Some pictures from Friday evening from the Battle Creek twilight show and the night airshow with pyro, both a first time for me. Maybe 1 out of 50 is sharp enough to be salvageable due to the slow shutter speed I used and my sucky panning skill.
Looking at a "carpet" of Muscari "Bluebells" in a field of Muscari "Bluebells". You can follow one of the paths separating the different patches of plants and flowers to try to keep viewers from stepping on them.
Tripod mounted A1 and Voigtlander 110mm f2.5 Macro Apo-Lanthar, FE mount; silent shutter.
ISO 100, f11, 1/50 second.
Exposure Corrected -0.09 Stops.
April 12, 2022
At Lock Ridge Park (the site of an old Iron Furnace works), Alburtis, PA.
k-h.a.w wrote:
Thank you Barry.
Incredibly detailed and gorgeous images!
K-H.
Thank you K-H my old mate, most kind of you as always A7R4 is still a decent camera to consider when it comes to retrieving detail.
Been absent of late, as the wife and I are taking rather a long time recovering from Covid, the perils of being old I guess our immune systems are struggling to fight this b'stard off!
Take care and stay safe...Cheers Barry
Douglas L wrote:
To my fellow Americans, happy 4th of July!
Some pictures from Friday evening from the Battle Creek twilight show and the night airshow with pyro, both a first time for me. Maybe 1 out of 50 is sharp enough to be salvageable due to the slow shutter speed I used and my sucky panning skill.
Douglas - the night aerial pyro images are definitely very cool! I've not seen images like those before. Must have been super challenging to capture. Nicely done! Happy 4th! Steve
Barry Haines wrote:
Thank you K-H my old mate, most kind of you as always A7R4 is still a decent camera to consider when it comes to retrieving detail.
Been absent of late, as the wife and I are taking rather a long time recovering from Covid, the perils of being old I guess our immune systems are struggling to fight this b'stard off!
Take care and stay safe...Cheers Barry
I hear you and wish you and your wife a speedy and complete recovery.
So far my wife and I have gotten lots of vaccine shots but stayed clear of Covid.
However, my middle son and two of his kids got infected and are clear now.
As a precaution we have not been getting together as usual with family members.
But we do now.
For us fire season is now over with the July Monsoon rains.
But we had two big fires locally in April and May.
The one just a few miles away burnt 45,000 acres.
We all got ready to evacuate but luckily didn't have to.
The Cerro Pelado fire followed more or less the path of the Las Conchas fire a decade ago and was contained by about a 1,000 fire men before it could reach the Lab or town site.
The big one on the other side of the Rio Grande valley in the Sangre de Cristos near Santa Fe burnt more than 350,000 acres. That fire actually started as a prescribed burn and got out of control.
Some days we had to stay inside not to breathe too much smoke.
Picked up a 16-35 F4 PZ end of last week and had a stroll around Bradford on Avon with it yesterday - just a few snaps so far SOOC apart from some cropping.
14 image pano , A7RIV - Loxia 85 , 84 images total HDR merge in Lightroom
I really need a better computer , this took hours to make . Not sure if I should try to fix the sky or leave it alone since the sun is one side off the photo. Still trying to figure this pano thing out, original file is 35885 × 7779 .
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Love the first dog shot Marc
Awesome shots Douglas and Barry
Lovely shot Joshua !
Morris is home and try to look dangerous !
Lot's of new things and both a little shy and very cuddly and playful, but we have a very grouchy old man Manne here at home
hope it resolves between them
k-h.a.w wrote:
Thank you Barry. Another outstanding image!
I hear you and wish you and your wife a speedy and complete recovery.
So far my wife and I have gotten lots of vaccine shots but stayed clear of Covid.
However, my middle son and two of his kids got infected and are clear now.
As a precaution we have not been getting together as usual with family members.
But we do now.
For us fire season is now over with the July Monsoon rains.
But we had two big fires locally in April and May.
The one just a few miles away burnt 45,000 acres.
We all got ready to evacuate but luckily didn't have to.
The Cerro Pelado fire followed more or less the path of the Las Conchas fire a decade ago and was contained by about a 1,000 fire men before it could reach the Lab or town site.
The big one on the other side of the Rio Grande valley in the Sangre de Cristos near Santa Fe burnt more than 350,000 acres. That fire actually started as a prescribed burn and got out of control.
Some days we had to stay inside not to breathe too much smoke.
K-H, thanks again, really appreciated We have both had 3 vaccines each, wear masks 95% of the time and regularly sanitise our hands when going out. We have absolutely no idea how we contracted it, it's a real mystery to us as we consider ourselves both pretty cautious ppl!
Glad to hear that you and your wife are Covid free and that your son and his family have made a full recovery, long may it stay that way my friend ;-) You have as many firemen than what the counties of Cornwall and Devon have combined!
Oh my 45,000 and 350,000 acres of fire, that must have been really scary for you all, what a terrible worry....Living in England it is hard for us to grasp the enormity of such fires as what you have to contend with, that would be the equivalent of 50% of Cornwall on fire!
Clearly you never have a dull moment...I pray you never have to evacuate your home or have to suffer smoke inhalation...stay safe and keep well my friend.
Best wishes to you all from Barry and Alison
