Ok, put this in the I was bored silly tonight category. Watching baseball from who knows when and avoiding the spin doctors on the news.
In my daily walks, I thought it would be nice to have a wrist strap for my camera. I really didn't want to order anything online and the price ranges for what I was looking for were generally in the $30+ range. Nah...
So gave it a try on my own. 12' piece of paracord that I had already and about 30 minutes time. I think this will work just fine. For the first iteration anyway. $28 left over for other stuff
raboof wrote:
The top image is inspiring me to start my new painting. Such dramatic movements in the clouds that make me want to recreate them in oil. Nice capture.
Nice to see the thread steaming along though we'll never match the speed of this thread during the time were followed Nikki around the world. We did 30,000 posts in about nine months! That works out to about 108 posts EVERY day... over five pages a day. It was fun but also a bit exhausting just trying to keep up with the conversation. Now we can all relax a bit and enjoy old friends who've come to visit... myself, included of course. The thread really moves along because a few of you are still having fun chatting. That is pretty fine, if you ask me.
Something a bit different from the 200 f/4 Q.C. AI with the PK-13... a flower I converted to black and white with Silver Efex Pro 2... white on white...
Nice handiwork George. It is funny watching all the delivery trucks dropping off this and that. I have an Amazon order on the way but anything coming from outside is of concern... including me when I've gone shopping as I did today. I use a disinfectant after shopping and wash my hands after I've carried everything inside and put away. Oranges are washed before I peel them. I think making your own camera wrist strap makes good sense. I can imagine for a working man like yourself having so much time on your hands can be a challenge. I expect we'll be sheltering-in-place for two more months. I think everyone is going to be a bit stir crazy by then...
gbohannon wrote:
Peter, I love the results of this shot!
G
Thanks George - one of the benefits of having our spouse/partner choosing the subject is that neither of them is a photographer. Accordingly some quite strange topics are being found which have forced me to look at things from a different perspective and to try a little 'right brain" thinking. Not easy for a person who spent his working life in a business/financial world.
CGrindahl wrote:
Nice handiwork George. It is funny watching all the delivery trucks dropping off this and that. I have an Amazon order on the way but anything coming from outside is of concern... including me when I've gone shopping as I did today. I use a disinfectant after shopping and wash my hands after I've carried everything inside and put away. Oranges are washed before I peel them. I think making your own camera wrist strap makes good sense. I can imagine for a working man like yourself having so much time on your hands can be a challenge. I expect we'll be sheltering-in-place for two more months. I think everyone is going to be a bit stir crazy by then...
Curtis, a great hand sanitiser is isopropyl alcohol - a couple of drops on a "wipe" then rubbed on potentially infectious surfaces will take care of any Covid out there. It's also useful for cleaning camera bodies and lens barrels.
A bit of color from Central Park. Good thing I captured this one a couple of days back as yesterday's high winds may have taken its toll on this beauty.
A bit of color from Central Park. Good thing I captured this one a couple of days back as yesterday's high winds may have taken its toll on this beauty. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49730985417_5b1a38ae5d_h.jpg
Fuji S5 + 28/2.8 AIs
Take care all,
Serge
As some may remember just before the end of the last year, I got a bit distracted.
A man in a big red suit arrived at my door bearing gifts. Yes it was the man from the Parcel Delivery Company in a red coat with the company logo on it .....
He delivered to me a 12 string guitar ..... fabulous instrument .... so I had to drop everything to learn how to play it.
It turns out there are some things for a complete novice like me that are not easy to do on a 12 string. So I had to invest in a 6 string to make some things easier.
3 months in ..... and all I can really report is a couple of tunes learned, and chord changes getting smoother, but still a complete beginner...
The new guitar is a Vintage (manufacturer) now isn't that something we all attain to ..... vintage kit ....
So it is only fair to share some pix
Vintage Steve
Nikon on Nikon on Nikon
Stokesey 2020
The Vintage guitar nut
Stokesey 2020
The E string capstain
Stokesey 2020
It felt comfortable - Its Vintage like me
Stokesey 2020
At the end of the neck comes the sound hole - nicely decorated
Stokesey 2020
Helping keep me in tune
Stokesey 2020
Another arrow in my quiver ...... looks good anyway
You come back with a bang Steve, or should I saw with a chord...
Good to know you're still among the living. That is always the question but evermore so with Covid 19. As my brother said BEFORE he died... every day above ground is a good day. Glad you've found a way to pass the time which can weigh heavily when one isn't accustomed to having an abundance of the stuff. The fact you have tubes and a micro lens gives you NO excuse. Come play with us...
Peter O - Alas isopropyl alcohol is not to be found in stores around town... at least up until now. Perhaps after everyone has stocked their pantry at home we'll find things like alcohol and toilet paper. I was able to order large alcohol wipes through Amazon and hope delivery is today. But soap and water apparently do the trick. Washing paper products isn't going to happen but oranges in the bowl in front of me are happy for a bit of a wash...
Thanks Scott. It definitely has the feeling of old times. Photography seems to be one of those things that comforts us in troubled times. With limited options available, having the opportunity to pick up a camera and ramble about the neighborhood feels just about right. It is surely something I've done in the past... then simply motivated by love of taking photos. With the muse taking a break that didn't happen, but now I'm working to inspire my muse. Even if that doesn't work, the enjoyment of processing photos returns much as riding a bicycle would for someone away from it for years. Let's enjoy this break in routine. We know how to hang with one another. We've done it many times before and had pleasure doing so. Hope you're well Scott.
So I've been cycling through lenses relying on extension tubes to enable me to do some close work. I started with the 55 f/2.8 AI-s, then moved to the 105 f/2.5 AI-s, the 135 f/3.5 Q Ai, the 180 f/2.8 AI-s, the 200 f/4 Q.C. AI and for the last few days with the 300 f/4.5 AI-s ED-IF. When I started the Shooting with Tubes thread in the Macro World forum I used the 300 as the lens I demonstrated what I hoped to do with that thread. I wasn't interested in classical macro work but rather to simply get closer, availing myself of the possibilities inherent in shooting with tubes. I know the "real" macro folks were less than thrilled with what I was trying to do, but the thread appealed to the person then running that forum and he asked whether I would be okay with his pinning that thread. I was honored... so for MANY years that thread has been at the top of the forum. Actually, I think that moderator left FM so there you have it.
So let's see what I've gotten with that 300mm lens with a PK-13 extension tube attached... manual mode, 1/500th of a second, f/8 and reliance on Auto ISO. It does work...
Gotta love those tulips! But here is something a bit different from a walk yesterday with Sue. Parks in Marin are all closed. This is a small statue of a firefighter which may have come when 9/11 happened. I took a photo, noticing that the bronze is not doing to well outdoors. But we definitely still want to honor the first responders who are doing their best to take care of us all.
I recall you like to build your computer which isn't likely going to happen if you take the Mac route. I don't think we need to debate the virtues of the different systems but I'm curious what is motivating you to consider this Leighton. And I do still love you even though you bought a Fuji camera. Real friendship, even is cyberspace only happens when folks can disagree without becoming disagreeable. Especially at moments like these, we put aside inconsequential matters.
Building my own computers was something I enjoyed in the 1990's.
I stopped doing that when I started the more mobile pat of my life, moving between countries at least once a year. I switche dto laptop computers to reduce the amount of stuff I had to lug with me.
With the D800 I found that the laptop I was using no longer suffesed, so I talked to a friend about what could be a good solution. As it happened, he was switching mainboard, CPU and memory of his gaming computer for a steup that generates less heat.
I told him I could be interested in the parts he had swapped, and he gave me a PC case to go with that.
What I did not know, until he showed up and gave me the PC, was that the casing had a clear acrylic part in it, showing parts I do not care much for how the parts in a computer look, as long as they perform their job, so I was now stuck with a kind of display case without a function.
I decided to solve that problem by placing a model car behind that clear section
I still need to add a CPU cooler, harddrives and some other items to make this a working computer. I also have to wire up the headlights and taillights in the model car, and the streetlight. My idea was to have the streetlight come on when the computer is started up, and the car lights as soon as the CPU fan starts running.
That pile of cables in the lower part of the computer will be gone as soon as I get my next shipment of parts.
