rico wrote:
Thanks! I have a Wimberley WH-200 coming tomorrow, and a Gitzo Series 4 just for luck. I usually shoot in the studio, so atmospheric conditions and available light are not my normal concerns. Most of my subjects are inches or feet away, not miles. This 800mm pegs at 10m (longer than my studio).
I haven't had much time for still photography since returning from vacation, but have been behind a video camera quite a bit for a few projects.
Because of the seating capacity, our church has become the de facto "civic center" for the community I live in. Yesterday afternoon, we hosted a community event in honor of military, first responders, law enforcement, etc. It was a 1940's USO type show with a lot of singing and dancing and comedy skits. Pretty cool. In addition to our regular services, I usually man a video camera for events like this.
Sharing a low light wide open shot from my video camera "perch" in the balcony for the show yesterday. This was taken during sound checks. Because we were doing a live stream, I did not get the chance to take any stills during the show. I didn't want to risk missing a transition to my camera
To help keep things moving, here are some photos from the Aircraft Museum of Western Canada in Winnipeg. It seems that Manitoba and Saskatchewan try to compensate for the relative monotony of their landscape by peppering it with museums. But this is the only museum we actually visited in either of those two provinces. This first set shows the both the exterior and the interior of a commercial passenger plane from the 60's, followed by the interior of a small plane from the same period. All were shot with the 16 f/3.5 Ai fisheye on the Fuji X-E2, and processed via Lightroom on my cell phone.
I haven't actually disappeared. I've been following the thread and dropping a few likes but photography has not been much on my mind of late. However, I joined Sue this afternoon for a visit to a local merchant who sells furniture and art he imports from Bali and DID take my camera. Here are a few shots taken with the 55 f/1.2 S.C. AI. I converted all of these with Silver Efex Pro 2. The first two shots are wide open, the last two were shot at f/2.
And pulling out my camera this afternoon prompted me to carry it with me when I took a walk this evening. Amazing how that happens... do a bit of shooting and it gets the juices flowing. Again, I was shooting with the 55 f/1.2 S.C. AI.
The first shot was wide open. It has a bit of a watercolor look.
And two flowers in a neighbors yard. I'd seen the first one yesterday and was carrying my camera primarily so I could get this early evening shot with the sun setting.
And I'll add a fifth photo to complete this set... peaches beginning to ripen on another neighbor's tree. I doubt I'll have the chance to eat any, but they certainly look delicious.
Glen, that looks distinctly like a Lockheed Super Constellation in Air Canada colours .... I love the design of that aircraft. The long sweeping contours and shaping with the triple tail ..... great shot .... not sure about the air hostess though .... she looks a bit wooden !!
Curtis ...... those Buddahs just go to show that everything has a price these days .... I love the Seedpod water colour style .... gorgeous !!
CGrindahl wrote:
I haven't actually disappeared. I've been following the thread and dropping a few likes but photography has not been much on my mind of late. However, I joined Sue this afternoon for a visit to a local merchant who sells furniture and art he imports from Bali and DID take my camera. Here are a few shots taken with the 55 f/1.2 S.C. AI. I converted all of these with Silver Efex Pro 2. The first two shots are wide open, the last two were shot at f/2.
Work has been crazy busy in the last few weeks and kept me from visiting.
Good to be back! I see the thread vibrant in summer with flowers and imagery galore.
Some images from last weekend in Aachen. Taken with the 85 f/1.4 AIS and Df combo.
This is a 5 shot pano that was easier to shoot but difficult to stitch since I used the 16mm f3.5 fisheye for this. Tallulah Falls Pano by Ramkumar Sangameshwar, on Flickr
Here are a few more from the aircraft museum. These are all from the float plane room, in descending order of plane-size. The first is a real plane while the second and third are scale models. The canoe strapped to a pontoon on the first plane speaks to me of the seat-of-the-pants way bush pilots need to operate in order to do their work. These photos are all courtesy of the 16 f/3.5 Ai.
Old slide (Ektachrome Elite EB ISO 100) from November 1993, São Carlos-SP, Brazilian Savannah.
Taken with Nikon FM2 camera + Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI, hand held, f/5.6 at 1/250s.
Dupe: D7200 @ ISO 100 + 12mm tube + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 ai-s @f/5.6 + BR3&BR2a rings (as additional spacing) + ES1 slide copying adapter. This combo gives ~1:1 repro. Some cropping.
I have had a heavy magenta cast on these old Ektachromes (>15 years) slides, hard to fix. Fujichromes are far better with no such colour cast after so many years.
Old slide (Ektachrome EB II ISO 100) from November 1999, Itapetininga-SP, Brazilian Savannah. Taken with Nikon FM2 camera + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 ai-s + flash, hand held.
Dupe: Same setup as above slide, no cropping.
Most of my subjects are inches or feet away, not miles. This 800mm pegs at 10m (longer than my studio).
It's what we do on this thread. 
