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nsaspook · Apr 15, 2025

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

Wide landscape photo of a freshly tilled dark brown field under a pale blue hazy sky, with green grass in the foreground, a row of trees and rooftops on the left, and distant blue mountains on the horizon.

Urban farm.

Photo from a car windshield of a two-lane road running beside a calm river, with bright sun glaring in a pale blue sky, trees and power lines on the right, and distant hills.

Wonderful morning.

Wide landscape photo of a calm river under a pale blue sky, with a dense band of tall trees along the far bank, a line of houseboats on the right and distant hills on the horizon.

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

DennisN · Apr 16, 2025

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...

Branch of a flowering tree with clusters of pale pink blossoms and reddish-bronze new leaves, set against a soft, swirled green background of foliage.

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

Soft-focus photo of a branch with green leaves and a single white five-petaled blossom, set against a dreamy blur of pink and white flowers.

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

And also... a cat head:

Close-up portrait of a long-haired grey and cream tabby cat with yellow-green eyes, looking directly at the camera against a dark background.

Lens: Meyer Optik Lydith 30mm f/3.5

jtbell · Apr 17, 2025

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

Back yard with white and pink azalea shrubs in bloom beneath tall trees, a small white shed at right, and a mulched bed in the foreground.

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 · Apr 17, 2025

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

Three white domestic ducks and two mallard ducks, one with a dark green head, grazing on a lawn in front of a red brick building with white-framed windows and a stone column.

symbolipoint · Apr 19, 2025

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

A grey-brown fence lizard basking on a pinkish-red brick wall ledge, with a green rosemary-like plant in the foreground and a pale wooden surface above.

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

symbolipoint · Apr 19, 2025

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 · Apr 19, 2025

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 · Apr 19, 2025

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

Close-up photo of a grey-brown lizard clinging head-down to a rough reddish-brown textured wall beside a pale wooden surface, with its tail curling to the left.

NoGood. I do not understand why.

Point Conception · Apr 19, 2025

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

Photo of a grey-brown lizard with scaly skin and a long tail standing on a red-pink paved brick surface in sunlight, with its shadow cast beside it.

symbolipoint · Apr 19, 2025

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 · Apr 19, 2025

symbolipoint said:

NoGood. I do not understand why.

You can rotate an image in two ways:

By actually rotating the image;
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:

GIMP dialog titled Rotate IMG_20250419_162724128.jpg showing Original and Rotated thumbnails of a photo of a wire loop on a textured surface, with an Exif orientation prompt and Keep Original and Rotate buttons.

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 · Apr 19, 2025

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...

Close-up photo of a honey bee with striped abdomen and hairy body perched on the white flower of a plant, with pollen-dusted legs and visible wing veins.

Nice details on the wings...

Close-up of a honeybee on a white flower with green sepals, with its wings folded back and its head pressed against the petals.

Another sucker...

Honeybee perched on a pale lilac flower, probing the base of the petals with its mouthparts while pollen-dusted stamens stick out near its legs.

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

A honeybee in flight beside two white flowers with yellow stamens, against a blurred green background.

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

jtbell · Apr 19, 2025

symbolipoint said:

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:

Small green lizard with a long thin tail lying on a sunlit pale concrete surface, casting a faint shadow.

Rotated:

Small green lizard seen from above, lying diagonally on a pale concrete surface with long shadows cast across it.

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 · Apr 21, 2025

Garden bed in bloom with orange and yellow poppies, blue and purple pansies, white flowers and silvery-grey foliage, set in brown bark mulch.

berkeman · Apr 21, 2025

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

Backyard lawn beneath a wooden privacy fence, with camellia shrubs whose pink and red blossoms have fallen in scattered drifts across the grass and a rock border.

nsaspook · Apr 22, 2025

Riverside park on a sunny day with a paved path curving past grass and leafy trees toward a waterway, a small sign on a post, and a metal railing on a stairway in the foreground.

Wide view across a calm river on a sunny day, with a grassy bank and sandy shore in the foreground, a wooded island in the middle distance, and a white boat on the water.

Grassy park under a clear blue sky, with leafy trees on the right and left, a gravel path curving across the lawn, and a glimpse of water in the distance.

The morning walk at the boat launch.

symbolipoint · Apr 22, 2025

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

A small hummingbird perched on a small cup-shaped nest made of plant down and cobweb, which is fixed to a white clothesline in front of vertical window blinds.

Close-up of a bird's nest made of brown fine plant fibres and pale downy material, with two pale cream-coloured eggs sitting inside the cup.

nsaspook · Apr 22, 2025

Another park walk at Blue Lake in Fairview, Oregon.

Grassy park lawn in sunshine with bare and leafy trees, and a picnic table in the foreground holding a bowl of food and a blue snack bag.

Lunch.

DennisN · Apr 23, 2025

DennisN said:

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).

Front view of a black Voigtländer Brilliant medium format twin lens reflex camera, showing the taking lens with focus scale reading Landscapes, Groups and Portraits, and the Voigtländer Brilliant name on the body.

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

:

Close-up of the top front of a black leatherette Voigtländer Brilliant twin-lens camera, showing a metal winding knob, a round shutter button, a red frame counter window marked 1, and a small lever.

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.

Black Voigtländer Brilliant medium format TLR camera with a raised viewfinder hood, metal top plate reading Voigtländer, and lens labelled Landscapes, Groups, Portraits on a green background.

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

.

Black Voigtländer Brilliant twin-lens reflex camera seen from above with its viewfinder hood open, showing a bright view of a small white desk fan against pink and green.

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

Close view of a black metal camera body with the serial number H586461 stamped into the surface beneath a raised panel.

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:

Black Voigtländer Brilliant twin lens reflex camera with front and top panels opened, showing the interior, shutter-release area and a round lens with a metal ring.

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

Open black metal Voigtlander Brilliant twin-lens camera viewed from above, showing the viewfinder hood, a small lens with a 45-degree mirror inside, and a silver winding knob on top.

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 · Apr 23, 2025

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

Close-up of a brown toad with warty, bumpy skin sitting on a damp concrete path at night, with its golden eye visible and grass blurred in the background.

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

nsaspook · Apr 23, 2025

Photo of a satellite dish feed assembly against a blue sky, with two black corrugated coaxial cables, rusty metal waveguide arms, and a gray LNB housing mounted at the focus of a reflector dish.

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

Photo of two satellite dish reflectors mounted on a wooden pole against a clear blue sky, with coaxial cables running down the pole and a small LNB feed horn assembly at the top of the larger dish.

phinds · Apr 23, 2025

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

Toddler with light blond hair in a light blue long-sleeved shirt and grey pants sits in a yellow booth beside a plate of curly fries with ketchup and a cup of dark, bite-sized food.

Point Conception · Apr 23, 2025

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

Photo taken at night of a person in an orange top standing on a turquoise bar counter, with colorful bowls and stools in the foreground and city lights and water visible behind.

Photo of a shirtless older man with messy white hair standing in a dimly lit room lit with red and pink light, with a blue punching bag hanging behind him and a patterned wall on the right.

nsaspook · Apr 23, 2025

That looks great.

My nearly 50 YO SE Asia party cap.

Dark grey cap with yellow embroidered text reading OLONGAPO CITY, THAILAND, WHERE EVERYDAY IS SATURDAY AND EVERY NIGHT IS HALLOWEEN, with a yellow embroidered laurel wreath on the brim, resting in a blue and white bag.

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.

Open book page titled THAILAND with eight colour photos: a multi-tiered pagoda, fishing boats moored on water, a seated golden Buddha statue, a temple guardian figure, a dancer in costume, two costumed dancers with headdresses, a street scene with signs, and a riverside scene.

Printed photo of several wooden fishing boats moored side by side in a harbour, with nets and gear piled on their decks and a larger vessel and a bridge-like structure in the background.

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

berkeman · Apr 23, 2025

phinds said:

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...

Two white paper food boats on a tan surface: on the left, dark brown crumbly pieces with bits of red and green, and on the right, crinkle-cut fries topped with ketchup.

Point Conception · Apr 23, 2025

nsaspook said:

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

Photo of a wooden block-stacking tower game on a bar counter, with a woman in a yellow skirt reaching toward it while other people sit in the background near a laptop and a bottle in a green sleeve.

phinds · Apr 23, 2025

berkeman said:

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 · Apr 23, 2025

phinds said:

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 · Apr 23, 2025

morrobay said:

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

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

Carved wooden plaque with a sunburst border, a dark blue center showing a globe, a city skyline and small emblems, labelled MOBILE TECHNICAL UNIT 13 and THE PROBLEM SOLVERS on a blue ribbon.

Aerial view of a naval shipyard on a waterfront, with large industrial sheds, cranes and several grey warships moored along piers and at the dock.

DennisN · Apr 26, 2025

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

First up we've got arrowwood:

Close-up of a cluster of small white flowers with yellow stamens on a branch, with green leaves and a blurred dark green background.

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

Macro photo of pale yellow Angel's Tears daffodil flowers on green curved stems against a dark brown blurred background.

...and a strikingly yellow dandelion:

Close-up of a bright yellow dandelion flower head against a black background, with narrow ray florets radiating outward and a stem below.

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

Macro photo of a red seven-spotted ladybird with black spots walking on grey gravelly soil beside a small hairy green seedling.

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

Macro photo of a white and magenta bishop's hat flower with a yellow-tipped stamen, blurred green background, and a second drooping magenta bloom below.

(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

.)

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