DeltaSigma wrote:
Next level George, next level...... an artist at work.
I don't think I would have the patience to meticulously setup a rig like that.
saph wrote:
Its really good to see that many of the usual suspects are still posting away with Nikon glass here!
One of my go tos over many years has been the 400 5.6 ED AI-S if I have any possibility of birding. This was 2 weeks ago in Florida, at the Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands.
Ray, Siphiwe and Riccardo thanks for moving the thread along
Also good to see a DSLR still cranking out great photos, no adapter required. IMHO nothing beats an optical viewfinder for shooting pleasure. Ease of focusing is another story
Sitting in the livingroom the other evening and this happened. The first time one of these majestic birds landed near the house. Taken with the 50-135mm through the window.
Just imagine if we didn't have vultures around to keep the landscape clean of dead animals.
You do a great job representing the 50mm f1.4 here, seemingly always managing to get a nice OOF background.
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GeorgeBo wrote:
Ray you have been on a roll with your wide aspect framing. Really enjoying them!
Thanks George. The 16mm and 20mm have been in the bag a lot lately, and puts wide format crops on the brain you know!
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leighton w wrote:
Sitting in the livingroom the other evening and this happened. The first time one of these majestic birds landed near the house. Taken with the 50-135mm through the window.
Just imagine if we didn't have vultures around to keep the landscape clean of dead animals.
I've never really thought about landscape cleanup before, great perspective. Also just saw something about native milkweed plants around here (needed for Monarch butterflies) being deadly to the invasive spotted lanternfly. Natural efficiency!
You do a great job representing the 50mm f1.4 here, seemingly always managing to get a nice OOF background.
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Thanks George. The 16mm and 20mm have been in the bag a lot lately, and puts wide format crops on the brain you know!
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I've never really thought about landscape cleanup before, great perspective. Also just saw something about native milkweed plants around here (needed for Monarch butterflies) being deadly to the invasive spotted lanternfly. Natural efficiency!
Yea, it could get rather nasty. I saw the same thing about the lanternfly. This is the first year we have had them and there are a bunch. I've been killing everyone I see as they say to do. However, they are beautiful.
Went out this morning, was not expecting fall to creep up this much by now around here. Maybe the drought conditions will push color earlier, and or maybe just dull everything out. 55mm f2.8 AIS Micro.
I just purchased a 135 El Nikkor from James Markus. Heres a close up photo of a antique hat pin. The top of the pin is about 1 1/4 inches. Lens mounted on bellows 5, F11. 1/60 and 4000 ISO indoors.
Harry Palmer
pbraymond wrote:
You do a great job representing the 50mm f1.4 here, seemingly always managing to get a nice OOF background
Thank you very much Ray, I really appreciate it.
I love the rendering of the 50/1.4 and when I bought the Voigtlander 50/2 Apo-Lanthar for my Z6 I sold the AIS 50/1.8 "long nose" and decided to keep the f/1.4 forever.
leighton w wrote:
Sitting in the livingroom the other evening and this happened. The first time one of these majestic birds landed near the house. Taken with the 50-135mm through the window.
Just imagine if we didn't have vultures around to keep the landscape clean of dead animals.
