Your R System Images - August 2023

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We hope you have fun making wonderful images this month!

Stay safe and well…

Phil and Karen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Any R System images/ movies can be posted. If you would like to say something about them in terms of the subject, settings, or any post-processing, that will be very welcome.

Remember, you don't have to only post things you took this month - sometimes people don't get around to processing/ editing images straight after shooting them. (Think of it more as an ‘images I’d like to post here this month’ thing).

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Thank you!
 
Some images from a recent visit to Bolton Castle, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite and Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop).

Phil and Karen


1. What a cutie...

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2. We can see you...

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3. One smart cookie...

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4. Sharp eyed and very, very fast...

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5. Don't forget to duck...

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6. When someone want's your hard earned reward...

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Great images Phil & Karen! The barn owl is a beauty. I've only seen one around by us, they are definitely quite elusive in the day time but do come out occasionally.
 
Timothy Mayo said:
Great images Phil & Karen! The barn owl is a beauty. I've only seen one around by us, they are definitely quite elusive in the day time but do come out occasionally.
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Hi Tim,

Cheers - much appreciated!

The birds were all part of a display provided during the day and included as part of the visit. Things were not made any easier by the fact we had to sit down and were a bit too close to the action at times (you always have the wrong lens... :LOL: ). BIF is not our strong point and, to be honest, we were largely swimming in a sea of chaos with settings and techniques - but as the saying goes, you only need to get it right once (and I had Karen with me!).

Phil
 
PKM-UK said:
Hi David,

Absolutely wonderful. A mesmerising and utterly captivating image.

P&K
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Thanks, Karen and Phil.

99.5% full according to timeanddate.com with full moon at 4:31 am tomorrow (AET — UTC+10). That means it should be 100% full as it rises (behind the clouds?) over Europe.
  • R5 on a tripod with gimbal.
  • Viewfinder : Electronic Level (green line) on. Important!
  • Exposure Comp : –2 EV (to prevent crazy overexposure)
  • Adobe Bridge : Batch Rename to alter file name to reflect date and time (YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss).
  • DxO PureRAW 3 : DeepPRIME XD
  • Lightroom Classic : Restraint with the sliders. Important!
… David
 
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David Berry said:
99.5% full according to timeanddate.com with full moon at 4:31 am tomorrow (AET — UTC+10) . That means it should be 100% full as it rises (behind the clouds?) over Europe.

  • R5 on a tripod with gimbal.
  • Exposure Comp : –2 EV (to prevent crazy overexposure)
  • Adobe Bridge : Batch Rename to alter file name to reflect date and time (YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss).
  • DxO PureRAW 3 : DeepPRIME XD
  • Lightroom Classic : Restraint with the sliders!
… David
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Hi David,

You've obviously sussed our weather is directly linked to interesting celestial events... :LOL:

Phil

(With apologies for the non-RF image).

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David Berry said:
...
  • R5 on a tripod with gimbal.
  • Viewfinder : Electronic Level (green line) on. Important!
  • Exposure Comp : –2 EV (to prevent crazy overexposure)
  • Adobe Bridge : Batch Rename to alter file name to reflect date and time (YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss).
  • DxO PureRAW 3 : DeepPRIME XD
  • Lightroom Classic : Restraint with the sliders. Important!
… David
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Nice shot. I have the same setup and going out tonight to attempt a capture here in central Pennsylvania, USA.

Do you folks think a moon shot is a good candidate for High-Resolution mode in a R5?
 
Sad to say, but this is the only batch of baby birds I've seen this year -

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It wasn't that many years ago that I could find birds in six different ponds within 10 miles of my home. Last year it was just 2 ponds. Now just one.
Don't know if the problem is drought, heat, or coyotes.
 
J Cass said:
Do you folks think a moon shot is a good candidate for High-Resolution mode in an R5?
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Let's try it!

Note the nonsense distance to the moon that DxO has conjured up! This is the same as on other shots of distant objects (for example, aircraft).

LrC Settings
 
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I am a programmer, so the First thing I thought on seeing this “distance” was that it looked like the decimal version of the maximum number that can be stored in hexadecimel in 2-bytes which is 65535 (xffff) so it maybe that the distance field is just being “maxed out”!
 
PKM-UK said:
Some images from a recent visit to Bolton Castle, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite and Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop).

Phil and Karen


1. What a cutie...

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2. We can see you...

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3. One smart cookie...

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4. Sharp eyed and very, very fast...

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5. Don't forget to duck...

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6. When someone want's your hard earned reward...

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Very nice photos! I really like how the B&W photos came out
 
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Some late July photos:
A partially molted Baltimore oriole enjoying a summer snack of jelly
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A dragonfly (don't what kind) in the backyard. This was taken with the R7 and RF800 mm lens-still amazed at how well this lens works, even at an effective 1280 mm...
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A grey squirrel posing in the morning light
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An American goldfinch- they are starting to molt but this fine fellow still shows some very nice plumage
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Something different, my niece playing in a hockey tournament at the same rink that I play at.
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Finally, a very riled up grey catbird at our feeder, trying to enjoy a breakfast of mealworms and suet. The object of his disaffection is a blue jay that has landed nearby.
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chipman said:
Sad to say, but this is the only batch of baby birds I've seen this year -

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It wasn't that many years ago that I could find birds in six different ponds within 10 miles of my home. Last year it was just 2 ponds. Now just one.
Don't know if the problem is drought, heat, or coyotes.
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Hi Chipman,

What a bunch of absolute cuties. We can only hope they overcome all challenges and go on to thrive.

P&K
 
dgphoto8 said:
Very nice photos! I really like how the B&W photos came out
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Hi Don,

Cheers - appreciated!

I tried B&W with a few shots and also liked the outcomes - a pleasing alternative to the colour versions.

Phil
 
dgphoto8 said:
Some late July photos:
A partially molted Baltimore oriole enjoying a summer snack of jelly
View attachment 18535
A dragonfly (don't what kind) in the backyard. This was taken with the R7 and RF800 mm lens-still amazed at how well this lens works, even at an effective 1280 mm...
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A grey squirrel posing in the morning light
View attachment 18537

An American goldfinch- they are starting to molt but this fine fellow still shows some very nice plumage
View attachment 18538

Something different, my niece playing in a hockey tournament at the same rink that I play at.
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Finally, a very riled up grey catbird at our feeder, trying to enjoy a breakfast of mealworms and suet. The object of his disaffection is a blue jay that has landed nearby.
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Hi Don,

A terrific set of images, each one having distinct qualities and attractions, but we're suckers for squirrels - so you can guess which is our favourite... :)

Thank you for sharing.

P&K
 
Thank you P&K. Their red is like neon lights!
 
High Force Waterfall, a 21 metre high cascade on the River Tees, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England.

(Shot raw by Karen using the 'balance it on a rock/ variable ND' technique and processed by Phil with: Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop and Topaz Studio 2).

[Edit: Colour corrected/ minor tweaks version uploaded to replace original post].

Phil and Karen

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I took my camera out for a 10 mile walk today and nothing magically appeared for me to photograph.
After I got home I decided it was time to check the mail and was greeted by a hummingbird 10 feet from the front door.


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Bow Lake along the Icefield Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada
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A view of Bow Glacier Falls. The stream empties into the lake pictured first.
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Peyto Lake along the same drive.
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Cavell Pond, Cavell Glacier, and Angel Glacier at Mount Edith Cavell.
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Mistaya Canyon on the same drive.

These are all Canon Connect JPEG conversions from R6II raws transferred to the phone. Passing time on the long drive home. Can’t wait to get these into my regular software.
 
My camera came in today! I didn’t have much time to play with it, but I had to try it out, got some pics of my handsome boy Otis. Hopefully tomorrow I can try to capture some hummingbirds that visit my yard.
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Dean Wilson said:
I took my camera out for a 10 mile walk today and nothing magically appeared for me to photograph.
After I got home I decided it was time to check the mail and was greeted by a hummingbird 10 feet from the front door.


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Hi Dean,

Wow - a beautiful creature, beautifully captured and presented. Superb!

Thank you for sharing… :)

P&K
 
JustUs7 said:
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Bow Lake along the Icefield Parkway in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada
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A view of Bow Glacier Falls. The stream empties into the lake pictured first.
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Peyto Lake along the same drive.
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Cavell Pond, Cavell Glacier, and Angel Glacier at Mount Edith Cavell.
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Mistaya Canyon on the same drive.

These are all Canon Connect JPEG conversions from R6II raws transferred to the phone. Passing time on the long drive home. Can’t wait to get these into my regular software.
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Hi Stephen,

A breathtaking series of images - already inspirational, we can feel your excitement about getting them into full processing.

Thank you for taking the time to provide these advance previews… :)

P&K
 
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