Archives May 2024

Bugs (insects) are harder to capture in a. picture than originally thought.

A three quarter moon phase shot with a Canon EOS R5, 1.4 Extender on a Canon RF 100-500mm. F14, 1/40, ISO 125 on 5/19/2024 @ 0130-hours.

Only a subtle difference between the two. The above was shot with a Canon R5 with a Canon RF 100-500 mm with a 1.4 extender. The settings for this were F16, 1/30, ISO 100 on 5/19/2024 @ 0135-hours.

This started off as a very cloudy sun rise. After about 30 shots, the sun appeared that gave this rather nice sun beam. This was shot with a Canon EOS R6Mark II, a Canon RF 15-35 F2.8 L IS USM lens at 35mm. F10, 1/8, ISO 50 on 5/17/2024 @ 0649-hours. The F10 was used in an attempt to get all aspects of the shot into sharper focus.

This was a first attempting at capturing lightening. This was one of those last minute opportunities when going outside and encountering a storm moving into the area. A fast dash to the camera room, grabbing what was at hand and getting set up. The problem is, when one sees lightening, it is already too late to snap a picture – what settings should one use: ISO, Time, and F stop? This was a rather fast moving storm, so once I input the settings, every 3 count I would push the button. I did not use a 2 or 10 second timer, so there is camera shake. This is one of the bucket list photos I always wanted to capture. While this is not the best, it was a great learning opportunity for next time. Canon EOS R6Mark II, Canon RF 15-35 F2.8. Set at 35mm, F2.8, 1-second time, and ISO 50. 5/15/2024 @ 2319-hours

This was a very early attempt to capture water upon a leaf after a brief rainfall where I live in Killeen, Texas.

Waterfall out at Colorado Bend State Park, Bend, Texas

As a new photographer, I am using the Canon DPP 4 photo editing software – not sure of the incurred expense with Light Room (LR) and Photoshop early as I only jump started this business in April 2024 with the advent of the Solar Eclipse that occurred in Killeen, Texas on April 8, 2024. This is the before and after adjustments of all things – rocks – these are in my sitting area in my back yard.

So, this is one of the nearly first photos I took with the EOS R5 and really did not have the system set up. This was a good test photo to practice with the Canon DPP 4 photo program. In the end, I did print this out as an 8 x 10 on metallic paper that gives a very sound 3D effect when looked at with sun light.

This was an early test of capturing a picture in the dark. This was at about 12:30 AM with no moon. The biggest error I later realized was that I had auto focus on. Also, IS was on. While I made the adjustments in manual mode, with auto focus on, nothing is really clear or sharp. The F was like 41 and ISO 25,000 and Time was 1/4000. Again, this was a first attempt to capture an image in the dark with the Canon EOA R5 with a 15-35 lens.