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[fallout666]

No photography for me today. I had a long therapy session this morning and didn’t do much the rest of the day.

none for me if get to hot. want to take out 120-300mm but been riding new ebike that has hard seat lately in morning after noon to hot to shot 

[g4aaw pete]

We moved home last month with very little furniture. This was because most of the cupboards were 'built-in'.

Therefore, yesterday was Ikea day. Selecting & transporting draw chests during the morning. Assembling draw chests during the afternoon.

The result meant no pictures taken.

 

Today, set off towards the beach in the afternoon.

It was hot.

Nearly all my snaps were rubbish.

I hereby submit two which were less rubbish than the others.

 

Crabs!

 

24mm

1/640

f8

ISO 320

 

 

Shells & stars

 

24mm

1/500

f29

ISO 320

EV -2.0

 

 

[Merco_61]

I took a walk to the biological museum, Biotopia nowadays.

 

The building is beautiful, even if it looks a bit strange compared to old photos as the windows and skylights that were originally the only lighting have been blocked off since the artificial lighting was installed.

 

The original entrance that was in use from 1910 to the late -90's

 

The new entrance.

A bit more accessible...

 

I passed the river on my way home.

[krag96]

Just some stuff in the back yard, was waiting on some butterflies and humming birds, but they had business elsewhere I suppose.

 

Smoochi'n Pooches  what looks like a cardboard box on the ground behind and left is a cardboard sheet tacked to a bullet trap.  I made it with a pair of nails welded to the front so I could just hang a precut cardboard sheet for a target.  The trap catches the pellets or .22 bullets to be recycled later into new cast bullets for reloading. 

 

 

Yellow flower

 

 

Target/spinner

 

[Merco_61]

In a neighbour's hedge.

[krag96]

Hello there!

 

 

 

[g4aaw pete]

The evil red bug lies in wait for a victim to take the ‘bait’ chair.

 

 

24mm

1/1000

f8

ISO 320

 

The lookout post.

 

 

24mm

1/1250

f8

ISO 320

[Ron]

Lots of cool images in this thread. Congratulations to you all!

 

—Ron

[g4aaw pete]

Lots of cool images in this thread. Congratulations to you all!

 

—Ron

 

Thanks Ron. There've often been times when I thought, 'I wish I hadn't picked this lens'.

However, it's giving me more experience with the 12-24mm, which is priceless.

 

Thanks is due to Peter for resurrecting this challenge.

[Merco_61]

Thanks, both of you. 

 

Here's today's photo.

Can anyone guess what I have captured today, except my own forehead, that is...

[g4aaw pete]

Well, it's obviously a string of lights, but is it from a reflective surface?

[krag96]

Thanks Ron. There've often been times when I thought, 'I wish I hadn't picked this lens'.

However, it's giving me more experience with the 12-24mm, which is priceless.

 

Thanks is due to Peter for resurrecting this challenge.

Last year I used my 20-35mm f2.8 D  There were times I wished I had more range, but I appreciate that lens a whole lot more now.  The front of the old school house was probably my most difficult shot, the front sits very close to the road with a 7-8 foot bank dropping to the road.  20mm still wasn't wide enough to capture the entire with of the front, so I settled for what I could shoot holding the camera, (D700) above my head to shoot.  I just couldn't get things quite right, I settled for the below image, it's a bit leaning back which can easily happen with super wide settings. 

 

20mm

 

 

Moving on to this year.  Puppy rolling in the clover.  (we had a guest over, Daisy-the dog from across the road for some playtime)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Merco_61]

The lights are giant lightshades, shot straight up.

I shot them at night back in early May in a more normal orientation.

[g4aaw pete]

How many pots is too many?

 

 

24mm

1/640

f5.6

ISO 320

 

Study in red

 

 

24mm

1/400

f5.6

ISO 320

[Merco_61]

Today's idea was to shoot some conceptual art that decorates a city square not far from home.

 

I couldn't resist these dramatic clouds and light on the way, though.

 

Here are a couple of shots of the LED-lit waterspouts I was after.

 

[Merco_61]

 

 

 

[g4aaw pete]

Disaster. My Sigma 12-24 now has an auto-focus fault. Pressing the focus button, the focus motor very gradually moves but never actually reaches the focus point.

Tried it on the D3300, exactly the same.

Have yet to discus it with the supplier, as it's still under warranty.

 

For the purposes of the challenge, I'll use my 24-85mm & leave it set to 24mm.

 

Today's images:

 

A bored wife on a windy headland.

 

 

24mm

1/400

f4.5

ISO 320

 

End of the day in Margate from the headland.

 

 

24mm

1/1600

f4.5

ISO 320

[Merco_61]

Urban farming on small allotments. Established in 1980.

 

 

Vaksala square, again, but with the water turned on this evening.

[g4aaw pete]

Looking North I

 

 

24mm

1/5

f5.6

ISO 1000

 

Looking North II

 

 

24mm

1/5

f5.6

ISO 1000

 

 

[krag96]