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

CharlesH said:
This is explained in the Potsdam Museum in Germany. The issue Truman had is that Stalin was anxious to join the war in Japan, as the war in Germany was about wrapped up. Truman and the allies fighting in the Pacific wanted none of this, they wanted to keep Russia out of Japan. So he described the bomb and said it would end the war and he would not need any help from Russia. Part of the logic for the timing of the bombs was because of this.
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Indeed and this is also contentious are you maybe are aware. USA didn't want 1/2 million estmated soldiers killed invading and occupying mainland Japan, a defeated Japan didn't want Soviet occupation, Patton and others advised on the threat of Stalin, Churchill was weak and it was the start of the end of most of the British empire... The list and possible outcomes goes on, the what if's! But like I said today is not dissimilar but let's stick to gear wars... Pentax KGB vs traitor me :p LoL
 
Fun in the garden with 70-300 and 45/2.8
PANA0840.jpg
  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • 45mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary 019
  • 45.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/500 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 100
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 70-300/F4.5-5.6
  • 200.0 mm
  • ƒ/11
  • 1/250 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 160
PANA0816.jpg
  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 70-300/F4.5-5.6
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/320 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 125
 
And I had to check out my tenant in the plum tree house.
PANA0839.jpg
  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 70-300/F4.5-5.6
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/320 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 400
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 70-300/F4.5-5.6
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/9
  • 1/320 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 500


My tenant let me check him out only a split-second at the time, cause of his crying babies for food.... The tree it self is overloaded with plums...
 
Have three variaties of the rhododendrons, this are the other 2.
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 70-300/F4.5-5.6
  • 92.0 mm
  • ƒ/13
  • 1/100 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 400

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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 70-300/F4.5-5.6
  • 180.0 mm
  • ƒ/13
  • 1/200 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 1000
 
RuleOfThirds said:
cause of his crying babies for food.
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Sounds too early for noisy hungry blue tit chicks, maybe different to Ireland?

I have 2 blue tit nest at different locations, still only brooding, maybe next days hatching then you'll see both continually bringing in food.

Last few years has been terrible as caterpillars were scarce and they were having to use fat balls and too few fledglings compared to 10+ years ago. I've had nest boxes for 20 years or more, a lot of great YT videos with cameras in the nest really helps you understand what they have to go through and it's interesting (well I think so).

Here is one of my freshly fledged chicks getting fed outside, video taken on Pentax:

 
I think it is about right. Haven’t seen much caterpillars though. But see an occasional butterfly.

My garden is adjacent to a large ditch, and the moorhen visiting my garden all winter is already swimming around with its ducklings too. Have seen them but not being able to get a snapshot. They stay mostly near the shore under the overhanging plants and trees which get very dark for photography.
 
RuleOfThirds said:
I think it is about right. Haven’t seen much caterpillars though. But see an occasional butterfly.

My garden is adjacent to a large ditch, and the moorhen visiting my garden all winter is already swimming around with its ducklings too. Have seen them but not being able to get a snapshot. They stay mostly near the shore under the overhanging plants and trees which get very dark for photography.
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Just out in the garden and both male and female bringing small caterpillars in at the same time which means hatching has happened, before this usually only the male brings in food for the brooding female incubating the eggs.

It's beautiful to watch and the hatchlings are getting the food they need... protein rich caterpillars and 3 weeks time hopefully video them fledging the box with Lumix S5ii with 70-300 4k50, it's the reason I bought this?

I used to be a photographer but now got good video, looking back the Pentax K-70 did OK on that chick being fed despite it being terrible for video?
 
In the other house I had what I identify as a small great tit fly into the sun room and it was panicking trying to get out, I opened all doors and windows and left it, hopefully it escaped, the great tits have never nested in my boxes, just the blues, it's the recommended 28mm hole in the box for blues. It's a bad photo at f22 as I just grabbed the camera and that's where it was set._1000899.jpg
  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2
  • LUMIX S 70-300/F4.5-5.6
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/22
  • 1/125 sec
  • Other
  • ISO 400
 
Nevyn72 said:
Nice shot, handheld but very wel done. Thats difficult to do
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Not quite, I nestled on top of a washing line pole, it was the Pentax DA* 60-250 f4 lens, this was an optical gem but AF motors were terribly slow and often failed. I initially thought about adapting it but traded it for Lumix 70-300 combo deal with S5ii and 24-105 f4... Bizarrely this is still available new for around £1300 and I got £260 or something for it.
 
A bit more roaming of the hills today. Looked like rain was about in the morning, after lunch it brightened up a little, so off I went. Didn't leave me too much extra time for camera dalliances though. A bit of hit & run.

53713407388_40e01bf57c_h.jpg240511-P1002767 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

53713532409_93944098a1_h.jpg240511-P1002739 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

53713532419_02ca02d56d_h.jpg240511-P1002725 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

Was pretty close to dark when I got back to the wheels, no torch on me so a bit of hurry was in order :)

53713154891_62939dd345_h.jpg240511j-P1002790 by Markus Welder, on Flickr

Way darker than it looks in the photo. The EXIF should tell the tale there

53713489649_28ee53f670_h.jpg240511-P1002798 by Markus Welder, on Flickr
 
Markuswelder said:
I just don't see it.
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Neither do i; maybe i'll post something later, but @1.8 i just see vignetting, that i seldom add in post anyways. Otherwise it's pretty flawless to me.
Still have plenty of shots from my earlier FF days on Canon with the EF 85mm 1.8 and really ther's no comparison.
 
Markuswelder said:
Playing around with my new Lumix 85mm. In a bit better light. I'm really not seeing the lack of contrast wide open that has been mentioned here. I'm not going to bore you with a stack of comparison shots, I just don't see it.
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I also don't see it with my 85mm...
Very happy with the lens.
 
On the original resolution, checking the plane of focus of both @300%, i also don't see any difference in sharpness...
Of course, on the above you can see the vignetting i was referring too, uncorrected.
 
Markuswelder said:
A bit more roaming of the hills today. Looked like rain was about in the morning, after lunch it brightened up a little, so off I went. Didn't leave me too much extra time for camera dalliances though. A bit of hit & run.
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You've captured some great light there! Here is Sydney it hasn't stopped raining for over a week aside from the occasional storm break for a few hours where it remains dark and cloudy.

Markuswelder said:
Way darker than it looks in the photo. The EXIF should tell the tale there

240511-P1002798 by Markus Welder, on Flickr
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That's impressive! Exif says 7:38pm, it must have been completely dark at that point!
 
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