James Markus wrote:
Siphiwe, Would you happen to know the variety of those peppers? We buy jars
of them in a semi-sweet pickle/brine, and they are delicious. Thought I might grow some.
Jim
I will find out, James. Wife is close to the lady at the nursery. When they first appeared last spring I was informed that they were bought based on their cuteness .
James Markus wrote:
Ray,
I love these bridge shots with life determined to take root on concrete and in the river. I really do appreciate decay now that I am decaying myself. I did figure out that this is where I was headed, and started an album of it this last December.
James Markus wrote:
Ray,
I love these bridge shots with life determined to take root on concrete and in the river. I really do appreciate decay now that I am decaying myself. I did figure out that this is where I was headed, and started an album of it this last December.
That's a neat collection of "decay" James. Good reminder to me that we are finite and not meant to live forever in this current body.
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rafaelcasd wrote:
Beautiful light and composition Ray. That is a lot of f'n water.
We've had significant rains this past couple of weeks. The water was lower the day of these shots than the preceding day.
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serge07 wrote:
Thanks, Ray.
Great pht0ograph of the bridge with the rushing water.
Hope the bridge is replaced with a similar design, it is an attractive structure.
Serge
Serge, these older arch structures definitely have great aesthetic value to them. However, no replacement is planned. This is a long abandoned corridor (since the 1940s) that serves no utility at this point in time. But, Breaking News!!! (literally today), the demolition has been put on hold again at the request of the local city who wants to explore public ownership of this structure. Other than an ongoing liability for the current owner (the state DOT) I suppose there's not much harm in delaying this, though the previous auction requirement that a repair or demolition plan be carried out as a condition of the sale did not yield any successful bidders; the ROI is just non-existent. I sure hope the locals don't end up taking this on, it's just not financially feasible for a city of under 6000.
More of the bridge on this one day, some history about the rock in the foreground.
The Big Rock!
Waterville’s Roche de Boeuf, has many spellings and pronunciations. Some say “Roche de Bout,” many say “Roche de Boef” and many of the old timers in the area call it “Rush de Boo.” The rock was named by French fur traders and the English pronunciation and interpretation is the source of all the confusion. The rock is the limestone rock in the Maumee River near the old Inter-urban Bridge. When they built the bridge in 1908 they destroyed at least 1/3 of the Rock. American Indians used it as a place to meet and hold council and met there before the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Anthony Wayne camped two nights before the battle near here at Fort Deposit which was on the high bank opposite the rock. At one time an early French village and a cemetery were located at Roche de Boeuf where the stone quarry is today. The earliest recorded birth in what is now Waterville, that of James Knaggs, took place in that little village about 1780. Jane (Dilts) Richardson was deeded land on River Tract #39 known as the Roch de Boote farm. She was the widow of Isaac Richardson whose tavern was located on her father’s land. The Roche de Boote/Roche de Bout/Roche de Boeuf Farm was later owned by Elijah Dodd and long referred to as the Dodd Farm. Watervillians seem to prefer Roche de Boeuf and interpret that as Rock of Beef or Buffalo Rock thinking those early French thought it looked like a big buffalo in the river. Historians seem to prefer Roche de Bout, interpreted as Rocky Point.
Big thanks to Trevor here for being gracious enough to indulge my seller's remorse...my 105/2.5 Ai-S is back home today It is still one of the most impressive wide-open performers I've ever had.
Andy,
Those ferns look like the ones at Binna Burra in Lamington NP at about 5 or 6 thousand feet. I could see the gold coast from my campsite, but I never went there. After camping a few days we headed off to Byron Bay. Hope the ceremony went well, and that it is the beginning of a wonderful life for them.
Jim
Nikon Series E 50mm. PSA for Nikon shooters, it’s a bit of work when changing lenses but the Neweer/Funleader E to Z adapter can be programmed to record lens focal length and aperture, and enables setting a matching in camera aperture while shooting. Fun to finally have this data easily.
Virginia creeper in the morning light. I liked the light fall off on either side of the tree.
NIKON Z 650.0 mm f/1.8 lens50mmf/2.81/40s100 ISO-0.3 EV
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Nikon Series E 50mm. PSA for Nikon shooters, it’s a bit of work when changing lenses but the Neweer/Funleader E to Z adapter can be programmed to record lens focal length and aperture, and enables setting a matching in camera aperture while shooting. Fun to finally have this data easily.
The newer version cameras have a really nice update to the non-cpu lens section, where you can actually "change" the aperture to match your lens with the front command dial as you shoot, so that EXIF actually matches! Works for any adapted dumb lens.
RoamingScott wrote:
The newer version cameras have a really nice update to the non-cpu lens section, where you can actually "change" the aperture to match your lens with the front command dial as you shoot, so that EXIF actually matches! Works for any adapted dumb lens.
That’s what surprised me with this adapter anyway is I can do the same on a lowly Z6. I kinda want a Zf but I wish it was more Zfc size.
Though I’ll agree it doesn’t work if you want to be swapping lenses often…
I use to pass this tree on a two-lane highway every time I drove to visit my youngest at college. Near the end of his four years I finally remembered to stop and shoot it. Though it looks bright - it was raining, and traffic was so bad - I shot it out the window.
I'm hoping this fall to get out to this park again. The fall colors were wonderful
D7200 with the Nikkor 105mm f1.8 ais and the modified TC-16A - spring 2022
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