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[Busted Knuckles]

Dan, picture of your diffuser rig?

[Minerve101]

Sure. The diffuser is small and light. It cost about $8. The diffuser simply slides on over the lens, and elastic around the opening for the lens holds it in place.

I was using a smallish flash, the Canon 430 EX. Seemed better to use manual rather than ETTL setting for the flash. Most shots were about 1/4 power.

I was using the R5, so there was IBIS. The lens was the EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro without IS.

Diffuser in use by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr


Diffuser in case by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

A couple from the Basin area of the White Mtns after some heavy rains.


First...the classic Basin shot.

537A5471 by kayaker72, on Flickr

537A5224 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing! Brant

[neuroanatomist]

One was to meetings/conference in Italy and my wife and I tacked on a few days before. I've dropped a couple of these into the weekly contest...but here are few of my favorite pics from the trip....

Catching up here after a rather long hiatus. Great pics, Brant! Where in Italy were you? I had a conference in Pisa some years back, and we (family) are headed there at the start of summer, several days in Venice, a week in Taormina on Sicily that will include my older daughter and I doing some scuba diving, then several days in Rome before flying home.

[Kayaker72]

Catching up here after a rather long hiatus. Great pics, Brant! Where in Italy were you? I had a conference in Pisa some years back, and we (family) are headed there at the start of summer, several days in Venice, a week in Taormina on Sicily that will include my older daughter and I doing some scuba diving, then several days in Rome before flying home.

Thanks John. Sounds like a great trip that you have lined up. Venice is great. I would try to pay attention to the cruise ships. I was there in late June once (weekend before a work trip) and 3 cruise ships were in port. It got very busy. I actually headed over to another island in the lagoon, Murano, which was much less crowded and still a great place to visit. Doge's Palace was impressive, but lines were as well. First thing in the morning, no line. So, if you can get going early, it is likely worth it. Taormina? I hadn't heard of that one, but pictures online look great. And Mt. Etna in the background. Would be very lucky if it erupts a bit (not too much) while you are there.

Italy was a good trip. We knew we wanted to try Tuscany as that was 2-3 hrs from where the conference would be and, hey...Tuscany. Not knowing much, we actually picked where we'd go by looking at a few wines we liked, which included a Nobile di Montepulciano. A quick internet search and we were based out of Montepulciano in SE Tuscany, almost to Umbria. We visited a number of the fortified hilltop villages like Pienza, Sienna, Montalcino. All beautiful, good food, and distinctive. An area I would definitely recommend.

[neuroanatomist]

Sounds like you had a great trip! We're planning to spend some time on Murano when we're in Venice. There are timed 'skip-the-line' entry tickets for Doge's Palace, that seems the way to go. We will be going up near the top of Mt. Etna one evening (there are sunset tours available, where it's easier to see the volcanic activity). We have a close friend who grew up in Sicily just south of Messina, about an hour north of Taormina, so we were able to get some good recommendations for there. I'm looking forward to trying some underwater photography, including fluorescence imaging during a planned night dive.

[Kayaker72]

Those sound like some epic plans. Beautiful area. Enjoy!