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Moving things along here. Only one interesting picture today. No, make that two.
Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in flight. They aren't rare, can be see in the suburbs just about anywhere, or at least where we live. But they don't stand still very often. If you want a picture you have to be lucky and catch one in flight. I got lucky.
jimmuller wrote:
Moving things along here. Only one interesting picture today. No, make that two.
Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in flight. They aren't aren't rare, can be see in the suburbs just about anywhere, or at least where we live. But they don't stand still very often. If you want a picture you have to be lucky and catch one in flight. I got lucky.
kuujinbo, great series specially number one. The 8.5 cm LTM is a great lens, been tempted on several occasions.
Colin, you are darn good at street photography.
Palazzo dell'Arte, Florence where art is almost everywhere.
The space is home to a restaurant known for its extensive wine selection. Upon entry, the eyeballs are immediately drawn to artwork in the ceilings and side walls, amazing. The frescoes date to the 14th century and are very well preserved.
The most famous fresco at the Pallazo dell'Arte is this one. It was discovered in 2005 and dated to 1366. There are images of other poets of the time on the side walls.
The earliest known portrait of Dante that is considered authentic.
There are more islands behind the lighthouse promontory too which you can view from the observation platform on the other side, the end of it is visible in this shot on the right
Andy
Quite the setting indeed Andy. Also enjoyed seeing the islands behind the peak.
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jimmuller wrote:
Bird photography is a lot like fishing. The object of fishing is not to catch fish. It's to try to catch fish. Bird photography is the same way. Otherwise why would I carry a camera with 197 pounds of glass attached (okay, I exaggerate a little) into the woods? And come away with no bird pics? (My sweetie suggested I take the 300mm x 1.4 combo. It wasn't my idea. Really.) Lots of birdsong. None visible. Nevertheless, we did get a few pics of interest.
Been awhile since I've had an Nikon MF lens attached to the Z. From this morning, it did not look hopeful at all when I left the house but there was a brief opening that made it worthwhile photographically. 20mm f3.5 AI.
SiMuMe wrote:
I like the butterfly, Jim. Might need to give butterfly-in-flight a go.
Thanks. I'd like to see what you come up with. Your butterflies are surely different form ours. Expect lots of bad pics!
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pbraymond wrote:
Good way to describe birding. Might explain why I only go birding when the chances are high to spot a good variety.
Thanks. We heard and could identify lots of birds on this trip. Black-throated Green Warblers, Hermit Thrushes (very pretty song, sounds like it's in an echo chamber), Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos, Loons, Common Yellowthroat Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, the usual suspects Bluejay and Robin and Black-capped Chickadee and Dark-eyed Juncos and Ravens. In most cases the usual suspects were the only ones willing to be seen. What few pics I did get of the rest weren't so great, alas. If you can't see 'em you can't take their picture, now can you?
pbraymond wrote:
Some of these look focus stacked James. Grest work with the focal plane and color.
Well Ray every single frame is at f4 - which goes to show how sharp that old micro is, but dof is so narrow near mfd. My fav is #3, and the bottom left has a cool artifact where Helicon smeared it like wet paint. I'll take it.
