Wezre wrote:
Congrats! A co-worker of mine was also featured this month (the birch trees immediately before yours). I've been trying to get featured but so far no love from Nikon.
bjhurley wrote:
One of my favorite lenses for concert photography is my 1950s Nikkor 105/2.5 LTM, the original Sonnar design. I used it for these photos last night, including a few wild ones of the piano player's face reflected in the lid of the piano.
grantgoodes wrote:
Lovely images! I just purchased a factory AI'ed P-Nikkor 105/2.5 Sonnar design (amazing how inexpensive such a fine quality lens is!) and am looking forward to trying it out in a concert setting, so your pictures are inspiring. Of course your LTM version has 9 aperture blades, and mine has only 6, so there will be some rendering differences stopped down, but wide-open I should get the same sort of results as your copy.
Grant, the P Sonnar is also excellent, I just used mine to celebrate the roadworthiness of my C1 Vette.
Bought this C1 from a large LA collection, it is in great shape having been fully restored some time ago and then basically put away, Placing it on the road again brought forth fuel leaks in the pump and lines, the clutch levers were all new but misassembled, many loose nut here and there. Replaced the fluids and fixed the issues, the car is now roadworthy. The turn signals and the fuel gauge do not work, so that is next, for now fill it often and use hand signals.
These early Corvettes are crude, entry is difficult, seating uncomfortable and slippery with no support, no power steering, no power brakes, rough clutch and accelerator responses, noisy like heck, ride like and old truck - would not take a long trip on this thing - but by golly! fun to drive at normal speeds and beautiful! a magnet for positive human interaction.
Now THAT is a beautiful car! I'd be bringing lumbar support cushions for sure.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Grant, the P Sonnar is also excellent, I just used mine to celebrate the roadworthiness of my C1 Vette.
Bought this C1 from a large LA collection, it is in great shape having been fully restored some time ago and then basically put away, Placing it on the road again brought forth fuel leaks in the pump and lines, the clutch levers were all new but misassembled, many loose nut here and there. Replaced the fluids and fixed the issues, the car is now roadworthy. The turn signals and the fuel gauge do not work, so that is next, for now fill it often and use hand signals.
These early Corvettes are crude, entry is difficult, seating uncomfortable and slippery with no support, no power steering, no power brakes, rough clutch and accelerator responses, noisy like heck, ride like and old truck - would not take a long trip on this thing - but by golly! fun to drive at normal speeds and beautiful! a magnet for positive human interaction.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Grant, the P Sonnar is also excellent, I just used mine to celebrate the roadworthiness of my C1 Vette.
Bought this C1 from a large LA collection, it is in great shape having been fully restored some time ago and then basically put away, Placing it on the road again brought forth fuel leaks in the pump and lines, the clutch levers were all new but misassembled, many loose nut here and there. Replaced the fluids and fixed the issues, the car is now roadworthy. The turn signals and the fuel gauge do not work, so that is next, for now fill it often and use hand signals.
These early Corvettes are crude, entry is difficult, seating uncomfortable and slippery with no support, no power steering, no power brakes, rough clutch and accelerator responses, noisy like heck, ride like and old truck - would not take a long trip on this thing - but by golly! fun to drive at normal speeds and beautiful! a magnet for positive human interaction.
Scott,
Congratulations on the win, and thanks for the direct link Laura asked about. I got rid of my X, Instagram, and two of my three professional FB accounts within the last year. I do little social media now, but it was good to see the crop of April winning entries.
Jim
James Markus wrote:
Scott,
Congratulations on the win, and thanks for the direct link Laura asked about. I got rid of my X, Instagram, and two of my three professional FB accounts within the last year. I do little social media now, but it was good to see the crop of April winning entries.
Jim
I'm about ready to shut it all down myself. I've gone all in on having my own website and YouTube channel. Everything Meta has touched has gotten insanely bad.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Grant, the P Sonnar is also excellent, I just used mine to celebrate the roadworthiness of my C1 Vette.
Bought this C1 from a large LA collection, it is in great shape having been fully restored some time ago and then basically put away, Placing it on the road again brought forth fuel leaks in the pump and lines, the clutch levers were all new but misassembled, many loose nut here and there. Replaced the fluids and fixed the issues, the car is now roadworthy. The turn signals and the fuel gauge do not work, so that is next, for now fill it often and use hand signals.
These early Corvettes are crude, entry is difficult, seating uncomfortable and slippery with no support, no power steering, no power brakes, rough clutch and accelerator responses, noisy like heck, ride like and old truck - would not take a long trip on this thing - but by golly! fun to drive at normal speeds and beautiful! a magnet for positive human interaction.
bjhurley wrote:
One of my favorite lenses for concert photography is my 1950s Nikkor 105/2.5 LTM, the original Sonnar design. I used it for these photos last night, including a few wild ones of the piano player's face reflected in the lid of the piano.
Brad, Wonderful set. The idea of sitting in such an intimate setting taking photos is really really appealing to me. First, it looks peaceful, and an inviting atmosphere. My "jazz club" is little kids and animals running around - frenetic, excited, and faster than I can keep up with. Club Markus to follow
Welcome to Club Markus where an old man with the 50mm f1.2 ais, and a modified TC-16A shot almost 400 images in about 20-30 minutes this last Easter (Barb wasn't feeling well to stay longer) I posted one image earlier of two grandsons really hyped up. I like capturing the soul if possible, but in situations like this I used the machine gun approach - get as many images as possible and sort it out later
