Your Canon Photos No.2: 14th to 20th May 2023

This thread is principally intended for you to show others the photos you have made with Canon cameras of all sorts: SLR, DSLR, Mirrorless, M-series, ASP-C, film, etc. BUT, because you may sometimes have the opportunity of taking an outstanding picture when you do not have a Canon camera with you, photos taken with all brands of camera will be accepted, including those taken with your phone. We do enjoy reading an accompanying text explaining your photos 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!

This thread is intended to run from 14th to 20th May 2023. A new thread for the following week will be posted next Saturday around 10 pm UK time.

If you upload by means of the arrow logo near the r.h. end of the row of icons when you have the reply box open, the EXIF data will be displayed automatically below your photo. There is no longer a 4MB limit on the size of your photo, but you do have a total data limit of just under 4GB. Your usage will be indicated after you have uploaded an image, and you can also click on the r.h. icon to see this.

We look forward to seeing your photos, particularly now that Spring has sprung in the northern hemisphere. So get outside and use the light provided by the sun! If your week happens to be overcast or rainy, by all means post older photos. Digirame and I will be active here and are sharing the hosting, but we hope that all will join in and comment on others' photos. As I am sure we all see it, this is more about community building and sharing than showing off.

David

The rain we have had in the past two days gives me the excuse for uploading a photo from last May, behind which lies a tale. When I was born, my father brought some Lilies of the Valley to my mother when he visited us in the hospital. Those in my photo were part of a bunch offered by an old man at the entrance to one of the underground stations in the city centre and I couldnt pass by without buying them from him.

After the beautiful "Maiglöckchen" (lily of the valley) fellow Austrian David showed, I want to share a slightly more blurry and chaotic image of a tiny delicate flower as well:

Happy Mothers Day by simple.joy, on Flickr

David,

That is so sweet of your father to purchased those flowers. I like the photo. The flowers are pretty and the way you have presented it is really attractive.

Simplejoy,

Happy Mother's Day. 😀 The photo is beautiful; it looks like it is a painting with a pleasant degree of softness surrounding the delicate white flowers.

Happy Mother's Day. 😀

Model - Canon EOS Rebel T7i
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 9
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExposureBiasValue - 0
FocalLength - 250 mm
Lens Model - EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

I like it. 😀

I didn't realise the UK and USA have different Mother's day dates. Ours is in March.
Great photo.

Yes ours is a movable day: the fourth Sunday in Lent each year. At least it is in the UK, mainland Europe seems to follow the American useage.

David

That's a super picture: I have never had such luck with roses...

David

Some Irises.
5600K

These are some blackberry bushes. I widened the aperture to f/5.6 and used Evaluative metering.

This last one, I used partial metering.

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Steve Thomas

I've decided I don't like the f/5.6 aperture very much. It seems like it's neither fish nor fowl. It's not as isolationist as f/2.8 for example, nor as sharp as f/8 - f/11.
I suppose it's good for group photos or something when you want to get everyone in relative focus, but most of the time, it just seems kind of meh.
I guess it's true what they say about your lenses being best a stop or two down from its widest aperture.

Steve Thomas

Sunny side of a robin:

Canon Eos 5D IV - SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM

wood violet spotted while hiking this weekend:

Canon Eos R - Canon RF 85mm F2 MACRO IS STM

I dont exclusively think of aperture as a means of controlling depth of field, particularly when in the open air. For me there are f/8 days (sunny) and f/5.6 days (not sunny), and very sunny (f/11) and very overcast (f/4), etc. It doesnt always work, but it does mostly.

David

The nice thing about carrying a camera when out and about is that it encourages one to be observant. The robin and wood violet are examples of the benefits this. Nice pictures, both. Thanks!

David

I cant see what the difference in metering achieved: please explain. Both photo are successful to me. I am sure you will go back there in September to collect the blackberries!

Thank you! These little flowers always remind me of my parents.

David