Your R System Images - June 2023

[PKM-UK]

Another graffiti wall from the streets of Providence. This is a six-image stitched result that took a while to merge and correct due to the short distance from the wall on the narrow street. Multiple artists collaborated on creating this dragon. The camera is an R7, 18-150 mm RF-S lens, stitched in Photoshop, and perspective and distortion corrected using mainly the Adaptive Wide Angle filter with a little help from the Liquify filter.

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Hi Cernal,

Another very eye-catching and engrossing image, very well caught and beautifully processed! Thank you for sharing it...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

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Hi Cliff,

A terrific capture of a fascinating creature - well controlled, both in terms of light and depth of focus. Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

If there are any bass players out there, you may know about the Phillip Kubicki ExFactor bass guitars. They are unique. I’ve owned one for over 30 years, have no intention of letting it go and while I don’t play as often as I once did, still enjoy playing it. I needed a leading lines photo for 52 Frames this week, decided to use this bass, and did not want to do the obligatory looking down the guitar strings photo. I wanted to include the Factor logo so setup an off-camera flash and had some fun in Lightroom Classic. I like the depth and shadowing of the photo. The logo seems to pop off the guitar. This one was fun to make. Thanks for hanging around and taking a look.
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Hi Tony,

A wonderful image. The control of light and shadow is just right and mixes beautifully with the rich colours and slick design of the subject to produce a very eye-catching composition. Well done!

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

A re-edit of a flower spotted in a front garden during our early morning walk on Friday morning.

(Shot raw and - creatively - processed using: DxO PhotoLab Elite/ Nik Collection, Adobe Lightroom Classic/ Photoshop and Topaz Labs Studio 2).

Phil

• Canon EOS R5
• RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[Kamoshika]

Hi David,

I've made 'I brought the wrong lens' into an art form, so I feel your pain. However, this time you came away with a fine image and some useful local knowledge - so well done!

A fascinating looking creature - thank you for sharing...

Phil

Thank you.

 

[JustUs7]

Arrrh! I brought the wrong lens. Went on a nearby hike today, one that I've done many times over the past 20 years. I never see anything other than a few small birds in the bush, so I decided I'd just take the 14-35 and take some shots at the top of the mountain. Of course, today would be the day I spot an elusive Japanese serow (カモシカ kamoshika). It was down in the bushes, so I didn't get a good shot. But now I know one lives in this particular area, so I have a challenge this summer.

I was at Navajo Bridge in Page, AZ. I known area for the rare California Condor. And we saw a couple. I was using my 100-400. It was midday. The birds weren’t doing much. So I switched to my 24-240 to take some shots of the river, canyon, and bridge.

Just then a condor comes gliding in. I’m on aperture priority, slow shutter speed, wrong lens. Just a total missed opportunity. But as you say, at least you have record that it’s there now.

 

[Only RF]

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• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 324.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 10000

 

[Cxizent]

Took my macro lens to a local rose garden, and I've been trying my hand at getting a little more creative with the edit in post - I use Lightroom and honestly it's easy to rely on the "auto" button! So I tried pushing my comfort zone a little

• Canon EOS R6
• 70.0-300.0 mm
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 100

 

[PKM-UK]

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Hi Only RF,

One after our own heart - we do like getting in close and filling the frame with interest (and there's plenty of that on offer here!). The B&W treatment works very well too.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Took my macro lens to a local rose garden, and I've been trying my hand at getting a little more creative with the edit in post - I use Lightroom and honestly it's easy to rely on the "auto" button! So I tried pushing my comfort zone a littleView attachment 17603

Hi Cxizent,

We really like photographing plants and flowers - so much scope for interesting outcomes and plenty of opportunity to push things around in post (and get creative if time permits).

We found this an interesting composition which draws the viewer in as areas of light/ shade and detail/ creamy blur compete for our attention.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K