*** July 2025 Image and Video Thread ***

[pdk42]

Went for an early-morning walk and despite the glorious weather we're having in general here in the UK, it turned out to be quite dull and misty. But it did give a bit of a mood to this shot:


Misty Summer Morn by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

 

[xaviergut]

Beautiful creatures:

 

[sergun80]

Pano S9 + 24/3.5

 

[xaviergut]

Panasonic Lumix S1Rii + Lumix 14-28mm f/4-5.6 at 28mm, 1/400, f/5.6, ISO 200
3 pictures stacked in Photoshop.

This next one is the same picture but was made using the Focus Stacking feature on the S1Rii. You can see that the animal is in movement and I should have reduced the number of photos, not 10, just 3 or 4. Learning by doing... I never made macro photography.

 

[pdk42]

Pano S9 + 24/3.5
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Beautiful!

 

[pdk42]

The End of the Lane by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

 

[sergun80]

s9 24i

 

[xaviergut]

A couple of B/W pictures :

 

[Pete_W]

Late afternoon on Burraneer Bay

S9 + 18-40mm

 

[CharlesH]

On my way to AU & NZ tonight from LAX. Mostly business, and of course winter there. Have the S1R II and will post if I can.

 

[Pete_W]

On my way to AU & NZ tonight from LAX. Mostly business, and of course winter there. Have the S1R II and will post if I can.

Safe flight! It has been a cold start to winter but some nice cool sunny days.

 

[Pete_W]

S9 + 18-40mm

 

[Nevyn72]

Day @Venlo, Netherlands


Transport by boat, transport by train

The River Maas

Some streets are still like a 100 years ago

Here people used to leave their children for adoptiion

Is this what happened to those poor children?

 

[Nevyn72]

And again in the spotlight, Benji Bear (And one picture of ourselves together with Benji, my wife Josephine pulled the remote trigger on my phone):

 

[SimonC]

Absolutely bucketed down with rain in Yorkshire this weekend. This was taken in the churchyard at St. Helen and the Holy Cross in Sheriff Hutton the day before the deluge arrived. "Gathering Storm".

 

[CharlesH]

Sunrise over Sydney Harbour

 

[xaviergut]

Panasonic DC-S5M2
LUMIX S 18-40/F4.5-6.3
ƒ/8.0
18.0 mm
1/320
ISO 100

Chapel and tree with morning light by XAVIER GUTierrez, on Flickr

 

[Travis Butler]

After reading @RCFshooter 's post on Pentax, I ran across my old K-01 and decided to take it out for a spin again.

First thought: Smaller and lighter than I'd remembered.

Second thought: Yeah, other people dinged its ergonomics, but I liked how it felt in the hand before, and still do.

Third: ...was autofocus always that slow?

Fourth: Yeah, this was the camera that really kicked off my 'I really need a viewfinder' thing, because it combined a good sensor/IQ with lousy usability in bright light.

Fifth: The IQ wasn't nearly as good as I remembered.

20250723-IMGP4836 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
K-01 with Pentax-F 35-70 Macro

The F 35-70 was always a favorite of mine over the DA 18-55 that came with the camera, for the color and micro contrast... but that isn't nearly as sharp.

Compare it to my current Sigma fp with the Konica Hexanon 40/1.8, adapted:

20250719-SDIM7258 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20250708-SDIM7223 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

20250708-SDIM7227 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Even focusing by hand with a narrow DoF, that's still very noticeably crisper.

 

[Pete_W]

S9 + LUMIX S 18-40mm

 

[xaviergut]