Your R System Images - October 2023

[David Berry]

Early morning feed…​

• Canon EOS R5
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 2000

Bar-tailed Godwit : Himantopus leucocephalus
Brighton Beach, Brisbane
camera—subject: 34 metres​

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If the tide's out, it's feeding time!

Southern spring = non-breeding plumage (not that it's evident in this photo!).

 

[PKM-UK]

Early morning feed…​

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Bar-tailed Godwit : Himantopus leucocephalus
Brighton Beach, Brisbane
camera—subject: 34 metres​

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If the tide's out, it's feeding time!

Southern spring = non-breeding plumage (not that it's evident in this photo!).

Hi David,

Another great capture of a wonderful creature - love the way the depth of field/ focus plays out through this shot, really nice!

P&K

 

[ACEkin]

Early morning feed…​

View attachment 20958

Bar-tailed Godwit : Himantopus leucocephalus
Brighton Beach, Brisbane
camera—subject: 34 metres​

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If the tide's out, it's feeding time!

Southern spring = non-breeding plumage (not that it's evident in this photo!).

It must have been a heavily overcast day pushing most of the tones to probably between 25-200 on the brightness scale. But I am sure it could see all the goodies on its way!

 

[David Stallard]

One from our last race meeting of the season - "watching me whilst cutting the grass"

• Canon EOS R3
• RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 392.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 400

 

[ACEkin]

Wild weeds down the street. Converted to monochrome and split-toned slightly.

 

[Archibald]

Interesting technique, and gave a very nice composition.

 

[Only RF]

One from our last race meeting of the season - "watching me whilst cutting the grass"View attachment 20969

I like the grass getting kicked up.

 

[David Berry]

Fetch!​

• Canon EOS R5
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 160

Deception Bay, Queensland
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[Chris Summers]

We stayed in a wonderful old house in Sablet, Provence. The house was built in the early 1700's but went under a major refurbishment a few years ago. It's within the old fort like walls that kept the barbarians out at one time, the walls are2-3 feet thick and the ceilings have these wonderful old wooden beams. We did this trip with my oldest sister and her husband, she was a French teacher for her career so who better to go to France with than her. My French was learned in high school in the early 70's so not too good.

I like doing editorial shots of some of our day to day existence. The kitchen seemed to be the room we gathered in most of the time, very cozy and had a nice vibe.

 

[dgphoto8]

A few photos from the first day of our October leaf peeping trip to New Hampshire and Vermont. We had a great time but we had to work to find the fall color. Portions of Vermont were hit by massive flooding over the Summer and those sections also had leaf fungus issues, plus it was unseasonably warm, which tends to misalign the timing of color change. But it made us explore new areas.

First up, a photo of the Milky Way from a viewpoint on the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire, taken just as we arrived. The position of the Milky Way is not ideal at this time of year (low and descending in the direction of sunset), and clouds were starting to roll in, but I thought the lighting on the clouds worked for this photo.

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 15 sec
• ISO 1600

The next morning was sunny and we photographed Jobs Pond, a location we found after our standard go-to places in Vermont had green or brown foliage.

• Canon EOS R5
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 32.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/40 sec
• ISO 400

Bald Hill Pond, another new location for us. If you look closely you can see a fire tower at the top of the hill/mountain.

• Canon EOS R5
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 45.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/40 sec
• ISO 400

Norton Pond, yet another new location for us. The search for color drove us to the northern extremes of Vermont and New Hampshire. This is only a few miles south of the Canadian Border

• Canon EOS R5
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 400

Some nice color running along a railroad line close to Norton Pond

• Canon EOS R5
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 400

An HDR composite photo of a small river called the Jay Branch

• Canon EOS R5
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 32.0 mm
• ƒ/22
• ISO 400

We had a nice sunset at Lake Willoughby, a spot that usually has wonderful fall color but had virtually none this year. But it is a nice place for sunset photography

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
• 183.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/20 sec
• ISO 320

The last photo is the MIlky Way over Lake Willoughby in Vermont. There is still unavoidable residual light from sunset and some light cloudiness, but it does define the hills and mountains around the lake, with some home lights as well

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 20 sec
• ISO 1600

I hope to post some more photos from our trip soon