Bubble, Panasonic makes a lot of great cameras, Jack & Trish tried out quite a few over the years, but don't think any except the
Lumix 70 has the 60x zoom.  It works better than binoculars.... can't praise it enough. Since I used to use my photos for painting I would take a "wide angle" and then standing in the same place, zoom in on details so I'd know how to fill in all those little spots.  Can't paint what you can't see.    

Have you given up on painting?

Last year in Pioneer Village (London-ONT)

Bubble, cute photo, would take lots of work to fill that bucket. 

Aviv is so grown up looking that you sometimes forget just how young he really is!

Now if Aviv ever takes up the job of barman in later life, he will have a headway on pulling pints...

ha ha ha Vanilla!

Angel and he was one year younger on that one: only four!

 

Bubble, I have a Panasonic FZ200m quite like Shirleys but not as much zoom.  Took it with me tonight and posting a long shot.  You will see several small "dots" in the middle of the photo, and I am then posting a zoom, almost like standing close to the deer.

               

               

Jack, I forgot about your 200, I didn't get that one.  Great zoom, I THINK I see the dots.... beautiful deer, fur looks so pretty.  Amazing what these cameras can do & what I really appreciate is the "auto" part of focus.  My eyes had been causing me trouble with the old 35mm cameras & I was so depressed, thinking I wouldn't ever be able to take decent photos any more, until I got my first digital! 

Bubble, that is a darling photo of Aviv.  Such a long handle on that pump.  I cropped the 4th of July photo of my great grands, Jace, the one Aviv's age, has 2 little sisters and a girl cousin in this photo.  The boy cousins not in the photo so I brushed out the older grands.  The little girl on the far right is Amelia (troll doll), the red head still has beautiful blue eyes.  She is a year older (4) than Amelia.  Far left is baby Kate, finally walking and no teeth at all yet!  I noticed that Jace is keeping her in place with his toes. 

Shirley, a wonderful photo and hope they always wave the flag.

Shirley, what cute kids. 

Jack, that is a pretty scene, and what a good job your camera can do with the zoom. 

Mary Ann

Fantastic zoom Jack, I could barely see the deer on the 1st one, I thought of moles mounts lol.

Shirley, what a great photo, and you did a good job of "building" a rough stone wall behind them as a background

What a precious photo, Shirley.

I haven't used my 200 in a while, Jack.  Using my iPhone or my small ZS10 is just so handy.  I do like the zoom.  A good clear capture of those deer.

Jean if I lived in your area, and near the water, I would often carry the 200.   I agree with you that the iPhone is so handy.  The 200 is compact but have to hand around my neck.  I do like its video and may just put it in the suv to be available for the right shot.

Haha, Bubble, I can't "smudge" with this version of PSP like the old one, had no idea what that wall was going to look like.  I would like to get back to painting, was working with a gr-daughter but she chose a most difficult project and still needs to get over for another day "doing detail". 

Thanks for the comments about my greats. They had been playing in a huge water slide that one couple just bought.  Like those "blow up" type play houses the young parents rent for birthday parties, only uses a water hose to keep water flowing down the slide & filling the pool surrounding it. https://www.bouncehousesnow.com/pirates-bay-inflatable-play-park.html Kids had a ball.

Shirley, quite a toy, be sure it is lashed down, with your winds.

Shirley, what a cute photo. thanks for posting.

Bubble, if he keeps pumping he will have some muscles.

Jack, My husband gave me a Cannon, I do not have it in front of me right now, so I do not know numbers, but it still takes great pictures, It is now 10 years old, Cyriel gave it to me two months before he passed away, So it is very sentimental to me.

Jack did you see on the PC the golden retriever that saved a baby deer that drowning? I read it in the paper, and saw it on TV. I guess it was also on facebook.  It happen in Port Jefferson, just a few miles west of me on the Sound. Beautiful story.

Lin   Canon makes a great camera, and even 10 years old is not that bad.   You need to send us a few photos.   I did see the video of the Golden and he was retrieving like it was a bird shot down.  Was gentle and prodded it possibly to get it up and running.  Great story.

Jack, that was one of those feel good stories.  the deer has been taken to a vet, as he was full of ticks and a bad eye.   He will be taken care of.

I was looking through some old old pictures, and found one of my husband entering Main St. at Disneyland, when it first  open in Fla. and we laughed over it as there is no one around.  Now there would be a million people.

Lindancer...
...I saw it too, the dog going into water and saving that baby deer...came on our UK new channel a few days ago...wasn't that dog a trooper...a one in a million...

Quote from: Shirley on July 19, 2017, 03:54:30 PM
Haha, Bubble, I can't "smudge" with this version of PSP like the old one, had no idea what that wall was going to look like.

Shirley, you could use gaussian blur for smudging.

Bubble, I've never seen that term before but will check this PSP for it and Google if I don't find it!  Thanks for the tip.

Shirley, go to  the adjust>blur>Gaussian blur  in your PSP program!

Bubble I have Photoshop Elements and gave up trying to use it.  Short attention span, think my brain has been hit with the Gaussian Blur     

ha ha ha/
I never tried Photo Shop

Back in the days of SeniorNet we had a friend in Japan who kept us updated about his grandchildren.  When SN threw us out he joined us in here Seniors & Friends, continuing with the news about his family.  Then we lost him somehow when S&F had the last major crash.  But he's back!

Do you remember AKI?

Stay tuned.....

Welcome back Aki!  Those granddaughters must be almost adults now.  As for the grandson, I well remember how mischievous he looked

Pouring down rain, that we can use.   Just tuned in as you posted Jeanne Lee.  Have missed AKi  and look forward to his photos.

Aki first introduced us to his beautiful wife holding granddaughter Moe (1 year old - 20 years ago) with this



Moe was joined by a sister, Mai, and a brother, Atsushi