Don't know why you call it banal Leighton, it's one of my favourites. I really like it and I can imagine it needed B&W with everything that's going on at the markets.
Colin - I know I've already said it on Flickr, but that's a sensational baby pic, you know me, I can't resist all that black.
Curtis - I can see the arch enabler in that pic, I can almost hear your first words 'kit building is forever'. I'm going to photoshop some horns on that pic and post it whenever you urge another purchase.
CGrindahl wrote:
Four hours without a post... mmm. I guess folks are out enjoying a Sunday in July. I was at the farmers' market early today and it was lovely being there. The line to our favorite vendor had perhaps fifty people in it when we joined, but it moved briskly and they had our favorite tomatoes. I ate a monster this afternoon that was ambrosia... the purple Cherokee.
Yesterday I rambled around the neighborhood with camera in hand... as the old saying "a bad day fishing is better than a great day doing anything else" goes, we likely say the same about having a camera in hand. I still had the 135 f/3.5 Q AI mounted. I love that focal length and this lens is sharp wide open so what's not to like? Here's a black and white conversion of a simple shot... the conversion definitely elevated the image.
bruni wrote:
Curtis - I can see the arch enabler in that pic, I can almost hear your first words 'kit building is forever'. I'm going to photoshop some horns on that pic and post it whenever you urge another purchase.
gbohannon wrote:
Spent the afternoon/evening out of the heat watching movies. So yes a slow Sunday for sure.
Love the black and white conversion on that one Curtis.
Hope to have some pictures to share this week. We are going on an 8 mile hike tomorrow. Going early to beat the heat. I will be shooting black and white myself. Have the backpack loaded with a small kit. The Monochrom, the 2.8cm, 3.5cm and 5cm Nikkors and some color filters. The hike will be rewarded with a big peach milkshake at the end
bruni wrote:
Don't know why you call it banal Leighton, it's one of my favourites. I really like it and I can imagine it needed B&W with everything that's going on at the markets.
Colin - I know I've already said it on Flickr, but that's a sensational baby pic, you know me, I can't resist all that black.
Curtis - I can see the arch enabler in that pic, I can almost hear your first words 'kit building is forever'. I'm going to photoshop some horns on that pic and post it whenever you urge another purchase.
Laura - thank you so much - this needs to be posted way more often, I think people forget and drop their guard. I never noticed before that it was taken at 200mm. Very appropriate - reminding us to keep our distance.
bobbelbob wrote:
Serge, that's one cool encounter. Is that a cockatoo? I saw a clip of one barking exactly like a dog. Me and the kids laughed very much.
Take care!!
Kristian
Hi, Kristian:
It was a very cool encounter and a surprising one at that.
It's caretaker told me that it was a cockatoo. This one was quiet as a mouse and very relaxed. Apparently, it was looking for a willing volunteer to rub its back.
Wista SP, Nikkor-SW 75 4.5, Rollei Infrared 400 developed in Cinestill Df96 monobath.
These infrared B&W shots seem like a perfect representation of this alternate virus universe we find ourselves in at the moment. Same world just something’s very different.
I’m so over all this. I hate wearing a mask. Especially in 95% humidity but if u don’t it’s like you’re some sort of foreign monster
Trying to get used to Capture One, so I had another go with this image for the practice. It is on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains at a place called Rockfish Gap.
I think I'm sold on the software, especially since it handles Fuji raw files so much better than LR. If you shoot with a Fuji, you'll know what I mean.
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Sorry, I just realized I took this with a Fuji lens.
leighton w wrote:
Trying to get used to Capture One, so I had another go with this image for the practice. It is on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains at a place called Rockfish Gap.
I think I'm sold on the software, especially since it handles Fuji raw files so much better than LR. If you shoot with a Fuji, you'll know what I mean.
Here´s a pano from one of the hikes we went on. This is a small part of the Fulufjället National Park. 12 shots stitched in LR taken with the D800 and the 50/1.4 ais.
deang001 wrote:
These infrared B&W shots seem like a perfect representation of this alternate virus universe we find ourselves in at the moment. Same world just something’s very different.
I’m so over all this. I hate wearing a mask. Especially in 95% humidity but if u don’t it’s like you’re some sort of foreign monster
I want to fly on a plane again!
I agree and I want to be on a cruise ship somewhere on the ocean
bruni wrote:
Laura - thank you so much - this needs to be posted way more often, I think people forget and drop their guard. I never noticed before that it was taken at 200mm. Very appropriate - reminding us to keep our distance.
Here I am, a friendly fellow from California doing my best to help fellow photographers navigate their way through the complicated landscape of Nikon manual focus lenses and what do I get? GRIEF like this...
Especially from you Ben... the person who almost single handedly dragged me and the rest of the folks on this thread into the previously unknown world of pre-AI lenses, beginning with your 55 f/1.2 that first arrived in 1965 and then with Nikki, the 85 f/1.8 H.C. that arrived in 1972. You loaned the lens to all of us and guess what happened? Folks went on a shopping spree! That is ALL on you...
Laura, I think you need to craft ANOTHER devil for our friend now living in Italy!
leighton w wrote:
How are folks behaving at your market? I hope they are wearing masks and keeping their distance.
Marin is one of the more "progressive" counties in California, so there was no pushback evident when we were asked to shelter -in-place and then to socially distance with masks required in virtually every store. Restaurants and bars have yet to open, delivering meals or selling at their door where customers can pick them up. The farmer's market has reduced the number of vendors, increased the size of aisles and require face masks to shop. People are encouraged to maintain physical distance both in lines and when walking through. I think most people do as Sue and I did... buy what we came for and left immediately. For us that was stops at two vendors. 18 purple Cherokee tomatoes between the two of us plus other assorted vegetables.
I thought you might be interested in the producer we rely on... Tomatero Farms. They have amazing young people working the farm and the markets. They are located near Santa Cruz, 113 miles from the Marin Civic Center. Imagine that drive with a large truck filled with produce that must be ready for sale at 8:00 a.m. They serve a number of markets, including two in Marin... Thursday and Sunday.
Love the black and white image from Rockfish Gap. If I'm forced to move to the Adobe Creative Cloud to use Lightroom I too will be looking for another piece of software. I hesitate to even download a demo and spend time learning it, at least right now when Lightroom continues to work in Mojave OS. I'll likely not upgrade to Catalina until I'm forced to, though a friend much more knowledgeable about such things said even the latest security updates for Mojave could destroy the functionality of Lightroom 6. I'm simply not willing to pay a monthly fee to use software. Keep up the excellent work Leighton and share it with all of us...
I'm not certain what this neighbors intend to do with the abundant grapes growing along the fence next to their home but they certainly gave me an opportunity to play a bit.
Since I'm such a sucker for magnolia trees and their flowers, AND tis the season when the blossoms are opening... you're going to get some photos.
It’s on the way.
