Nature Photos

[David1701]

A mushroom growing in the garden.

 

[Carbon]

Wow!

 

[David1701]

A sunrise through my bedroom window.

 

[David1701]

A rose.

 

[Carbon]

A rose.
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Wow. God is an awesome Artist.

 

[David1701]

Wow. God is an awesome Artist.

Amen!

 

[civic]

Nice David. Both of my Sons are professional photographers

 

[David1701]

Nice David. Both of my Sons are professional photographers

Thanks, brother.

Your sons will be a lot better than I am (I'm just a hobbyist), but I hope that I can share some uplifting shots.

 

[civic]

Thanks, brother.

Your sons will be a lot better than I am (I'm just a hobbyist), but I hope that I can share some uplifting shots.

You definitely have an eye for the camera brother

 

[David1701]

You definitely have an eye for the camera brother

Thanks again.

 

[David1701]

A fire beetle on a thistle flower.


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[David1701]

A hover fly, clasping its "hands" behind its head.

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[TibiasDad]

A mushroom growing in the garden.

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Great microphotography! I love the apparent dew drop on the blade of grass directly in front and to the left of the mushroom. What are the technical details for the shot?

Doug

 

[David1701]

Great microphotography! I love the apparent dew drop on the blade of grass directly in front and to the left of the mushroom. What are the technical details for the shot?

Doug

Thanks, Doug.

I took it with an Olympus E-M10 Mark IV, 12-200mm lens (the camera has a micro four thirds sensor, so the full frame equivalent of the lens is 24-400mm), f7.1 (for some depth of field), 1/200th of a second, at 26mm equivalent focal length. The lens does semi-macro (1:2 life size, at 24mm equivalent), so I used the camera's digital teleconverter to get closer (it doesn't degrade the image much, at short focal lengths).

It was just a little, wild mushroom, growing in some grass, next to the house.

 

[David1701]

Summer grass and sparkling water (taken this afternoon).

 

[TibiasDad]

Summer grass and sparkling water (taken this afternoon).

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A slow shutter speed or high aperture setting? Nicely done getting the water reflections! Not always easily done!

Doug

 

[David1701]

A slow shutter speed or high aperture setting? Nicely done getting the water reflections! Not always easily done!

Doug

Thanks, Doug.

It was 1/640th of a second, at ISO100; so, reasonably fast shutter and low ISO, at f4. I was on a cliff, looking down through waving grass at a sea inlet, in good light. God provided great conditions, which made it easy for me.

 

[TibiasDad]

Thanks, Doug.

It was 1/640th of a second, at ISO100; so, reasonably fast shutter and low ISO, at f4. I was on a cliff, looking down through waving grass at a sea inlet, in good light. God provided great conditions, which made it easy for me.

Okay, the shallow depth of field and I assume some sea breeze accounts for the blurred sense of motion in the grass. Nicely done!

My MS makes it difficult for me to hand hold my camera anymore, but I loved doing nature photography and macro photography. I appreciate good work, and you appear to be better that I am/was; though I’d get lucky every once in a while, like a blind squirrel!

Doug

 

[David1701]

Okay, the shallow depth of field and I assume some sea breeze accounts for the blurred sense of motion in the grass. Nicely done!

My MS makes it difficult for me to hand hold my camera anymore, but I loved doing nature photography and macro photography. I appreciate good work, and you appear to be better that I am/was; though I’d get lucky every once in a while, like a blind squirrel!

Doug

I'm sorry to hear about your MS.

Thanks for the compliment; but, if you saw the majority of my photos, you probably wouldn't think that I'm better. I have a lot of mediocre shots, and a few reasonably good ones.

 

[TibiasDad]

I'm sorry to hear about your MS.

Thanks for the compliment; but, if you saw the majority of my photos, you probably wouldn't think that I'm better. I have a lot of mediocre shots, and a few reasonably good ones.

Thanks! I’ve been officially diagnosed with it for 25 years, but have probably had it since 1979 when I was 19.

I think that most photographers, at least amateurs like me, think the same thing about their efforts. I worked professionally on the photo-finishing side of things for about ten years, but have always been an amateur photographer.

I’m trying to learn more about Astro-photography using my telescope.


Doug