R. Doug Wicker's Blog, page 11

Random Photo Series — 26 February 2025

Street Scene; Teror, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Random travel photo series Week Fifteen:

Church of San Juan Bautista, Arucas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands Tioute Kasbah (Citadel); Taroudant, Morocco

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Random Photo Series — 24 February 2025

Kasbah (Citadel) of the Udayas; Rabat, Morocco

Random travel photo series Week Fifteen:

Atrium Ceiling; NCL Jade Kasbah (Citadel) of the Udayas; Rabat, Morocco

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Random Photo Series — 21 February 2025

NCL Jade Atrium Ceiling

Random travel photo series Week Fourteen:

Las Palmas Mailbox, Spain Storks; Rabat, Morocco Barcelona Color Hassan II Tower and Musoleum

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Random Photo Series — 19 February 2025

Workers and Farm Laborers Statue, Funchal, Madeira

Random travel photo series Week Fourteen:

Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco Marina do Funchal statue, Madeira

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Random Photo Series — 17 February 2025

Classic Fiat 124 Spider, Funchal, Madeira

Random travel photo series Week Fourteen:

Cathedral Area, Las Palmas, Spain Monte Sledge Riding on the Streets of Funchal, Madeira

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Testing a New Camera — Panasonic FZ80D; Brighter Sunset and an Impressive Moon Shot

Panasonic FZ80D, ISO 320, 1/60th, f/2.8, 20mm (35mm equivalent focal length)

Fortunately another sunset presented itself a few days after the images I presented to you on Wednesday. And being brighter, I was able to decrease the ISO for less noise and increase the shutterspeed. For instance, the above image was taken at ISO 320 rather than Wednesday’s ISO 3200. Shutterspeed was 1/60th, as opposed to Wednesday’s 1/20th.

Panasonic FZ80D, ISO 100, 1/80th, f/3.8, 48mm

The above out-of-the-ca...

Testing a New Camera — Panasonic FZ80D Sunsets

Panasonic FZ80D, ISO 3200

Today I’m going to push the Panasonic FZ80D to high ISO and handheld to present a couple of sunset images. The photo above is a JPEG straight out of the camera. The image was taken at ISO 3200, and the exposure is 1/20th of a second at f/4.4 at a focal length of 79mm (in 35mm equivalent. You can see that the image has some noise, but the image stabilization wasn’t ba for this situation. Taking the above JPEG image, cropping it, and running it through some minimal pos...

Testing a New Camera — Panasonic FZ80D Zoom Test

Panasonic FZ80D at 20mm (35mm equivalent) focal length

My Panasonic FZ1000 is a superb camera, and I love the resolution of the 1-inch sensor, but it was way past its prime and in need of repair. So I decided to downgrade the sensor and upgrade the zoom range by getting a Panasonic FZ80D. Over the course of this week I’ll be presenting some JPEG images taken with the FZ80D.

Panasonic FZ80D at 100mm (35mm equivalent) focal length

Today I’m concentrating solely on the range of the 20-1,200...

Random Photo Series — 7 February 2025

Rome, the one in Italy rather than New York or Georgia

Random travel photo series Week Thirteen:

Glacier Bay Bird Sculptures Colorful Malta

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Random Photo Series — 5 February 2025

Seeing the Light

Random travel photo series Week Thirteen:

John Ford Country — Monument Valley, Utah Rooftop Decoration, Santorini, Greece

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