Are those some kind of deadly spiders or giant Texas ticks on the cactus? 

Just the common cactus bug. 

Aloha from Waikiki 

 

DSC09827 by drjlo1, on Flickr

The first is a small waterfall in Gleninchaquin Park and the second is a stitched pano from the top of the hill at Eask Tower in Ireland. 

Driving through Healy Pass. 

Sunken USS Arizona poking through at Pearl Harbor.  Leaking oil can still be seen...

 

DSC00104PearlHarbourUSSArizona by drjlo1, on Flickr

Edited May 21, 201511 yr by Jon L

DSC00164 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Edited May 22, 201511 yr by Jon L

Looks like  Hanamua Bay. 

On the Doolin Cliff Walk looking back. D800 surprised me big time with this file at ISO 1000. 

Doesn't look like light that needed ISO 1000, was it just a mistake? Anyway, the photo looks great, and yes that sensor is capable of amazing things.

Thanks Peter. The 'light' in the image has been massaged a bit. It was pretty dark out, I remember, because we had no way of getting back to where we were staying. Taking the road back to where we had parked our car would have taken us a good 3-4 hours, possibly longer without any lights. We certainly weren't navigating those cliffs that late. The camera read 1/60s at f/2.8 with ISO 1000. I guess I could have gone to 800 and taken a slower shutter speed but the winds were around 35mph and it was biting cold. Didn't care to stop there longer. 

 

We did the hike on a Sunday evening thinking it would take us the same time it took the locals. That was our first mistake. We had been given two phone numbers to local villagers who worked as a taxi service. Once we got to the visitor center at the cliffs, we tried calling both. One didn't answer. One did and said he didn't work on Sundays. Wasn't my favorite place to be in high winds from the ocean in sub zero temperatures. There was one caravan parked in the visitor lot with a light on. We chose to walk back instead on the roads. Eventually, Julie stopped being stubborn and let me call our hostess who yelled at me for not calling her earlier. She dragged her husband out of bed and came to grab us around 11pm. 

 

The original is attached below. 

One from earlier in the evening. 

Had a visitor on the screen again this year.

 

 

Can humans outgrow war?

 

PearlHarborMemorial by drjlo1, on Flickr

Edited May 25, 201511 yr by Jon L

70-200mm with 2x TC, heavy crop.

 

EOSE3096 by drjlo1, on Flickr

I always had good luck with that combo

A7II + Konica Hexanon 400mm f/5.6 UC

 

 

 

Edited May 30, 201511 yr by padam

Just another testament to the low light capabilities of the D750 from a wedding last night.  

 

ISO 11600

 

 

ISO 8000

 

Bit of an old new at this point, but if you can, I'd avoid Lightroom CC until Adobe fixes the performance issues.  I tried it for a while to give it a fair shake, but I've gone back to LR 5.7 for now.

Sony A7r II with 42 MP BSI full frame sensor.  

 

http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/sony-steals-the-leica-show-and-announces-a-superb-a7rii-rx100m4-and-rx100m2-camera-trio

 

While nothing amazing I do seem to have no shortage of weird bugs around here. 

 

I really need to invest in a proper macro, Sigma 105mm maybe.

Edited June 13, 201511 yr by naamanf

If I had the money, I think I'd get the new Leica.  The Q is what my beloved X100T (and I really like the X100T) wants to be, when it grows up.  Too bad it's so damned expensive.

 

Any post-processing on those shots, Jeff?  Very clean ISO 8000, if not!

 

No NR on either the 11600 top one or the 8000 bottom one.

DSC03024 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Really like that one. Is there any chance for room on the top?

Really like that one. Is there any chance for room on the top?

 

This was the rushed first shot of the outing and uncropped, so no room!

Not that I think it's necessary here, but if you have an iOS device, running the shot through AntiCrop has saved me a couple times before.