brunoph

brunoph, 7 months ago to photography

I'll start a thread of photos from my trip, starting with the seaplane approach and landing into Vancouver Coal Harbour, because I think those are some of the coolest photos I've ever taken.

#photography #TravelPhotography #seaplanes #aircraft

A seat by a port side window, in the foreground, slightly out of focus. Outside the window, a wooded area can be seen, covered in thin clouds of evaporation in between the trees, In the horizon, the city of north Vancouver is visible, framed by the airplane's window.
The interior of a seaplane floating in the harbour, looking forward into the cockpit. The pilot is looking down towards the instrument panel, with her head turned slightly towards the right. The secondary glass display is visible, shining brightly in intrastate with the dull light from the cloudy day. Below that, some steam instruments are visible as well, cut off by the first row of seats. Outside the wet windshield, the Vancouver Harbour and waterfront buildings are visible. Outside the mostly dry port cockpit window, the docks are visible. An approach personnel waits wearing a life jacket, out of focus.
A closeup of the port side cockpit window. The pilot has her hand out through a small cutout, signaling to the dock personnel waiting. A windsock, and the harbour buildings are visible beyond that, out of focus.

brunoph, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

The fact this cable is possible and exists is equal parts cursed and amazing.

Update: it sucks lol – check my reply below

brunoph, 1 year ago to random

I am about to become one of those crazy telephoto people

brunoph, 10 months ago to random

I like to go over the photos I've taken and carefully pick them one by one, perhaps saving an under/over exposed shot from its RAW version, and then take the JPGs of the ones I "approved" into my iCloud photo library.

But that takes time, and I don't want to keep piling them up on my SD Cards as they're not a good long term storage.

I do have a 2TB (RAID) NAS not currently being used, and that would fit about 70K raw images, so might as well just dump everything there every time.

brunoph, 1 year ago to random

I guess it's time to actually go over the photos I've taken in the past..?? month?? Jesus

brunoph, 10 months ago to random

I've been wanting a low f-number prime for my Nikon Z, but didn't wanna splurge the $1k+ lenses since I mostly enjoy shooting zoom, and have a 24-70mm ƒ4 that mostly does the job.

Well I recently found that Nikon put out a cheap-o (plastic) 40mm ƒ2 lens for the Z mount, and got curious. Reviews seemed good, and so I decided to give it a try.

brunoph, 8 months ago to random

I've decided SD Card designators are more confusing than USB versions.

Those huge HC/XC/UC designators? Mostly irrelevant if you're using modern devices. You should be looking at the tiny I/II/III roman numerals for speed ratings.

Plus the other designators (the circled number, and the number inside the U) are all the same in all my cards, despite their speed rating varying considerably.

brunoph, 9 months ago to random

I wanted to go to the Sea Life aquarium, so naturally I found a used camera store and bought a second-hand tele-macro lens!

brunoph, 8 months ago to random

Sad to find out the blue streetlights in Vancouver are actually the result of defects, meaning they are not intentional, and will eventually be replaced. I actually like them because they illuminate quite well while producing significantly less light pollution.

brunoph, 9 months ago to photography

"Hmmmm"

#photography #birdphotography #birds #americanrobin

brunoph, 4 months ago to photography

Noir Manhattan.

#photography #manhattan #cityscape #noir #urbanphotography

A cityscape shot from a tall building, showing streets and buildings compressed by the telephoto lens, making it look almost like a screencap from sim city 4. The city is covered by a thin fog, making it look hazy.
A telephoto shot of a cityscape, with many tall buildings visible. They look very close together due to the crop angle. Fog and clouds cover the city. The Chrysler Building is visible crowing the whole city

brunoph, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

This weekend I got SimCity 4 to run with minimal issues on a Windows 11 for ARM (which means it is emulating the game's x86 code), in a Parallels VM, in my Mac Studio. No major issues, except modifier keys don't record properly, and I'm unsure if it's a Windows, x86 on ARM, Parallels, or macOS issue.

brunoph, 1 month ago to Birds

So many birbs today!

#birds #BirdsOfMastodon #sparrows #juncos #warblers #BirdPhotography

an orange-crowned warbler perched in a little tree branch under the canopy of maple trees. it is inspecting its surroundings while the sun shines on it
a dark-eyed junco stands on a tree log. it is facing the camera in a way that looks like it is posing
a golden-crowned sparrow perched in a leafy branch of a tree. it looks very round, almost too big for its tiny wings

brunoph, 8 months ago to random

Ok, I spent the afternoon at the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver, which is a huge greenhouse full of exotic plants and birds, and naturally I took a billion photos. Get ready for the photo dump…

brunoph, 10 months ago to wildlife

Does anyone know what these little critters are? It looked like they were feeding off the sea wall algae/moss.

#bugs #wildlife #photography #critters

brunoph, 9 months ago to random

I used to say I liked most cities at night because they're quiet. And then I realized the reason they're quiet at night is because there's little to no car traffic. I still like cities at night, but now I know the real reason:

Cities aren't loud, cars are loud.

https://mastodon.social/@davidzipper/110940681976849925

brunoph, 11 months ago to random

Duck

brunoph, 1 month ago to random

Hoping clouds stay absent so I can try chasing 12P/Pons-Brooks tonight after sunset

brunoph, 6 months ago to random

It's never a hardware issue… until it is!

brunoph, 20 days ago to random

Bought a TC-14EII 1.4x teleconverter for my telephoto lens, and Nikon lists the AF-S 105mm ƒ/2.8 macro lens as compatible but with "AF not possible", which made no sense since it's a very fast lens.

So I connected it to my Z6ii and… it worked fine! Fast AF too! Hmm… Maybe a recent firmware update fixed it?

So I tried on my 2006 F75 film camera and… it also worked!!

What the hell Nikon…

brunoph, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

Okay but do the riders ride the horses riding the horse rides or do the horses ride the horse rides while the riders ride the horse rides themselves?

brunoph, 11 months ago to random

I've entered that period of a few days before a trip where whether I should start packing or not becomes a grey zone of "not really but maybe"

brunoph, 5 months ago to photography

🛫

#photography #travel #airports

brunoph, 4 months ago to random

Ok I’ll admit I may have a problem

brunoph, 11 months ago to photography

And then I (finally) found some birds!

📸 Nikon Z 6ii
🔭 Nikkor AF-S 200-500 ƒ5.6E VR

#photography #birdphotography #americanrobin #warbler #crow #corvids

An American robin resting off a stubby, broken-off branch of a pine tree. it has its tail spread out, and its looking to the side
a crow's butt, seen from behind, while it rests on a wooden-tile roof. it is preening and ruffling its feathers, making it look a bit puffy
A crow resting on a ledge completely covered in mostly green but also some grey moss. the crow is seen form the side, while the sun shines bright on it, making all the feather details very clear