***May 2024 Image and video thread***

[Markuswelder]

Can anyone kick one off for the new month?

 

[Pete_W]

Yes! Consider it done.

 

[Markuswelder]

Right. Been busy, started the thread, & haven't gotten back to contribute. Lol. Anyway, my cameras don't get spared the rod. Bouncing through riverbeds, down rocky trails, over dropoffs, they get used
Last nights ride. On my favourite bike. Well, a couple of shots from it

240501-P1002434 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

240501-P1002438 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

A bit of architecture along the way

240501j-P1002428 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

 

[Travis Butler]

Walking through the park one day...

20240430-SDIM9928 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Konica Hexanon 40/1.8

20240430-SDIM9936 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20240430-SDIM9938 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

 

[Markuswelder]

Any idea what they're building in the first photo Travis?

 

[Travis Butler]

Any idea what they're building in the first photo Travis?

A new park shelter, for people who want to picnic or hold events there.

 

[Markuswelder]

Today was architecture & bridge day. As I wrote previously, a week or two back I was out biking with my Daughter & her hubby, got some ideas, so today I tossed the S5 in the backpack, loaded up the pushy, went for a pedal, & shot these. Had an absolute blast. The little 14-28mm is certainly not lacking in sharpness.

comp20240504-191553 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

Like riding down a slippery slide lol

240504-P1002454 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

240504-P1002452 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

240504-P1002459 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

comp20240504-192637 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

comp20240504-192057 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

 

[Markuswelder]

Luckily they locked it up lol lol lol

240504-P1002598 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

 

[Pete_W]

Sharkey Beach at Coledale, NSW.

Panasonic S5M2 + LUMIX S 70-300/F4.5-5.6 @ 300mm ƒ/10 1/320s ISO2000
Processed with DxO PhotoLab 7 with DxO FilmPack 'N-Bleached" film simulation

Sharkey Beach, Coledale NSW by Peter Watters, on Flickr

 

[Pete_W]

Today was architecture & bridge day. As I wrote previously, a week or two back I was out biking with my Daughter & her hubby, got some ideas, so today I tossed the S5 in the backpack, loaded up the pushy, went for a pedal, & shot these. Had an absolute blast. The little 14-28mm is certainly not lacking in sharpness.

Great images. I love #3 and #4, both have great perspective and colour.

 

[Pete_W]

Looking south at Stanwell Tops, 55km south of Sydney.

In the middle foreground you can see a crazy man in a hang glider who launched from the top and is making his way down to the beach.

Panasonic S5M2 + 45mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary 019 ƒ/5 1/400s ISO100

Looking south at Stanwell Tops by Peter Watters, on Flickr

 

[CharlesH]

loaded up the pushy

I speak a little Australian, but have no idea what a pushy is? Can you interpret that?

 

[Markuswelder]

Grunt wheel, pushy=bicycle

 

[Markuswelder]

Some more from my ride. You know it's a good ride when you spend more time stopped snapping happy snap's than actually riding

240504-P1002493 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

240504-P1002606 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

comp20240504-192936 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

240504-P1002611 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

240504-P1002477 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

240504-P1002524 by Markus Welder, on Flickr



240504-P1002471 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

comp20240504-211533 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

 

[Travis Butler]

Some more from my ride. You know it's a good ride when you spend more time stopped snapping happy snap's than actually riding

Hah. Much the same thing when you take a half-hour walking workout, that turns into 45-60 minutes because only part of it is spent walking...

View attachment 3792240504-P1002611 by Markus Welder, on Flickr


View attachment 3796comp20240504-211533 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

I like these two in particular, the complex geometric shapes are fascinating. Where'd the second one come from?

 

[CharlesH]

Grunt wheel, pushy=bicycle

Makes sense.

 

[Markuswelder]

Hah. Much the same thing when you take a half-hour walking workout, that turns into 45-60 minutes because only part of it is spent walking...


I like these two in particular, the complex geometric shapes are fascinating. Where'd the second one come from?

It's the pedestrian access stairs & landings, to this bridge. I tried doing an exposure bracket, but where I was standing is actually a floating pontoon, & the trail is very heavily used so it's continuously jiggling up and down, making it impossible to get a steady series of shots in.

240504-P1002556 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

 

[Travis Butler]

It's the pedestrian access stairs & landings, to this bridge. I tried doing an exposure bracket, but where I was standing is actually a floating pontoon, & the trail is very heavily used so it's continuously jiggling up and down, making it impossible to get a steady series of shots in.

Neat!

And yeah, I can see where that'd be a problem.

 

[Arkan]

Here's some of some tests shoots with the new AF and the 70-300. I use electronic shutter in burst mode in order to also test the Pre-burst mode.

I used a rabbit again in order to test it. Configuration: AF-C, animal detection (body), mode 3 (subject moves randomly).

I got some decent shoots but we can see that the AF struggled to focus at the good point. Maybe I should have tested with "Animal Detection Eye". But to be fair the rabbits are very tricky.
Example of a miss:



One ok:



A miss:



A bit better but not that good IMO:



And perfect when static



I didn't notice that pre-burst worked, but it was selected. Also, I noticed that the camera is a bit laggy when bursting (maybe because of pre-burst). Does that happen to anybody else?

I also wanted to try AF Mode 4, but the rabbit went into the forest so I had to retrieve her. I will try another time, with the Eye detection for animals.

 

[CharlesH]

I used a rabbit again in order to test it. Configuration: AF-C, animal detection (body), mode 3 (subject moves randomly).

I got some decent shoots but we can see that the AF struggled to focus at the good point. Maybe I should have tested with "Animal Detection Eye". But to be fair the rabbits are very tricky.

Thanks for that. Darn tricky rabbit. The other animal detection mode is Eye/Body. I have used that and it seemed to work well, but that was my slow moving dog. I also used Mode 3.

I think Tracking and Focusing are two separate things. Tracking tells the camera WHERE to focus, but it is up to the camera lens driver and the lens itself to actually focus. In general tracking with our cameras is fast and precise, but getting into focus can take some time. Do you have your camera set so it shows the green box that shows where the camera was focused when you display the photo? This is very helpful to know what the camera was trying to focus. For the display settings set "Magnify from AF Point" to ON.

Pre-Burst in the Burst mode worked okay for me. The problem is finding the best pictures in a hundred or whatever pictures. I use FastRawViewer for this. I read the card and just import the best images. Make sure to get the latest version which reads the Panasonic RAW files.