Your R System Images - September 2025

[PKM-UK]

Spotted a bunch of these Blue Winged Wasps (Scolia dubia) in the yard today. They are generally good guys. They are solitary wasps, not aggressive toward people, and are actually considered beneficial because their larvae parasitize beetle grubs (like Japanese beetles) in lawns and gardens. The larvae feed on the grubs as they grow, the grubs go away, the moles have less food, and so it goes. Japanese beetle grubs are very common in central Illinois.

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Hi Tim,

Well spotted and caught (Karen would be fine, but I'd have been running in the other direction... ).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

White-winged Orbweaver

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Hi Marc,

Crikey - just when I thought it was safe to go back to sleep again...

Quite a sight - well seen and caught. (I'd have left this one to Karen!).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

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Hi Massimiliano,

Sumptuous colours in images #1 and 2, with the statue in #3 providing the perfect subject. (#1 is our favourite - a glorious composition).

Well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Some shots from the Tour of Britain (Stage 4) which passed through our village on Friday after starting in nearby Atherstone. They were still warming up at this point - the official start of racing being in the next village along. I suspect they all particularly enjoyed the new traffic calming features the council have recently installed - and the bonus narrowing created by a bunch of complete cretins who parked their cars on the steep descent out of the village...

(Shot C-raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS - with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Photo AI).

Phil


1. Hello - welcome to Hartshill (better get ready to test those expensive looking brakes... )

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2. Bye then - have a lot of fun...

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[Chris Summers]

In September we start to see annual fall festivals around our community, albeit the weather isn't quite fall like yet with late summer heat and humidity typical of SE Texas. But one has to get into the spirit so I attended the annual In a Pickle Festival. Lots of vendors selling all things pickle related from canned jars to pickle candy and even Pickle Corn Dogs. They have a Pet Pickle Costume contest to start and it was quite short in length which was probably good for the pets as they all looked overheated in their costumes. I had fun getting various vendors to pose, tell me what their favorite products were. With all the daily negative stuff in the news it was nice to see people smiling!

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[PKM-UK]

In September we start to see annual fall festivals around our community, albeit the weather isn't quite fall like yet with late summer heat and humidity typical of SE Texas. But one has to get into the spirit so I attended the annual In a Pickle Festival. Lots of vendors selling all things pickle related from canned jars to pickle candy and even Pickle Corn Dogs. They have a Pet Pickle Costume contest to start and it was quite short in length which was probably good for the pets as they all looked overheated in their costumes. I had fun getting various vendors to pose, tell me what their favorite products were. With all the daily negative stuff in the news it was nice to see people smiling!

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Hi Chris,

A wonderfully heartwarming and uplifting post to start any day with - it's fantastic to see people (and their pets!) thoroughly enjoying themselves.

(Some interesting looking food products being touted there too!).

Beautifully captured and presented - thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[timm]

This was interesting to me because the two stems of the same plant look so different. It is Sorghum and officially called Sorghum bicolor. It has a lot of familiar names, including Milo, Grain sorghum, Broom-corn, Millet, etc. This is a volunteer plant that's growing beneath my backyard bird feeder. The birds love it. I plan to harvest it and plant it elsewhere on the property so they have more to eat next year.

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[PKM-UK]

This was interesting to me because the two stems of the same plant look so different. It is Sorghum and officially called Sorghum bicolor. It has a lot of familiar names, including Milo, Grain sorghum, Broom-corn, Millet, etc. This is a volunteer plant that's growing beneath my backyard bird feeder. The birds love it. I plan to harvest it and plant it elsewhere on the property so they have more to eat next year.

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Hi Tim,

What a fascinating and all-round beneficial plant - and a well controlled capture.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

A few shots from a visit last weekend to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, with my R5 mkII (set-up tweaks and feature test). Once again, I was very impressed with the handling - and delighted with the image quality. The batteries held up pretty well too (1.5 of 3 used for 4,000+ shots).

(Shot C-raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS - with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Photo AI).

Phil


1. Cub-lurve...

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2. What a bunch of little cuties...

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3. Tiger Club - but where could Mrs Tiger be?...

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4. What we didn't prepare for before we started was seeing a tiger sat in a waterfall. The camera settings for the upper shot therefore fell well short of what was optimum and processing purists should note the images used have been well and truly 'fiddled about with' to bring this one up to our hopes and expectations.

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5. The main target for our visit was to spot the 2 new Amur Leopard cubs - and in this sense we only did Arfur. (Arfur job). But what a little cutie...

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[THXGEEK]

Love the big cats!

 

[PKM-UK]

Love the big cats!

Hi Craig,

Us too - we do tend to gravitate in their direction...

The Yorkshire Wildlife Park is a great venue - cheetahs aside (which is fairly infrastructure heavy), all of the big cat enclosures offer a decent range of wire/ glass-free photographic opportunities (alongside the usual 'it's best not to let them wander around willy-nilly' kind of stuff). The lion enclosure is excellent and the Amur leopards have multiple platforms in their enclosure to climb up - the top levels of which are at grade with the large public viewing building.

P&K

 

[Dean Wilson]

It was very bland weather and over all conditions at the beach. So, I decided to try a in-camera double exposure while walking with my wife and little sister.

There was only one set of tire tracks on the beach.

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[THXGEEK]

It was very bland weather and over all conditions at the beach. So, I decided to try a in-camera double exposure while walking with my wife and little sister.

There was only one set of tire tracks on the beach.

Now THAT is really unique! I like it!

 

[THXGEEK]

... while walking with my wife and little sister.

Be sure to (gently) torment your sister just a little bit. 1) It's your job and 2) Sisters expect it.

I've been fulfilling my duties as 'tormenter-in-chief' to my big sister for many years. It never gets old.

Muaaahahahaha!

 

[Only RF]

A few shots from a visit last weekend to Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, with my R5 mkII (set-up tweaks and feature test). Once again, I was very impressed with the handling - and delighted with the image quality. The batteries held up pretty well too (1.5 of 3 used for 4,000+ shots).

(Shot C-raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS - with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Photo AI).

Phil


1. Cub-lurve...

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2. What a bunch of little cuties...

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3. Tiger Club - but where could Mrs Tiger be?...

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4. What we didn't prepare for before we started was seeing a tiger sat in a waterfall. The camera settings for the upper shot therefore fell well short of what was optimum and processing purists should note the images used have been well and truly 'fiddled about with' to bring this one up to our hopes and expectations.

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5. The main target for our visit was to spot the 2 new Amur Leopard cubs - and in this sense we only did Arfur. (Arfur job). But what a little cutie...

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Nice set. Great looking park

 

[PKM-UK]

It was very bland weather and over all conditions at the beach. So, I decided to try a in-camera double exposure while walking with my wife and little sister.

There was only one set of tire tracks on the beach.


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Hi Dean,

Fantastic concept and execution - at first glance we thought your wife was wearing a coat and jeans with matching prints of a person on them.

(Could be a market for that kind of thing!).


Great stuff - thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Nice set. Great looking park

Hi Only RF,

Cheers - much appreciated!

The Yorkshire Wildlife Park is an excellent venue for photography (always a decent number of enthusiasts from absolute beginner to 'pro' in evidence).


Along with Chester Zoo it will undoubtedly be a regular fixture for us through autumn and winter - our next visit is already booked in for early October.

P&K

 

[dgphoto8]

My wife and I took an evening photo walk in Boston's Seaport district, which is a newly redeveloped part of the city, with many 20 and 30-somethings dining and partying. Not being 20 or 30 and dressed in "old people clothes", we and a few tourists were distinctly out of place. But it was a beautiful evening for a walk and photography.

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A view of Fan Pier Park and downtown Boston.

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The Custom House Tower wedged between two buildings. The Custom House was the tallest building in Boston until the early 1960s and is currently a Marriot Resort hotel.

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A wider view of the skyline across Boston Harbor at blue hour.

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Finally, an anachronistic touch of the Seaport, the abandoned Northern Avenue bridge, which was my photographic objective for the evening. The bridge is a swing bridge design to allow boats to navigate the Fort Point Channel. Originally, this bridge built in 1908 had 2 lanes for car traffic and a middle lane for trains/trollies. After years of deterioration, it was closed to vehicle traffic in 1997 and one lane was used as a pedestrian/bike bridge. In 2014, the deck was deemed unsafe and the bridge was swung open permanently. While debates raged on for years between various city factions about whether and how to renovate/rebuild/replace the historic bridge and what modes of transportation would be present, these were all rendered moot in 2024 when the US Coast Guard declared the near-collapsing bridge to be a navigational hazard; it is slated for demolition in the coming years. It is most likely that the bridge will be removed and not replaced since there are alternate bridges available in the area.

 

[Only RF]

My wife and I took an evening photo walk in Boston's Seaport district, which is a newly redeveloped part of the city, with many 20 and 30-somethings dining and partying. Not being 20 or 30 and dressed in "old people clothes", we and a few tourists were distinctly out of place. But it was a beautiful evening for a walk and photography.
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A view of Fan Pier Park and downtown Boston.

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The Custom House Tower wedged between two buildings. The Custom House was the tallest building in Boston until the early 1960s and is currently a Marriot Resort hotel.

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A wider view of the skyline across Boston Harbor at blue hour.

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Finally, an anachronistic touch of the Seaport, the abandoned Northern Avenue bridge, which was my photographic objective for the evening. The bridge is a swing bridge design to allow boats to navigate the Fort Point Channel. Originally, this bridge built in 1908 had 2 lanes for car traffic and a middle lane for trains/trollies. After years of deterioration, it was closed to vehicle traffic in 1997 and one lane was used as a pedestrian/bike bridge. In 2014, the deck was deemed unsafe and the bridge was swung open permanently. While debates raged on for years between various city factions about whether and how to renovate/rebuild/replace the historic bridge and what modes of transportation would be present, these were all rendered moot in 2024 when the US Coast Guard declared the near-collapsing bridge to be a navigational hazard; it is slated for demolition in the coming years. It is most likely that the bridge will be removed and not replaced since there are alternate bridges available in the area.

Nice. We were there the year before the tore down the Boston Garden down. Did the tour through it. Thanks for the images.

 

[PKM-UK]

My wife and I took an evening photo walk in Boston's Seaport district, which is a newly redeveloped part of the city, with many 20 and 30-somethings dining and partying. Not being 20 or 30 and dressed in "old people clothes", we and a few tourists were distinctly out of place. But it was a beautiful evening for a walk and photography.
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A view of Fan Pier Park and downtown Boston.

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The Custom House Tower wedged between two buildings. The Custom House was the tallest building in Boston until the early 1960s and is currently a Marriot Resort hotel.

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A wider view of the skyline across Boston Harbor at blue hour.

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Finally, an anachronistic touch of the Seaport, the abandoned Northern Avenue bridge, which was my photographic objective for the evening. The bridge is a swing bridge design to allow boats to navigate the Fort Point Channel. Originally, this bridge built in 1908 had 2 lanes for car traffic and a middle lane for trains/trollies. After years of deterioration, it was closed to vehicle traffic in 1997 and one lane was used as a pedestrian/bike bridge. In 2014, the deck was deemed unsafe and the bridge was swung open permanently. While debates raged on for years between various city factions about whether and how to renovate/rebuild/replace the historic bridge and what modes of transportation would be present, these were all rendered moot in 2024 when the US Coast Guard declared the near-collapsing bridge to be a navigational hazard; it is slated for demolition in the coming years. It is most likely that the bridge will be removed and not replaced since there are alternate bridges available in the area.

Hi Don,

A wonderful set of truly eye-catching evening cityscape images - very well controlled, with terrific detail and superb colours - love the reflections.

(The background information is absolutely fascinating).


Well done indeed - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Post Card from America - images from our recent whale watching trip at Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite and Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper TK-9 Panels. Karen used our Sony RX10 IV on this trip - so you’re stuck with Phil’s images).

We are very happy to recommend Newburyport Whale Watch to anyone in the area seeking a similar experience.

Phil and Karen

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[Nick L]

Blashford Lakes near Ringwood UK, Juvenile Kingfishers learning to fish.

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[Only RF]

Blashford Lakes near Ringwood UK, Juvenile Kingfishers learning to fish.

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Nice capture

 

[Nick L]

This year as my local airshow is no more we went to RIAT near Fairford and although it was not the best of weather the planes were really not bad !

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[PKM-UK]

Blashford Lakes near Ringwood UK, Juvenile Kingfishers learning to fish.

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Hi Nick,

Absolutely sublime.

Well done indeed - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

This year as my local airshow is no more we went to RIAT near Fairford and although it was not the best of weather the planes were really not bad !

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HI Nick,

You've nailed the drama and energy of this fly-past with tack sharp detail and figure hugging contrail generation to produce a truly eye-catching capture.

Great work! - Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[BirdBrainPhil]

Just a shot of a Wheatear.

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[BirdBrainPhil]

Just a Stonechat.

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Not been around here for some time. Been travelling and using a Sony RX10M4, so not relevant on the is forum. My Canon kit is a bit much to take along on some of our trips.

But still shooting birds!

Condors

 

[Ferenc MÓGOR]

Hungarian Railway Museum (Budapest):

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[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

Spring is here. Struggling against incursions of cold air from the Deep South, but here all the same.

So: I thought I'd get myself a drone...

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...fly, that is. Eristalis tenax on Daphne.

Things I learned today? They are called drone flies because they look and behave like bees, which is what I thought they were until I went down a rabbit hole researching NZ flying insects. In the end iNaturalist came to my rescue.

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Life's a peach. In this case, the flowers of a peche du vigne, or vineyard peach, luscious purple things that explode with juice and flavour come March. They're more commonly called blackboy peaches, which is a bit too casual racist for me. The image is also a bit too chocolate box for my usual taste, but you take what you see, n'est-ce-pas?

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It's usually said that only citrus trees will fruit and flower at the same time, but here's an almond proving it can stand up to anything a grapefruit can do.

Anyway, enough with photography. Time to go to the pub. ;-)