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10 hours ago, danielfrimley said:

Swallows in flight, Palermo - 23mm Summicron TL.

Or are they swifts? Certainly didn't stand still long enough to ask! 😁

Yes, Daniel, they are swifts. Wonderful birds.

Longer, sickle shaped wings and slightly shorter forked tails than swallows. If you could get one to come close enough you would see that they are dark brown with a creamy white "bib" under their beaks. They only rarely land, mostly to gather mud for their nests and have very short legs, good only for perching not walking; everything else - eating, sleeping, mating is done in the air.

They are a delightful and evocative feature of the hot, summer skies over Italian and any European city, screaming as they zoom around eating flies. I love them.

Thanks for the lovely picture; you've captured that wonderful time of day and I can almost feel the heat still radiating off the hot stones of the streets.

Tim

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15 hours ago, gfweir said:

few minutes later, 1/15 @ f16 

 

 

For me, this one works better.  Maybe it's the shorter exposure but also the arrangement of the buildings.

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Chasing a sunset, CL with 55 f1.5 7 Artisan

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Surface of a pond II. With CL and L 90/280 - strong crops.

 

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Lonely dweller, salt flats, Trapani - 23mm Summicron TL

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Butterfly on a thistle

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CL, 55-135 with a B+W closeup lens +3

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CL, TL 55-135, closeup lens

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Snail shell

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CL, TL 55-135

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Sloane Square

 

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More experiments in low light with the 18-56

First gallery try, Saachti Gallery Rave

All edited on iPad using JPG transfer (practising iPad editing on the tube :) ) using lightroom mobile 

Upped this one over 2 stops

more here:

 

 

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biarritz : leica cl +18 elmarit 

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biarritz : leica cl +elmarit 18 .

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Back from a couple of days in Paris. I chose the TL 35mm as my walkaround lens over the 18-56 or 11-23. I was very pleased with the decision. 

3 shot pano with the TL 35mm

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I think this basket was left here for photographers...

TL 35mm

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16 minutes ago, Dippy said:

Back from a couple of days in Paris. I chose the TL 35mm as my walkaround lens over the 18-56 or 11-23. I was very pleased with the decision. 

3 shot pano with the TL 35mm

What an amazing wall garden, Dippy. It just shows that a prime lens need not be restrictive but always a low weight alternative when  travelling. 

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