To all of you another thank you for the compassion you always show.
We are from so many diferent walks of life and parts of the world and yet because we know each other we are prepared to respect each others views.
Why is it so difficult when individuals lose their individuality and become part of a group - tribe, nation or political party? At that stage we lose our ability to understand the other guy and it becomes "us' and 'them'. Meantime "them" has a lot of people just like me who I might actually like if I wasn't being brainwashed by my leader with his/her own agenda.
gbohannon wrote: Yeah, love/hate relationship. 177km down. Getting close to the end.
We have been neck and neck all the way. The 200k will fall by the weekend.
Bringing the subject matter back on topic - the difference between your total and mine is probably equivalent to the length of all of Rafael's lenses lined up end to end - a mere 2km.
DeltaSigma wrote:
We have been neck and neck all the way. The 200k will fall by the weekend.
Bringing the subject matter back on topic - the difference between your total and mine is probably equivalent to the length of all of Rafael's lenses lined up end to end - a mere 2km.
Colin
Between Rafael and Samy with all his film gear, the two should open up a museum. Samy has the model for one based on the one we visited in Staunton during the visit with Leighton and the Market.
gbohannon wrote:
Brown is good. Especially with a little frost on it
Snow headed your way?
Yes, it looks white outside my office window right now. Unfortunately, that's all I've been able to do with the white - look at it from the inside. It's already melted off most hard surfaces and tree limbs.
Brown #3 with the D700 and 55mm f2.8 AIS Micro again. This one is focus stacked.
SiMuMe wrote:
Incredible photos of never seen before incredible plants, Andy. I could spend hours there.
Thanks SiMuMe. It is an incredible place. Coming from the UK I had only seen stuff in hot houses, they grow outside here !
More pics from the gardens
This is in the orchid and fernery house. Kinda like a Hot House but it provides some shade for the plants I think. The walls are all mesh shadecloth so no heat is retained.
Alocasia sp. Commonly referred to as Elephant Ears, many varieties, the biggest have 6ft leaves (we have them in the garden)
They are great photos from the greenhouse, I am a big fan of Aroids and all unusual tropical plants.
I have a small garden but have done my best to fill it with interesting plants, thanks in part to a magnificent old fig tree in the neighbour's garden that provides shade from the harsh summer sun.
Here are a few photos with the 18mm 3.5 AI-S on a D3s
Phong.nh wrote:
It's always a pleasure to see your 105mil photos.
15mm F/3.5 AIS
Thank you very much, Phong.nh. I somehow feel a little pressure not to disappoint now but on the other hand, I hope it encourages you to get one. As has been said before here, there are no bad 105mm Nikkors. It does seem like a very nice focal length on FX, not as narrow as 135 and not as wide as 85.
SiMuMe wrote:
Thank you very much, Phong.nh. I somehow feel a little pressure not to disappoint now but on the other hand, I hope it encourages you to get one. As has been said before here, there are no bad 105mm Nikkors. It does seem like a very nice focal length on FX, not as narrow as 135 and not as wide as 85.
Nice colours in your picture.
I bought a 105mm d micro in August but no photo taken yet.
Phong.nh wrote:
I bought a 105mm d micro in August but no photo taken yet.
Oh no! I vaguely recall that. I need you to take some pictures or maybe not. I don't know where I stand. There is one available locally and I was so tempted this morning but in my attempts at reading more about it I saw a picture of it fully extended and thought, maybe not now .
I was wondering if you got much yesterday. Just a little freezing rain down here.
G
Thanks. Hope your power didn't go out.
We were supposed to get around 10 inches, but really, I'm glad we missed it. I haven't had to use my snowblower since 2018 and I'd like to keep it that way!
The second pic is super, Leighton. Love the way you processed it to portray what I imagine to be softish light, but yet communicate the cold.
Doug, wonderful mix of frozen and moving water. Waterfalls are one thing I don't miss about transparencies (and especially Velvia), the shadows got pushed to black very quickly when holding highlights.
And speaking of 105s Phong and Siphiwe, here's one with the 105 f2.5 AIS.
leighton w wrote:
Thanks. Hope your power didn't go out.
We were supposed to get around 10 inches, but really, I'm glad we missed it. I haven't had to use my snowblower since 2018 and I'd like to keep it that way!
All good here, not even enough to go out and get a picture.
Leighton and Ray: Wonderful winter scenes. The frost captures are great!
We caught the north edge of the storm with about 5" of fresh snow. About 90 miles to our south they had about 40" of snow in Binghamton. Too much to measure with a yardstick.
Nothing special here. Taken with the 105 f2.5 Ais.
Scott
mp356 wrote:
Leighton and Ray: Wonderful winter scenes. The frost captures are great!
We caught the north edge of the storm with about 5" of fresh snow. About 90 miles to our south they had about 40" of snow in Binghamton. Too much to measure with a yardstick.
Nothing special here. Taken with the 105 f2.5 Ais.
Scott
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Yeah, love/hate relationship. 177km down. Getting close to the end.
