My wife and I watched this wonderful four part cooking documentary on Netflix called "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat". One of the episodes the host Samin Nosrat goes to Liguria to a man that makes this amazing Ligurian Focaccia. My wife has made this three times now, and it looks way better than the original - IMO. She lets it ferment (work) for 9-10 hours, and does not use malt in her recipe. It is the best tasting, texture, and crumb of any bread I have ever had. These are photos from the last three loafs in reverse order. I wish I could describe the black bubbles properly, but they are the best part. They are crunchy, salty, fruity, and do not taste burnt at all. All these were shot with the 85mm f1.4 ais on the 5DS-R. Link here Ligurian Focaccia
The diversity of the thread continues to amaze me. It is great to be able to see different landscapes, cities, lives and cultures in a friendly place. Long may it continue.
Last year, when on a hike along the SW coastal path in Devon, England I made a 'note-to-self' that the view south (out to sea) from Bolt Head would make a great dark site for some Milky Way photography.
As luck would have it there was a new moon and cloudless skies on our first day during a 5 day mini-break last week. My wife was not keen to hike with me, in the dark, up to a spot on the edge of some dangerous cliffs but we survived! [Back at base she agreed it was awesome]. The only downside was a sea-haze/mist the robbed some sharpness from an wonderful view.
Like John I used the 16mm for my Milky-Way shots.
I am still learning how to get the best out of the Z6.
DeltaSigma wrote:
The diversity of the thread continues to amaze me. It is great to be able to see different landscapes, cities, lives and cultures in a friendly place. Long may it continue.
Last year, when on a hike along the SW coastal path in Devon, England I made a 'note-to-self' that the view south (out to sea) from Bolt Head would make a great dark site for some Milky Way photography.
Colin
Nice capture, Colin - I may have to look into one of these 16s myself. Everyone's photos with it are impressive.
The satellite trace makes me think this was a single image? At the risk of telling. you something that you may already know - Although it has doubled in price over the last couple of years ($20 to $40), Starry Landscape Stacker (for Mac) might be worth looking into. If you have a PC, the very similar "Sequator" is free.
graytrekker wrote:
It has been so smoky here for so long, with only the odd break. In Montana, we seem to be. down wind of any fire on the west coast - from California, Oregon. Washington, BC and Idaho - this year especially. This has made landscape photography particularly challenging.
Last week I spent some time in an area east of here known as the Rocky Mountain Front (RMF), scouting for the upcoming fall colors. It is where the plains meet the mountains with dramatic escarpment cliffs, called "reefs" (as in Capitol "Reef" NP). It is said to be one of the most biodiverse areas of the US. All the animals that were here when Lewis and Clark cruised through are still here. This is especially true of the grizzly bear - this was its major habitat before colonization - something that was really on my mind as I was also shooting astro at night up there!
On this trip, I decided to shoot only my Df + legacy lenses, as I had "Sony-ed out" and needed grounding in that more tactile experience.
The smoke was pretty bad, but Thursday, a little less so - one could actually see blue in the dawn sky.
This first image is the breaking dawn to the east (cropped 5x7)
The second image is of the cliffs above where I was camped. This is illumined from the glow of the dawn, before the sun rose above the band of smoke on the horizon (cropped 4x5):
At the time, I thought I wanted the wide angle of the 35. However, back home I ended up cropping this quite a bit - I think I would have been better served using my 50.
Finally, after the sun was actually up over the smoke bank, to the north, "Castle Reef" with the 105: (also 5x7):
James Markus wrote:
My wife and I watched this wonderful four part cooking documentary on Netflix called "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat". One of the episodes the host Samin Nosrat goes to Liguria to a man that makes this amazing Ligurian Focaccia. My wife has made this three times now, and it looks way better than the original - IMO. She lets it ferment (work) for 9-10 hours, and does not use malt in her recipe. It is the best tasting, texture, and crumb of any bread I have ever had. These are photos from the last three loafs in reverse order. I wish I could describe the black bubbles properly, but they are the best part. They are crunchy, salty, fruity, and do not taste burnt at all. All these were shot with the 85mm f1.4 ais on the 5DS-R. Link here Ligurian Focaccia
DeltaSigma wrote:
The diversity of the thread continues to amaze me. It is great to be able to see different landscapes, cities, lives and cultures in a friendly place. Long may it continue.
Last year, when on a hike along the SW coastal path in Devon, England I made a 'note-to-self' that the view south (out to sea) from Bolt Head would make a great dark site for some Milky Way photography.
As luck would have it there was a new moon and cloudless skies on our first day during a 5 day mini-break last week. My wife was not keen to hike with me, in the dark, up to a spot on the edge of some dangerous cliffs but we survived! [Back at base she agreed it was awesome]. The only downside was a sea-haze/mist the robbed some sharpness from an wonderful view.
Like John I used the 16mm for my Milky-Way shots.
I am still learning how to get the best out of the Z6.
leighton,
A lot of my kids are in the area, and they also love this new to us bread. I never even got a taste of that third one with rosemary.
I don't think sales are in her plans. She really enjoys giving bread to family and friends - or those in need. She has trained me to
never assume something she made is for us, because she usually has an intended person for whom she made it.
Jim
leighton w wrote:
We watched that, really interesting. When is she going to start selling them?
DeltaSigma wrote:
The diversity of the thread continues to amaze me. It is great to be able to see different landscapes, cities, lives and cultures in a friendly place. Long may it continue.
Last year, when on a hike along the SW coastal path in Devon, England I made a 'note-to-self' that the view south (out to sea) from Bolt Head would make a great dark site for some Milky Way photography.
As luck would have it there was a new moon and cloudless skies on our first day during a 5 day mini-break last week. My wife was not keen to hike with me, in the dark, up to a spot on the edge of some dangerous cliffs but we survived! [Back at base she agreed it was awesome]. The only downside was a sea-haze/mist the robbed some sharpness from an wonderful view.
Like John I used the 16mm for my Milky-Way shots.
I am still learning how to get the best out of the Z6.
I start to really like using all my MF lenses with my little mirrorless camera, the Z fc: it's much easier to manually focus thanks to the EVF and all the electronic assists.
Nikon Z fc, AI-S 300mm f/2.8 IF-ED N+TC-14A (FOV equivalent to 630mm)
Awhile back I acquired a somewhat maligned lens, the 100/2.8 E. A friend had been trying to sell it to me and lowered
the price several times. I kept insisting that I didn't need another lens near 105mm focal length. Already had too many. Well, finally I gave in when the price got low enough. The lens was in pristine condition and in the original box with the instruction sheet.
This might be a fun walkabout lens. It is so small and light, about like a 50mm.
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