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Taken without the tripod and the new Fujifilm X-H1 firmwares extra stabilization, handheld ½ sec shutterspeed. Original raw file can be downloaded here.
I believe (from comments on my last train photo) that this is a DSB Class ME No.1526 train. Was taken in the old train area in south Copenhagen. The tower in the background is the Bohrs Tårn in Carlsberg Byen.
Check out this mini review I made of all Fujifilm gear I ever tested on my blog.
The photo is Creative Commons license: use it for free, but please credit my name and link to my website kristoffertrolle.com
Keywords: train, tog, dsb, dsb class me no. 1526, dsb litra me, lokomotiv, locomotive, godstog, Jernbanebyen, freight train, Copenhagen, fog, tåge, København, Syd København, Denmark, Danmark, København, Copenhagen, Fujifilm X-H1, Filmfilm XF 18-55mm f2.8-4
I don't use this 100-400 lens much. I had forgotten about some, way too many, soft images of elk from last fall. I should have done some follow-up testing but I forgot all about it. So, it was the perfect focal length zoom for the wild horses I photographed early in March. First day out, I noted lots of soft images (again) and, remembering the elk, stopped using it. I sent it out to Sony for repair. It got the works including a firmware update and was quickly returned for a small fortune. So, I took it out to the local park and photographed what I photograph - wild things. This little creature was using a network of holes, never came all the way out just pulled munchies from the hole edges. It did oblige me as I knelt just a few feet away for my "tests". And where are those darling weasels we had last year 'bout this time?
The play bug keeps biting Jasper this week. He's been pretty relentless with his "offers" of play. He is cute and fun though so we let him get away with it. This shot blind on the couch last evening. (his nose seems to be booger-free, right?)
I shot this with my Sigma 18-35mm F1.8. I had not been super impressed with the low light performance, but I upgraded the firmware over the weekend and it seems to have improved quite a bit. I got several "acceptable" shots at f/1.8.
Agelaius phoeniceus.
First time use of the new OMD firmware upgrade: Autofocus subject, "Birds". The software latches on to one or more birds, and the white rectangle in the viewfinder turns green when the bird(s) is(are) in focus. The claim is that it can focus on up to 8 birds in a frame.
Spodsbjerg Lighthouse
Location info:
Spodsbjerg, Hundested, Denmark
Shot with Canon Rebel T5i (700D) and Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM. Firmware upgraded to Magic Lantern.
Processed with Photoshop CC 2015 and Lightroom CC 2015.
Many thanks for the views, faves, and comments!
Happy Bench Monday!
Image stitched from two sooc camera jpegs shot with the new Leica Monochrome picture profile included in the latest firmware update.
Completely did a reconfiguration on my PC ASUS Z390 Motherboard and by updating the motherboard BIOS firmware that is by flashing the BIOS up to the latest firmware, with no problems at all and which I have done so many over the years.
Plus, one good thing about ASUS Motherboards, is they are easy to flash the Bios using their EZ Flash 3 utility that is built into their boards and by using a flash drive to update the Bios with the latest firmware cap file. Which I got all the latest Drives for my ASUS Z390 Motherboard, from the ASUS Website.
This new update has set my Motherboard to allow the TPM chip and Trusted Platform Module 2.0 to be active for making Secure boot for the bootup drive for Windows 10 or 11. So I have configured the Motherboard "CSM" Mode for Boot device Control for UEFI and Legacy OPROM UEFI: which allows your computer to start in "LEGACY BIOS" mode and in "UEFI" mode. And the Boot\Secure Book Option for UEFI Only, to allow a Secure Book in.
UEFI mode is recommended for newer PCs that support it, as it offers advantages and compatibility. Nevertheless, there are scenarios where legacy BIOS mode may be more suitable, for example, if you have an older PC that does not support UEFI or if you wish to use a dual-boot or multi-boot system with different operating systems that may not work well with UEFI and also, some UEFI drivers will not support every kind of hardware that you add onto your PC.
Well, at least now I am happy to say that I have sorted out all my problems and running back up again on Windows 10. And now with all the new updates, I am getting from Microsoft, which is no surprise to me and say:
Great news—your PC meets the minimum system requirements for Windows 11.
Windows 11, version 23H2 is ready - and it's free!
Wow!
My ASUS Motherboard is nearly 4 years old and will support Windows 11.
But do ask myself do I want headaches with all the problems that I keep hearing from those who are running on Windows 11 and even I know some are having problems on Mac desktop PCs too?
As young Brother informed me, has he been an IT engineer for some years now.
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! how sadly do I miss Windows XP, which I still think was the best operating system for desktop PC users, that Microsoft ever made to this date!
Santa Cruz Pier in B&W.
This image was originally a 16mm shot. Sony firmware for this lens crops and corrects for vignette and distortion, and few other tricks.
I experimented with the RAW file, which returns an actual ~14mm image! The SELP 1650 zoom can actually go wider. Thus it's a versatile wide angle in a pinch. As long as one understands this requires some due diligence in post... a very usable wide angle composition can be achieved.
maximale Möglichkeiten im Nachtmodus
Limits
ISO 1250
1/2 s
F1.5
26 mm.
fixed stand
edition by snapseed
glamour glowing z0%
12+ structure and sharper
Test nach Firmware Update 2.0
Oktober 2019
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Frontkamera lässt bis ISO 1600 zu
und 1/4 s F1.9
I updated the firmware on the Sigma Sports and changed my Af tracking settings and got 12 sharp shots in a row out of this hawk takeoff. It doesn't seem to work much better with distant objects against a cluttered background, but it's noticably better at staying on focus with a close bird with mostly sky behind it. Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
To friends with Ricoh GRs, firmware updates just released, includes an updated zone focus feature. With new firmware and update, you won't need either duck tape or safety wire. ;0)
a building under construction near my work place.
# I'm excited with the news of LX5's firmware update!!!!!!!!!! GREAT!!!!! It's supposed to be released on Sep. 13.
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX5
Neue Firmware 5.0 –
Objektiv 400 mm + 2x Telekonverter = 800 mm + APS-C Modus (Faktor 1,5) = 1200 mm + ClearZoom (2x Digitalzoom) = 2400 mm Brennweite.
Freihand.
Are you old enough to remember those days that camera kit usually included a standard 50mm lens?
The 50mm standard lens is usually fast, light weight and possesses good optical quality.
In the APS-C sensor cameras, the 35mm focal length is 50mm equivalent.
I have a chance to try on this new Fuji 35mm F2 lens.
My dear Puss Tabby is always my first model in trying new camera and lens. I will take more shots with this standard lens and share the experience with you.
Have a great weekend!
Fuji X-T1 camera
Fuji XF 35mm F2 WR lens
Firmware 4.10
《妳》 念記我的宝絲
妳是一道柔和的光
照在我的面上
像妳的毛毛掌
輕撫我的臉
妳是那悠悠的回声
縈繞在我心裏
仿如妳低沉的顫音
催我入眠
妳是這又濃又淡的气味
永遠留在我身上
直到一天
妳我一起昇華 消散
2018.08.07
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Seven metres at 11:36am on Thursday May 12th 2022 off the Mall and Horse Guards Road within the grounds of St James's Park in Central London, one of the Royal parks of London situated in South West London.
THE EASTERN GRAY/EASTERN GREY SQUIRREL (SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS)
By Paul Williams
The Grey (or Gray) squirrel, you either love 'em or you hate 'em. Cute and fluffy little funsters or destructive critters who ruin trees, kill bird chicks and trees and damage our homes... oh and it's their fault we lost our native Red squirrels as well!
OK
I get it and I see both sides of the story of course. For my part, I am a nature, wildlife and landscape photographer who prefers the company of animals and natural beauty to fellow humans who are systematically plundering Mother Earth's resources and killing off her beautiful creatures at an alarming rate! I believe there is a natural order of things, creatures kill other creatures to survive, they adapt to situations and when mankind encroaches on their territory to make a fast buck, those animals sometimes adapt to survive and the order changes. That is the balance of nature which is ever changing and affected by us..... the dumbest of the great apes. Some species are driven out by others, some may be destined to become extinct, the fittest will survive, and sometime a species will need intervention and help from mankind in order to survive... usually as a direct consequence of mankind's own actions in destroying the animal kingdom's natural habitat of course.
I adore these little fellas and at almost sixty years old, I never grew up knowing red squirrels at all. I've seen reds in Scotland and black squirrels in Stanley Park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, but in my beloved home country of England I have always known and loved the cute little Greys. They visit my garden and give me hours, days, weeks of happiness and wonderful photographic opportunities, and I see them in Parks and forests all around me, so it's time to offer up an insight into the Grey squirrel, much loved, much hated... a sort of Marmite rodent if you will.
WHAT EXACTLY IS A SQUIRREL?
The word 'Squirrel', was first recorded in 1327 and hails from the Anglo-Norman word 'Esquirel', from old French 'Escurel', which was a reflex for the Latin word 'Sciurus'.The Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) is also known as the Eastern Grey squirrel or simply grey squirrel depending on the region of the world it is found. It is a tree squirrel, of the squirrel family Sciuridae including over one hundred arboreal species native to all continents of the world other than Antarctica and Oceania. Tree squirrels live mostly in trees, apart from the flying squirrel. The best known genus is Sciurus, containing most of the bushy tailed squirrels which are found in Europe, North America, temperate Asia as well as central and south America.
The scientific classification for the Eastern Grey is:
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA PHYLUM: CHORDATA CLASS: MAMMALIA ORDER: RODENTIA FAMILY: SCIURIDAE GENUS: SCIURUS SUBGENUS: SCIURUS SPECIES: SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS
They were first noted by German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, and malacologist - Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788.
A mammal and rodent, predominantly herbivorous they are none the less an omnivore with a life span of between two and ten years. They can grow to 70cm in length and weigh up to 8kg. There are more than two hundred and sixty species of worldwide squirrel, the smallest being the African pygmy squirrel at just 10cm in length, whereas the Indian giant squirrel is three feet long! The oldest fossil of a squirrel, Hesperopetes, dates back to the late Eocene epoch period Chadronian period of 40-35 million years ago. The tree squirrels rotate their ankles by 180 degrees, so that the hind paws pointy backwards gripping tree bark which enables them to descend a tree headfirst.
Originally native to Eastern and Midwestern United States of America, they were first introduced into the United Kingdom in 1876 in Henbury Park, Macclesfield in Cheshire when Victorian banker Thomas V. Brocklehurst released a pair of Greys that he brought back from a business trip to America after their attraction as pets had waned. Victorians had a penchant for collecting exotic animals and birds of the world, but trends came and went and subsequently animals were simply discarded into the wilderness. There are early records of greys released near Denbighshire in north Wales from private collections. Later introduced to several regions in the UK, they quickly settled and spread, colonizing an area of three hundred miles in a quarter of a century between Argyll and Stirlingshire in Scotland.
Introductions of the Greys between 1902 and 1929 (the year of the last recorded introduction), included: Regent’s Park in London, Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk and Hampshire. Grey Squirrels spread into Gloucestershire and eastern Wiltshire with animals coming directly from the United States or from Woburn. One hundred greys were released in Richmond Park in Surrey in 1902, Ninety one into Regent’s Park between 1905 and 1907 and a further ten New Jersey imported greys were introduced into Woburn Park in Bedfordshire.
Predators include hawks, weasels, raccoons, bobcats, foxes, domestic and feral cats, snakes, owls, and dogs, African harrier-hawks in Africa and... oh yes, Mankind pretty much everywhere who despise, mistreat, cull or eat it .
FACTS, MYTHS AND THAT POXY PARAPOX!
The massive decline in native red squirrels blamed upon the spread of the invasive greys has always been perhaps a little harsh as reds were already in a steep decline due to loss of habitat and disease and thus the greys simply took over the areas where the reds were dwindling. It's also a fact that reds were also seen as a plague, branded as pests who killed birds and damaged trees and the culling of reds almost brought them to the brink of extinction. Licenses to kill reds could still be obtained up until the seventies!
Reds suffered at the hands of mankind thanks to a combination of agricultural deforestation also linked with war and fuel needs which caused extinction in Southern Scotland and Ireland by the early eighteenth century, way before greys had been introduced. Harsh winters killed off the less hardy red population in the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Greys are more adept at finding food and adapting to locations and environments, but also carry the squirrel poxvirus (SQPV) which although not particularly harmful to them, is a serious infection for the reds.
Parapox in red squirrels causes swollen lesions around the mouth, eyes, ears and nose also the front paws and sometimes genitals and skin ulcers and kills a red within fifteen days. There is no definitive correlation between the spread of the virus and the spread of the Greys, it actually arrived in several areas before the greys began to colonize there. An epidemic virus was observed in Red squirrels from at least 1900 with isolation attempts failing, and the first case of Parapox in the UK was in 1980 in the county of Norfolk. Greys cannot transmit the virus to reds via saliva or faeces, but reds can between each other from bodily secretions and at animal feeders in gardens. The transmission from greys to reds is though to come from parasites. Eight to ten per cent of reds survive the virus, and there is some evidence that reds are slowly building an evolved resistance.
Greys are seen as pests to forest land, stripping bark from trees during May and June, and are also capable of destroying household bins, water pipes, causing roof damage not to mention taking eggs and killing young chicks of ground nesting and songbird populations. They also take from bird feeders and there is a whole industry for creating squirrel proof feeders these days.
THE CULLING OF GREY SQUIRRELS
Grey squirrels have limited legal protection and can be legally controlled all year round by a variety of methods including shooting and trapping. Methods of trapping and killing include Drey poking and shooting, Tunnel trapping using spring traps set in accordance with BASC’s trapping pest mammals code of practice. They can also be shot using a shotgun or powerful air rifle or up until September 30th 2014 poisoned by Warfarin (Now outlawed).
Whilst professional trapping and extermination is hopefully done as humanely as possible, there have been cases, many of them where cost savings have been gained by battering the squirrels to death! Grey squirrels are trapped in ghastly metal contraptions for hours and hours, wearing themselves out frantically trying to escape by gnawing at the metals bars. They bite the floor and scratch at them with their claws and do not get a moments peace or rest through absolute fear. Once the traps are retrieved, each squirrel, terrified will be thrown into a sack and smacked on the head countless times with a blunt instrument. When a mother is slaughtered, her babies who are totally dependent on her, will die a slow death of thirst and starvation.
There is an argument for the control of Greys on many grounds but also a counter argument that Culling does not work, and has not on countless times where, once a population of greys have been culled, the nearest group will move back in and claim the land. The university of Bristol concluded that there was little evidence that culling greys to save red squirrels was effective, and that perhaps finding a way of boosting red squirrel immunity to the poxvirus or planting areas of yew trees where reds are known to thrive and spending money on research into positive moves might be a better option.
In Ireland, the re-introduction of the Pine marten, a species made extinct originally by the very same land owners who also wish to do the same to the grey squirrel, has seen the rapid demise of the grey and the reintroction of the native reds. Red squirrels are smaller and more nimble than their grey counterparts, and as such can get to the very ends of tree branches where neither the pine martins, nor more importantly the heavier greys can, thus surviving and thriving. As a result in Ireland, the grey squirrel population has crashed in approximately 9,000 km2 of its former range and the reds has become common once more after a thirty year absence... oh and Pine Martens are protected again!
In Scotland, Pine Martens exist in areas where Red squirrels thrive, and greys do not. So perhaps there is a lesson here, as in England where there are no pine martens, the greys are prolific breeders. So there is an argument against the barbarity of shooting and poisoning greys, and if, as so many believe, the greys MUST be controlled, how about a more humane and natural method that nature intended.. with re-introduction of predators. Just a thought!
So a few facts and figures on the greys and to wrap up, from a purely personal perspective I love these little guys, as I do almost every creature in nature other than those eight legged beasties that shall not be named and for which I have a deep and powerful phobia that borders on paranoia!
I could no more harm an animal deliberately than eat a McDonald's McRib (Once saw how they are made and let me just say... eeeuuuuuwwwww!!).
They are small, cute, cuddly, furry, they photograph beautifully, have great personality and make me smile. They trust me enough to take food from my hand in parks, and I can't bare the though of ugly, hairy land owners sticking a shotgun in their face and blowing them away! I appreciate they can be a pest, a problem, a menace, that their PR managers might have a bit of a problem winning you over when they flay small chicks alive on your lawn or decimate the songbird population by stealing their eggs.... and perhaps there is a need to keep the population under control and try and re-establish the red population.....
Yep I get that....
I just hope we can solve the problem more humanely to create a peaceful coexistence of the reds and greys in different areas. A man can dream can't he.
Paul Williams June 18th 2021
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Nikon D850 Focal length 150mm Shutter speed: 1/640s Aperture f/6.3 ISO160 Hand held with Tamron VR Vibration reduction enabled on setting 1. Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504). (14 bit uncompressed file) Focus mode AF-C focus. AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled AF-Area mode: 3D-Tracking Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, 0, 0 (4770K). Colour space: RGB. High ISO NR: ON (Low) Active D-Lighting: Auto Vignette control: Normal Picture control: (SD) Standard with sharpening +3 and clarity +1.00
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 95mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 circular polariser glass filter.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip). Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 30m 11.41s
LONGITUDE: W 0d 7m 59.86s
ALTITUDE: 6.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.9MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 42.20MB
PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (18/02/20) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit Version 1.4.1 (18/02/2020). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.13.5. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
I have been attempting to get to grips with focus stacking, ahead of the new auto feature (due in a firmware update next month). I'm pleased with the results so far, so it will be interesting to see how I can improve.
Taken at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve
Shutter speed: 1/60000 sec
Bemærk den "fartstribe" der er efter den ene dråbe.. gad vide hvad den videnskabelige forklaring på det mon er..
...and it turns on! No OS installed yet, but it does drop into firmware
(I pressed the power button, and quickly held down apple-option-o-f to drop it into open firmware)
This park in Sanya is gone now, I took these photos as they were in the process of taking it all apart on April 30 2008.
All of these "Brokedown Park" pictures were shot on an Canon Powershot S3 IS using the CHDK firmware "hack" to record RAW files, then processed in ACR and PS, NR with Noiseware Pro, also I used the Topaz Adjust plugin to make them look cool.
If you have a Canon digital compact camera that uses the Digic II or Digic III processor you can record RAW files using the CHDK firmware "hack," google it, it's awesome.
By the way at least one person has expressed extreme dissatisfaction to me about this "Brokedown Park" set of photos. I just snapped them on the way home from work one day, excited because I had just recently bought a new camera and "hacked" it to shoot RAW files. But last week some guy left a comment on one of these photos (of a broken ferris wheel of all things) saying that I had propagandized my "report," that it was "not comprehensive," "not real," and he "beseeched" me to erase the pictures. I just told him that lots of people like to take photos of abandoned things all over the world and that every country has such things and that everybody knows that. And I told him to erase his own pictures. So he blocked me on flickr. What is wrong with people? Cripes.
Photo COPYRIGHT 2008/2009 Django Malone
Roki our border collie out front of the house on a summer evening.
This was just a quick test shoot with the Z7 mk II and 24-70 f2.8 S, it all seems to be good (to be fair the kit is practically brand new, traded in by someone "needing" the best and greatest kit only!). I will spend some quality time with this, it's Z6 II stablemate and the manual now to get all the custom functions set as I like them and both bodies responding in the same way... and check all the firmware at the same time!
Been spending most of the day on loan applications (to fix up the house a bit) and website redesign for waywardspirit.com - the logo on there is just a temporary place holder, don't worry!
Cormorant composite, there were quite a few shots taken in one burst. I was testing a firmware update on my camera, all seems good
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Five hundred and fifty four metres, at 09:28am on Friday 13th September 2019 off Trans Canada Highway 1 around thirty kilometres West of the city of Kamloops, looking out over Kamloops lake as it narrows into the Thompson River from a viewpoint in Savona, British Columbia, Canada.
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Nikon D850. Focal length 24mm Shutter speed 1/100s Aperture f/16.0 iso250 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Hand held with Nikon Image stabilization VR enabled on Normal mode. Focus mode AF-C focus 51 point with 3D- tracking. AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode - Aperture priority exposure. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Matrix metering. ISO Sensitivity: Auto. White balance: Natural light auto. Colour space Adobe RGB. Nikon Distortion control on. Picture control: Auto. High ISO NR on. Vignette control: normal. Active D-lighting Auto.
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 77mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 0.6 (2 stops) ND Grad soft resin. Lee SW150 Filters field pouch.Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.
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LATITUDE: N 50d 45m 1.88s
LONGITUDE: W 120d 43m 33.60s
ALTITUDE: 554.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.5MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 34.90MB
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.3.1 11/07/2019). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
iPhone OS 3.1 beta (iPhone 3GS)
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SAMSUNG scheint meine Kritik am selektiven Fokus gehört zu haben und bringt ein Hammer Update mit Postfokus Effekten heraus.
Der Hintergrund kann verschwommen, gedreht, oder in der Farbskala weitreichend geändert werden.
Live View ist ein nichts sagender Name für Postfokus mit Bokeh Effekten und Farbtemperatur Veränderungen.
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• Hier Tele d.h. 52 mm Objektiv
• Der Hintergrund ist im Original monochrom, jetzt im postfocus auf blau geändert.
Ein Wirbel oder Unschärfe wäre auch möglich gewesen.
• Art meets Photography
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Neueste Technik vom S10 5G wurde nun allen S10 gespendet!
□ ● Dankeschön SAMSUNG ●
using Sony A7ii and Nikkor 105F1.4 E ED with Commlite Pro AF adapter (firmware V.05) @F1.4 1/2500 ISO 100
Z9 (firmware v.1.11)
Z 24-120mm
Manual Exposure + Auto ISO
AF: Wide-Area (L) + Auto Scene Tracking
Delkin Black 512GB CFExpress
In-Camera JPG capture
Nik Color Efx 4
Photoshop Elements
I had the chance to make some images at the recent car races at Long Beach.
new Nighshot Mode - Full Auto
F1.5
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Crop
ISO 125
1/2 s
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Night-Vision - Nachtsicht
Magic
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like a night Vision device
fast ein Nachtsichtgerät
after Firmware Update
refurbished like S10 5G
"fixed stand" +
handheld
The Auto White Balance is excellent
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edition by Aviary : Landscape Filter
and glamour glowing (57%) by snapseed
+4 structure and sharper
Firmware update 4.0 for Nikon Z9 reports to have improved 3D tracking and in this case I agree. Using the 100-400 +1.4 TC, I zoomed out to 280mm to give myself a better chance to get the subject in frame.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Five metres, at 19:18pm on Sunday 21st September 2019 around sunset off the 17a West Saanich Road, from the shoreline of Patricia Bay near beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Patricia Bay is a body of salt water that extends East from the Saanich Inlet and forms part of the North Saanich shoreline in British Columbia.
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Nikon D850. Focal length 120mm Shutter speed 1/125s Aperture f/16.0 iso1100 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Focus mode AF-C focus 51 point with 3D- tracking. AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode - Aperture priority exposure. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Matrix metering. ISO Sensitivity: Auto. White balance: Natural light auto. Colour space Adobe RGB. Nikon Distortion control on. Picture control: Auto. High ISO NR on. Vignette control: normal. Active D-lighting Auto.
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 77mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 0.3 (1 stop) ND Grad soft resin. Lee SW150 0.9 reverse neutral grad.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch.
Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Manfrotto 327RC2 Light Duty Grip Ball Magnesium Tripod Head (Payload: 5.5kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable.
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LATITUDE: N 50d 41m 32.50s
LONGITUDE: W 120d 22m 22.70s
ALTITUDE: 345.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 92.3MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 34.60MB
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PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.3.1 11/07/2019). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
This morning I briefly tested the new Nikon Z8 Firmware v3.01 during a walk through the olive groves of the North Aegean. One thing is clear — AF tracking sensitivity has improved. Well done, Nikon, though we still expect more refinement.
To be honest, my initial impressions of the Z8’s Subject Detection – Bird Mode have been underwhelming compared to my experience with the D850. But after some trial and error, I’m beginning to see noticeable progress — I estimate about a 70% improvement. Especially in 3D Tracking and Wide-Area AF (C1/C2) modes, the camera now locks onto the bird's eye more quickly and with fewer tracking errors.
Now, let me share two portraits of what I believe to be a young Great Tit (Parus major). Getting this close for a portrait wasn’t easy — but with the Nikon Z8, NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF, and TC-14EII Teleconverter, the moment was captured.
Young Great Tits are often less vibrant than adults, with a slightly duller yellow belly and shorter black chest stripe. Their head may also appear more tousled or fluffy — a charming reminder of their recent fledgling days.
Great Tit – Juvenile Details
Juvenile Great Tits look slightly duller than adults. Their yellow underparts are paler, and the signature black stripe running down the chest is narrower and less defined.
The head and crown of young individuals may appear brownish or olive-toned rather than deep black, giving them a softer, fluffier appearance — especially just after fledging.
Their calls are also less structured and slightly higher-pitched. In early weeks, they can often be seen fluttering their wings while begging for food from parents.
Juveniles often display a more curious and approachable behavior, especially when exploring feeding grounds. This makes them ideal for close portrait work — if approached with patience and care.
By late summer, young birds begin moulting into their adult plumage, gradually becoming indistinguishable from mature individuals.
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Lens - With Nikon TC 14E II - hand held or Monopod and definitely SPORT VR on. Aperture is f8 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
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Upgraded The A9 firmware to 5.01 with Tracking capability and went out looking for my White Throated Kingfisher. From the limited shooting it seems much easier to track WTKF but the images are not as crisp as my favourite firmware 3.01. Too early to draw any concussion with limited shooting. Moreover FW 6.0 should release soon.
This is the 3rd shoot of a sequence of 3 inflight capture.
Please see below
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Sometime in 2014, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and a year later, in the fall of 2014, I started a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with my iPhone6, and iPhone6+. But progress doesn’t stop (at least with Apple): as of October 2015, I’ve upgraded once again, to the iPhone6s and 6s+ (yes, both of them) and this new album contains photos created with those camera-phones
In last year’s Flickr album, I wrote, “Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and not be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.
“After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was always capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone.
“But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real" camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was always in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.
“Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — any camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter which camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.
“And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.
“With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.
“Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...
“I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.”
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Okay, so now it’s October of 2015, and I’ve got the iPhone 6s/6s+. The the camera now has a 12-megapixel lens (instead of the older 8 MP version), and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS9, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony RX-100 Mark IV, which replaces the Mark III I had last year), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10 II, and Sony A7 II), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6s/6s+ camera actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use at leas one of them every day, and see what the results look like …
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…”
ODC-Mood Lighting
I actually took this photo a few moments ago. (April 1 2020). My camera is having some issues because it needs a Firmware update so until I do that the date seems to be off a day! Now they are saying that My New PC should be here on Saturday yay! We will see!!! I can't wait then I can fix this camera too!
New firmware 1.01 seems to be more accurate with Eye-AF now. Some more improvements would still be nice. Some pictures might show slight motion blur at 100%.
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This photograph was taken an altitude of Seven hundred and ninety two metres, at 11:28am on Saturday May 14th 2016 on the shoreline of Little Teslin Lake heading towards Johnsons Crossing at mile 836 of the Alaska Highway 1 in Yukon territory, Canada.
This is a large adult American Black Bear (Ursus Americanus), a medium sized bear native to North America, and found in abundance in the Yukon territory and Alaska. Black bears have a small tail, up to nine inches long foot length and males can weigh up to 250kgs. On my trip I encountered several bears and, although it is strongly recommended that you do not leave your vehicle to photograph these beautiful wild animals, needless to say, with care and caution I did just that to capture my photographs.
Nikon D800 Focal length 450mm Shutter speed 1/60s Aperture f/9.0 iso100 RAW (14Bit) Hand held with Nikon VR Vibration reduction enabled. Nikon back focus button enabled. AF-C Continuous point focus with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance. Nikon AF Fine tune on (+10).
Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6G ED VR. Power up 95mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M 1.2x Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC card. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW Photo/ 15.4" Notebook Backpack camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.
LATITUDE: N 60d 29m 15.55s
LONGITUDE: W 133d 21m 32.65s
ALTITUDE: 792.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 37.40MB
PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D800 Firmware versions A 1.10 B 1.10 L 2.009 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
New firmware 1.01 seems to be more accurate with Eye-AF now. Some more improvements would still be nice. Some pictures might show slight motion blur at 100%.
This series (147 photos) of this beautiful model have been shot with the a7 IV running the old 1.0 Firmware with Eye-AF issues.
You can find more photos of her in the albums.
«Il n'y a pas de lumière sans ombre.»
Louis Aragon
From the Girolamo's HDR Photos site: www.omalorig.com
Canon EOS 50D (Magic Lantern firmware)
Samyang 8mm Fisheye
9 exposures -Photomatix - Photoshop
1/8s - f/8 - 8mm - ISO 100
Lac Saint André - France.