spoupard wrote:
This old truck is sitting in front of a local market. I photographed this a couple of nights ago using an AF lens, but went back tonight with the 55/3.5. The photo taken with the AF lens is sharper, but I like this one better in every way. They had a nice, bright floodlight shining on the back end of the truck, but the front end is poorly lit. I shined my headlights at the front and I think it did a pretty good job. The color temp of my headlights matched that of the floodlight pretty well.
The rain was heavier than it appears in the images so I had to shoot one handed whilst holding an umbrella. It was worth it to get puddles and the ground glow.
spoupard wrote:
This old truck is sitting in front of a local market. I photographed this a couple of nights ago using an AF lens, but went back tonight with the 55/3.5. The photo taken with the AF lens is sharper, but I like this one better in every way. They had a nice, bright floodlight shining on the back end of the truck, but the front end is poorly lit. I shined my headlights at the front and I think it did a pretty good job. The color temp of my headlights matched that of the floodlight pretty well.
James, being at the window, I can take care of anywhere from 100-200 people a day. As someone who had pneumonia several times (one year I had it twice!) I have not dropped wearing a mask somewhere since last year. Plus most of the people in the back run around unmasked, too... oy. I was at an event on Saturday and masks were rare there too
Between Covid and the flu that was so bad in Michigan that CDC got involved, I wouldn't unmask up there, either.
So now I have some very creative masks, some Day of the Dead ones, kitten faces, etc,
James Markus wrote:
Laura,
Since I am a transplant survivor - I get really nasty looks whenever I go to the store, because I have been wearing a mask since April 2017. Masking in my area has largely been abandoned - which is why now 1 out of 10 Covid-19 cases in America are in Michigan. If I really wanted to paint a target on myself I would wear one of those bird-like masks next time I go to Home Depot. Nah, I will stay holed up until it is safe again.
Jim
cadman342001 wrote:
Jay - what does a Guinea fowl sound like? Also, very familiar plants on the previous page, the shell ginger and the cycad?
Rather loud chirping? A neighbor has a herd of Guinea fowl that occasionally wander and chatteri incessantly. Much to my amazement the singing came from the batch of Turkeys that I could hear 1/4 mile away. They sounded just like the Guinea fowl only louder.
When I visited the Turkey flock they would occasionally go silent and then burst out a synchronized gobble(!), and then resume their loud chirping asynchronous chatter.
The only reasonably assured id on the plants, taken at the University of Florida Botanical site near Tampa Florida, is the cycad thanks to them labeling the plant, the rest are unfamiliar beautiful mysteries to me.
leighton w wrote:
Really like these. But sort of eerie with no people in the scene.
Thanks Leighton. It was only about 5.40pm and a lot of the shops were shutting up for the night.
Foul weather kept people away. Maybe Omicron and new restrictions played a part.
Jay - the blue "faces" on those birds are unsettling.
Colin - I admire you going out to shoot in the rain and I'm surprised you weren't using the 40mm. I'm with Leighton, it's eerie seeing no people, not to mention how hard it must be for retailers. It's bucketing down here too, has been for days.
Leighton - I was so tickled by your "you know where" expression that I used it all day today, to disastrous effect, I guess it doesn't translate well into Italian. I had to make an emergency trip to the dentist and when she asked where it hurt, I said, "you know where". She was NOT amused. I should know better than make jokes to a person holding a drill.
bruni wrote:
Jay - the blue "faces" on those birds are unsettling.
Colin - I admire you going out to shoot in the rain and I'm surprised you weren't using the 40mm. I'm with Leighton, it's eerie seeing no people, not to mention how hard it must be for retailers. It's bucketing down here too, has been for days.
Leighton - I was so tickled by your "you know where" expression that I used it all day today, to disastrous effect, I guess it doesn't translate well into Italian. I had to make an emergency trip to the dentist and when she asked where it hurt, I said, "you know where". She was NOT amused. I should know better than make jokes to a person holding a drill.
leighton w wrote: I guess she just doesn't have a sense of humor.
Is the girl in your image telling you no?
She is saying "You must have circular objects (close to you know where) that are this big in order to have the audacity to take a candid picture of me"
leighton w wrote: I guess she just doesn't have a sense of humor.
Is the girl in your image telling you no?
ha ha Leighton ....no, she hasn't seen me (this is 135mm, I'm a ways off).
In English, depending on how you say it, it can sound suggestive, especially if you put the emphasis on "you", but I didn't say it that way in Italian, not that I could even if I'd wanted to. This had been an emergency appointment, she'd fitted me in at the last minute so I think she thought I was an idiot for mucking around. Although, as a side note, she doesn't have much of a sense of humour. She is however a good dentist and she fixed my tooth.
But, jokes aside, I'm glad you're better and back among us.
bruni wrote:
ha ha Leighton ....no, she hasn't seen me (this is 135mm, I'm a ways off).
In English, depending on how you say it, it can sound suggestive, especially if you put the emphasis on "you", but I didn't say it that way in Italian, not that I could even if I'd wanted to. This had been an emergency appointment, she'd fitted me in at the last minute so I think she thought I was an idiot for mucking around. Although, as a side note, she doesn't have much of a sense of humour. She is however a good dentist and she fixed my tooth.
But, jokes aside, I'm glad you're better and back among us....Show more →
I guess she just doesn't have a sense of humor.