David de Groot 📸 @david@photog.social
Photographer, foodie, Dad Joke aficionado from Cedar Creek, Old, Australia. Mostly a Canon EOS system shooter with some fairly decent lenses.
Three bird shots from yesterday.
A Masked Lapwing hen with four chicks under her in the gutter.
A Masked Lapwing chick, next to a pinoak seedpod in the gutter.
(we herded all the chicks out of the gutter and on to the footpath as they couldn't seem to get themselves up there).
And a Grey crowned Babbler I spied in the afternoon in bad light.
@krita HELP! All my menus are in Dutch. It would seem language selection is being made based on external IP address geolocation, which is daft. How do I change it back to English ?
Krita 4.1.0 on MacOS 10.13.5
Ah the joys of large storage arrays at home. Replacing 2Tb disks in one of my RAID arrays with 4Tb disks (as the array is full). Waiting 4 hours for the array to rebuild before I can replace the last disk.
As per usual shooting corporate execs (or in this case University execs), 15-30mins setup, shot precisely two photos, then 15-30mins pull-down.
My makeshift “studio” for today’s shoot.
It's that time of year again, History Alive is on this coming weekend. A re-enactment event encompassing 2,000 years of history.
Bristol F2B (replica) being chased by a Fokker DR-1 (replica) in Red Baron colours.
The F2B was one of Australia's first military aircraft and used in both fighter and bomber configurations.
Canon 1DMkIV + EF 400/5.6L + 1.4xTC. 1/400th f/8 iso 250.
America's answer to the Spitfire, the P-51D Mustang.
Another slowish pan shot (1/125th sec).
This plane was offering joy flights, so the guy in the back seat paid $1,250 for the privilege of going up in her for maybe 10-15 mins in the air.
I've created a pixelfed account because it's always good to get in early on these things (if for no other reason than I can have my name as a username): https://pixelfed.social/david
Not sure what I'll do with it yet, but it's there.
RAAF C-130 Hercules at the Red Thunder #airshow.
Gotta love a shiny silver plane in a brooding sky in the afternoon light.
T-6 Harvard doing an aerobatics show at the Red Thunder #airshow on the weekend.
Classic Aircraft Corp. Model YMF, taking off at the Red Thunder #airshow
400mm f/10 1/80th sec. ISO 100.
This aircraft was offering joy flights and did a pretty decent trade on the day I was there. It can see two passengers in the front position, with the pilot behind.
Another shot from Red Thunder. This is a Nanchung CJ-6 (a Chinese copy of a Russian Yak-52), taking off.
Part of a series of shots I did attempting stupidly slow shutter speed panning.
This one was 1/60th sec at 400mm f/9.
Canon EOS 1Dx + Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L & Canon 2x TC.
Went to a small air-show today and took Dad and my brother along. 'twas a good day out and I have a lot of images to go through, but here's one of a small mishap when the pilot mis-judged the corner while taxiing. The plane was fine, and the pilot quickly corrected to avoid a tip-over.
Fokker DR-1 replica.
Went out with Dad tonight to shoot some stars.
The first three shots are all with my 200mm f/1.8 lens. The fourth one is a 7 shot vertical pano using a 35mm f/1.4 lens. The wider view of the Milky way core, is a three shot 200mm pano.
Shot a new medieval festival yesterday at Bunjurga Winery. Still quite small (being the first year), but I think it has a lot of potential.
One of my long time re-enactor friends wanted a full length photo of her period accurate costume, and lacking a decent background, I dropped in a quick and dirty replacement this morning.
Far from perfect, but I think it works "enough" for the purpose.
Tonight's full moon as it appears in Australia.
Canon 1D MkIV, 400/5.6L + 2x TC (800mm focal length on an APS-H 1.3x sensor), cropped by a third in post. #photography #photo #moon #luna
Gah! Damn bird. So I have the occasional Pale-headed Rosella come to visit. They are notoriously flighty (unlike their Crimson brethren). I just saw one in the backyard. I grabbed the camera, whacked a 2x teleconverter on it, and approached the back door. It looked up, and flew off before I was even within arms reach of the door!
This is why this species of #bird is my nemesis.
One autumn weekend I decided to put my new tent in use. Packed my gear and drove to a nearby coastal nature reserve. After the well slept night I woke up to enjoy my morning coffee watching this view. Good times! #nature #photography #photo #sunrise
Welcome Swallow, yawning (although it looks like it's a Shouty Bird).
Saw him sitting on the wire while I was out on the veranda, so I went back inside and grabbed a camera.
