Your R System Images - September 2024

[David Berry]

Greater Crested Tern…

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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

 

[Only RF]

Take off, eh.

 

[Only RF]

 

[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.

A chipping sparrow in our backyard

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

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

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

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.

 

[StevenAunan]

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

 

[David Berry]

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!

 

[Only RF]

Just Chillin

 

[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...

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

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

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.

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

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

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[jcass]

Foray into street photography at a local festival...

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…

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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]

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

 

[klaspavel]

Footbridge over the stream towards the castle.

 

[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.

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

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

Kererū - New Zealand pigeon: Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

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

 

[RedCobra]