Colin, outstanding IR shots! Really makes me want to get an IR-converted body. Just not in this month's budget—or the next, or the next after that I'm afraid.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Yes, I have watched Breaking Bad hence my question. Also watched Better Call Saul series 1
Sorry Colin, my bad ! I'm one to talk, only half way through S05 myself. Not sure I'd want that done to my house all the chemicals etc can't be good for you. We have termites here but no tents.
Fantastic IR shots especially the last set BTW.
Colin, you're nailing it with those IR photos. Beautiful work! I love them all but that first shot is really special. What gorgeous country... and what a lovely story about your youth. I spent time on farms as a boy but it was generally my cousins who were doing the work. I was a city kid up for a visit, though there is a photograph of me with a pitch fork next to a manure spreader. My cousin and I had been cleaning up the barn. I was quite proud of myself, but as I got older I recognized that life on a farm is hard work and it was my cousins who were the troopers. I'll be seeing a few of them when I head back to Minnesota the middle of July for a family reunion...
So many folks playing with film cameras. Congratulations on your new acquisition Don. Somehow, for the kind of work you do shooting film makes sense. There is a timeless quality to your black and white work. As I mentioned to you almost seven years ago when you first appeared on this thread, you have the distinct advantage of living near Venice which is always featured in your photos. This last is a perfect example of the mood you create. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your work.
George, the water's edge looks wonderfully refreshing. Today the temperature in San Anselmo hit 100. Yesterday it was 97, the day before 103. Tomorrow is supposed to be the hottest day of this recent heat wave. Midday I'll head back up to Sue's condo to get at least a slight break. Her air conditioning is much appreciated.
I appreciate your comments on camera you use. Your dedication to the lenses we all love is laudable as well. You seem to have found a scheme that works for you with your long lens attached to the Fuji and shorter lenses mounted on the Df. I believe we must always make intelligent choices for ourselves when it come to kit building and use. Clearly, one size does NOT fit everyone. Enjoy your holiday and as the spirit moves you share some of your work with us.
Rafael, love the photos of coffee beans in light of the conversation that has been happening on the thread. I don't know whether everyone here knows that you come from a region of the world where coffee is grown and that it was part of your youth before you came to this country. I love the cultural richness of this thread with folks from such varied backgrounds who are doing such interesting work. That is one of the reasons I encouraged folks to create short bios for themselves in their profiles. It is also one of the reasons I'd love to be able to sit around a table with a glass of beer and chat with EVERYONE who shows up here. Of course, it would be especially enjoyable to spend time with the old timers who've hung in with this thread over the years. I understand though that in the business where you spend you working hours, you couldn't really say very much... The old joke... "If I told you what I did, I'd have to shoot you..."
Enjoy your new lens Rafael. It is a beauty, but then we could say that about ALL of your gear.
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Glen it seems we have the western part of North America to ourselves. Nice series on Alberta's "Badlands" and its fossils.
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I've been enjoying your Western photo posts too, Ken, as indicated by my consistent use of the Like button. Just look at us (former, in my case) Easterners becoming the presenters of Western imagery; what a happy irony!
So here are today's views of the badlands, showing a bit more of the wide variety of their stunning beauty (to the best of my amateur photographic ability, that is ).
Amazing place Glen and another place I have always wanted to visit if I ever make it to the US. I guess the name badlands comes from ancient superstitions about the place ?
cadman342001 wrote:
Amazing place Glen and another place I have always wanted to visit if I ever make it to the US. I guess the name badlands comes from ancient superstitions about the place ?
Andy
Well, the best explanation I found for the Canadian use of the name "badlands" is this:
The name "Badlands" is an exact English translation of French term "les mauvaises terres" (bad lands), by which in 1743 French Canadian explorers François and Louis Joseph de la Verendrye described this terrain when on their travels through the Prairies they first had encountered the landscapes of mesas, buttes, canyons, coulees, and gullies. Early French settlers of the area found this arid land to be unsuitable to farming and thus they retained the appropriate term "les mauvaises terres " or "bad lands." However, they soon discovered the terrain was rich in coal and fossils. ... In fact, it was the First Nations people who first discovered animal fossils in this area. They believed them to be the vestiges of gigantic ancestors of the Bison. They also believed these badlands were one giant graveyard for these animals, and the unusual, taller or lower, hard-capped sandstone formations, they called the Hoodoos, were the protectors of the bison's and ancient animals' spirits.
(clipped from here.)
When you come to North America, visit Canada; I'm pretty sure ours are the best badlands!
So as I mentioned, after going inland to the old timber mill etc. I spent the rest of yesterday on the beach watching the sun go down and the surfers go out to try and catch a wave at Currumbin Beach. The big rock you see people near is called "Danger Point" - it's an easier way for the surfers to get out to the big waves rather than paddle out there. Looks a little precarious to me, the surf crashing into the rocks just beyond !
20UD stopped down to get the sun star. Can you make out Surfer's Paradise Skyline in the distance?
My youngest got his first car today. If you haven't driven a Mini Cooper before - you should go do a test drive today. The "S" (super charged) version is literally a blast to drive. 105mm f4.0 ais micro, and the 24mm f2.8 ais
CGrindahl wrote:
Rafael, love the photos of coffee beans in light of the conversation that has been happening on the thread. I don't know whether everyone here knows that you come from a region of the world where coffee is grown and that it was part of your youth before you came to this country. I love the cultural richness of this thread with folks from such varied backgrounds who are doing such interesting work. That is one of the reasons I encouraged folks to create short bios for themselves in their profiles. It is also one of the reasons I'd love to be able to sit around a table with a glass of beer and chat with EVERYONE who shows up here. Of course, it would be especially enjoyable to spend time with the old timers who've hung in with this thread over the years. I understand though that in the business where you spend you working hours, you couldn't really say very much... The old joke... "If I told you what I did, I'd have to shoot you..."
Enjoy your new lens Rafael. It is a beauty, but then we could say that about ALL of your gear. ...Show more →
Wonderfully kind as always Curtis, ff we sat down to talk I could actually tell you a lot that is open information, but I would never post it. We may yet do a San Diego or San Anselmo photo shoot. As I am so short on time, I might just set up some good lighting and start posting photos of my gear.
Hi, gang. Some really nice shots posted here recently.
I've been on the photographic sidelines for a couple of weeks following a surgery; nothing serious and more annoying than anything else. Had a chance to get out with a light kit yesterday evening (D800 with the 50/1.2 and 105/2.5) and got a few shots near the water's edge.
it's just after 1, checked into a motel in Henrietta an hour ago, going to unwind a bit then head out in the morning. Last year, I met Scott and Priya here.
cadman342001 wrote:
Sorry Colin, my bad ! I'm one to talk, only half way through S05 myself. Not sure I'd want that done to my house all the chemicals etc can't be good for you. We have termites here but no tents.
Fantastic IR shots especially the last set BTW.
Andy,
My daughter told us about BB a year or so ago. My wife and I got hooked immediately. I bought the complete series and we ended up watching one episode every day (sometimes two). I loved the series but lots of people don't.
Colin
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- it's an easier way for the surfers to get out to the big waves rather than paddle out there. Looks a little precarious to me, the surf crashing into the rocks just beyond !
