Activity for Peter Taylor‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: Program to strip EXIF data from images exiftool It's available as a standalone application for Windows, and in package distributions for Linux. You can remove all EXIF data from a JPEG with exiftool -all= path/to/file.jpg or you can be more fine-grained in the tags you choose to remove. The option `-ext jpg` will cause it ... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: 2020 - November - Animals Classic meerkat pose Meerkat on sentry duty, Bioparc Valencia, August 2017. Taken with my Nikon D5300 and 70-300mm AF-S @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/1600 sec. (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: 2020 - November - Animals Brown butterfly with white patches on bracken, framed so that the bracken gives a leading line Butterfly on bracken, Muckross House (Killarney, Ireland), July 2017. Spotted on one of the paths a moderate way from the main house, shot with my Nikon D5300 and 70-300mm AF-S @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO 200, 1... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: 2020 - November - Animals A blue-grey dragonfly on a branch, wings lowered Long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria), Tancat de la Pipa, July 2017. Taken with my D5300 and 70-300mm AF-S @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO 800, 1/2000 sec. A local privately owned nature reserve partnered with a citizen science biodiversity project, inviting any ... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: 2020 - November - Animals Low-key photo of a small deer with large eyes Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii), Bioparc Valencia, February 2017. Taken with my Nikon D5300 and 1100mm f/11 reflex lens at ISO 250 and 1/800 sec. I like to consider this photo as proof that the "donut" bokeh of a reflex lens doesn't always ruin a ph... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: How can I take better pictures of the fish I catch? > ...it's always kind of awkward to hold a slimy fish in one hand and a camera in the other. If you put the camera on a tripod pointing down, you free up a hand. This would also potentially let you set up a white background with a ruler to show how large the fish is. Taking this to extremes, if... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: Procuring a lens cover for large (133mm) lens? > I'm not quite sure how to make one that will be as resistant to impact or scrapes as an engineered one. Many large lenses are sold with fabric "socks" as their only protection, so you may be worrying unnecessarily. I personally have a Sigma 300mm f/2.8 which I acquired second-hand with no cap... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: What are shutter speed, ISO, and Aperture? Shutter speed Shutter speed is the inverse of exposure time: i.e. it measures how long the camera collects light. This is the parameter with most flexibility: most cameras support shutter speeds at least as fast as 1/200 seconds and at least as slow as 120 seconds. A short exposure time is desi... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: 2020 - September - Fun with perspective A tall modern glass building and an old clock tower Somewhere around the port of Barcelona, April 2010. The building on the left is the Hotel W; the clock tower is obviously much shorter. (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: 2020 - August - The Moon Full moon roughly one-third obscured by Earth's shadow Lunar eclipse 2018-07-27; shot from Valencia, Spain. Nikon D5300, 70-300mm AF-S @300mm, f/5.6, 1/400 s. If I recall correctly, this was shot hand-held, or possibly with a monopod, because my heavy tripod was in use for the 1100mm lens, to whi... (more)	—	over 3 years ago
Answer	—	A: 2020 - June - Sunsets Low-key sunset over water El Hondo Natural Park, Alicante; sunset with flamingos; September 2019. Nikon D5300, 18-55mm AF-S @ 18mm, f/3.5, ISO 640, 1/160s. At quarter of an hour before this photo was taken, I was surrounded by somewhere in the region of 300 swallows grabbing a last mouthful of... (more)	—	almost 4 years ago