Zane Adams wrote:
They tell me that spoiling the grandkids is one of life's great rewards.
Jim, your house project looks great!
I just finished a little carport project at the house. Attached to my backyard shed/workshop.
The lumber was indeed sorry and unbelievably expensive...ugh
A flat metal roof was easy....but that pitched roof is a whole nuther animal. I too recommend outsourcing that part of the build!
Douglas L wrote:
When I was shooting Canon 10 years ago, I did have the "grapefruit" 85mm f1.2 (the second version), magical lens! Now I have the Sigma 85 f1.4 for my Sony cameras, I have used it to take a couple pictures of my dog only. Not really a portrait person. My most used lens is the 600 f4 GM. It will get used a lot when airshows return in our region.
Some shots with that lens on Friday.
Beautiful Douglas!!!!!
Now on another note..Cherry Blossoms? I just got back from about 1 week off line so I may have not seen them yet!
Dan
I realized tonight that I totally forgot to let you know what happened with Emily's broken 70-200. The school bought her a new lens, which I bought from Canon with the loyalty discount to save them some money and then they reimbursed me.
So everything worked out. I still want to thank everyone that offered to kick in to help Emily if she had to buy it herself, but fortunately that wasn't necessary.
Mark
So glad to hear this Mark!!!!
It seems trust, honesty and just downright thoughtfullness, was beginning to vanish in society!
Good job Mark
Dan
This was a gutsy play by Bryan (wearing the blue uniform). There was a passed ball, the runner at third held up. The catcher tossed the ball to the pitcher who turned his back to home plate to walk to the mound. The third base runner still had a lead off so he took off for home. They yelled at the pitcher (who was distracted being disgusted with himself) to throw the ball home. The catcher had to move to the third baseline left of the plate to catch a high throw by the pitcher. The runner slid on the back side of the plate, but still knocked the catcher down who fell on top of him for the tag. The runner never touched home plate until after the tag. This shot was where the catcher showed the ump he had control of the ball and the runner was hoping he had touched the plate, he didn’t.
A little cool today, and a lot windy with gusts over 40, but substantial progress was made. One small step backward when a window that I had leaning up against the shed went flying in the breeze.
Went out to DFW Airport on Sunday, as it was such a gorgeous day.
Photographed the QANTAS B-787, which I had not seen before, a fairly plain Cargolux 747, and then two shots of a UPS MD-11 jet. Never was really a fan of the DC-10 or MD-11, I was more of a fan of the L-1011, but as a freighter, the MD-11 does look very nice, in my opinion.
Douglas L wrote:
Dan, talking about cherry blossoms, here are some shots from yesterday morning in DC. The last three are infrared pictures.
Douglas, just fantastic compositions my friend!!! Great vantage points that accents the blossoms and the Tidal Basin.
Really Love the IR work!!!! The vibrancy of the blossoms really are striking! The Jefferson Memorial image is fantastic!
Great work Douglas!
Dan
I don't know if any of you have seen the story about the R5c deliveries being delayed and some recalled in different parts of the world. Turns out that it is true, but it's no big deal, a handful of R5c's got shipped with a corrupt firmware install and it affected video auto focus. Canon is fixing it asap and it shouldn't delay US deliveries. They are having huge supply chain problems though, apparently shipping containers have gone up 5x in cost and air freight has gone crazy as well. Not to worry, Joe and his secretary of transportation have this well in hand....................
? I just got back from about 1 week off line so I may have not seen them yet!
