Random Photos

[nsaspook]

The morning drive back home after dropping the kid off for classes at the University in Portland.

Urban farm.

Wonderful morning.

Those river houses look nice but it's cold on the river.

 

[DennisN]

More Helios magic shot today...

Believe it or not, but these are pretty much straight out of camera (just minor edits done)...
The vivid colors are thanks to (1) the subject, (2) good sunlight, (3) CPL filter and
(4) the strangeness of a modded Helios 44 lens...

Lens: Helios 44M7 with reversed front element + CPL filter
Edit: Just some added contrast in Photoshop

Lens: Helios 44M7 with reversed front element + CPL filter
Edit: Some gamma correction done in Photoshop


And also... a cat head:

Lens: Meyer Optik Lydith 30mm f/3.5

 

[jtbell]

First photo with my new iPhone 16 Pro, looking out the window into my back yard.

Definitely a step up from my iPhone XR, which will drop off Apple's iOS upgrade list this fall. 24MP instead of 12MP, and a zoom lens that goes from 12mm (0.5x) to 120mm (5x), instead of a fixed 28mm. This photo used the 24mm (1x) setting, with some cropping before posting. Then of course the forum software resized it.

 

[jtbell]

While out walking, I tried the 5x zoom setting. Didn't see any cats, so I had to make do with these.

 

[symbolipoint]

Fence lizard, afternoon time, camera on android smartphone. No treatments other than the second image done was magnification on the camera app.

I still fail to make my adjustment actions properly rotate the magnified photograph.

 

[symbolipoint]

Did not work right when posting. I'll try to rotate that bigger one and repost if possible.
Looking at the image just on computer, should not need any rotating....
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That's still wrong.

 

[symbolipoint]

Rotation was done through Photos application on the mobile device, so hopes this looks proper. I may go back to previous post to remove the image.
Still wrong. Still WRONG!
I have no option here to remo,,........... I am removing the image.

 

[symbolipoint]

A repost of upright image, magnified when recording. Hoping it is upright.

NoGood. I do not understand why.

 

[Point Conception]

I took screenshot, crop rotate in photos on oppo phone. Voila

 

[symbolipoint]

morrobay
I do not know where my other post went, in which I had that one you show in #2769, with the correct orientation. Maybe moderator removed it.

 

[jack action]

NoGood. I do not understand why.

You can rotate an image in two ways:

1. By actually rotating the image;
2. By inserting a "command" in the EXIF data to rotate the image when on display.

In the latter, some programs don't read those commands in the EXIF data, thus they don't rotate the image.

For example, I use your image and open it in one of my "image viewer" programs that I know rotates it with EXIF data when asked, and I overwrote the now "rotated" image. (Note that I converted your image to JPG because my "simple" program doesn't deal with WebP images.)

Then I open the image with a more complex program - GIMP - and it showed me this menu before opening it:

Now I have the choice of which version I want to open. If I choose "Rotate", it will actually rotate it. If I overwrite the image with the now "truly" rotated image, it will show as upright in every program (including the ones used by PF).

 

[DennisN]

Four shots of bees that turned out nicely, I think...
...shot three years ago but not edited until now (I'd actually forgotten about them )...

Nectar thieving...

Nice details on the wings...

Another sucker...

And one captured in flight, showing us the behind...

Lens used: Sony 55-210mm (with autofocus and image stabilization)

 

[jtbell]

Rotation was done through Photos application on the mobile device, so hopes this looks proper. I may go back to previous post to remove the image.
Still wrong. Still WRONG!

This prompted me to try rotating an image in the iOS Photos app, on an iPad. I started by duplicating an image, then cropping both of them approximately the same way, then rotating one of them using the 90-degree rotation icon (square with an arrow around one corner), not the free-rotation tool which lets you do an arbitrary angle.

Unrotated:

Rotated:

The Photos app on my iPhone seems to have the same options, but I prefer to use my iPad for photo processing because its screen is larger, making it easier to drag the crop boundaries where I want them.

For what it's worth, the iPhone camera produces HEIF images, and the Photos app stores them that way. When I transfer them to my iMac, they show up as .HEIC files which I can open in Photoshop. When I upload them to the forum using the "Attach files" button, they show up as .jpeg files, rescaled to maximum 800 pixels wide and 620 pixels high if they exceeded those dimensions to start with.

 

[jtbell]

 

[berkeman]

We have some flowering trees in our new back yard, and it's pretty artistic the way they shed their petals...

 

[nsaspook]

The morning walk at the boat launch.

 

[symbolipoint]

Left when I came around the other side for a different viewpoint but once done, something else was in view.

 

[nsaspook]

Another park walk at Blue Lake in Fairview, Oregon.

Lunch.

 

[DennisN]

Ok, I catched a bit of the antique bug and bought two old cameras on auction [...]
[...] I will put up photos of them here later, of course .

Old camera 1/2:

Voigtländer Brilliant

Year: 1936 (dated with help of the serial number)
Model: first metal body model (later models were made of bakelite)
Type: Medium format pseudo-twin lens reflex camera (TLR)
Shutter times: Just three to choose from (1/25s, 1/50s and B (bulb mode))
Apertures: Just three to choose from (f/7.7, f/11 and f/22)


Here it is. It looks a bit like a small lantern, but no, this is a camera.
It's pretty small and cute (dimensions: 11 cm (height), 7 cm (width), 7 cm (depth)).

The left top lever controls the shutter; you pull it downwards to take a photo. It still works .
The left bottom wheel sets the shutter time. It still works.
The right bottom lever sets the aperture. It also still works.

And you focus by turning the small ring around the lens. And you have to a guesstimate
when focusing (that's what the texts "Landscapes", "Groups" and "Portraits" are there to help with;
the viewfinder will not show how it looks through the lens, the viewfinder just shows a static view
(see down below).

Look, there's a small photo counter on one side of the camera. It's not digital :

And to help with framing the photo you open the top to access the viewfinder.
When framing the shot, you look straight down with your eyes at ca 30 cm from the viewfinder.
If you look any closer you will not see a view in focus.
The viewfinder sees through the top lens on the front via a 45˚ mirror.

And here's the viewfinder. Not digital, but a pretty bright and nice analog preview
of a small fan on my table. It looks like the viewfinder needs a bit of cleaning, though .

And inside the viewfinder box the serial number can be found.
H586461 means the camera was manufactured in 1936 (according to this page).

I'm not sure exactly how it works to load film, but I think you have to open both the bottom and the back to load the film:

And inside the camera, is there perhaps a digital sensor somewhere?

Nope, no digital sensor here .

We shouldn't expect very much, this little thing has been through a lot.
It's 89 years old, and judging from my testing I think it still works.
That's pretty impressive.

I'm thinking about putting in some LEDs in it and turn it into a small lamp for fun,
positioning the LEDs so light shines out through the two lenses (the main lens and the viewfinder lens).

 

[Flyboy]

Mr. Toad! You have awoken from your winter slumber!

Prepare to be pet and booped and held a great deal, Mr. Toad. My girlfriend finds you adorable.

 

[nsaspook]

FTA LNB(s) HV and circular polarization (slight offset from center) on the focus of a 1.2M reflector dish.

 

[phinds]

Don't you even THINK about messing with my fries (grandson, photo by son)

 

[Point Conception]

Party update for sacrificing tomorrow. BTW go go dancing is still on in Thailand. To Fingertips pt 2.

 

[nsaspook]

That looks great.

My nearly 50 YO SE Asia party cap.

We spent a few weeks off the coast and in Pattaya after a port visit at the Naval base in Philippines. At the time, we rescued a few loads of boat people on the high seas and sent them to the UN refuge camp in Thailand.

We had to anchor out and take a small boat to the beach.

 

[berkeman]

Don't you even THINK about messing with my fries (grandson, photo by son)

What do you suppose that is to the left of the fries? I'm not recognizing it/them...

 

[Point Conception]

That looks great.

My nearly 50 YO SE Asia party cap.
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We spent a few weeks off the coast and in Pattaya after a port visit at the Naval base in Philippines. At the time, we rescued a few loads of boat people on the high seas and sent them to the UN refuge camp in Thailand.
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We had to anchor out and take a small boat to the beach.

Does this look familiar. Subic Bay, Phillpenes

 

[phinds]

What do you suppose that is to the left of the fries? I'm not recognizing it/them...

It could be mashed up hamburger, but I'm just guessing.

 

[jtbell]

Don't you even THINK about messing with my fries (grandson, photo by son)
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That other stuff, on the other hand, whatever it is...

 

[nsaspook]

Does this look familiar. Subic Bay, Phillpenes View attachment 360284

I was a field engineer working at the base in the 80's.

 

[DennisN]

Springtime... sunshine... lovely day... time for some macro fun...

First up we've got arrowwood:

...and here are Angel's Tears daffodils:

...and a strikingly yellow dandelion:

...and further down on the ground I found a cute little ladybird taking a stroll:

And last, we've got a colorful bishop's hat:

(Photo 1-4 taken with Vivitar 90mm f/2.5 Macro which is a very good and rather fast macro lens)
(Photo 5 taken with Chinon 50mm f/1.7 Macro which is a pretty remarkable lens I happened to find by chance; it is a very small, very fast macro lens (reproduction 1:3) that focuses as close as 27 cm, and it is quite rare.
I've only seen one ever - the one I've now got at home .)