Your R System Images - September 2024

[David Berry]

Our most aggressive honeyeater?

If there's an intruder, these territorial nectar-sippers will see it off. They're our grevilleas: be gone!

Not closely related to the mynas of Asia.

---

Canon R5m2 | RF 200–800
800 mm | ƒ/9 | 1/2000s | ISO 8000
30 frames/second | pre-continuous raw | ±7 metres
DxO PR3 | LrC | Ps

---

Noisy Miner : Manorina melanocephala
South East Queensland, Australia​

---

 

[David Berry]

Shooting a stranded jellyfish at 30 frames per second!

A senior moment indeed! What was I thinking? (Not much: next time just press that Mode button, David!)

After an hour traipsing across Moreton Bay's tidal flats, I gave up trying to photograph our recently returned waders. It was time to track down something that wouldn't fly off; fortunately, I found the perfect prey — a stranded jellyfish!

In my excitement, the R5m2 was left in BIF mode: pre-continuous raw at thirty frames per second. There was no way that this jellyfish was going to escape! Anyway, I needed to take a break and lie down on the beach for a while.

---

Canon R5m2 | RF 200–800 | Skimmer Groundpod with Flexshooter
500 mm | ƒ/8 | 1/2500s | ISO 1600
30 frames/second | pre-continuous raw | ±5.5 metres (background 2 km)
DxO PR4 | LrC

---

Jelly Blubber : Catostylus mosaicus
Moreton Bay, Brisbane, Australia​

---

 

[StevenAunan]

My wife's car had to go into the shop today, so I dropped it off at 7 a.m. and planned to take a photo walk with the new-to-me EF 17-40L. But I started to experience muscle cramps in my lower back and only got a few shots. I hate getting old, but at least my mind thinks I'm 30 years younger.

 

[Kamoshika]

Sunset behind Mount Rishiri off the coast of northern Hokkaido.

 

[David Berry]

Pied Oystercatcher joins me for breakfast on King Island.

Early this morning the seas parted, and I walked across 'dry land' to King Island in Moreton Bay.

After an hour or so photographing a Striated Heron (more on that little fellow later), I found a shady spot provided by a grove of casuarinas in which a White-breasted Woodswallow was gathering nesting material (more, etc. later).

My hot chocolate and muesli were scarcely finished, when this dapper oystercatcher wandered past, almost begging to have its portrait taken. I obliged.

The strange background colours are provided courtesy of Moreton Bay's sands – red on the mainland and cream from the huge sand islands separating the bay from the Coral Sea. The lens was pointed slightly down so that the tidal flats fifty metres away – not the marina at five kilometres – formed the background.

As always with pied birds my challenge, on the island and 'in post', was to retain feather detail at both ends of the histogram.

---

Canon R5m2 | RF 200–800
500 mm | ƒ/8 | 1/2500s | ISO 2500
30 frames/second | pre-continuous raw | ±7.5 metres
DxO PR4 | LrC

---

Pied Oystercatcher : Haematopus longirostris
King Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU​

---

 

[Only RF]

Pied Oystercatcher joins me for breakfast on King Island.

Early this morning the seas parted, and I walked across 'dry land' to King Island in Moreton Bay.

After an hour or so photographing a Striated Heron (more on that little fellow later), I found a shady spot provided by a grove of casuarinas in which a White-breasted Woodswallow was gathering nesting material (more, etc. later).

My hot chocolate and muesli were scarcely finished, when this dapper oystercatcher wandered past, almost begging to have its portrait taken. I obliged.

The strange background colours are provided courtesy of Moreton Bay's sands – red on the mainland and cream from the huge sand islands separating the bay from the Coral Sea. The lens was pointed slightly down so that the tidal flats fifty metres away – not the marina at five kilometres – formed the background.

As always with pied birds my challenge, on the island and 'in post', was to retain feather detail at both ends of the histogram.

View attachment 31739

---

Canon R5m2 | RF 200–800
500 mm | ƒ/8 | 1/2500s | ISO 2500
30 frames/second | pre-continuous raw | ±7.5 metres
DxO PR4 | LrC

---

Pied Oystercatcher : Haematopus longirostris
King Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU​

---

Nice capture. I don't have that one yet.

 

[BobU]

My favorite shot from a Bertah band shoot two weeks ago. Also one of my first uses of Denoise. Shot at 12800 ISO. Results pleased me.

 

[BobU]

OK, got a question: Color temp here is off from my color managed monitor. I double checked and have all the Firefox hidden settings to respect color space and it tests working. So what might be the issue where the color shifts uploading here? Of course, could be my image, but I exported in sRGB from Lightroom and should be what I expect to see.

Would love to solve that one.

I'll look at this thread in another browser just to see,

 

[BobU]

VERY interesting. it looks right in Edge!!! Got some sleuthing to do...

UPDATE: Got it. Seems I was forcing a windows version sRGB ICC. Deleted that key and good to go. Glad I posted here tonight If interested, the key is : gfx.color_management.display_profile It needs to be blank it appears.

Light of morning update: It gets even odder. For images to match desktop lLightroom, the rest of the browser is subdued and fails one vcolor management test. Might be worth its own topic for Browser Color Management.

 

[David Berry]

Break o' Day Stalker…

---

Striated Heron : Butorides striata
Wellington Point, Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU​

---

Before heading out across the tidal flats, I scanned the intertidal area for birdlife: gulls (of course), herons, ibises and a few (just a very few) of our migratory shorebirds. With the binoculars stowed for later, I headed for the seagrass patch which was not yet 'dry'. This was the area frequented by the herons.

A Striated Heron flew in, landed around twenty metres from me and, hunching up in its kind's trademark stalk mode, began its search in the golden dawn light for a fresh morsel to devour.

---

 

[Hali]

Break o' Day Stalker…

View attachment 31762

---

Striated Heron : Butorides striata
Wellington Point, Moreton Bay, Queensland, AU​

---

Before heading out across the tidal flats, I scanned the intertidal area for birdlife: gulls (of course), herons, ibises and a few (just a very few) of our migratory shorebirds. With the binoculars stowed for later, I headed for the seagrass patch which was not yet 'dry'. This was the area frequented by the herons.

A Striated Heron flew in, landed around twenty metres from me and, hunching up in its kind's trademark stalk mode, began its search in the golden dawn light for a fresh morsel to devour.

---

Beautiful image, David!

 

[PKM-UK]

We're back! A fun, and - considering the dire weather currently hitting the UK - remarkably dry trip with 4,000+ raw files (plus iPhone shots and GoPro footage) to work through - a few images will appear here in due course.

In the meantime, with our thanks for all of the contributions and comments in our absence - images from a recent-ish visit to Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed with: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS + Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs PAI. Compilations feature R7 - Karen and R5 - Phil).


Sadly, we’re in the middle of a whole bunch of ‘real life stuff’ so our availability to provide feedback is sorely lacking (sorry!). Normal service will resume shortly...



Phil and Karen


1. Incoming Inka Alert...

2. We can see you...

3. Morning...

4. Go on - admit it, you're pleased to see us...

5. Something's looking a bit fishy here...

6. What can you see...

 

[Only RF]

We're back! A fun, and - considering the dire weather currently hitting the UK - remarkably dry trip with 4,000+ raw files (plus iPhone shots and GoPro footage) to work through - a few images will appear here in due course.

In the meantime, with our thanks for all of the contributions and comments in our absence - images from a recent-ish visit to Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed with: DxO PL Elite, Adobe LrC/ PS + Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs PAI. Compilations feature R7 - Karen and R5 - Phil).


Sadly, we’re in the middle of a whole bunch of ‘real life stuff’ so our availability to provide feedback is sorely lacking (sorry!). Normal service will resume shortly...



Phil and Karen


1. Incoming Inka Alert...

View attachment 31769

2. We can see you...

View attachment 31770

3. Morning...

View attachment 31771

4. Go on - admit it, you're pleased to see us...

View attachment 31772

5. Something's looking a bit fishy here...

View attachment 31773

6. What can you see...

View attachment 31774

Another great set.

 

[PKM-UK]

Another great set.

Hi Only RF,

Cheers - very much appreciated!

P&K

 

[AOC]

Visited the Banff area of Canada the past week and a half on a photo based trip. Here is a lakeside image captured of Lake Moraine with a little Alpine Glow at sunrise.

 

[MikeZ]

Great photo and love the reflection.

 

[Only RF]

Sept is almost up. Just a few basic snaps of injured ambassadors that will never be released from this non profit facility. There was an open house the last few days. They do good work there. I'll submit a few prints for their February auction.

Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre

Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre rehabilitates injured, sick and orphaned wildlife in Manitoba, Canada. Rescue. Rehabilitate. Release.

wildlifehaven.ca

This one was through a fence.

 

[AOC]

This image was captured at Sunrise at 2 Jack Lake in Banff National Park in Canada 9.21.24

 

[PKM-UK]

Visited the Banff area of Canada the past week and a half on a photo based trip. Here is a lakeside image captured of Lake Moraine with a little Alpine Glow at sunrise.

View attachment 31793

Hi Art,

An exhilarating composition, beautifully captured.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Sept is almost up. Just a few basic snaps of injured ambassadors that will never be released from this non profit facility. There was an open house the last few days. They do good work there. I'll submit a few prints for their February auction.

Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre

Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre rehabilitates injured, sick and orphaned wildlife in Manitoba, Canada. Rescue. Rehabilitate. Release.

wildlifehaven.ca

View attachment 31797

This one was through a fence.
View attachment 31798

Hi Only RF,

Great shots for a great cause.

Well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

This image was captured at Sunrise at 2 Jack Lake in Banff National Park in Canada 9.21.24View attachment 31809

Hi Art,

A mesmeric image - the perfect blend of ingredients, well envisaged and superbly captured.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[dgphoto8]

This image was captured at Sunrise at 2 Jack Lake in Banff National Park in Canada 9.21.24View attachment 31809

Wonderful shots of Banff; I miss living up there and being able to go often. Two Jack Lake is great near sunrise and the shot of Moraine Lake was great too. In the fall, there is less turquoise blue color but the reflection is great. Did you get into Jasper at all? The fire that went through Jasper Townsite was terrible and burned dozens of homes and a couple of restaurants that we used to frequent.

 

[AOC]

Wonderful shots of Banff; I miss living up there and being able to go often. Two Jack Lake is great near sunrise and the shot of Moraine Lake was great too. In the fall, there is less turquoise blue color but the reflection is great. Did you get into Jasper at all? The fire that went through Jasper Townsite was terrible and burned dozens of homes and a couple of restaurants that we used to frequent.

Thank you! I did venture up the Icefield Parkway into Jasper Park area and saw some of the extensive damage to the landscape tree line and vegetation. Had planned to visit Athabasca Falls but area was closed. Not sure if the impacts of the fire to this area was part of the reason. I did not make it to Jasper Townsite.