Douglas L wrote:
Amazing at 1/30 second! Doesn't matter how you cut it. Not something I dare to try, unless I am shooting a status, on tripod..
Sunrise yesterday from the same place after the second snow storm in a week. There are very few open places suitable for sunrise/sunset within 15 minutes drive from where I live. Most of the farms have been sold for housing development. So please forgive me for posting sunrise shots from the same location multiple times. I love red barn in snow.
Thank you very much, Doug! Lovely sunrise shots of the snowscapes!
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I was shooting near a water pond and my gear was on tripod for a while. I saw this tiny Kingfisher quite far away and that distance made if feel safe. It was watching movements of some small fish there, ready to strike. The bare 600mm didn’t get me the reach. So, I added the 1.4X, but still it didn’t get me the magnification I was looking for. Out came the 2X and voila, better… It was quite dark at the edge of the forest, and I lowered the setting to give me decent images at ISO 3200…. 1/30 second, it is! Yes, I like to push my luck, no question about it.
The second image is a fun one. To be honest, the eye of the toucan is not critically sharp under high magnification but I like the pose and body position of the toucan.
AGeoJO wrote:
You are seeing a lot patients and therefore you are getting exponentially exposed to that indeed nasty Covid. I contracted Covid on my last Equador trip in 2022 and ended up getting quarantined in a hotel in Quito for 10 days before I could fly back home. I just came back from Costa Rica a week ago and I came down with pneumonia. I am slowly but surely gathering my strength back as I will go on another trip in 2 weeks...
Take care of yourself, Piotr! In the meantime, you are generating a lot exquisite flower images.
Yes Joshua.Too many sick patients .As I see,you also experienced this unpleasant infectious disease.I would say that first covid was very hard to live through.I thought I will die then,but slowly recovered after 5 weeks.The second took "only" 3 weeks.The current seems to be the mildest,so we stay together at home -me and my wife (also a doctor,also with covid) and try to enjoy unexpected free time as much as we can,while coughing and sneezing
So flattering that you enjoy my flower pictures.Thank you!
Peire wrote:
nasty covid has beaten me for the third time in a row,so I have to stay at home.To feel better, I try to immerse myself in the world of my favorite, vivid colors and shapes
Yamdrok Tso is Tibet's best known and loved lake, certainly among tourists. At 4700m, it's the same elevation as the more revered lakes to the north and west, and it's close to Lhasa. FE55 1-2, CY 100/3.5-3.
AGeoJO wrote:
You are seeing a lot patients and therefore you are getting exponentially exposed to that indeed nasty Covid. I contracted Covid on my last Equador trip in 2022 and ended up getting quarantined in a hotel in Quito for 10 days before I could fly back home. I just came back from Costa Rica a week ago and I came down with pneumonia. I am slowly but surely gathering my strength back as I will go on another trip in 2 weeks...
Take care of yourself, Piotr! In the meantime, you are generating a lot exquisite flower images.
Josh, also wishing you a speedy recovery and rest before your next trip!
I think it sometimes helps (particularly for those with less experience) to show the before and after of an image. This also highlights how both camera/sensor technology as well as the post-processing software tools have advanced in recent years. To that end, here is one of my examples of a White-Tailed Kite from this past weekend. In the older days of digital camera, this SOOC image would certainly be a delete! But thanks to today's technology, I think I have still managed to get a decent image out of it, although, due to the far distance, I am still playing against physics and the image quality does still leave much to be desired...
Two giant chortens mark each end of the precinct of Tholing Monastery. It was founded in the late 900s and marked the revival of Buddhism after Tibet's civil war and fall into warlordism in 842 AD. The terracotta spire tells us this is a Pala era edifice - the Palas were the last Buddhist empire in India before the forces of Islam and Brahminism destroyed Indian Buddhism with finality in around 1200 AD. Tholing's unique light is captured here by the CY 21/2.8. You sense the ghosts of the past thousand years here, the 'modern world' is yet to arrive in force..
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.As I see,you also experienced this unpleasant infectious disease.I would say that first covid was very hard to live through.I thought I will die then,but slowly recovered after 5 weeks.The second took "only" 3 weeks.The current seems to be the mildest,so we stay together at home -me and my wife (also a doctor,also with covid) and try to enjoy unexpected free time as much as we can,while coughing and sneezing 
