*** July 2024 Image and Video Thread ***

[RuleOfThirds]

Yip that's what I meant, I remember one of them in a portacabin in the middle of a main road as the usual building was being refurbished... Very quirky

I remember staying in a place that used to be a youth prison, it had a library and very arty farty, very Amsterdam. I'm not into the tourist area though and mainly stayed in the outskirts.

Loved cycling there and talking to the locals in the river boats and in the pubs in the suburbs where they were bemused that I didn't go into the centre at night or do touristy stuff.

Yip the architecture over there is great, both the old and new. 2012 last time I was there

Well if I want to travel to Ireland (which is on my wishlist) I will consult you

 

[osogris]

The beauty of the only Lumix lenses I own (24-105 f4 & 70-300 f4.5-5.6) and near enough exclusively only use is both have 0.5x macro and can't help thinking how 0.5x would benefit you, unfortunately you only get 0.25x with the 70-200 f4.

Yeah macro opens your eyes to nature which you never notice, for example, I photographed tiny Rosemary lilac blue flowers to discover they looked remarkably like Orchid flowers

The spiderlings photo I got is no way visible to the eye without macro, if I crop 2x on either 0.5x macro I get equivalent full 1x, you need the same crop on 70-200 f4 to get native 0.5x

The 300mm end with 0.5x is rather excellent and my favourite for keeping distance from bees and everything else, it allows much easier working distance.

Video using APS-C mode and high stability mode on S5ii gets you beyond 1x macro using up to c4k!

The O.I.S is brilliant all these Lumix zooms have.

The OIS, and the focus bracketing function make a huge difference. I have been eyeing that little 100mm for macro, but unfortunately it doesn’t have OIS, although the in body stabilization might be enough. The size is great, though. I also have thought about using the 1.4 extender on the 70-200, just to see what that gets me. In the meanwhile, really enjoying the 70-200 as is: the colors are great, the AF speed is good and it is short enough to be an easy carry.

 

[PJD]

(Do folks still want me to keep posting the DC pics? Still have several posts' worth.) ...

Yes please do!

 

[CharlesH]

(Do folks still want me to keep posting the DC pics? Still have several posts' worth.)

Yes, please. I get to DC now and then but never seem to have time to take photos, so I'm enjoying yours.

 

[Travis Butler]

Yes, please. I get to DC now and then but never seem to have time to take photos, so I'm enjoying yours.

Thanks to everyone for their votes of confidence. I was afraid I was spamming the thread. <sheepish look>

(All pics with the Sigma fp and Minolta MD 35-70/3.5 Macro.)

Start with the Washington Monument... it's another DC sight that has a more-or-less 'standard' shot, and I posted one in the June thread, but I wanted to get a few different angles:

20240622-SDIM1661 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240622-SDIM1670 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240622-SDIM1672 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

I love the Lincoln Memorial, but I got there at the exact wrong time of the day for exterior shots; the construction didn't help, either. I was able to semi-salvage it with On1 Photo Raw 2024, and I love the plane flying overhead, but still not really up to what I wanted.

20240622-SDIM1580v2.dng by Travis Butler, on Flickr

(The construction is for a new museum they're putting in underneath the main room.)

20240622-SDIM1584 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

There have been so many pictures taken of the statue, it's hard to find something unique. At least I was reasonably happy with the fall of light and rendering of the fp/MD 35-70 in these pics. (The statue itself is enough of a subject to touch the heart, of course, and I still choke up reading the Gettysburg Address on the wall.)

20240622-SDIM1585 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

(It still amazes me that the speech packs so much into such a small text.)

20240622-SDIM1590 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

I tried to avoid catching anyone else in my pictures, but this one just seemed appropriate - how Lincoln meant so much to so many different people.

20240622-SDIM1593 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240622-SDIM1600 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

...there were a lot of people there. (Especially notable because the temperature was close to 100 degrees F, with the heat index higher than that...)

20240622-SDIM1605 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

And ending with another traditional shot, though the temporary access ramp does alter the view a bit.

 

[CharlesH]

Hot

For the rest of the world this is ~38 degrees C air temperature. After a cool wet Spring there is a heat wave here, expected to be even hotter in the next couple of days.

• Panasonic DC-S5M2
• LUMIX S 100/F2.8 MACRO
• ƒ/6.3
• 100mm
• 1/400s
• ISO 100

 

[Oíche]

Hot

For the rest of the world this is ~38 degrees C air temperature. After a cool wet Spring there is a heat wave here, expected to be even hotter in the next couple of days.

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Where is this? California?

 

[CharlesH]

Where is this? California?

30 miles north of Los Angeles.

 

[PJD]

Hot

For the rest of the world this is ~38 degrees C air temperature. After a cool wet Spring there is a heat wave here, expected to be even hotter in the next couple of days.

We're having a several-day heatwave here in Portland, Oregon. Temps will be over 100F. Local forecast attached. I was hoping to take photos & video in the nearby Columbia Gorge next Tuesday, but it'll be even hotter there. Relatively low humidity, but very hot. So I'll postpone my visit until next Friday when it'll be slightly cooler.

Fun fact: 3 years ago last week we hit Portland's all-time record high temp of 116F! That was, um, fun (not). Our home AC got quite a work-out. Stay cool!

 

[CharlesH]

Fun fact: 3 years ago last week we hit Portland's all-time record high temp of 116F! That was, um, fun (not).

I took the photo of the Starbucks thermometer again this afternoon. 116F (~46.6C). It was like being in a furnace walking over from the parking lot to take the picture. The official city high temperature won't be this high, probably 112F or 113F, but local areas can be hotter. The forecast is to start cooling down tomorrow.

• Panasonic DC-S5M2
• LUMIX S 100/F2.8 MACRO
• ƒ/6.3
• 100mm
• 1/320s
• ISO 100

 

[Travis Butler]

I took the photo of the Starbucks thermometer again this afternoon. 116F (~46.6C). It was like being in a furnace walking over from the parking lot to take the picture. The official city high temperature won't be this high, probably 112F or 113F, but local areas can be hotter. The forecast is to start cooling down tomorrow.

Yikes!

I’m surprised that much vegetation is surviving.

 

[Travis Butler]

20240619-SDIM0931 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

The Smithsonian Museum of American History was... kinda schizophrenic. It had multiple galleries, many of them large enough to be a museum in and of themselves, and they had very little in common with any of the others. (Pics taken with the Sigma fp and either the Hexanon 40/1.8 or Vivitar 28/2.5 [Kiron])

For example, the America On the Move exhibit, which had all the train pics I put up for Pete, was larger than some dedicated automotive museums I've been to, and there was still more there to see:

20240619-SDIM1018 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240619-SDIM1031 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240619-SDIM1053 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240619-SDIM1042 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Then there was the Gunboat Philadelphia, just a single exhibit but fairly large. Within These Walls reconstructs a small 2 1/2 story house from Ipswich, Massachusetts, showing how it changed over its 200-year history, and telling the lives of the people who lived there.

And Entertainment Nation, another one that could be a museum in itself, showcasing various bits of pop cultural history:

20240619-SDIM0954 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Zero Mostel's costume from Fiddler on the Roof

20240619-SDIM0952 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240619-SDIM0951 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
The sign from the M*A*S*H TV series set

20240619-SDIM0950 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Joe Lewis' boxing gloves, from the 1936 fight against Max Schmeling; Schmeling was promoted by the Nazi regime as an example of Aryan supremacy, and their two match-ups became symbolic of the fight against Nazi fascism.

20240619-SDIM0961 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Lin-Manuel Miranda's costume as Alexander Hamilton from the famous musical.

20240619-SDIM0946 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Do these two really need an introduction?

20240619-SDIM0943 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

 

[Travis Butler]

Just a few quick DC architecture pics...

20240619-SDIM1057 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

The Old Post Office building in the distance; repurposed into a Trump hotel in the mid '10s, now a Waldorf Astoria property.

20240619-SDIM1059 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Pretty massive building.

20240619-SDIM1061 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

The tower has an observation deck; didn't make it there this trip, but hope to next time I visit my friend.

20240620-SDIM1464 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

The Russell Senate Office building, first expansion built outside of the Capitol. I liked the verticality in combination with the light pole and the background clouds.

20240620-SDIM1466 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240620-SDIM1559 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

The Ulysses S. Grant memorial in front of the Capitol.

20240623-SDIM1917 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Sculpture in front of the National Air & Space Museum.

 

[Markuswelder]

So yesterday I went for a bit of a drive out in the country. As with most of my jaunts, they're highly likely to get sidetracked. Anyway, I headed out to take a bit of a look at this

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/13
• 28mm
• 1/200s
• ISO 100

And the other side. Bit hard shooting directly into the Sun. And no idea why it's all fenced off, as it's supposed to be an attraction. But it makes it pretty darn difficult to take a shot with those high, barbed wire fences around it. Mysteries of local councils I guess.

• Panasonic DC-S5
• 14.0-28.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
• ƒ/13
• 18mm
• 1/160s
• ISO 100

Pub is closed down, now a local residence. As is the Primary school, it's up for sale.

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/11
• 50mm
• 1/125s
• ISO 100

TBC..............

 

[Markuswelder]

General store is a relic

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/11
• 50mm
• 1/100s
• ISO 100

This guy seems to be keeping a watchful eye on it

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/2
• 50mm
• 1/2500s
• ISO 100

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/1.8
• 50mm
• 1/3200s
• ISO 100

TBC...............

 

[Markuswelder]

Anyway, history seems to suggest that the town came about after this dude moved out here, and built a Guesthouse, beside the river Ford

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/5.6
• 50mm
• 1/100s
• ISO 100

A bit overgrown, can't even see the river down there, but it is there, I assure you

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/13
• 50mm
• 1/30s
• ISO 100

Anyway, a look at the bridges was obviously in order. As with all good jaunts, it got sidetracked

TBC............

 

[Markuswelder]

Sidetracking

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/2.5
• 50mm
• 1/2000s
• ISO 100

A wander out into the paddocks for a closer look was in order

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/13
• 26mm
• 1/160s
• ISO 100

Old vs new. Both supporting life

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/11
• 50mm
• 1/125s
• ISO 100

TBC........

 

[Markuswelder]

From times gone by

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• ƒ/11
• 50mm
• 1/80s
• ISO 100

And on to the bridge/s

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/5.6
• 28mm
• 1/200s
• ISO 100

TBC........

 

[Markuswelder]

I'll say it right now, I really like bridges. Both aesthetically, and as a showcase of the engineering skill & talent of the times. Lots of things that influence their design, location, available materials, transport difficulties, or lack thereof for supplies not available in the immediate vicinity, the list goes on. I find it quite fascinating to observe the different construction methods as they've evolved over time. Personally, I think the old ways are generally much more pleasing to the eye. But that's just me. See what you think

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/13
• 14mm
• 1/25s
• ISO 100

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/11
• 14mm
• 1/60s
• ISO 100

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/11
• 20mm
• 1/30s
• ISO 100

TBC.........

 

[Markuswelder]

• Panasonic DC-S5
• 14.0-28.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
• ƒ/11
• 14mm
• 1/13s
• ISO 100

• Panasonic DC-S5
• ƒ/4.9
• 22mm
• 1/320s
• ISO 100

Anyway, I think that covers the main bits of my day out, hope you enjoy some of the pickies, even if it's only a fraction of how much I enjoyed getting out & shooting them.

Oh yeah, was much cooler than it looks. Magnificent clear winters day, still only 14 degrees C though. At a guess. That's cold for here Cheers all