Canon Thursday 2014, #33

<p>And another photo;</p><div></div>

<p>The jazz singer</p><div></div>

<p>back to the somewhat macabre theme</p><div></div>

<p>Death of a Black Eyed Susan.</p><div></div>

<p>Still getting used to my Rebel SL1. Much easier to carry around than a full sized DSLR. That makes me use it more.</p><div></div>

<p>This has been around for decades.</p><div></div>

<p>I really should get a book on flowers so I know what they are.</p><div></div>

<p>Just before spring...</p><div></div>

<p>Just back from evening country ride with new(to me) EF300mm f4L IS lens. Its going to take a bit of getting use to - hunts more than the EF 70-200 f4L IS if the background is the least bit cluttered, but I guess that's to be expected with the longer focal lenghth. 7D, ISO 400, f4, 1/25, EV- +1/3</p><div></div>

<p>Happy Canon Thursday. These are all Canon 6D Canon 100-400 L shots<br>

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<p>Thom, Dave and Marcel, thanks for the compliments on my cloud images. Yes Thom, it was a wall cloud with a little bit of rotation, but way too lazy to become a tornado. It was fantastic to see the influx of the other clouds heading into it. Everyone's images on Canon Thursday are so inspirational to me, I really look forward to this every week!</p>

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<p>Gil: Really like your shot of the civic center. Nice leading lines, great composition.</p>

<p>Katherine, wow!<br>

Adrian K, those are Echinacea....Cone Flowers.<br>

Bob Muckey, that 300mm f4 is a nice lens. You'll have a great time with it. </p>

<p>We head into town a few times during the 10 days of Musikfest. Performances are on 15 stages spread across town all day and night. There's music that appeals to everyone and most is free. The first is a steam calliope that was playing in front of the under construction National Museum of Industrial History. The sound traveled for blocks down the street through the cavernous buildings that were once part of Bethlehem Steel, creating a surrealistic atmosphere.</p><div></div>

<p>One of the best aspects of Musikfest is hearing music that one might not normally take in. Kuf Knotz played at a venue set up on Main Street.</p><div></div>

<p>We worked our way through the crowd on a warm evening.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wCR6rZlK2E0/U-fXG148V7I/AAAAAAAAAs4/txvFz87B4PU/s1600/Argentia+Harbour1.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="745" />Fox Harbour, sunrise. </p>

<p>Adrian. They're <em>Echinacea</em> spp.</p>

<p>Yesterday, these young people were toddlers. Next week, they are off to collage. Time....</p><div></div>

<p>Thank you Laura and Robin!</p>

<p>Found a new beer - a "red" IPA from Sierra Nevada.</p><div></div>

<p>Focus stack of 108 pictures using 3 Kenko extension tubes on my Canon 20D (that finally died three weeks after this shoot). A non-IS version of the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens was on the end of the extension tubes which was then on a $20 Dot Line manual slide on top of my new Redged TSC-427K tripod and ballhead. I used Helicon Focus (method B) to stack the shots. I also used a Bower RCWC3R wireless shutter release.<br>

<img src="http://i.imgur.com/YT8fK0o.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" /></p>