Yesterday afternoon it was too busy at the bulb fields. People couldn't keep distance so they closed down some roads.
Today most roads were closed.
I'm glad we went very early.
All taken by the Leighton lens.
BTW the lens is chipped and you see always 92mm's as it's programmed that way.
CGrindahl wrote:
I've always been a bit of a history buff, so interpreting what I see on cemetery markers is of interest to me. The Barney family doubtless had an adventurous life. Most of their children were born BEFORE A.I. headed to California to seek his fortune. It appears that didn't happen.
Every life is an adventure. As we live it, it consumes us... it is obviously all we know. Perhaps this subject holds more interest for me since the coronavirus is reminding me of my own mortality. I remember visiting Sue's home in Queens, New York, many years ago. There was a stack of photo albums on the bookcase and we began going through them. Sue told me about her family. At the bottom of the stack was an album filled with photos that she didn't recall seeing. We took the album downstairs to show her mother and she didn't know any of those people.
In a hundred years it is likely NO ONE will know who we are. These lives that consumed our attention, that seemed so important, really are little more than the flickering of a firefly...
gbohannon wrote:
I don't know the detailed history around the true origin of the "fat bikes", but are very useful in snow and sand riding. Much more popular in the northern states than around here in our neck of the woods. They are great for off-road camping and hauling heavy loads. I built mine up from a Ritchey steel frame (I love steel over aluminum or carbon fiber). I am not an ultra lite nut. I figure if I need to drop a few pounds from the bike, I can do that by passing on a few pieces of cake and do more exercise
There are a lot of fire trail roads and trails around here that I ride (used to ride) and can throw a rack on the bike, strap on a camera bag and tripod with no problems and get to areas that would have taken half a day to walk. The low pressure tires make the off-road riding so much more comfortable and glide over ruts, rocks and roots. You are not going to win any speed races with it, but that is not the intention. Just a quiet, low impact means of recreation for me.
I am starting another bike build in these isolating times from a frame I picked up last year when Performance Bike shops went out of business. It will be a traditional mountain bike vs fat bike. You may even like this one. It is a Fuji frame ...Show more →
My first mountain bike was a Ritchey back in 87 I believe. My uncle worked at a bike shop and I got a deal on it. They weren't well known in our area at the time. I have never loved a bike like I loved that one. Sadly, it was stolen out of my garage. Ended up meeting Tom at Interbike a few years later.
Reagan wrote:
I am so tired of being at home I would almost take a chance on being on one of these
Strolling down memory lane
Can't wait to get back on the ocean
Reagan
Reagan,
Staying at home is a challenge for sure. I can imagine there will be some deals to be had once the world overcomes this mess we are all in. The cruise ship companies have had negative press over their 'floating petri-dishes' so they might find it difficult to bounce back from this in the near term.
We have a cruise booked in November so will have to wait and see
I bought some Carnival Cruise line stock for $7.90 before the Saudi's bought 43 million shares of it
Now its back to $12.50 thanks to them
Long term investment
I chose the wrong lens to put on the camera this morning.
Rather than mouting the 200-500VR I opted for the 300/4.5 AI-S.
This beautiful beast circled over my garden for a while. Largest Red Kite I have seen in some time.
Focussing and tracking a moving object was a challenge but I managed a couple of OK shots.
CA is a big issue with this lowly lens too.
The extra 200mm and VR on the 200-500 would have been a bonus - but you have to use what you have on the camera at the time.
Reagan wrote:
We have a cruise booked in November so will have to wait and see
I bought some Carnival Cruise line stock for $7.90 before the Saudi's bought 43 million shares of it
Now its back to $12.50 thanks to them
Long term investment
R
Good call!
Beers are on you then should I ever make it back to your neck of the woods....
So, having nothing better to do and no 58mm 1.2 to buy for cheap, I bought this 135mm 3.5 Q from eBay in apparently mint condition for $50. Bought this particular one for the S/N 939938
Disappointed when it came by a smudge on a middle element, kind of misterious as it had not one sign of ever being apart.
Using my new found solvent confidence, took the elements apart, cleaned and reassembled with perfect results.
Hello all. It's great to see this place rolling along so swiftly, almost like in the Olden Days! I've been away from the thread for a while, using my non-work hours to pursue my re-engaged interest in guitar playing. However I have recently been provided with a substantial increase in non-work hours, having been temporarily laid off my job as of last Thursday (mine is not a job that can be done from home, and most of my clientele needs to be able to travel to access my services, so layoffs were inevitable; I am hopeful that it will not last too long). So I now have time to pursue more than one interest, and I can dust off my MFNG and get them back into action, though that will have to wait until after this holiday weekend as our provincial government has asked us not to descend in our holiday hordes on the various outdoor spaces and thus transgress social distancing guidance. In fact they've even taken the notably drastic step of closing the provincial parks, as further discouragement. These are strange times indeed!
So here are a few photos of Bird of Paradise flowers that I shot last November in Rafael's neighbourhood of San Diego County, California. All are brought to you courtesy of the Fuji X-T2 and the 28-50 f/3.5, official companion to the Leighton lens.
OffTrail wrote:
Laphroaig 10 and a splash of pollen
You have good taste in Scotch whisky. I'm very much a fan of Islay whiskies... though as the conversation on this thread has made clear, I'm one of the fellows opting for non-alcoholic beer. Had ANYONE suggested years ago I'd turn my back on a glass of Lagavulin for a bottle of Clausthaler, I'd have roared in laughter...
I don't have any medical problems that require abstinence, but my mind seems to be more content when I'm not indulging. That doesn't mean it NEVER happens, but it is rare. Besides, the restrictions on imports has made pricier Scotch even MORE expensive. At the moment a bottle of 16 year old whisky is $99.99. That is a bit rich for me. So a six-pack of Clausthaler for $6.99 at Trader Joe's will hold me through the days of this adventure. It is still lovely to see, however. Thanks for the photo.
Thanks for the likes everyone. It is rather like deja vu at the moment as the thread moves along briskly and old friends keep showing up. Howdy Glen!
I'm enjoying what folks are bringing to the thread... old and new. As I check my Flickr account I definitely feel some nostalgia for places visited, photos taken, friends made simply out of a love of Nikon manual focus lenses. That is pretty amazing. In one way, it doesn't surprise me when folks who've been away for some time show up again. I believe most of us have had positive experiences sharing on this thread. Yes, our interests in photography can evolve, the muse that prompted our photographic adventures may have abandoned us, or led to other passions. No one believed this thread would be alive in ten years. Though our anniversary won't arrive for a few more months, this is, in fact, the tenth year we've been doing this. We count anniversaries at the END of a completed year, so on August 22, 2020 we will have completed our tenth year schmoozing with one another about lenses and life.
Thanks everyone for contributing to this conversation. Although Mustang Air to Air has had TWO long threads which combined likely exceed the post count on this thread, at the moment Manual Focus Nikon Glass is the longest thread on FM. I take that as evidence of how amazing these lenses have ALWAYS been and continue to be.
This is the photo that appears on the first page of this thread... this is where it all began...
