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Photo of the day - June 2021
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That's great ! Almost looks like a slide from the '50's . Reminds me of pix my folks took in Miami right after WW2 .Art Deco hotels in South Beach (Miami Beach, Florida) - The Penguin, The Crescent, the McAlpin, and the Ocean Plaza.
South Beach by Lance Randall, on Flickr
More of a profile view of the dragonfly from before. I'm running low on new content with the recent heat wave. Gotta fix that!
Another riverbank shot. This time a lucky cloud shadow allowed me to emphasize the orange lichen on the rocks. Fuji XP90 camera.
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Was on my way back from the photoshoot yesterday, packed camera and dismounted my monopod, and shot this handheld from about ~500 ft away.
Another view from Oxbow Bend Grand Teton National Park, at sunrise.
Love ferns .... they're such wonderful examples of nature's art. Caught this one with the iPad Mini 4, in a small garden area outside our apartment's entranceway
recently.
Condo buildings and lake..... Look closely and you'll see Alfred! 
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You are correct about the RF TC if used with zoom lenses. I have the RF 1.4x TC and the RF 100-500mm, and when the TC is attached, the lens has to be extended (zoomed) just over 300mm first. With the 1.4 TC attached, it becomes a 420mm-700mm f/8.1 (by 700mm), and it cannot be retracted below 300mm, which makes it difficult for travel unless you remove the TC. Since the RF 1.4 TC costs nearly $500.00, the RF 800mm f/11 would be an alternative, but an aperture of f/11 limits its use. Now, the R5 and R6 IBIS and lens IS give you around 5-6 f-stops of light in the right conditions, which is a plus.
With enough daylight, your EF 600mm f/4 works quite well with the 2x TC since extended to 1,200mm the aperture is closed by 2 f-stops maximum. It translates to the best glass available in a 1,200mm f/6 lens!
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EF 100mm USM Macro (non-L nor IS), with an oil paint effect:
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Center stage, keeping an eye on his domain.
Actually, he was doing that the other day when standing on the base of the fountain that still isn't working......
The area where he usually hangs out to snag himself a tasty treat is actually off more to the side and further down at the foot of the lake (just out of view in this shot), but a section of that seems to be getting clogged with algae, not a pleasant place for him to be right now, so he was further out and up in the lake instead. I greeted him with a hello and since I had the wide-angle lens on, no way I was going to get any sort of closeup of him, but, hey.....I was in the process of doing some shots of some of our buildings around the lake, might as well include Alfred in one of those, too! Just can't get away from Alfred, eh?!
Continuing digging through some film scan archives, this time posting in the correct thread
This is a photo of a Chinese QJ Class steam locomotive imported to the US in the mid-2000s by the late, somewhat eccentric, Rick Corman. He started a rather thriving business of small shortlines in Central Kentucky, but really made a name in derailment recovery.
This was the "maiden run" of that QJ class locomotive in May 2008, rechristened "RJC 2008." Afterwards, this locomotive sat in a glass shed behind Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY, and came out on special occasions.
I'll also mention that this maiden run was what is known as a "Revenue Trip"-behind it were 6 cars hauling aluminum ingots. This was not an excursion, but was actually hauling the daily Lexington to Louisville aluminum train. None the less, it was a publicized trip, and was well attended as can be seen.
This was taken in downtown Frankfort, KY. Aside from being a photo opp, this was also a water stop(hence the firetruck in the background). I hopped in my car and chased it up to Midway, KY, but didn't have anything really to show for that. It was a fun day, though.
Photo was taken with my Canon T-1 and a 20mm f/2.8 lens, one of my favorite lenses when I still used the FD system. It was shot on Kodak Elite Chrome 100, the consumer Ektachrome that was actually similar in behavior to the venerable EPP(Ektachrome Plus). The latter stuck around a REALLY long time, well past its prime(and yes, I have some in the freezer). Elite Chrome was a good general purpose slide film. I'd bought 70 short-dated rolls in an Ebay lot, and this was my go-to film from about 2007 to 2010 when I finally gave in and got a DSLR. I still have some of it in the freezer.
This is a photo of a Chinese QJ Class steam locomotive imported to the US in the mid-2000s by the late, somewhat eccentric, Rick Corman. He started a rather thriving business of small shortlines in Central Kentucky, but really made a name in derailment recovery.
This was the "maiden run" of that QJ class locomotive in May 2008, rechristened "RJC 2008." Afterwards, this locomotive sat in a glass shed behind Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY, and came out on special occasions.
I'll also mention that this maiden run was what is known as a "Revenue Trip"-behind it were 6 cars hauling aluminum ingots. This was not an excursion, but was actually hauling the daily Lexington to Louisville aluminum train. None the less, it was a publicized trip, and was well attended as can be seen.
This was taken in downtown Frankfort, KY. Aside from being a photo opp, this was also a water stop(hence the firetruck in the background). I hopped in my car and chased it up to Midway, KY, but didn't have anything really to show for that. It was a fun day, though.
Photo was taken with my Canon T-1 and a 20mm f/2.8 lens, one of my favorite lenses when I still used the FD system. It was shot on Kodak Elite Chrome 100, the consumer Ektachrome that was actually similar in behavior to the venerable EPP(Ektachrome Plus). The latter stuck around a REALLY long time, well past its prime(and yes, I have some in the freezer). Elite Chrome was a good general purpose slide film. I'd bought 70 short-dated rolls in an Ebay lot, and this was my go-to film from about 2007 to 2010 when I finally gave in and got a DSLR. I still have some of it in the freezer.
This is just an iPhone picture of my new ebike (well I have had it a couple of weeks now). The reason I bought an ebike is to make it easier to get up hills as it has pedal assist, so I still get my exercise in. It's also fun passing up other bicyclers who are pedaling hard to get up the hill as I pass them by.
From a recent day trip down a local river. Just liked the colours on this one.
