I meant to put in a disclaimer - that once again, I am at a site that I have photographed and posted before - I think I posted both an astro and a comet shot from here earlier this year, but this is the best sunset yet. With that backdrop, its hard to stay away!
Some broken-down equipment we saw on a hike earlier this month. Taken with my late F6 & Nikkor-O 35/2 (Portra 400). Accidently shot these @ ISO 100 but film, especially P400, can handle lots of overexposure.
Jay, is the last one Port Everglades? First time I saw a manatee was there. We pulled in there on the submarine and I was hanging over the side hooking up a discharge hose and one came up to the surface of the water about 3 feet from my face. Scared the you know what out of me
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George, have you shot that Hardy Board with the Noct and GFX?
These are for Jay.
I don't have Flickr or other hosting (guess I should look into one) so posting for him here.
Brick wall with the Noct and GFX. Still some vignette in the extreme corners, but not a hard total black out and can be worked out in post. But not using that lens for the corners anyway
I am not sure how squared up I was on the wall, but tried to align horizontally the best I could. Was sort of busy downtown at lunch. Closest spot to get a brick wall shot for me. Other than the police department
Thanks for posting those brick walls, I would think everyone would like to see what the base-line for such a combination would be. Appreciate you seeking out such a target, All the while I thought all the buildings in the Carolinas were brick!
All those above shots were taken at a Tampa Electric station located at Apollo Beach Florida. I'm not sure how sailors used to think of these as mermaids but I'm glad you were not smitten!
Z7 + FTZ + Reflex-Nikkor 500mm f/8N ai hand held; ISO 450, f/8 at 1/1250s. ~87% cropped (39/45MP). These mirror teles need a little more contrast and saturation than the glass teles at the PP. And the focus peaking is very helpful for focusing.
I guess you should see the un-doctored version before I tried to erase the UFO. I thought this was just a conventional selfie but it looks like he broke free again! Maybe that's what that NOTAM was about.
I meant to put in a disclaimer - that once again, I am at a site that I have photographed and posted before - I think I posted both an astro and a comet shot from here earlier this year, but this is the best sunset yet. With that backdrop, its hard to stay away!
Doug, barns, mountains, and great light is never too much. Trust me, around here the highest natural point in the entire county is an expressway overpass, so mountains are always welcome.
Andy, the aboriginal art site was a great post, led to some interesting reading.
Kristian, really enjoyed that kitchen window droplets shot.
Jose, I think the 400mm is performing even better on the Z than the older F mounts.
George, I'm following your exploration in medium format Fuji with great enjoyment. Fortunately no temptation.
Jay, that Palmetto shot is outstanding, great use of the OOF elements.
Rafael, the master of collecting. In addition to the wonderful photos, I'm enjoying the pictures of the lenses themselves, imagining them on a Z. George's large format does not get me thinking in the same way:-)
Well in true 2020 fashion, we have a Tropical Storm Warning (Zeta) in central North Carolina. So, I went out to shoot some down at the pond and take a walk in the woods while there are still some leaves on the trees
Giving the Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AIs a go on the GFX. 67mm equivalent in 35mm
I took another trip up the range yesterday to Davies Creek again, this time carrying on up the dirt/gravel road past the Falls as far as the road goes to the Kahlpahlmin Rock trailhead.
Broke the rear hugger at some point , learned how to change the ESA (Electronic Suspension Adjustment) into "rough" off road mode - max preload, stiffer damping for potholes. Raises bike more for more ground clearance.
This image is for informational purposes - not some great piece of "art".
I thought I would show the source of the illumination for my last post - the sunset with the abandoned homestead, moon rising over the mountains. That was an east view - this was the actual sunset last night at that time. This was taken from a 8-shot (4x2) skinny pano with the zoom set back to 35mm. It was hand held - I didn't have time to set the tripod up again to get this. As a result, I didn't get the best overlap and had to crop it down some. In the end, I caught most of it.
In my valley, the mountains are to the east and it 's a struggle to find good west facing compositions to take advantage of sunsets like these.
, learned how to change the ESA (Electronic Suspension Adjustment) into "rough" off road mode - max preload, stiffer damping for potholes. Raises bike more for more ground clearance.
