November 2025

[pluton]

W
I just dug out my old R3000 and converted it into a pure black-and-white printer with a set of black inks. Everything worked fine for a short time, but now it's starting to smear black blobs all over the paper.

This issue may be the famous 'Epson ink switching valve failure'.  Search it to see photos of the ink blobs are similar to yours. For most users, this spells the end for the printer.

[pluton]

The arrival of another season is inevitable. Just the first small signs visible yet, but colder weather and more snow should be expected according to the forecast. Oh well.

Looks cold but clear.  Nice color.  Did you adjust/change the color hues of the artificial lighting for the photo image?

[Birna Rørslett]

Looks cold but clear.  Nice color.  Did you adjust/change the color hues of the artificial lighting for the photo image?

Not really. The street lights had a touch of magenta not green to them. Probably some newfangled LED lighting.

[Birna Rørslett]

Sleet, rain, snow, darkness, speed. All rolled into a single image.

[Fons Baerken]

November 16

nasturtium flower picked yesterday must be one of the last when frosty nights are due

Z7_2 - Z 105mm f/2.8S

[Frank Fremerey]

Sleet, rain, snow, darkness, speed. All rolled into a single image.

don't drink and drive. You might spill your drink.

[Frank Fremerey]

The arrival of another season is inevitable. Just the first small signs visible yet, but colder weather and more snow should be expected according to the forecast. Oh well.

lively darkish poetry

[ColinM]

November 16

nasturtium flower picked yesterday must be one of the last when frosty nights are due

Z7_2 - Z 105mm f/2.8S

Lovely soft expressive light.
We must be a similar latitude Fons, and it's amazing to see so much still growing so well.
A neighbour has a big bed of Nasturtiam plants growing very vigorously.

[Frank Fremerey]

Can you guess what happened next
I could see he was building up to this so switched my D500 to "CH" shutter
Shooting video would have been a lot smoother than an animated GIF......
(either way I've probably contravened an NG rule, but at least it wasn't taken on my phone for a change  )

love the technology he places the toothbrushes where they belong

[ColinM]

love the technology he places the toothbrushes where they belong

Thanks Frank.
He was a skilled performer, making the difficult seem easy
Yet he milked the audience for laughs & drama by apparently missing every attempt,  till he got to the last of his (several) handfuls of toothbrushes

[Jürgen Pfeiffer]

This issue may be the famous 'Epson ink switching valve failure'.  Search it to see photos of the ink blobs are similar to yours. For most users, this spells the end for the printer.

Seems so. Had this issue since years when printing PhotoBlack, so I used MatteBlack solely. Did some test prints this morning: no blobs! keeping my fingers crossed.

[John Geerts]

Thanks Armando and Ian

It's getting colder...

Zf  135/2 DC

[ARTUROARTISTA]

fight

[Anirban Halder]

November 16

nasturtium flower picked yesterday must be one of the last when frosty nights are due

Z7_2 - Z 105mm f/2.8S

Lovely colors. Very soothing composition!

[kasperbergholt]

Tidal Marsh, Mandø



Nikon Coolpix P50