Your Photo of the Week

[Tim Mayo]

Such a beautiful picture!

Thank you Kathryn!

 

[Sminne]

Spring lake hideout!

 

[nick_s]

#Week2

So this image was taken this week. It is a stack of 13 images in DSS then tweaked in Darktable, just to test the camera in low light. All taken at different exposures. Subject is Ursa Major.

24-105 f4/7.1
R6 @35mm, f4, 5 second, ISO from 640-8000

 

[Brian McGovern]

Week 14 (I think). I thought I would post a photo of Ali for a change (LOL).

 

[Suzq]

Week 1. Sounds fun. I'm a newby at astrophotoghy with the R5. This was a composite (in camera) shot of the Milky Way last night. I did a little post processing to get rid of some tail lights and city lights on the right. Taken with R5, 14mm Samyang Lens. Setting: ISO 51,200 yikes!), f stop 2.8, 4 seconds --- three stacked photos. No equatorial mount used.

 

[nick_s]

Week 1. Sounds fun. I'm a newby at astrophotoghy with the R5. This was a composite (in camera) shot of the Milky Way last night. I did a little post processing to get rid of some tail lights and city lights on the right. Taken with R5, 14mm Samyang Lens. Setting: ISO 51,200 yikes!), f stop 2.8, 4 seconds --- three stacked photos. No equatorial mount used.View attachment 3596

Fantastic image. I need to get myself a faster aperture, wide angle lense and a better location!

 

[Kathryn Milner]

Week 15 - This bird, Common Yellowthroat, was so challenging to shoot because he hid out in trees, bushes, or was hidden on the ground in vegetation 98% of the time. On rare occasions he came into the open. I am posting one shot of him in the open on Instaview. I am posting this one here because this is actually one of the times he was more visable. I had a lot of practice finding a bird in the viewfinder under challenging circumstances.

 

[Shotbycurtin]

Dungeness this afternoon.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 13. A little cardinal beetle according to Google. Cropped to 3000px here.

 

[Olar]

Week 9.

As I was wandering through the garden at the University's Arboretum

.

 

[nick_s]

Week #3, a gull taken at Knypersley Reservoir

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 14. A four spotted chaser dragonfly. Cropped here to 3000px.

 

[Kathryn Milner]

A beautiful sharp shot with lots of detail.

 

[Kathryn Milner]

Week 16 - We were privileged to see Prairie Rattlesnakes in their den. To get this picture I had to stand on quite an incline on uneven ground just below the top of a coulee. Lighting was a challenge. No room for a tripod or monopod so it is handheld.

 

[Copterdoc]

Week 16 - We were privileged to see Prairie Rattlesnakes in their den. To get this picture I had to stand on quite an incline on uneven ground just below the top of a coulee. Lighting was a challenge. No room for a tripod or monopod so it is handheld.

View attachment 3883

We have plenty of these rascals here in Arizona and about 6 species. Best observed from a distance with that 500mm lens

 

[Kathryn Milner]

We have plenty of these rascals here in Arizona and about 6 species. Best observed from a distance with that 500mm lens

It was really nice to have my 100 to 500 lens. I only needed 145 mm because we were on the side of a coulee and I needed a helicopter to get a little distance. I should have used a lower shutter speed but my footing was not stable. Lucky my balance was good that day last week. I have since taken a tumble and spent 4 days in hospital with a concussion. I just got out this morning.

 

[Copterdoc]

It was really nice to have my 100 to 500 lens. I only needed 145 mm because we were on the side of a coulee and I needed a helicopter to get a little distance. I should have used a lower shutter speed but my footing was not stable. Lucky my balance was good that day last week. I have since taken a tumble and spent 4 days in hospital with a concussion. I just got out this morning.

Sorry to hear that. Hope you are recovering well. Actually, I wondered about the shutter speed. Was the tail buzzing because it looks completely still here? Those tails are like hummingbird wings.

 

[Kathryn Milner]

Sorry to hear that. Hope you are recovering well. Actually, I wondered about the shutter speed. Was the tail buzzing because it looks completely still here? Those tails are like hummingbird wings.

Thank you. The tail was shaking periodically. I am not sure it was when I took this shot. Prairie Rattlesnakes are endangered here. We used to see them all the time but we rarely see them now.

 

[Shotbycurtin]

Week 14. A four spotted chaser dragonfly. Cropped here to 3000px.

View attachment 3869

That’s a seriously good image from the 100-500 lens Tim. I thought it was a macro shot initially.

 

[Tim Mayo]

A beautiful sharp shot with lots of detail.

Thank you Kathryn!

 

[Tim Mayo]

Week 16 - We were privileged to see Prairie Rattlesnakes in their den. To get this picture I had to stand on quite an incline on uneven ground just below the top of a coulee. Lighting was a challenge. No room for a tripod or monopod so it is handheld.

Awesome shot Kathryn. Glad that you were using the 100-500 though and not a macro lens!

 

[Tim Mayo]

That’s a seriously good image from the 100-500 lens Tim. I thought it was a macro shot initially.

Thanks Mike. It does make a great alternative to a macro and you can shoot from much further away as well.

 

[Olar]

Week #10.

Mrs. Red Cardinal posing for the camera.

 

[Hali]

It was really nice to have my 100 to 500 lens. I only needed 145 mm because we were on the side of a coulee and I needed a helicopter to get a little distance. I should have used a lower shutter speed but my footing was not stable. Lucky my balance was good that day last week. I have since taken a tumble and spent 4 days in hospital with a concussion. I just got out this morning.

Wow! That was a great shot, and I'm sorry to hear you were hurt. I hope you get better quickly!

 

[Kathryn Milner]

Wow! That was a great shot, and I'm sorry to hear you were hurt. I hope you get better quickly!

Thanks so much Hali. I am on the mend.

 

[Kathryn Milner]

Awesome shot Kathryn. Glad that you were using the 100-500 though and not a macro lens!

Thanks Timothy.

 

[Shotbycurtin]

Knowle Park this morning.

 

[Kathryn Milner]

Week 17 - I posted late last week but back on track this week. A bee on a wildflower called Smooth Fleabane.

 

[nick_s]

#Week 3 (missed out last week due to being way too busy with work).

Subject is a David Austin Lady of Shallot rose. My 11yr old son wanted to get in on the photography fun, so I lent him my old EOS450D and set ourselves a task of capturing this rose, with everything in manual, with the only thing set in stone being we had to use a 35mm focal length.

 

[Shotbycurtin]

Week 17 - I posted late last week but back on track this week. A bee on a wildflower called Smooth Fleabane.

View attachment 3977

Great shot Kathryn, sorry to hear about your accident. All mended now I trust?.