Your Canon Photos No. 8: 25th June to 1st July 2023

Hi all,

Looe, Cornwall. The harbour and its estuary.

Looking toward the sea. (Aperture f/9 <> (SS): 1/250 <> ISO 100 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 33mm <> Lens: Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Low tide and no signs of the Little Egrets. (Aperture f/9 <> (SS): 1/250 <> ISO 100 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Aperture Priority <> Metering: Evaluative <> Focus Mode: One Shot <> FL: 18mm <> Lens: Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Found them in the estuary, flying in from the trees where they're nesting. (Aperture f/7.1 <> (SS): 1/1000 <> ISO 125 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Custom <> Metering: Partial <> Focus Mode: AI Servo <> FL: 483mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Catching crabs. (Aperture f/7.1 <> (SS): 1/1000 <> ISO 250 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Custom <> Metering: Partial <> Focus Mode: AI Servo <> FL: 600mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Stalking its prey. (Aperture f/7.1 <> (SS): 1/1000 <> ISO 250 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Custom <> Metering: Partial <> Focus Mode: AI Servo <> FL: 495mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

A few from our latest hike, and the first time to try and test our second RF 24-240 lens 😎

All shot with our Canon Eos R and the Canon RF 24-240mm F4-6.3 IS USM

Same tree, different deer.

Steve Thomas

Mocha,

The first two scenes are beautiful. You captured the white egret extremely well. It was nice to see that you are still using the Tamron 150-600mm lens.

Photobygms,

It's good to see the pictures from your hike. I particularly like the dragonfly in the fourth picture. It's nice & sharp with an excellent background. Seeing all of the trees, it's similar to what we have in Oregon.

Steve,

Seeing the ISO12800, it must have been early in the morning or at dusk. Did you take this picture through your house window? I don't see deer often, but when I do, I try to capture them as you have done.

Subject: Leaving Oregon

For a vacation last week I took a trip to Montana. We drove through the Columbia River Gorge, through the dry sections of Oregon, through eastern Washington and then to idaho and Montana. Many of my photos were taken from a moving car. It's challenging when doing it at highway speeds. You never know what is going to get in the way. A lot of the time I had to take them through the car glass, but it didn't degrade the image much as long as the glass was reasonably clean. It doesn't work well with dirty glass, which sometimes happens when traveling.

I'll start by showing the trip through the Columbia River Gorge where there were many wind mills. I found them fascinating. I hope you do too.

Photo No. 1 - While driving through the Gorge we see Multnomah Falls. That's a popular tourist attraction.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 3200
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 24 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 2 - Driving further east we see the scars from a forest fire.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1600 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 35 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 3 - There are lots of trees.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 59 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 4 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 35 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 5 - But soon as we leave the Cascade Range, it becomes more dry. You can see a train traveling here also.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 116 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 6 - It's still very dry. We see basalt on the side of the road.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 122 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 7 - Now hardly anything grows here.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 114 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 8 - The skies changed from being cloudy to bright blue.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 35 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 9 - Ah, what do we see?

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 135 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 10 - Well, of course, it's some wind mills.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 135 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 11 - I was so fascinated with these wind mills. But I realized I had the wrong lens. So I grabbed the camera with the attached 55-250mm lens from the back seat.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 117 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 12 - And I started taking them with increased focal lengths. I got these neat closeups.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 250 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 13 - The wind mills were amazing.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 178 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 14 - And we see one more photo of them with beautiful blue sky.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

@Digirame The trees may like the trees you might find in Oregon 😉 but you got mountain ranges. We don't have that in the Netherlands,
Our highest point is a hill in the most southern part (Limburg) called Vaalserberg with a height of 322.4 metres (1,058 ft)
Your latest set pictures, I like them because it does look a bit like what we have seen in Canada on our roadtrip through Alberta and BC (Canadian Rockies)

Dig,

Yes. The deer was taken at dusk. After living out West for a while, you learn that if you see deer feeding down in the meadows in the middle of the day, that means there is a storm coming.

Steve Thomas

Heavy rain is expected for the coming week. It’s about time.

Photobygms,

Thanks for the reply. I forget often where you all live. Yes, I heard parts of Netherlands is very flat. It's nice to know you have a hill over a thousand feet high.

Benji,

That's great to hear that you all are getting some rain, to put out those wildfires. That smoke reminds me of what we had almost three years ago.

Subject: Montana Trip

Our one week trip to western Montana was mainly to see relatives. So, we didn't get to see a lot of what you all may expect in Montana, with its high snowy mountain peaks. We had lots of clouds and some rain, so it was difficult to get nice photos. But I found the trip interesting, nonetheless.

Photo No. 1 - What we found in Montana was a little surprising. There were lots of hills and there was less trees than I thought in western Montana in places. I found these yellow flowers to be beautiful. You can see we had cloudy skies. They had lots of rain which has kept everything so green.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 50 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 2 - I thought it was cool to capture this farm with its irrigation device. I'm not sure what you would call it. I had an extremely high shutter speed because we were traveling fast in the car. In Montana, parts of the state have speed limits as high as 80 miles per hour. The depth of field was good, so everything was in focus.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/2500 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2500
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 3 - I just loved seeing all of these green fields.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/2500 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 2000
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 70 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 4 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/2500 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 3200
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 5 - When we did get a little sun, I could show you all some of the mountains.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 6 - And another time....

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 7 - OK, the sun broke out long enough for me to capture another relatively small mountain peak.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 64 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 8 - A few times I was able to get a picture of Montana's blue sky.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 27 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 9 - Again....

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 27 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 10 - OK, I did get at least one photo of some high snowy mountain peaks. But it was far away. I hope you liked seeing pictures of our journey through parts of western Montana.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 135 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Awwww, come on mom, I'm really hungry and it's at least a minute since you last gave me anything to eat.

House sparrow and fledgling, Calgary Canada
Canon 90D Tamron 18-400mm

Hi Digirame, Thank You.

There was much talk about the quality of the Tamron 150-600 G1 but I've found the Lens quality to be excellent, although I do tend to stay away from F6.3 at the long end.

Hi Digirame,

Love both photo stories this week some great views especially the mountains, just as a matter of interest how far did you travel to take your pictures.

Hi Photobygms,

Love the set especially the Dragonflies.