Your R System Images - September 2024

[David Berry]

Greater Crested Tern…

• Canon EOS R5
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 160

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Greater Crested Tern : Thalasseus bergii)
Moreton Bay, Queensland​

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[Only RF]

Greater Crested Tern…

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Greater Crested Tern : Thalasseus bergii)
Moreton Bay, Queensland​

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I like those birds.

 

[Only RF]

That's my spot

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 270.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Only RF]

Take off, eh.

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 270.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 1250

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 270.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Only RF]

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[dgphoto8]

Some recent photos:

A great blue heron sitting on a boat, thinking about how easy it would be if he could rig a net to catch fish. My wife and I were photographing the Boston skyline at night when we noticed this heron on the dock, lit by a single outside light. The photo was taken at 25600 ISO and 1/5 sec (I was using a tripod). But between the R5 and Lightroom's denoise, I still got a reasonable photo.

• Canon EOS R5
• RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/5 sec
• ISO 25600

A chipping sparrow in our backyard

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
• 248.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 800

I photographed this blue dasher dragonfly at a pond near us. The dragonfly's wings are a bit banged up after a long summer.

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
• 335.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 640

The Boston skyline and the Harvard Bridge with a little lightning from a clearing storm.

• Canon EOS R5
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 80.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 15 sec
• ISO 125

Later the same evening low clouds moved over the skyline, giving this view of the Prudential Tower lighting up the clouds

• Canon EOS R5
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 95.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 4 sec
• ISO 800

A photo of the historic Boston Custom House Tower (now a Marriott resort hotel) and the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Greenway was created when the 1950s era Central Artery highway, a rusting, ugly green structure, was demolished after moving the road underground. This created a large amount of "new" parkland and space for fountains and art exhibits, which has transformed the area.

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 19.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 25 sec
• ISO 100

 

[StevenAunan]

Inside an old warehouse at the decommissioned McClellan Air Force Base, California.

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF16mm F2.8 STM
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/18
• 1/30 sec
• ISO 800

 

[David Berry]

A mitey itch…

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1250

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Australian Magpie : Gymnorhina tibicen
Ipswich, Queensland​

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Poor bird: never-ending itching from the attention of bird mites. What a place to have to scratch, right above your eye!

 

[Only RF]

Just Chillin

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 100

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Hali]

Some recent photos:

A great blue heron sitting on a boat, thinking about how easy it would be if he could rig a net to catch fish. My wife and I were photographing the Boston skyline at night when we noticed this heron on the dock, lit by a single outside light. The photo was taken at 25600 ISO and 1/5 sec (I was using a tripod). But between the R5 and Lightroom's denoise, I still got a reasonable photo.
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A chipping sparrow in our backyard
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I photographed this blue dasher dragonfly at a pond near us. The dragonfly's wings are a bit banged up after a long summer.
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The Boston skyline and the Harvard Bridge with a little lightning from a clearing storm.
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Later the same evening low clouds moved over the skyline, giving this view of the Prudential Tower lighting up the clouds
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A photo of the historic Boston Custom House Tower (now a Marriott resort hotel) and the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Greenway was created when the 1950s era Central Artery highway, a rusting, ugly green structure, was demolished after moving the road underground. This created a large amount of "new" parkland and space for fountains and art exhibits, which has transformed the area.
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Love these photos! Boston is such an awesome city to photograph. If you and your wife are ever in the mood for some company photographing around the city let me know, I'm less than an hour away.

 

[Hali]

Just Chillin

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Nice images of an often ignored but very photogenic bird!

 

[Hali]

A mitey itch…

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Australian Magpie : Gymnorhina tibicen
Ipswich, Queensland​

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Poor bird: never-ending itching from the attention of bird mites. What a place to have to scratch, right above your eye!

"Poor thing," yet it's a super, low, head-on photo.

 

[Hali]

Inside an old warehouse at the decommissioned McClellan Air Force Base, California.

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A very unique and eye-catching image. I love all the textures and the way the light in the windows at the end of the warehouse pulls my eye right into the details.

 

[Only RF]

Nice images of an often ignored but very photogenic bird!

Thanks. I really like cormorants.

 

[Hali]

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Another great set of Cormorants. I'm working my way back instead of forward so I saw these second. You can tell you like them, you are really good at photographing them.

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

One more bee...

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

And since we're doing cormorants, here's a shag I shot earlier...

• Canon EOS R6
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 100

Pied shag or Kāruhiruhi - Phalacrocorax varius (info here)

From a road trip in November '22, on the coast south of Kaikoura. The drive from Blenheim in Marlborough down to Canterbury is one of the great scenic drives in NZ. Wonderful coastline, with plenty of birds... and around Kaikoura, whales, dolphins and seals. Will be taking the eldest grandson up there next month to do a whale watching trip. Fingers crossed for the weather...

 

[StevenAunan]

A few more photos from McClellan AFB near Sacramento, CA. As an Air Force brat, I spent a lot of time on military bases as a kid, so it feels like home to me. The architecture is fantastic, and I'll be going back for more photos later.

The previous photo above was taken through the hole in the smaller padlocked door.

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF16mm F2.8 STM
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/18
• 1/30 sec
• ISO 800

Many of the warehouses have been converted to commercial space, and this is a walkway between two of those warehouses.

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF16mm F2.8 STM
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 250

This the main entrance of what used to be the Post Exchange and the barracks for unmarried military men.

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF16mm F2.8 STM
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 250

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

One last shag shot: this one from the archives (summer 2012). In some places around NZ (not sure about the rest of the world), the shags have learned that if a boat has people with lines dangling over the side, those lines will often bring fish up to the surface, so they hang around until you start winding your line up and then dive down and steal the fish - or what's left of your bait. Bastards.

• Canon EOS 5D
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Hali]

Been working with the flowers again. Like I said in the post about new gear my husband bought me a slightly larger tank to work with, but is still small enough that, when emptied, I can clean in the sink easily. A rose from my neighbors garden. Black and white (toned) and color.

• Canon EOS R6
• RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 3/10 sec
• ISO 100

• Canon EOS R6
• RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 3/10 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Only RF]

Sorry for all the cormorant shots. I had a good day. I don't often see that many and get that close to them.

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 1250

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 100

 

[jcass]

Foray into street photography at a local festival...

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF28-70mm F2 L USM
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 200

I stepped out of my comfort zone and made it my goal to capture people, not things. This was my favorite person.

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

Sorry for all the cormorant shots. I had a good day. I don't often see that many and get that close to them.

Never apologise for a good shag.

 

[Only RF]

Never apologise for a good shag.

 

[David Berry]

Honey Bee visits Grevillea Blossom…

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM
• 800.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1600

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Canon R5m2 | RF 200–800
30 frames/second | pre-continuous raw | ±7 metres
800 mm | ƒ/9 | 1/2000s | ISO 1600

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Grevillea : Grevillea sp.​

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[Sirbone72]

• Canon EOS R8
• RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 250

A ship approaching Cagliari port, swings by Sant'Elia Lighthouse

 

[klaspavel]

Footbridge over the stream towards the castle.

• Canon EOS RP
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 23.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/80 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Only RF]

Partial eclipse from last night. Miuzi beat me to it but told me to post anyway. I would have liked more crater detail but it may have been the lighting. I prefer shooting ½ moons. For the last moon shot (½ moon)I I had the 1.4 on so I had to crop a little more this time. Usually you can get the details without the TC.

• Canon EOS R7
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

The fat boys (and girls) are in our trees, eating the young foliage...

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 12800

Kererū - New Zealand pigeon: Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

Taken in the gloaming, ISO 12800, so cleaned up the noise in LRC. Good result, I reckon.

 

[RedCobra]

• Canon EOS R5m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 128.0 mm
• ƒ/5
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 8000