Your R System Images - February 2025

[PKM-UK]

This morning in our garden…

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Protea Pink Ice : Protea Nerifolia X Susannae​

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Hi David,

A superbly detailed and well controlled capture of nature at its most delightful and engrossing - a feast of interest on show here.

(Having read your follow-up technical ‘how I did it’ reveal - even more impressive stuff!).

Well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Thinks he’s a wolf or Coyote.
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Hi RW,

What a little cutie - just don't make it angry...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Female Blackbird at first light.
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Hi NIck,

A fabulous image (more than a nod to the concept of 'chiaroscuro' in photography) - wonderful hint of eye catch-light.

Well seen and beautifully caught.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

My ME course is coming to a close but there will be lots of these still to come. It's a new obsession. As I may have said it combines the best of all worlds for me - being out with my camera (although I've spent too much time in cities for my like the last few months and not enough in greenery-the city ones are recent images and the two garden ones are from the summer) and playing around on the computer. If anyone is interested in Multiple Exposure I highly recommend my teacher, she's based in the UK and leads in person workshops as well as classes on zoom. (And she shoots with a Canon R series!!)View attachment 34875View attachment 34876View attachment 34877View attachment 34878View attachment 34879

Hi Hali,

A series of mesmerising and captivating creative images.

Imaginative and inspirational - thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Alvor, Portugal

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Water draining from place to another. It was waiting for a snack to come through.

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Birding was a little slow.

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Hi Only RF,

We refer you our previous feedback (stunning wildlife captures - but the superb B&W is our favourite!).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

A good day at cormorant rock

Elegant take off

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Not welcome landing. One was stomping foot in protest

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Get ready

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Go

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Hi Only RF,

A series of splendid shots of wonderful creatures in a stunning location - what's not to enjoy!?

Glorious detail and colours evident throughout - all superbly caught and presented.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

A few more misc

These are fast in and out of the rocks. I finally got one.

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Hi Only RF,

Absolutely nailed on BIF shots - beautifully controlled, with rich detail and pleasing colours.

Very well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

We've resurfaced to grab some air amid a sea of raw files (4 zoo visits in 2 weeks = 11,000 raw files to sort out!) - and what a feast for the eyes awaited!

Well done to everyone who has contributed to the thread with images and comments - all very much appreciated.


As we wait for the latest set of zoo images to emerge from a red hot MacBook Pro, some zoo images from earlier visits to Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Photo AI. Compilations are: R7 Karen and R5 Phil).

Phil and Karen


1. The eyes of the tigers (mum and daughter)...

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2. Hold it right there...

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3. OK, OK - we take back what we said about your mother...

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4. What a bunch of cuties...

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5. When you get told you're actually standing in the lion's den...

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6. Yes, we can see you...

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[Only RF]

We've resurfaced to grab some air amid a sea of raw files (4 zoo visits in 2 weeks = 11,000 raw files to chew through!) - and what a feast for the eyes!

Well done to everyone who has contributed to the thread with images and comments - all very much appreciated.


As we wait for the latest set of zoo images to emerge from a red hot MacBook Pro, some zoo images from earlier visits to Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Photo AI. Compilations are R7 Karen and R5 Phil).).

Phil and Karen


1. The eyes of the tigers (mum and daughter)...

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2. Hold it right there...

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3. OK, OK - we take back what we said about your mother...

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4. What a bunch of cuties...

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5. When you get told you're actually standing in the lion's den...

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6. Yes, we can see you...

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Great set. I have to get out to our zoo more often.

 

[Only RF]

A few more. Been heading out to that rock for 5 years and never had a day like this. Patience pays off.

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I can only hold my gear up for so long and you never know when these are about to leave. Got lucky.

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[Kamoshika]

Apparently, sashimi was the in-flight meal.

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[PKM-UK]

Great set. I have to get out to our zoo more often.

Hi Only RF,

Cheers - much appreciated!

Zoo's are our favoured winter venues as there's always plenty to photograph and generally somewhere cosy and quiet to warm up.

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

A few more. Been heading out to that rock for 5 years and never had a day like this. Patience pays off.

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I can only hold my gear up for so long and you never know when these are about to leave. Got lucky.

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Hi Only RF,

Wonderful shots - image #4 is an absolute classic (perfect pose, detail, colours and eye-pop).

Well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

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Hi David,

A superb BIF capture of an absolutely magnificent creature - wonderful pose, detail and eye-pop.

(On the flip side, it would appear this was not a particularly great day for the fish).


Well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[Arbarthisti]

Great set. I have to get out to our zoo more often.

We've resurfaced to grab some air amid a sea of raw files (4 zoo visits in 2 weeks = 11,000 raw files to sort out!) - and what a feast for the eyes awaited!

Well done to everyone who has contributed to the thread with images and comments - all very much appreciated.


As we wait for the latest set of zoo images to emerge from a red hot MacBook Pro, some zoo images from earlier visits to Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Photo AI. Compilations are R7 Karen and R5 Phil).).

Phil and Karen


1. The eyes of the tigers (mum and daughter)...

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2. Hold it right there...

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3. OK, OK - we take back what we said about your mother...

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4. What a bunch of cuties...

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5. When you get told you're actually standing in the lion's den...

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6. Yes, we can see you...

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Nice, the Tigers are just fab

 

[PKM-UK]

Nice, the Tigers are just fab

Hi Nick,

We got lucky - this was the first place we visited after the zoo opened (we know the fastest route!), as we got there the tigers were on great form.

(We're not always this fortunate... ).

P&K

 

[TwoWheeler]

We’re suckers for flowing, or frozen in the act of flowing, water so image #1 is our favourite. Very nice.

Image #2 is an intriguing minimalist composition which captures the viewer's attention and draws them in (though it's hard to put a finger on why).

I’m slowly finding that “natural-abstracts-that-aren’t-really-abstract” and minimalism* seems to be my niche.


*this sometimes causes domestic disharmony, when “someone” finds my use of negative space to be excessive…

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

One more flower shot...

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Tried using LRC's new "adaptive profile" on this, and liked what it did. Not true for everything, but worth playing with.

 

[Only RF]

I don't think it got itself wet

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[klaspavel]

Visiting the castle park in winter.
View of the trees through the shortest sides of two zoom lenses 14mm of 14-35 and 70mm of 70-200 - difference in perspective.

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Thank you for watching.

Pavel

 

[arma22]

Some pictures from my morning stroll through town

 

[Shotbycurtin]

Popped along to Knockhill for a Rally event. The cold and remnants of man flu eventually beat me into an early retreat. Felt grungy so grungy processing.. Last time out with the camera the autofocus was struggling to lock on now and again. Did the latest firmware update and used vehicle tracking and panning assist in Tv mode. Seemed to do the trick. Apologies again for the marmite processing.

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[PKM-UK]

One more flower shot...

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Tried using LRC's new "adaptive profile" on this, and liked what it did. Not true for everything, but worth playing with.

Hi Gareth,

Yes, a most pleasing outcome - I've only had the briefest of plays with Adaptive Profiles (in Photoshop - not yet in LrC).

Definitely worth giving it a go n this instance...

Phil

 

[PKM-UK]

I don't think it got itself wet

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Hi Only RF,

Dry cleaning (well, apart from everything else around which got a good drenching)...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

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Hi Only RF,

A terrific capture of a wonderful creature - plenty of fine detail apparent and the perfect touch of eye catch-light.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Visiting the castle park in winter.
View of the trees through the shortest sides of two zoom lenses 14mm of 14-35 and 70mm of 70-200 - difference in perspective.

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Thank you for watching.

Pavel

Hi Pavel,

Two contrasting, but equally powerful and visually striking compositions - love the expansive feel of image #1 (leading the viewer to the absolutely wonderful lone tree), and the B&W treatment for image #2 is spot on.

Well done all-round - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Some pictures from my morning stroll through town

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Hi Arjan,

A fascinating set of images featuring a wealth of interest for the viewer in both the impressive and dramatic architecture and time-weathered art.

(The close-up characterful image #4 is - just - our favourite).

Well done all-round - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Popped along to Knockhill for a Rally event. The cold and remnants of man flu eventually beat me into an early retreat. Felt grungy so grungy processing.. Last time out with the camera the autofocus was struggling to lock on now and again. Did the latest firmware update and used vehicle tracking and panning assist in Tv mode. Seemed to do the trick. Apologies again for the marmite processing.

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Hi Mike,

A series of beautifully captured - and presented - action shots. Love the treatment, which lends these 'new/ fresh' images a pleasing yesteryear slant.

The perfect blend of focus and action blur helps to give the viewer a real sense of the sheer energy and adrenaline fuelled excitement of the occasion.

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

(Hope you feel better soon!).

P&K

 

[Only RF]

This creature was deep in the reeds and I could only get this face shot. The claws on these things. Velociraptor's cousin.

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