* September 2026 Image & Video Thread *

xaviergut · Tuesday at 09:09

Approaching storm by XAVIER GUTierrez, on Flickr

Panasonic DC-S1M2ES + LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6 @ ƒ/8.0 - 20.0 mm - 1/320 - ISO 100

I really like the Lumix 20-60mm lens for photography, and for video the possibility of using the cropless e-stabilization is quite useful, but when zooming the barrel is a bit hard and jumps between focal lengths (my copy is already a bit old, hahahaha), so I can't make those transitions smoothly... I'm thinking of trying the new Sigma 20-60mm f/2.8-4 DG.

PJD · Wednesday at 01:09

The grand opening event for Portland's new HI-LO Trail was held this past Saturday at our local high school's cafeteria. Below is a sampling of the >300 images I shot.

Oregon state & local leaders gave speeches (they helped with the trail project funding) and SW Trails organized the event (we volunteers provided much of the project labor, and the city's transportation dept built several sidewalk & intersection improvements). About 200 people attended the free event. Refreshments were donated by local businesses. Large 3'x4' reproductions of the trail's 11 interpretive signs were on display, and the audience enjoyed studying them. It was fun for me to share so many of my photos with my neighbors. After the event, a large group of attendees walked some or all of the 6.3 mile trail.

Tech notes: Most of the indoor images were captured as S5iiX 24MP RAW files via S 50mm f1.8 lens. The podium/speech images are frames grabbed from S5iiX 6K h265 60p video I recorded w the 50mm lens. The event space's mixed lighting was problematic (daylight thru windows, ceiling lights, plus my flash bounced off the ceiling). The outdoor images were taken using the S 20-60mm kit lens. The stone bridge scene is a frame grabbed from the 6K video.

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
ƒ/3.5
20mm
1/100s
ISO 100

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 50/F1.8
ƒ/2.8
50mm
1/125s
ISO 640

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 50/F1.8
ƒ/2.8
50mm
1/125s
ISO 640

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 50/F1.8
ƒ/2.8
50mm
1/125s
ISO 640

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
ƒ/3.5
20mm
1/125s
ISO 100

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
ƒ/4
20mm
1/160s
ISO 100

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
ƒ/3.5
20mm
1/60s
ISO 500

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
ƒ/4
20mm
1/160s
ISO 100

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
ƒ/5.5
55mm
1/60s
ISO 250

Panasonic DC-S5M2X
LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
ƒ/3.5
20mm
1/60s
ISO 250

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Justa · Wednesday at 19:25

Panasonic DC-S5M2
LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
ƒ/5.6
30mm
6/1s
ISO 100

S5II - 20-60 ISO100 6 seconds f5.6 30mm, Horseshoe Lake is an Oxbow Cypress Swamp in Illinois - It is a forgotten out of the way place, often devasted by flooding from the nearby and adjacent Mississippi River. It's a hunters place mostly, but when it is like it is right now 2026 September? It's spectacular and you have to remind yourself, "I'm in Illinois the land of Lincoln". Access here is also out of this world, usually visitors are locked in to small contained areas only but not here at all. Of course you must embrace a swamp with a mindset, make yourself a part of it and as if you belong or it may mistake you as an intruder ...which it self-defends from if necessary. In the swamp are buried treasures of an earthly type meant to help mankind, not harm. I am thankful they saved this one and the ancient Cache River swamps in deep south Illinois .... I think a swamp is a place one must visit frequently before it dawns on them, where they are, and discover once you enter a swamp you can never leave...btw, There are no still waters in a Swamp , don't be fooled it's constantly flowing but very slowly and methodical, like a being itself

NFec · Wednesday at 20:07

GeorgeHudetz said:
Had some unique meteorological conditions the other night, which allowed me to see stars concurrently with lightning strikes due to a gap in the clouds. So, I setup the camera with Live View Composite on, and let it do it's thing. For the most part, all I got was a handful of images with cloud-to-cloud lightning, but the last image I captured is shown below. I never thought about capturing star trails in conjunction with lightning strikes before, but it sure turned out great!

This was with the 18-40. Exposure was set to 5 seconds, ISO 400, f/4.5. Overall integration time was perhaps 3 or 4 minutes - not sure exactly.

View attachment 18246

Stunning picture!!

Justa · Wednesday at 22:07

Justa said:
View attachment 18346

S5II - 20-60 ISO100 6 seconds f5.6 30mm, Horseshoe Lake is an Oxbow Cypress Swamp in Illinois - It is a forgotten out of the way place, often devasted by flooding from the nearby and adjacent Mississippi River. It's a hunters place mostly, but when it is like it is right now 2026 September? It's spectacular and you have to remind yourself, "I'm in Illinois the land of Lincoln". Access here is also out of this world, usually visitors are locked in to small contained areas only but not here at all. Of course you must embrace a swamp with a mindset, make yourself a part of it and as if you belong or it may mistake you as an intruder ...which it self-defends from if necessary. In the swamp are buried treasures of an earthly type meant to help mankind, not harm. I am thankful they saved this one and the ancient Cache River swamps in deep south Illinois .... I think a swamp is a place one must visit frequently before it dawns on them, where they are, and discover once you enter a swamp you can never leave...btw, There are no still waters in a Swamp , don't be fooled it's constantly flowing but very slowly and methodical, like a being itself

Should I buy 4 Lumix 20-60's open boxes on ebay or just 1 new Sigma 20-60 for a G ? That's a value question way of looking at things, I need 20mm but not f2.8, personally speaking f5.6 is fine for me and that's how I look at it

GeorgeHudetz · Thursday at 00:27

NFec said:
Stunning picture!!

Thank you!

GeorgeHudetz · Thursday at 18:13

Another live view composite image.

This one has a magenta cast around one of the bolts. I think this was due to the fact that the initial “shadows” frame was taken when it was still somewhat light out, but the whole integration time was about 10 minutes, and the shadows/foreground darkened considerably in that time. The bolt on the right - with the magenta cast - was captured near the end of the integration, while the bolt on the left was captured near the beginning. I’ve never seen this before in a LVC image, so I’m assuming it’s due to the change in overall scene brightness over the course of the integration.

Anyway, besides that, I like the overall composition and the various light streaks, including the single streak along the walking path on the other side of the fence - I’m assuming that was a bicycle or a scooter (didn’t see it).

Panasonic DC-S1RM2
LUMIX S 24-60/F2.8
57mm
4/1s
ISO 80

Justa · Friday at 12:50

GeorgeHudetz said:
Another live view composite image.

This one has a magenta cast around one of the bolts. I think this was due to the fact that the initial “shadows” frame was taken when it was still somewhat light out,

natural, oxygen and nitrogen gas glow, highlighting the effect is twilight time and the presence of rain which acts like scattered little prisms with the arc light on one side and the viewer off in the distance on the other side, it's there and is not color cast or fringing

RuleOfThirds · Friday at 19:01

GeorgeHudetz said:
Another live view composite image.

This one has a magenta cast around one of the bolts. I think this was due to the fact that the initial “shadows” frame was taken when it was still somewhat light out, but the whole integration time was about 10 minutes, and the shadows/foreground darkened considerably in that time. The bolt on the right - with the magenta cast - was captured near the end of the integration, while the bolt on the left was captured near the beginning. I’ve never seen this before in a LVC image, so I’m assuming it’s due to the change in overall scene brightness over the course of the integration.

Anyway, besides that, I like the overall composition and the various light streaks, including the single streak along the walking path on the other side of the fence - I’m assuming that was a bicycle or a scooter (didn’t see it).

View attachment 18347

Ik like those thunderstorms pictures very much, but you may also keep them there

jtv_backstudio · Friday at 22:24

Travis Butler said:
No… have you heard of “Love Locks”? The basic idea is people in a close relationship (usually romantic, but I’ve seen some with families, or a Big Brothers/Big Sisters pair) take a padlock and lock it onto some kind of display surface to symbolize their commitment. In this case, the “code” is an important date for the participants.

This particular site is an old historic bridge on one of the major westward wagon trails, which was replaced by a modern 4-lane bridge a decade or two ago; instead of tearing it down, they kept it and turned it into a Love Locks venue.

View attachment 18290
20170809-P8094439.jpg by Travis Butler, on Flickr
A look at the old bridge from the new bridge.

It’s very convenient for where I used to work, so it was a regular spot for testing new lenses for me, and a fun place to stop from time to time. After I was laid off in 2022, I’ve had much less reason to go down that way, but I still stop by occasionally.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjD4F8y is my latest visit, testing out the Oreston I found recently.

Famous bridge in Paris has same and, I believe, started the trend. This is the love locks pier in our area:

BF_07597 by fe_no_me_no, on Flickr

jtv_backstudio · Friday at 22:31

2026 Edgewater 42 by fe_no_me_no, on Flickr

2026 Edgewater 41 by fe_no_me_no, on Flickr

sergun80 · Saturday at 21:03

All sorts of urban stuff ) Canon nFD 135/3.5 (S9)

Travis Butler · 2026-09-27T00:18:52+0200

RuleOfThirds said:
Ik like those thunderstorms pictures very much, but you may also keep them there

Bah. A good thunderstorm fires up the blood.

Travis Butler · 2026-09-27T00:37:15+0200

jtv_backstudio said:
Famous bridge in Paris has same and, I believe, started the trend. This is the love locks pier in our area: View attachment 18350 BF_07597 by fe_no_me_no, on Flickr

Heh.

I'm beginning to think there's a conspiracy... A moving sale (for a family moving to Spain and therefore wanting to clear out their Stuff, sadly any lenses were gone by the time I got there) put me back within a few blocks of the bridge, and the heavy rain had just paused... how could I resist?