David SchmidtMay 15

The Sony Alpha 7R VI has officially arrived, and it is a total powerhouse. 📸

With a 66.8 MP full-frame sensor and a dedicated AI processing unit, this beast is built for pure visual excellence.

I'll certainly upgrade, as soon as I can! 🚀

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Maikel de BakkerMay 11
Linda, her very first time seriously holding a camera—one of mine. Knowing how much she loves animals, I took her to a park known for its squirrels. First the birds arrived, giving her time to learn the basics: point, focus, shoot. Step by step. An hour later, after spotting her first squirrel, I handed her a better lens. And there she was, smiling behind the camera. Lesson one: have fun.

#Photography #LearningPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Squirrels #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotographyMentor #CanonPhotography #Telephoto #BeginnerPhotographer #CreativeJourney #NatureLovers #InTheField #OutdoorPhotography #AnimalLovers #TeachingPhotography #FirstSteps #PhotographyLife #PointAndShoot #NatureObservation #FieldMoments #BehindTheScenes #HappyPhotographer #WildlifeMoments #CreativeGrowth #ThroughTheLens #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
David Santiago Navidad 🏳️‍🌈May 5

✨ Signs ✨

#photography #cena #nightphotography #photographylife #spain #pinterest

Maikel de BakkerApr 30
Before heading back to our hotel, we returned to ’t Zwaantje—good food, warm light, and a well-earned rest after a long day. Sitting outside in the spring sun, something small joined us at the table: a mining bee, genus Andrena (metselbij in Dutch).

While most would simply enjoy the moment, I saw an opportunity.

My Canon 5DSR was within reach—as usual—so I quickly swapped from the Sigma 24–70mm Art to the Canon MP-E 65mm. From that moment on, it became a different kind of scene. I dropped low and went full paparazzi.

Christel laughed. “Are you trying to kill it?” she joked, watching me fire shot after shot.

And honestly, I understood how it looked.

But macro at this level is unforgiving. At high magnification, depth of field becomes razor-thin—sometimes less than a millimeter. Every breath, every slight movement shifts focus from perfect to lost. Shooting in bursts isn’t excess; it’s necessity.

Andrena bees are solitary ground-nesters, often overlooked compared to honeybees, yet essential pollinators in early spring ecosystems.

So there I was—chasing sharpness on a creature most people wouldn’t even notice.

A quiet moment at a table, turned into a study of life at the smallest scale.

#MiningBee #Andrena #Metselbij #MacroPhotography #ExtremeMacro #Canon5DSR #MPE65 #InsectPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #CloseUpNature #TinyWorlds #DepthOfField #MacroLife #SpringSun #Pollinators #BeePhotography #NatureLovers #InTheField #OutdoorMoments #BehindTheScenes #PhotographyLife #PatienceAndPractice #NatureObservation #HiddenNature #FieldMoments #VisualStorytelling #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
Maikel de BakkerApr 29
Kasteel Hernen—a small castle in a small village, in a small country. And yet, it holds centuries.

Standing here since around 1350, this castle in Gelderland is more than stone and structure. It is a time capsule. Generations have passed through its walls—lives lived, decisions made, mistakes repeated, lessons sometimes learned… and sometimes not.

Captured on a clear spring day with a Canon 5DSR and Sigma 24–70mm Art, I chose a wider perspective to hold the full presence of the castle in its landscape. No compression, no isolation—just context. The way it stands, grounded, enduring, quietly observing the passage of time far beyond any single human life.

There is something humbling about places like this. Built in an era without modern machines, yet still standing. Maintained, adapted, preserved—while the world around it continues to change at an ever-increasing pace.

And still, it remains.

Not untouched by history, but shaped by it.

As I stood there, I couldn’t help but think: this structure will likely witness many more springs long after I have turned to dust. The question is not whether it will endure—but whether we, as people, learn anything from the past it has silently observed.

Because history doesn’t just live in books.

It stands in front of us, if we choose to see it.

#KasteelHernen #Castle #DutchHistory #Gelderland #Heritage #ArchitecturePhotography #Canon5DSR #Sigma2470Art #WideAngle #HistoricPlaces #TimeCapsule #BuiltToLast #SpringLight #LandscapePhotography #CulturalHeritage #OldStructures #HistoryMatters #PastAndPresent #SilentWitness #TimelessPlaces #TravelPhotography #HiddenNetherlands #ExploreHistory #VisualStorytelling #EarthPerspective #ReflectiveMoments #PhotographyLife #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
Maikel de BakkerApr 23
Some lessons don’t start with words, but with a simple challenge.

As my wife is getting used to her Sigma 100–400mm, one of the hardest parts has been not the zoom—but finding and locking focus on something small, fast, and unpredictable. So I gave her something to return to whenever the scene felt overwhelming: a hoverfly.

I picked up my Canon 5D Mark IV with the Canon 100–400mm, found a member of the family Syrphidae (hoverflies), zoomed all the way in, took a shot, and showed her what was possible. “Whenever you’re unsure what to shoot,” I told her, “find a hoverfly and practice.”

Hoverflies are perfect teachers. They mimic bees and wasps, yet they hover with remarkable precision, holding position mid-air thanks to wingbeats of up to 200 times per second. Small, erratic, easily lost in the frame—exactly the kind of subject that forces you to slow down, anticipate, and truly see.

Throughout the day, I noticed her raising her camera at moments I couldn’t even follow. Practicing. Missing. Trying again.

And then, at the end of the day, she showed me this image.

Taken with her Canon 7D Mark II and Sigma 100–400mm, fully zoomed in.

Progress doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it hovers quietly in front of you—waiting to be seen.

#Hoverfly #Syrphidae #Zweefvlieg #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Telephoto #Sigma100400 #Canon7DMarkII #CanonPhotography #LearningPhotography #PhotographyJourney #PracticeMakesProgress #InTheField #NatureLovers #MacroVibes #CloseUpNature #InsectPhotography #FocusPractice #PatienceAndPractice #WildlifeMoments #OutdoorPhotography #PhotographyLife #ThroughTheLens #NatureObservation #ScienceInNature #TinyWorlds #FieldWork #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
BunjinApr 15

Post to blog : Smartphonography Club :
Whispers in Stone: Six Jizo and the Art of Silence
#Xiaomi #Xiaomi15TPro #smartphonography #photography #streetphotography #Tokyo #Japan #EternalWait #SixJizo #QuietReflections #AsianAesthetics #PhotographyLife #TempleVibes #Mindfulness #AncientEchoes #PeaceInSimplicity

https://www.smartphonography.club/2026/04/whispers-in-stone-six-jizo-and-the-art-of-silence/

Whispers in Stone: Six Jizo and the Art of Silence

Whispers in Stone: Six Jizo and the Art of Silence

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Deb Beausoleil 📷🌅📸 she/herApr 8

1. While in downtown Roanoke, Virginia last year, we went to see the view from the roof of the Center in the Square building. The immediate approach of the koi makes me laugh.

2. The U of M men’s basketball team won the national championship last night for the first time in 37 years.

3. Fortunate to get an appointment later this week for a cortisone shot in my right knee. Last one was August 2019 so I’ve been lucky.

#ThreeGoodThings #3goodthings #GoBlue #RoanokeVA #HealingJourney #PhotographyLife

Deb Beausoleil 📷🌅📸 she/herApr 2

Three good things:

1. Belatedly learned that I’d been consuming caffeine with my daily Dunkin Strawberry Dragonfruit Refreshers even tho I have them made with regular water. The caffeine is in the green tea extract of the syrup. This explains a LOT about how I’ve been feeling for the past 7 months. Since stopping caffeine, my anxiety level have come back to expected levels during my grieving period since I lost my dad and brother within the last six months.

2. Relocated my sewing machine to in front of a window that gets morning sun.

3. Made a decision to take a long road trip in May, taking my camera with me. Up until this point, I haven’t felt up to going out with the camera, but I am now looking forward to this road trip back to Michigan.

#ThreeGoodThings #GriefJourney #Gratitude #PhotographyLife #RoadTrip #3goodthings

Deb Beausoleil 📷🌅📸 she/herMar 17

Some of you may remember Margey the Meerkat (on the left). She used to come along with me on photo shoots. When I’m ready to get back out there with my camera, she’ll have some company — Top Dog, as Dad called him.

Top Dog was Dad’s — the little stuffy he made sure to bring with him when he moved to Virginia to live with us. I’m pretty sure he had originally given it to Mom during one of her hospital stays back in the 90s.

It just feels right that the two of them will come along with me on future photo adventures.

#PhotographyLife #PhotoCompanion #GriefJourney #LifeAfterLoss #MemoryKeeping #HealingThroughArt #CreativeJourney