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*** August 2024 Image and Video Thread ***

inspiredtimothy said:
The aspect of the 24-105 that I find most compelling my far is the half macro ability at 105mm and this will always make me want one, even though I have the 28-200 and will probably get the Sigma 28-105 when it arrives :)
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Then you should shop for the S70-300 as well, also half-macro but at 300mm so you don’t have to come that close to viscous critters

24-105 is macro at 105mm

That is actually a big difference from your 28-200 where the macro is at 28mm
 
RuleOfThirds said:
Then you should shop for the S70-300
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As per my above photos I couldn't agree more, the extra reach is a godsend and the dual O.I.S compensates for the focal length. It also saves your back or having to lie on the ground, also prevents shadowing as you have distance.

Owning both lenses the macro is far more useful in the 70-300 but it's nice having both i.e the 24-105 :)
 
RuleOfThirds said:
Then you should shop for the S70-300 as well, also half-macro but at 300mm so you don’t have to come that close to viscous critters

24-105 is macro at 105mm

That is actually a big difference from your 28-200 where the macro is at 28mm
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Agreed. 28mm for half macro is interesting but far less useful in the real world. I really would love one (or both :) of the other macro zooms.

Funny thing is, I got the 14-28mm for real estate work, which also has half macro... at 28mm...
 
Yesterday my friend Sam & I walked the 6.5 mile length of Portland's HI-LO Trail, unfortunately in 93F heat. Attached is a photo of me on a very shady portion of the trail that goes through Tyron Creek State Park. I'm standing next to what was once a "nurse tree" and it's "child" tree. The latter is the tree you see today, with its long roots suspended in the air. It grew on top of a huge stump of a tree cut down by loggers >100 years ago, before the land was a park. The stump rotted away long ago. Given the Pacific North West's logging history, there are quite a few of these trees.

Sam is very good at discovering “animal” shapes in tree limbs and driftwood. In the 2nd photo, note the “elephant” (face, eye, and trunk) in the close-up photo. Of course, given the heat, maybe we were hallucinating by then. :)
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
  • 22.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.30000019074
  • 1/10 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 400

th9_sl_tryon-park_tree-elephant-2-p1000775_square_h.jpg
  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
  • 20.0 mm
  • ƒ/9
  • 1/10 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 400
 
PJD said:
Yesterday my friend Sam & I walked the 6.5 mile length of Portland's HI-LO Trail, unfortunately in 93F heat. Attached is a photo of me on a very shady portion of the trail that goes through Tyron Creek State Park. I'm standing next to what was once a "nurse tree" and it's "child" tree. The latter is the tree you see today, with its long roots suspended in the air. It grew on top of a huge stump of a tree cut down by loggers >100 years ago, before the land was a park. The stump rotted away long ago. Given the Pacific North West's logging history, there are quite a few of these trees.

Sam is very good at discovering “animal” shapes in tree limbs and driftwood. In the 2nd photo, note the “elephant” (face, eye, and trunk) in the close-up photo. Of course, given the heat, maybe we were hallucinating by then. :)
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That's an amazing tree! I hope there was cooler air in the shade of the forest.

Definitely can see the elephant there!
 
Last photos of the month from me here. I went out after work to a drainage area downtown that was left after he massive floods of 2008. The spot is just a bare patch of dirt in between the concrete, except for some wildflowers the city planted and leave untouched. It's quite a nice little blip of nature in the midst of our small city. Spotted a few friends here who also seem to enjoy the flowers.

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