were taken as AWB (auto) and the last one...the same. The rest of them were taken as cloudy white balance. The sun was coming in and out of the clouds, so sometimes I didn't change the white balance (when I should have). When it's definitely cloudy, I found that cloudy white balance is best. AWB works better for other things too. So I experimented some....

So this was not a fault of the Canon M50 MKII, rather it was me that created something less desirable. 😀

A little edit: For out-of-the-camera JPEGs, the picture style I chose was customized. Using the correct white balance during cloudy weather is paramount (at least, what I've found).

Dunlin,

It's great to see your photos. Do you have a lot of Herring Gulls where you live?

Hi simplejoy,

Love the "Got a good teal on this necklace". 😀

Hi fotoword,

Super set of bird photos, good to see them from another part of the World.

Hi Digirame,

The pictures of the Rhododendron Wall are quiet stunning. Lovely colours.

Hi Dunlin,

Super set, love the Wild Rose especially.

Hi all,

A walk around Tregargus Valley, Cornwall. Part of the Clay Country region, China stone is what was quarried here, The main part of making porcelain.

Hard to see all the remains of that era as nature claims back its land.

The 'parking bays' you can see is where the horse drawn wagons would reverse in to collect the China stone. (Aperture f/8 <> (SS): 1/200 <> ISO 100 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 17mm <> Lens: Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Aperture f/8 <> (SS): 1/60 <> ISO 100 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 21mm <> Lens: Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

This stream turns white with the clay when it rains. Hand held at 1sec. just for the fun of it. (Aperture f/14 <> (SS): 1.0 sec. <> ISO 100 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Manual <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 18mm <> Lens: Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 70D <> Notes: Evaluative metering used for initial start point).

Wildflower on the walk. (Aperture f/5.6 <> (SS): 1/160 <> ISO 100 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 90mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Macro <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Bee on Red Campion. (Aperture f/8 <> (SS): 1/125 <> ISO 800 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 90mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 90mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Macro <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Mocha,

Thanks. I'm glad you liked seeing the Rhododendron wall. 😀

Mocha,

I loved seeing your landscape scenes, especially the third one with the water at 1 second shutter speed hand-held. The flowers were lovely too.

We do. There are quite a few rooftop nests in my local area.
They seem to be everywhere in the UK, but, to be fair, I only live about a mile from the sea.

Thanks mocha.

Great photos mocha. The little waterfall is my favourite.

Love calm nature and colors in this one - great capture!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you both very much, glad you like it!

These are my favorites. Love the composition in the first shot with the stream as well as the wonderful look and tones of the water surface. And the second one is great in terms of focusing and has very beautiful colors as well. Excellent!

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

I sat down, brought my knees up and rested the camera on them. Then a long deep breath. It was far easier with the 70D because it has the flippy screen and I could compose the shot easily. Not so with the 7D MkII with its static screen. Happy Holiday Digirame, bring back your photos, I'm sure you'll have a few 😀

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

Soon you'll be down here in Cornwall, it's a beautiful part of this world. Happy Holiday. 👍

Hi simplejoy, Thank You.

We're seeing some hot Summer weather at the moment so everything is thriving

I didn't have my camera with me.

I came around a bend in the road this morning and saw a small flock of turkeys in the back yard of a church.

It was a small white Baptist church in a little town out in the middle of nowhere.

Ever since then, I have been trying to wrap my head around the idea of a bunch of Holy Roller turkeys.

Speaking in tongues.

How would we know?

I haven't been able to get that image out of my mind just yet.

😀

Steve Thomas