Matt, excellent photo with the 135/2.8. The lens is nicely resistant to flare.
Ray, great capture of the tractor and close ups with the 28/2.8 AIs.
Rafael, great looking Mustang open hood and all. Great shot of the classic.
Church of Our Lady before Tyn, 14th century. The Prague churches and cathedrals are tightly surrounded by development which is something one does not see in other cities. It is difficult to photograph the scale of the structures, at least from ground level.
This is a side entrance, the main is tricky to locate and there is not much room to work with. The church was closed plus photography is not allowed.
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Thanks Grant, and understand. There are a few I wouldn’t let go of…
On the other side of that feeling, I should probably find another home for my 85/1.4 and 180/2.8 ED MF lenses, as I have the AF-D versions of both and so don't really use them anymore. Alas, I'm in Ottawa so not exactly many options for a local sale (no real camera shops left in my area).
Serge, great shots, love old churches and Leighton has to appreciate that door.
grantgoodes wrote:
On the other side of that feeling, I should probably find another home for my 85/1.4 and 180/2.8 ED MF lenses, as I have the AF-D versions of both and so don't really use them anymore. Alas, I'm in Ottawa so not exactly many options for a local sale (no real camera shops left in my area).
That’s what FM is for!
Edit: quiet photo wise, so here’s another 135mm shot from last week.
A few years ago our Suribachi set just fell into three pieces after many years of service. When I got it's replacement I went big. The old one was 5-6 inches in diameter = new one is 12+ inches in diameter. Passing through the kitchen I noticed Barb had put that day's tomato haul in it + natural light looked good to me. Slight variations on the theme
James Markus wrote:
A new favorite pie Barb made for me - even though she doesn't like fruit pipes (just savory). I don't like sweet pies, but I do love tart cherry pies, and apples pies that are tart as well. This is all the info she will share for Apple and Blackberry Pie.
To make two pies
-Substitute one third of the Apple fruit with Blackberries
-A total of two thirds of a cup of sugar is used for both pies - 2/3rds of the 2/3rds of a cup is white sugar. and 1/3 of the 2/3rds brown sugar
-Spices are Cardamon. Nutmeg, and Vanilla powder (looks like whizzed Vanilla bean pods), & the obligatory pinch of salt.
Edit: + The juice and zest of one lemon
-Sprinkle Turbinado sugar over the top
I'm noticing a thirds measuring theme here. If you put cinnamon in she will break your knuckles with a wooden spoon. The taste is amazing - of course!...Show more →
Jim, we will alllllll be right over! What kind of flowers should we bring Barb?
In my head I am thinking a room temperature (or even chilled) tomato bisque with big lobster chunks. Add avocado, roasted pine nuts, flat leaf parsley, a little hot chili, and dollops of clotted cream. See, I'll say stuff like that, and Barb finds it irresistible to fix that recipe. Of course, her version is always better. One of my sons is a chief, and he thinks of things neither Barb or I ever even dreamed about putting together.
I think this may be the longest time between posts on this thread. Here's one to keep it alive. On the way to the market this morning with the 28mm f2.8 ais.
I went down a rabbit hole of into medium format film with the old TLRs, folding cameras, and a Pentax 645. Then I remembered a camera my engineer dad had that he thought was amazing. I remembered the manufacturer wrong, but I found the camera. A radical half 35mm frame design that shot landscape orientation, was a SLR, auto focus, auto exposure, motorized film advance, builtin zoom and flash all from 1987. I ended up with the first two models. The Kyocera Samurai X3, and X4, and on paper they had a lot going for them. Kyocera bought Yashica who held all of Carl Zeiss' intellectual property on lens design. Both of these cameras had 14 element lenses that are sharp throughout their range. I now see the appeal it had to my dad.
leighton w wrote:
I think this may be the longest time between posts on this thread. Here's one to keep it alive. On the way to the market this morning with the 28mm f2.8 ais.
Wonderful picture, Leighton. This could hang on a wall. You live in a great area.
Thanks for getting us moving again Leighton, it is awfully quiet around here. Sure hope it's just the busyness of work and good busy life that's keeping things quiet. If you're one of the regulars, drop a line so we know things are well; no pictures needed.
Sorry I'm a little late to the party but I was on that hill about 18 years ago after delivering some Montana Moose Drool beer to the Womack family. Come out his gate, turn right and go down that hill to Middlebrook Village Road, the Middlebrook Mercantile, Post Office and Library. Still sharp in my memory. A beautiful area indeed!
Too short a visit with Leighton, Barbara, and 2 magnificent Great Pyrenees that watched over their sheep and had hoped to make it back but that never worked out.
An always lurking Montana Kid......
Coltrane wrote:
The photo of the cherry blossom is taken with a newly acquired 105mm 1.8 ais lens from a local estate sale. I really like this lens. Also, a Chicago street scene with the Micro 55mm 3.5 ai. And finally… a door for Leighton!
