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

Subject: Car Show

It's been a busy summer. I hope you all are having a good one. Here's some more pictures I took two days ago. Let's see your summer photos also. 😀

Photo No. 1

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 15 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 2

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0.67
FocalLength - 21 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 3

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.67
FocalLength - 15 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 4

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.67
FocalLength - 21 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 5

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 18 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 6

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 1600
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 17 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 7

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 18 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 8

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 25 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 9

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 22 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 10

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 31 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Photo No. 11

Model - Canon EOS M50m2
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 8
ISOSpeedRatings - 1000
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 15 mm
Lens Model - EF-M15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM

Hi Digirame,

Love the old cars, one of my favourites has to be the VW Beetle. 😁

Hi all,

Walking a woodland trail this afternoon and came across this, I've seen many spiders webs but this one takes the gold medal, the spider has completely woven around a plant almost tent like. Don't you just love nature.

(Aperture f/7.1 <> (SS): 1/500 <> ISO 250 <> EC: 0 <> PASM Mode: Custom <> Metering: Partial <> Focus Mode: AI Servo <> FL: 119mm <> Lens: Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD <> Camera ID: Canon EOS 7D Mark II).

Mocha,

Thanks. Yes, the old VW beetles are still very popular and are a favorite of many people here too.

Mocha,

That spider must be tired. 😀 That was a lot of work. Yes, nature is marvelous.

Great capture! Are you sure it was made by spiders? I think those types of webs covering whole plants are often made by certain caterpillars as far as I know.

I saw these in Indiana. It was not spiders, but something that can result in the death of the tree. I think from memory they may have been tent caterpillars.

David

I Googled 'tent caterpillar uk' and found this under a Devon article, next door to where I am at the moment in Cornwall, thank you both for that information. 👍

Brown tail moth caterpillar

The caterpillars may be seen from August to October, then again after winter hibernation, from April to June. The caterpillars spin a silken tent over trees and shrubs under which they shelter during dull weather and at night.

Caterpillars do a similar thing, too.

Mocha,

In the United States, they are known as Gypsy Moths. They can devastate whole forests.
When I lived in Pennsylvania, you could drive along and see whole mountainsides that looked like that.

Steve Thomas

Hi Dunlin, Thank You.

Both simplejoy and davidwien alerted me to the fact that it could be caterpillars, I Googled it and found this info.

Brown tail moth caterpillar

The caterpillars may be seen from August to October, then again after winter hibernation, from April to June. The caterpillars spin a silken tent over trees and shrubs under which they shelter during dull weather and at night.

WOW Steve that must be one sight to behold.

Mocha,

It's ugly as sin. They will kill off whole forests

Steve

Those must be the ones I saw in Indiana.

David

Subject: Why Bateman Island Is Special?

Some of you who saw my pictures of Bateman Island might have not known what makes it special. It's special in that it is like an oasis in the desert. Without the Columbia River water, it would be mostly grass and small shrubs like the surrounding areas. So I'll show you pictures just before we arrived at the area, then where we crossed over the bridge and where we eventually made it to Bateman Island, where there are lots of trees.

Photo No. 1 - This was taken from a moving car along Highway 395 in Washington state.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 100 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 2 - Washington state is not all forest and green valleys, like what you all may see in travel brochures.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 85 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 3 - So much of the state is dry and barren.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 640
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 64 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 4 - Some dry areas are irrigated and crops are grown.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 35 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 5 - I'm not sure what this tower is for.... Does anyone know?

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 50 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 6 - We see railroad tracks here. I saw many trains too.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 500
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 42 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 7 - OK, we cross the bridge near Kennewick, Washington.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 800
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 62 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 8 - On the bridge you can see the sign that says we are entering Kennewick. Straight ahead in the distance is where Bateman Island is located.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/1250 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
FocalLength - 18 mm
Lens Model - EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Photo No. 9 - There's a little telephoto compression here, showing Bateman Island and the homes behind it. The homes are on the other side of the Columbia River and are actually quite far from this island, I think more than a half mile away.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 175 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Photo No. 10 - We see one more picture of Bateman Island with some fishermen. I hope you enjoyed this series too.

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/640 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - -0.33
FocalLength - 55 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

Hi Digirame,

Now that's a place I could spend some time discovering, I also see a 'Great White Egret' in photo 9 😁, more reasons to spend some time there.

Love the set.

Mocha,

Thanks. Yes, I saw the white egret too, but I decided to not try to walk closer to it. I did not bring my Tamron 150-600mm lens with me on the long trip. Years ago, when I was there I did see some pretty colorful birds up close in the trees on the pedestrian "bridge". I was hoping I would see them again. They would have looked good with the 55-250mm lens that I was using.

A lot of vacation photos this week. Mocha's were from Cornwall, with birds and the Looe estuary. Photobygms went on a hike and captured dragonflies. Digirame was in eastern Washington State, including Bateman Island, Idaho and Montana. Lots of wide open spaces, mountains -- and wind farms; but no cowboys! He was also at a car show. My favorite of the cars he photographed is the DeLorean. I would love to have had one with those cool doors. I remember such shows in Michigan but havent seen one around here.

Another deer visited Steve T, while Steve P caught a sparrow feeding her young. We also learned about fire bugs and treacherous gypsy moths.

Meanwhile I stayed at home and took shots of the tourists and the Green Danube. Some of you had magnificent clouds and storms. We had one, but during the dark hours...

I think we would all fight over the raspberries!

Lots of helpful comments from you all. Thank you! Keep taking those pictures while the light is so good.

The new weekly thread is open here. Please start using it now.

David