Leica X Vario Photos

[DaveMo]

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Another one from yesterday. This is the Cronquist House in Red Deer. Originally it was on the other side of the river but it was saved and moved a few years ago by building a temporary crossing on the frozen river and then skidded over into it's current location. It now serves as a meeting room/restaurant.

 

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1 hour ago, DaveMo said:

Another one from yesterday. This is the Cronquist House in Red Deer. Originally it was on the other side of the river but it was saved and moved a few years ago by building a temporary crossing on the frozen river and then skidded over into it's current location. It now serves as a meeting room/restaurant.

 

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What an amazing story of achievement and a fine picture of the property. 

[DaveMo]

Thank you @wda.

I will have to go down again one morning and capture the front of the building as this is basically the back view of it. There are a couple of pictures of it being moved on the information boards on the other side. It looked like it was quite a feat of engineering to move it and there were a couple of big Caterpillar bulldozers used to pull it over the river and into position.

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On 12/6/2019 at 12:51 PM, DaveMo said:

Found these Geese enjoying the late afternoon sunshine here in central Alberta. Glad to see one of them is wrapped up warm for the cold weather.

 

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Dave, you're funny.

They look stoned to me.

Edited December 7, 2019 by North / Northwest
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Had a visitor on today"s hike.

ISO 640  32.3mm  f5.1  1/125s

 

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Edited December 9, 2019 by TheCarpenter
Kant Puntuate.

[wda]

Welcome to the forum, TheCarpenter.

A fine close shot of this bird. But how I wish I could see its colours. Against the black background colour might actually improve the picture.

[TheCarpenter]

3 hours ago, wda said:

Welcome to the forum, TheCarpenter.

A fine close shot of this bird. But how I wish I could see its colours. Against the black background colour might actually improve the picture.

Thanks for the welcome. 

You may already know this but the bird pictured is a Whisky Jack. aka Grey Jay. It doesn’t look much different in colour. I was just happy to get a sharp picture this close to something as quick as a bird using my X-Vario. 
 

I only have the B&W image because it was a very grey and overcast day.  For my colour jpgs I limit auto ISO to 400 and have a minimum shutter of 1/125s.  Beyond that I have a B&W preset of 100-1600  SS 125.  
 

I stopped using DNG with my XV because I prefer the look and file size of the jpegs.  Now if I could just remap the video button on the camera to switch between my presets...

 

craig

 

[wda]

26 minutes ago, TheCarpenter said:

Thanks for the welcome. 

You may already know this but the bird pictured is a Whisky Jack. aka Grey Jay. It doesn’t look much different in colour. I was just happy to get a sharp picture this close to something as quick as a bird using my X-Vario. 
 

I only have the B&W image because it was a very grey and overcast day.  For my colour jpgs I limit auto ISO to 400 and have a minimum shutter of 1/125s.  Beyond that I have a B&W preset of 100-1600  SS 125.  
 

I stopped using DNG with my XV because I prefer the look and file size of the jpegs.  Now if I could just remap the video button on the camera to switch between my presets...

 

craig

 

Thank you Craig for your interesting  notes. I do agree it is no mean achievement to capture a bird shot so close with an X-Vario.  The bird is not seen in the UK; certainly it's new to me.

[TheCarpenter]

Now that the weather has been getting colder my wife and I have switched from mountain biking over to hiking. This means that the XV is getting much more use.

Craig

 

 

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Edited December 9, 2019 by TheCarpenter
Kant spel.

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One from a few weeks ago before the snow started falling. Canadian Pacific locos switching grain cars at the malting plant in Alix, AB. 

 

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Taken the same day as the CP locos above combine was seen on the way back in to Red Deer.

 

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Edited December 9, 2019 by DaveMo
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Dave Mo-  I love the light in your image above here.

 

Carpenter-  And with no disrespect to David, I love the B&W treatment of this image. The tonality particularly in the breast feathers is gorgeous and I feel like color might distract. Welcome tot he forum, I look forward to seeing more!  Especially if you get up to Galbriath with your XV!

David

 

 

[DaveMo]

Thank you @DwF. The farmers had been harvesting almost constantly for a few of days prior to this picture so the light was nicely subdued because of the dust in the air. The harvesters had just started on this field and this was the second machine and was following a couple of minutes behind the first one.

Thanks for the compliment 😀

@TheCarpenter, welcome to the forum and as @DwF says, the picture of the Whiskey Jack has got excellent detail on the feathers. Thanks for sharing!!!

[DaveMo]

More combine shots.... This one is owned by the Antler Hill Farm and has got decals on it for a craft brewery in Calgary, hence the large "Toolshed" logo on the side.

 

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1 hour ago, DaveMo said:

More combine shots.... This one is owned by the Antler Hill Farm and has got decals on it for a craft brewery in Calgary, hence the large "Toolshed" logo on the side.

 

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What amazing equipment effectively captured. 

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Thank you again @wda. In my previous life in England I would see pictures of multiple combines working together in a large field and they we all properly lined up and staggered in a obviously posed photo. Seeing how they actually work is nothing like the pics and it more like a choreographed ballet. I was watching five working together but I could never get a picture of them all together.

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[wda]

17 hours ago, DwF said:

Dave Mo-  I love the light in your image above here.

 

Carpenter-  And with no disrespect to David, I love the B&W treatment of this image. The tonality particularly in the breast feathers is gorgeous and I feel like color might distract. Welcome tot he forum, I look forward to seeing more!  Especially if you get up to Galbriath with your XV!

David

 

 

While I fully respect differing reactions to published pictures,  my desire for colour information was based simply on learning more about a foreign bird which I had never seen in the wild. I do agree that the rendering of breast feathers is superb.

Now I am generalizing.  When assessing how well a picture works, I recall advice I received many years ago. Look carefully at the image with half-closed eyes. If it still works - great! If not, ask yourself what needs to be done to improve it? That is quite a good starting point if your desire is to improve your photography.