Trixology
Weather => Weather Hardware/Measurement => Topic started by: elagache on January 30, 2016, 10:53:20 PM
-
Dear WeatherCat "shutterbugs", . . . . (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/camera_small.gif)
Okay, perhaps insisting on photos with our weather instruments is a bit restrictive, so perhaps we should have another photo thread which we all should be able to participate (at least eventually.)
Of course spring may feel like a very long way off for some of you, but perhaps that is even more of a reason to start a thread like this. Some of us live in places where in a way summer lasts all year around and in desert locations, you shouldn't brink around spring or you might miss it!
Anyway, even with all the rain northern California has been having, a few trees have managed to come out in blooms:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-dGnKPm5/0/XL/First%20blooming%20trees%20of%202016%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-dGnKPm5/A)
For those of you staring at mountains of snow, may this remind you that spring will come to you eventually. For those of us where hints of spring are already starting to show up . . . . . get those cameras out and start clicking!! (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/kodak.gif)
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
Spring!!? We have 3 feet of snow on the ground, 6 inches of which fell this afternoon.
-
Dear WeatherCat "botanists,"
This thread has already become bittersweet, but I noticed some very tiny yellow flowers growing apparently wild on a hillside at the base of someone's driveway. This morning I finally walked over there with my camera. Here is a view of the multitude:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-MBj6dkM/0/XL/Yellow%20wildflowers%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-MBj6dkM/A)
Here is a close-up view of the blossoms:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-Kq3b8VZ/0/XL/Yellow%20wildflowers%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-Kq3b8VZ/A)
These are very small flowers - a fraction of an inch. I would have expected it not to difficult to identify the species but after two attempts I came up empty-handed. Anybody recognize these little flowers?
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
Hi Edouard
Not entirely sure but my latest copy of Jane's suggests it may be an example of:
Minorem notum California siccitatis primula.
Hope this helps. [interesting]
JC
-
Dear JC and WeatherCat "botanists,"
Not entirely sure but my latest copy of Jane's suggests it may be an example of:
Minorem notum California siccitatis primula.
Hmm, that species seems conspicuously absent from any scientific records. (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/scratch_head.gif) . . . However, typing it into Google translate does suggest an "alternative origin" for the species . . . (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/big_laugh.gif)
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
Hi Edouard
The nearest I can come up with based on the flowers and leaf shape, would be something like Grindelia hirsutula or Grindelia stricta venulosa or a member of that genus.
JC
-
Dear JC and WeatherCat looking forward to spring types.
Still no rain . . . . :( so I took some photos of the flowers that are going gangbusters in the warm weather. First off our Acacia tree:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-hMHBxFv/0/XL/Acacia%20in%20bloom%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-hMHBxFv/A)
Next a traditional sign that spring as sprung - daffodils:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-7gHTp8z/0/XL/Small%20daffodils%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-7gHTp8z/A)
These are of the miniature daffodil variety.
The nearest I can come up with based on the flowers and leaf shape, would be something like Grindelia hirsutula or Grindelia stricta venulosa or a member of that genus.
Actually this may be a case of a domesticated plant that "escaped into the wild." It reminds my Mom of a ground-cover that was popular in the 1970s. The original color of the flowers was pink, but other colors might have been created. I made a search for ground-cover, but I couldn't find anything that looked like it either. However, that's my best guess for the moment.
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
Dear WeatherCat "shutterbugs", . . . . (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/camera_small.gif)
The weather in California isn't doing much to help the flowers put on their best display. The storm this week was severe enough to really do a number of the flowers that were already in bloom. Here are some daffodils that are showing some the effects of the extreme weather:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-6Fz7TLK/0/XL/Daffodils%20after%20a%20rain%20storm%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-6Fz7TLK/A)
On Tuesday of last week only the earliest of blooming trees were in bloom. By today most of the early bloomers were already past their prime. Here is a group of three plum trees that still look decent:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-tLrcxDN/0/XL/Three%20blooming%20plum%20trees%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-tLrcxDN/A)
I have one more picture taken in the challenging situation of a backlit tree. I used the Canon EOS 70D built-in HDR feature to capture this image:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-zr9XrxV/0/XL/Backlit%20blooming%20tree%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-zr9XrxV/A)
With the HDR setting at 2 EV, the image does capture something of that iridescent effect I was seeing.
I know that the Vernal Equinox is a full month away, but no matter what the weather does, I think California's spring will be short-lived. So I hope someone will be willing to take up the baton of this thread, because in perhaps as little as another week or two, spring will have already passed in northern California.
Cheers, Edouard
-
Dear WeatherCat shutterbugs, . . .
Isn't anybody else seeing signs of spring somewhere in WeatherCat land?
Well, I'm running ragged as usual, so I'm finding much time to take photos of spring either. However, I try to make a point to take at least a few photos of my trusty wagon among spring flowering trees. This year this is much more of a challenge because the problem I'm having with the fuel injection system makes her balky and a bit dangerous to drive. However, the new electronics won't arrive until the end of this week and my wagon hadn't been out in two weeks, so it was best that she got a little exercise. While I was at it, I took these photos:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Biquette/Photos-of-Biquette/Biquette-Spring-2016/i-9QQw7bp/0/XL/Biquette%20and%20spring%20trees%20-%20starboard%20front-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Biquette/Photos-of-Biquette/Biquette-Spring-2016/i-9QQw7bp/A)
Here is a view of the station wagon end of things:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Biquette/Photos-of-Biquette/Biquette-Spring-2016/i-dS2Vf5c/0/XL/Biquette%20and%20spring%20trees%20-%20back-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Biquette/Photos-of-Biquette/Biquette-Spring-2016/i-dS2Vf5c/A)
The trees were almost used up and my wagon really needs to be washed. Alas, with all these blooming trees there is pollen everywhere, so washing a car is futile. So this was as good a set of photos as I going to get this year on this theme.
Oh well, hopefully everything will work out better next year!
Cheers, Edouard
P.S. I know it's kind of cheatin' but these days I really need to save time so if I can appease two forum communities with one set of photos - I gotta try!
-
Isn't anybody else seeing signs of spring somewhere in WeatherCat land?
I was last week while in Florida, but we're supposed to get 4-7" of snow tomorrow...
-
Dear WeatherCat observers of the seasons,
We have two elevated bird baths and 3 ceramic saucers designed to go under a pot that are on the ground to provide water for birds and other creatures. Every morning I run around and refill all the baths. This morning look at what I found in one of the ground level baths!
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-LGLFZXP/0/XL/Salamander%20in%20bird%20bath%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-LGLFZXP/A)
I don't think I've seen a salamander around here in around 10 years! Even more incredible is that this bath is at the edge of a lawn and gets a fair amount of sunlight. I have no idea how this creature managed to find it - never mind crawl in!
Since California has been in drought for over a decade, you would expect that amphibians like salamanders would be in real trouble. Well, here is one that has managed to hang on. There is a lot of talk about species going extinct, but considering the scenarios that brought about mass extinction events in the past, perhaps the ecologists are underestimating the tenacity of life on Earth.
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
It probably crawled up on some of those grass leaves. I'd guess it's a male and maybe scouting out for a female. Of course, it could be a female scouting out a place to deposit some eggs! Who knows?
I just hope the Governor doesn't find out what you're doing with your allotment of water... :o
-
Dear X-Air and WeatherCat "naturalists."
It probably crawled up on some of those grass leaves. I'd guess it's a male and maybe scouting out for a female. Of course, it could be a female scouting out a place to deposit some eggs! Who knows?
What's really amazing about this is besides those bird baths which are cleaned periodically, there is no body of water where amphibians could lay their eggs for a fraction of a mile (as far as I know.) So how this creature got here is really amazing.
I just hope the Governor doesn't find out what you're doing with your allotment of water... :o
[wink] . . . . Oh, I don't know, considering that our governor really is for the birds, (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/chicken_emoticon.jpg) he might think that I'm supporting his birdbrain policies! . . . . (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/D'oh.gif)
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
Dear WeatherCat shutterbugs,
This afternoon I spotted the first blooming California Poppies I've seen this year:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-2Zt9j8G/0/XL/First%20California%20Poppies%20of%202016%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-2Zt9j8G/A)
Unfortunately, poppies cannot compete with tall grasses so they won't have a very good year.
Anybody else starting to see signs of spring?
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
Anybody else starting to see signs of spring?
Yep! The Forsythia have already bloomed and now covered with leaves, the Bull frog is croaking (not to be confused with 'dying') for a mate, good crop of weeds in the "flower" beds, Bradford Pear just peaked with their blooming, Dogwood won't be far behind.
-
Dear WeatherCat observers of the passing seasons,
Well the Vernal Equinox was yesterday so whatever it looks like outside, according to the astronomy at least it is spring. In northern California though it is looking more like winter as we are continuing to get some rain. Yesterday, I spotted these two mourning doves perched rather unusually on one of our shepherd?s crook hangers in the rain:
(https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-fqKHPrL/0/XL/Two%20doves%20on%20a%20shepherd-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-fqKHPrL/A)
While the rain is good for the plants, of course the wildlife has to put up with the wet!
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
Dear WeatherCat watchers of the seasons,
We have already had some brief showers today and might pick up some measurable rain before the end of the day - even thunderstorms are possible. However, looking at the hills you would hardly believe it:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-nWXxM7w/0/XL/Yellow%20wildflowers%20and%20dried%20out%20grasses%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-nWXxM7w/A)
The cloudy day doesn't improve the contrast, but you can see how brown and withered the grasses are. The grass looks essentially as bad a it did about this time last year:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-summer-2015/i-4HTmc52/0/XL/Brown%20hillside%20and%20dead%20tree%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-summer-2015/i-4HTmc52/A)
If you had to judge by the photos, you wouldn't be unreasonable to assume there was about the same amount of rainfall for both years when we are above normal this year while we only got about 70% of normal last year. This year the rains continued later into the spring than last year as well.
As best as I can tell, the heat waves we had in April were enough to cause the grass to go to seed and once they did that, the plants died as they are supposed to, leaving only the seeds for next years grasses. The late season rains may have an unexpected effect as well. many of those seeds may be damaged by mold and other moisture-related diseases which normally wouldn't have any chance to attack the seeds in arid California. As a result, it appears that the seed-eating birds are already short of food and the grasses next year may not be as numerous.
Drought or not, the brown hills of California are back and will likely remain until at least November.
Oh well, . . . . Edouard
-
I took these two photographs from the upstairs window looking down on my ISS. The ISS is actually mounted about 15 feet above the ground on top of a swing set. The great-horned owls who are raising their younglings in a tree about 50 yard off the deck have a habit of leaving part of their dinner on the deck. This time they left a leg that formerly belonged to a rabbit on top of the cross bar of the swing set. Enjoy, whilst I go eat my lunch.
-
Dear Blick and WeatherCat shutterbugs, . . . .
I took these two photographs from the upstairs window looking down on my ISS.
Thanks for sharing. This is a different perspective on your iSS.
The great-horned owls who are raising their younglings in a tree about 50 yard off the deck have a habit of leaving part of their dinner on the deck. This time they left a leg that formerly belonged to a rabbit on top of the cross bar of the swing set.
Springtime is also the time when little creatures get born and start out in life. We had our usual "blessed event" of the deer variety and yesterday I caught one of the little creatures scampering across a path of wood chips:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/Deer-in-the-neighborhood-2016/i-FQZH6Bs/0/XL/Fawn%20crossing%20path%20of%20wood%20chips%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wildlife/Deer-in-the-neighborhood-2016/i-FQZH6Bs/A)
The birds are also busily raising their young and the feeders are taking a pounding as a result!
Tis' the season!
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
Dear WeatherCat supporters of nature,
In order to maintain our 5 star rating in the avian version of the Guide Michelin, I change the water in the bird baths as much as twice a day. This morning look at what I found in one of the bird baths:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-PF4KVt5/0/XL/Small%20salamander%20in%20bird%20bath%20-%20close%20up%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-PF4KVt5/A)
This is a much smaller version of the critter I found in the same bird bath a while back. Here is the overall view:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-TqbDdp9/0/XL/Small%20salamander%20in%20bird%20bath%20-%20overall%20view%20-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Wild-Flowers/Scenes-of-spring-2016/i-TqbDdp9/A)
The salamander is at the top of the dish. Given how small this critter was, I really doubt it crawled in. Therefore I suspect it was "some bird's breakfast" that got away. Given that situation, most likely it ended up becoming the snack for another one of those feathered creatures!
Always something "exciting" happening at out house . . . . . [rolleyes2]
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
(http://www.morrisgarage.com/skitch/Finder-20160610-211152.jpg)
-
I love a weather station that can hover! It's so George Jetson.
[cheers1]
-
I love a weather station that can hover! It's so George Jetson.
[cheers1]
:D I didn't notice you can't see the pole. I was playing with my new 15-30mm f/2.8 lens. No interesting skies, so I thought I'd look down instead of up.
-
Dear Steve, Herb, and WeatherCat shutterbugs,
No interesting skies, so I thought I'd look down instead of up.
Thanks for the photo! It does look lovely in your garden compared to the brown hills here in California.
I was playing with my new 15-30mm f/2.8 lens.
So, don't just stand there . . . . . so how do you like your new lens?
Curious minds want to know!
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
so how do you like your new lens?
I just got it yesterday, and I've only taken about a dozen photos with it. Nothing worth showing, as I was testing coverage, light flare, depth of field, etc. It is heavy, expensive, and takes absolutely beautiful quality images! I had bought a Sigma 12-24mm f/4-5.6 the day before, because I didn't want to spend the extra for the 15-30mm f/2.8. But the two to three stops faster lens, image stabilization, and the fantastic image quality reputation gave me second thoughts, so yesterday I went in and exchanged it.
Now I've got a huge range in three lenses: 15-30mm, 24-120mm, and 150-600mm. I should be set for another ten years! (I think I'd already mentioned that my ten year old Nikon D200 bit the dust, and I got the D750 in January.) I should probably sell most of my prime lenses, as I doubt I'll use them much any more.
-
Dear Steve and WeatherCat shutterbugs,
(I think I'd already mentioned that my ten year old Nikon D200 bit the dust, and I got the D750 in January.)
Well, perhaps you had but I missed it. WOW! Quite a fancy camera!
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-d750 (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-d750)
So how is that different from your D200?
Now I've got a huge range in three lenses: 15-30mm, 24-120mm, and 150-600mm. I should be set for another ten years!
Interesting selection of lenses you have there. I'm not nearly as well equipped. I have the 18-135mm lens that came with my Canon 70D and I have a 70-300mm that I thought I would be using to take photos of things like the wildlife in the neighborhood. In the end the 18-135mm is a very handy range rarely do I ever change lenses.
So what sort of photos were you hoping to catch with your 150-600mm and the new 15-30mm lenses?
Let's see if you can tempt me! (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/conscience_smiley.gif)
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
-
So how is that different from your D200?
So what sort of photos were you hoping to catch with your 150-600mm and the new 15-30mm lenses?
The D200 compared to the D750 is like comparing a Mac Quadra to your current Mac. *Everything* is better! More resolution, a full frame sensor instead of an crop sensor, 1/8000 top shutter speed vs 1/2000, hugely better focusing and exposure algorithms with many more sensors, and on and on. One huge one that I've experience is with the D200 you only used ISO 800 and higher in dire situations, because they were going to be really noisy. Walking the beach in Florida in February, I took a photo of my brother and our wives at ISO 51,000 hand held. It was so dark I could barely focus on them, but the photo came out reasonably well. With some post processing, I could most likely take out most of the noise. All that, and it is lighter than the D200, and cost only a little more. Ten years is a loooonnnnggg time in cameras these days.
On my D200, I used the Nikkor 18-200mm f/4-5.6 the vast majority of the time. It was one of the better midrange lenses offered at the time. With the crop frame sensor, the image coverage was the equivalent to 27-300 (1.5X crop correction.) With the D750's improved quality, it would show the shortcomings in the full-frame 24-300mm lens, so I opted for the much better quality 24-120mm fixed aperture f/4 lens. Again, this will fill a vast majority of my needs. Except when it doesn't. On the D200, I'd switch to my 300mm f/4 (450mm crop equivalent) if I needed longer reach for critters or something I couldn't get physically closer to. That's what the 150-600mm will be used for, too, in spades. In Florida, I took a photo of an alligator's mouth, not just the alligator. On our western trip, I could have zoomed way in on the grizzly we saw, or the bison and elk. Just a lot more options.
On the long end, there were always scenic views I couldn't get in one frame, and couldn't back away further, especially out west. We were at Crater lake, and I don't have a single photo of the entire lake. Just several with 1/2 or 2/3 of the lake. Having a 9mm wider lens will make those possible. Interior shots, too, such as churches, museums, and such. Anyplace where I can't get everything in frame that I want. Some of this could be done with multiple photos and stitching, but I'd rather do it in one shot.
-
Steve:
Is that a dental chair on the left of your photo? A relaxing teeth cleaning option in the garden?
Thanks for sharing the photo and info in the new camera.
Herb:
Thanks for the laugh.
-
Is that a dental chair on the left of your photo? A relaxing teeth cleaning option in the garden?
It does sorta look like one, doesn't it. Nope, it is the low version of this raised bed pest control cover (which apparently they no longer offer.)
http://www.gardeners.com/buy/tall-pest-control-pop-ups/8587859RS.html#start=3
(http://demandware.edgesuite.net/sits_pod32/dw/image/v2/AABF_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-GSC_Products/default/dwbecda142/Products/8587860_096.jpg?sw=840&sh=1120&sm=fit)
It is covering the strawberries, which, after an extremely mild winter, are producing more than they have since we planted them! Mmmmm, sweet, sweet strawberries. Pies, shortcake, on cereal, on ice cream. They won't last long, but they sure are good!
Next the cover will be moved to the green beans after they start forming. These are mostly for rabbits and birds over the strawberries. Groundhogs and deer will try to get into the beans.
-
Thanks for the explanation and the additional photo. Love your weed-free ground cover too. I assume it for holding in moisture. Does it work well?
-
Love your weed-free ground cover too. I assume it for holding in moisture. Does it work well?
That's a photo from the attached link, so that's not our garden. But yes, we have used straw as a weed barrier and to retain moisture, and it does work well for the latter. But for weed prevention, it depends on the straw. Some contains weed seed, so you end up with more weeds than had you not used any ground cover at all. In the weather station photo, you'll see that some of our verge garden has pea gravel as a ground cover between the raised garden boxes. This works pretty well, but we need to spray occasionally to keep weeds and volunteer plants at bay. The newer boxes just have grass between, which is wide enough to get with the mower, and the occasional string trimmer use.
-
My Dad taught us all a great deal about gardening when we were little boys way back in the last century. Where I live now is in mountainous terrain and we only have access to enough water for indoor use only. Deer, porcupines and moose eat everything that grows outside except daffodils and blue spruce, but our "yard" consists of wildflowers and trees. This time of year it is extremely green and beautiful. But I remember the joy of gardening that produces fruits and vegetables. Thanks for sharing.
-
Dear Steve and WeatherCat shutterbugs,
Sorry here is my belated reply.
The D200 compared to the D750 is like comparing a Mac Quadra to your current Mac. *Everything* is better!
Wow! I can see you are extremely pleased!
On my D200, I used the Nikkor 18-200mm f/4-5.6 the vast majority of the time. It was one of the better midrange lenses offered at the time. With the crop frame sensor, the image coverage was the equivalent to 27-300 (1.5X crop correction.) With the D750's improved quality, it would show the shortcomings in the full-frame 24-300mm lens, so I opted for the much better quality 24-120mm fixed aperture f/4 lens. Again, this will fill a vast majority of my needs.
Our experiences seem to mesh on this lens range. Indeed it makes sense to get the best possible quality lens you can get for this range - it will get the vast majority of use.
On the D200, I'd switch to my 300mm f/4 (450mm crop equivalent) if I needed longer reach for critters or something I couldn't get physically closer to. That's what the 150-600mm will be used for, too, in spades. In Florida, I took a photo of an alligator's mouth, not just the alligator. On our western trip, I could have zoomed way in on the grizzly we saw, or the bison and elk. Just a lot more options.
Okay, I see your point. For vacations a longer telephoto has a place.
On the long end, there were always scenic views I couldn't get in one frame, and couldn't back away further, especially out west. We were at Crater lake, and I don't have a single photo of the entire lake. Just several with 1/2 or 2/3 of the lake. Having a 9mm wider lens will make those possible.
I've never been a big fan of wide vistas but perhaps that was simply because I never had the tools for the job. Okay I see your point.
Interior shots, too, such as churches, museums, and such. Anyplace where I can't get everything in frame that I want. Some of this could be done with multiple photos and stitching, but I'd rather do it in one shot.
Actually this is what I was expecting from you initially. I don't take a lot of photos like this, but I'm still not traveling much either. So this too may change!
Thanks for sharing your insights!
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]