Danpbphoto wrote:
Thank you Dan. It's been raining on and off the whole day today, the Blue Angels couldn't decide the real show today was a go or no go until 1:30PM local time, then they announced it was a go. It was supposed to start at 2:00 but the low cloud ceiling at Andrews AFB was holding them from taking off. Not sure if they will really fly this afternoon. But if they do, the vapor cone will be crazy!
Note: they did cancel the show at the end due to the weather...
My acquisition schedule has been revised. My wife told me we are going to our granddaughter's graduation this weekend. Therefore the lens choice has changed to 70-200 f/2.8 IS Z. I will get the 24-105 f/2.8 Z and 100-500 in August. Lens is scheduled for delivery tomorrow...I am a little excited! There may also be a R5D II in my future. Seems my wife thinks I need 3 cameras...one for her and two for me!
Ray Swindle wrote:
My acquisition schedule has been revised. My wife told me we are going to our granddaughter's graduation this weekend. Therefore the lens choice has changed to 70-200 f/2.8 IS Z. I will get the 24-105 f/2.8 Z and 100-500 in August. Lens is scheduled for delivery tomorrow...I am a little excited! There may also be a R5D II in my future. Seems my wife thinks I need 3 cameras...one for her and two for me!
What a difference in size Jim. The 70-200 looks to be as small or smaller than the EF 70-200 f/4.0! The zoom ring is about a half turn or less and of course the weight.
First photo is a high shutter speed, the second is 1/80th. He was out of view so I didn't take it lower. (Taken using the R6.)
I knew that you would be happy with it Ray! Wait til you get the 24-105Z. I had a shoot this morning for a non-profit (something that I do my best not to be This is a lady who sets up a farmer's market kind of thing once a week for seniors that are trying to make ends meet. There is a word for this condition that is politically correct but it escapes me, oh...."food insecurity". Anyway, I was asked by a big non-profit that I volunteer for if I could help her by creating a video that tells her story. She can take/send this video to potential sponsors and food donors. I woke up this morning thinking about ways that I could capture the spirit of this effort in unique ways. The lens I chose for the work was the RF24-105Z, it is so perfect for so many things, especially with the zoom module, and this was all video today. Not surprisingly, the 2.8 gives it so much more personality than the f/4 ever had. I am so pleased with this lens because, as I said earlier, I really thought that it was a frivolous buy at the time and it has turned out to be anything but.
Ray Swindle wrote:
What a difference in size Jim. The 70-200 looks to be as small or smaller than the EF 70-200 f/4.0! The zoom ring is about a half turn or less and of course the weight.
First photo is a high shutter speed, the second is 1/80th. He was out of view so I didn't take it lower. (Taken using the R6.)
Our Spring wheat is a week away from harvest. We have had much rain this Spring so everything that was due to be harvested had to wait for the fields to dry out somewhat. My neighbor was out this morning with the man who harvests my local farmers Spring wheat. He makes the rounds then goes back to Virginia..
Hope your harvest was bountiful. I watch the grain futures and it appears they are up this season. Good!!!
Dan
The farmer owns his own equipment. He has everything he needs to harvest grains. When he plants cotton, he contracts with a guy from the Lubbock area to pick and bale the cotton. Everyone around here appears to own their own equipment.
Ray Swindle wrote:
The farmer owns his own equipment. He has everything he needs to harvest grains. When he plants cotton, he contracts with a guy from the Lubbock area to pick and bale the cotton. Everyone around here appears to own their own equipment.
People do NOT know how much money farmers/cattlemen spend on bringing their crops/cattle to harvest Ray! Then they scream about all the "subsidies" that farming gets! I tell them" you shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars, albiet millions, and have a catastrophic season and nada in return for trying to feed the World?"
Yeah it runs ramped back East!
A set of tires for an 8 wheel plow tractor cost $30,000.00. My farmer wanted to replace the harvester in the photo and was quoted over $750,000. He did not replace it. Even with the high cost of grain foods and cattle, the farmers are not making the money. The organizations making the big bucks and causing high prices are the people between the farmer and the food/butcher processor, you know, the people who do not add value to the process. They simply store it and sell it to the highest bidder...even if it is China.
Ray Swindle wrote:
A set of tires for an 8 wheel plow tractor cost $30,000.00. My farmer wanted to replace the harvester in the photo and was quoted over $750,000. He did not replace it. Even with the high cost of grain foods and cattle, the farmers are not making the money. The organizations making the big bucks and causing high prices are the people between the farmer and the food/butcher processor, you know, the people who do not add value to the process. They simply store it and sell it to the highest bidder...even if it is China.
So true Ray!
Dan
Still here, still following along and trying keep our heads above water as they say. Short Picture Story here for the Category of:
"DON'T BLINK!"
Couple of my most favorite pictures from about 2007, some 18 years ago.
Grandpa's Love
Best Friends:
But as we all know, time marches on. All three in those photo's are gone now, Dad/Grandpa to be with the Father and Butch we hope is waiting for us there too to once again be our companion.
And that little girl, well Annie is a beautiful, grown woman and now a college graduate. We, Clara and I are so proud of the young lady she has become:
Graduate of the University of Iowa Tippie School of Business in Marketing and International Business:
I think back to the summer of 2016, when our family and your Grand Kids had that chance meeting Zip Lining in Leadville, CO. And the pictures you share her of those fine grand kids growing into adults; and now we too are seeing it with Annie. So blessed by all our with these "youngins", to see them not just grow but stretch their wings and become adults.
Indeed Dan! Thanks for sharing those beautiful memories. That country song "Don't Blink......." is right on the money. Chandler and I were shooting Ross's Memorial Day Picnic today and we were talking about all the Alliance Air Shows that we shot together. I told Ross that Chandler attended his first AFW show in a stroller with his brother Hunter. Little did I know that he would be my faithful assistant until the last event.
Chandler and I had lunch today with John Luckadoo, a 102 year old B17 pilot in "The Bloody Hundredth", completing his 25 missions. You never know who is going to show up for Ross's Memorial Day Picnic. What a privilege it was to shake this gentleman's hand.....................
I had the pleasure of joining one of our masters for coffee today when Douglas Liu made the drive for the Jones Beach airshow and ended up 10 minutes from my house. Had a great conversation with a great man, and was glad to make a new friend. Looking forward to shooting together some day.
Rodolfo Paiz wrote:
You never know who is going to show up.
I had the pleasure of joining one of our masters for coffee today when Douglas Liu made the drive for the Jones Beach airshow and ended up 10 minutes from my house. Had a great conversation with a great man, and was glad to make a new friend. Looking forward to shooting together some day.
(Of course, we forgot to take a picture!)
Thank you Rodolfo, the pleasure is mine! Just got home 30 minutes ago. I think I shot probably 12,000 pictures today, bringing "spray and pray" to a whole new level. Hope I got a few good ones of the B-29 Doc.
Talking about meeting new friends, from this thread, I have met Jim, Mark (from Boston), Dan, Bill, Jeff and today, Rodolfo. What a great group of folks here. Pix from the Jones Beach show will probably get posted in two days. I may stop by Arlington National Cemetery on Monday morning to shoot the headstones with American flags, amazing and sobering sight.
But as we all know, time marches on. All three in those photo's are gone now, Dad/Grandpa to be with the Father and Butch we hope is waiting for us there too to once again be our companion.
And that little girl, well Annie is a beautiful, grown woman and now a college graduate. We, Clara and I are so proud of the young lady she has become:
BTW Guys, I keep getting notices that I have PM's, but the PM button has disappeared so I can't get to them Why do people change things that are working? Apple has done the same thing lately and completely screwed up email, ugh!
Memorial Day - 05/25/2025 …… This article - especially “the letter,” is well worth a read. I have never regarded Memorial Day as “Happy,” as in the utterance “Happy Memorial Day.” For those who served and died, lived but were/are maimed forever, for their family members who suffer mightily in both instances, as well as for those of us who grieve the loss of our fellow Marines, Soldiers. Sailors and Air Force, Memorial Day is anything but “Happy.”
This is a lady who sets up a farmer's market kind of thing once a week for seniors that are trying to make ends meet. There is a word for this condition that is politically correct but it escapes me, oh...."food insecurity". Anyway, I was asked by a big non-profit that I volunteer for if I could help her by creating a video that tells her story. She can take/send this video to potential sponsors and food donors. I woke up this morning thinking about ways that I could capture the spirit of this effort in unique ways. The lens I chose for the work was the RF24-105Z, it is so perfect for so many things, especially with the zoom module, and this was all video today. Not surprisingly, the 2.8 gives it so much more personality than the f/4 ever had. I am so pleased with this lens because, as I said earlier, I really thought that it was a frivolous buy at the time and it has turned out to be anything but.
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