Nice series Jim. Your Poplar tree is a few weeks behind ours. Our “trash trees” have finally dropped all their mess and we are now able to enjoy the back deck
James Markus wrote:
In the backyard with the 200mm f4 ais & tc16
I sure did! And I just finished putting on the new bellows I had made. So ready for another 107 years
Going to use that camera for a project now. Going to photograph all the waterfalls in DuPont Forest with it. Hopefully going back in a couple weeks. Will post one of Triple Falls in the Film forum.
I need a clean 50mm f/2, it’s been too long since I owned one but I always grab the Series E 50/1.8. Anyway as Mary said I’m too easy (I just consider myself a faithful member).
Also, it’s gonna be hard to resist adding a Nippi after I send her on. Great lens!
So I don’t keep spamming the board with Nippi I’ll mix in a 105/2.5 AIS.
James Markus wrote:
Matt,
I'm afraid that was semi-guilt talking. The burger analogy cured that, because I had already done the deed. I'll send you a link to the next one.
Jim
Well, I played with my happy meal tonight. The prizes sure are getting better now-a-days.
D850 with a near mint Nikkor 55mm f3.5 ai serial #1059xxx (approx 1978) lens
Had to clean out the Star of Persia vase, but the remains still looked good.
And a little handheld CZ on a mirror for the first go + M2 tube and tc16
James Markus wrote:
Well, I played with my happy meal tonight. The prizes sure are getting better now-a-days.
D850 with a near mint Nikkor 55mm f3.5 ai serial #1059xxx (approx 1978) lens
George,
We call our Popular (which it is) "trash tree" a "Tulip Tree". I got it when it was a No2 pencil size shoot from a cussing woman weeding the seedlings out of her front yard under a gloriously in bloom "trash tree". I thought it was beautiful, and planted it over our abandoned septic field. Today it is about 50-60 feet high and close to two feet in diameter. Unlike many short lived Populars, Tulip trees last 200-250 years. I think the spent flower petals add ambience to my deck - like peanut shells on the floor at a neighborhood pub. It's all in how you look at it like the saying - "one man's trash is another mans treasure." I like watching the birds and squirrels playing in it's branches, and it took almost no effort on my part to start the process - just time.
Jim
GeorgeBo wrote:
Nice series Jim. Your Poplar tree is a few weeks behind ours. Our “trash trees” have finally dropped all their mess and we are now able to enjoy the back deck
I agree, they are great trees. We have quite a few of them on our property. The one giving me trouble was very mature when our house was build 28 years ago and is huge. Now becoming a hazard to the house and just had a quote last month of $2500 to take down. So I am not "liking" it now as much as I used to.
Do you know how many lenses or film I could get with $2500?
James Markus wrote:
George,
We call our Popular (which it is) "trash tree" a "Tulip Tree". I got it when it was a No2 pencil size shoot from a cussing woman weeding the seedlings out of her front yard under a gloriously in bloom "trash tree". I thought it was beautiful, and planted it over our abandoned septic field. Today it is about 50-60 feet high and close to two feet in diameter. Unlike many short lived Populars, Tulip trees last 200-250 years. I think the spent flower petals add ambience to my deck - like peanut shells on the floor at a neighborhood pub. It's all in how you look at it like the saying - "one man's trash is another mans treasure." I like watching the birds and squirrels playing in it's branches, and it took almost no effort on my part to start the process - just time.
Jim
If it has a straight trunk you might be able to sell it to a lumber company instead of paying for it's removal. I was brutal to mine by cutting the crown's out (two trees have grown into one now) at 6 foot, bending the resulting branches into a 8 foot diameter globe, and then finally setting it free a few years later. I wanted to tame the species from just growing straight up, and possibly get some crooked branching. Got a little of what I wanted, but the genetics are just too powerful to contain.
EDIT and for $2500 you could be in happy meals for life, or a single dodad for the Hazzy.
GeorgeBo wrote:
I agree, they are great trees. We have quite a few of them on our property. The one giving me trouble was very mature when our house was build 28 years ago and is huge. Now becoming a hazard to the house and just had a quote last month of $2500 to take down. So I am not "liking" it now as much as I used to.
Do you know how many lenses or film I could get with $2500?
