Photography - Show us your photos !

[KiwiCol]

I'm not sure, but I think the boat actually lowers down into the water from a hole inside the shed & comes out that tunnel part. No ramp req & all under cover.

[froudy]

Don't know if anyone is interested in "Big Man Toys"?
I had a day out on Saturday with my Son at Bovington Tank Museum. It was Tiger IX Day!
The Tiger only comes out to play a couple of times a year, so it was too good an opportunity to miss!
Not easy to get decent photo's as there were a lot of crowds there getting in the way. The action shots were taken with the Nikon D3400 and Tamron 70-300 lens ..Mostly on full zoom, so quite difficult to hold steady and get 100% "in focus" shots.

[Mick_J]

I used to do a fair bit of work for the guys down at Bovington, they promised me a go in a couple of tanks if I ever went down there on business but I jacked in my job before I got a chance, bummer.

[Andre]

Would love to have a Kettenkrad (pic 3)

Kettenkrad starting at 20:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94y-X3uF0wU

Interesting stuff about him driving the T55 for Bond movie as well.

[froudy]

@Andre

Very good and interesting video

I guy I used to work with (Now retired) spends a lot of his time down at a workshop nearby restoring old military vehicles...Joe's Motor Pool.
He was lucky enough to ride/drive a Kettenkrad last year at a military re enactment weekend he went on. He loved it once he got used to it!

They do a lot of Willys Jeeps as well..

[froudy]

I seem to be struggling with moon shots now..Maybe I'm trying too hard
I tried setting up on a tripod a couple of nights ago and using a remote shutter release so that there was no camera movement resulting in out of focus shots. It didn't work! I seem to be able to get better results "hand held" for some reason.

This was the best shot from last night..Bare in mind I took about 100 shots, this was the only one that was half decent!

[ARH]

Still on auto mode Froudy?  Might be that mode is over compensating?

[froudy]

Still on auto mode Froudy?  Might be that mode is over compensating?

I took the above one in Auto mode. I did try a few other settings but the results were worse.
Recommended settings for the moon are..
Aperture F11
Shutter speed 1/250 with base ISO of 200.

I'll keep playing

[Notty]

I think your pics are out of this world Steve 

[froudy]

I think your pics are out of this world Steve 

Thanks @Notty
They're positively interstellar

[lawrie]

I'd be over the moon with pics like that!

But then again, I am a bit of a 'lunar-tic'!

[KiwiCol]

Still on auto mode Froudy?  Might be that mode is over compensating?

I took the above one in Auto mode. I did try a few other settings but the results were worse.
Recommended settings for the moon are..
Aperture F11
Shutter speed 1/250 with base ISO of 200.

I'll keep playing

Try a full manual series of shots.  I've not got a digital camera like yours Steve, but, have a crack at F16, 1/125 & ISO of 100 or less.

If I were doing something like that on my old manual camera, I'd be setting it up on a tripod, zoom in, manual focus & bracket exposures with different shutter speeds & appertures to see what works. Get myself a std set of parameters for taking such shots & work it from there.

That's an amazing add on lense  to give so much detail, wonder if you can double it & see actual things up there?  Like the Luna rover etc the yanks left behind.  Must be able to see those things (if they're there) with a telescope.

[froudy]

@KiwiCol

The moon shots are taken with my Canon Powershot SX60-HS. You can't change the lens on it..It's standard.
It's got a huge 65X Optical zoom and 260X if you go into full digital zoom mode!!

It's cloudy here tonight, so no moon..Shame as it's nearly full moon time as well..Never mind.
I'll have a play with your suggested settings and see how it goes

[KiwiCol]

Don't forget to write down the exposure settings for each shot as you do the bracketing set, else you'll get something good & go now what was that setting?
I wonder how the image stabilisation actually works then? Maybe it has to detect motion / movement before it kicks in? It's odd you're getting a bit of blur when using a tripod & not when handheld.

[lurkalot]

I wonder how the image stabilisation actually works then? Maybe it has to detect motion / movement before it kicks in? It's odd you're getting a bit of blur when using a tripod & not when handheld.

It sometimes pays to turn off the image stabilisation when mounted on a tripod.  It can cause it to throw a fit.