December was like spring, there were cherry blossoms coming out on some trees. But that changed quickly this week. After two snow events this week now we have this coming tomorrow:
WHAT...Freezing rain. Ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch.
WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast and northern Maryland and northern Virginia.
WHEN...From 6 AM to noon EST Sunday.
IMPACTS...Difficult travel conditions are possible.
saph wrote:
December was like spring, there were cherry blossoms coming out on some trees. But that changed quickly this week. After two snow events this week now we have this coming tomorrow:
WHAT...Freezing rain. Ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch.
WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northeast and northern Maryland and northern Virginia.
WHEN...From 6 AM to noon EST Sunday.
IMPACTS...Difficult travel conditions are possible.
You can keep that freezing rain/ice mess up there.
Yesterday was glorious sunshine and I went out twice in the newly fallen 10-12 inches of snow armed with two cameras. The 5D_IR (55mm f3,5 ai'd), and the 5DS-R (found one adapter that worked with the 16mm f3.5 ai)
This is a downsized from 34,000 pixel 23 image & about 190-200 degree IR stitch.
Unfortunately my reappearance is going to be short-lived. I just came back from hospital where I went for a battery of tests on my arm and neck. I have a pinched nerve around C6 which is causing enough concern for the neurosurgeon. You could say he gets paid to cut people up and that's what he wants to do on Thursday next week. I'll be in for a few days with recovery expected to take 4-6 weeks. Currently I am struggling with the left arm.
Siphiwe, I hope that you recover quickly and are soon up to carrying and using all your Nikon kit . I will miss your pictures on this thread.
Serge that's a great image - I can imagine a camera club judge saying "If the author had waited, he could have improved the image when the canoeist was lined up with the centre arch" - The kind of inanity that drive me crazy from time to time
Oosty wrote:
Serge that's a great image - I can imagine a camera club judge saying "If the author had waited, he could have improved the image when the canoeist was lined up with the centre arch" - The kind of inanity that drive me crazy from time to time
Thank you, Peter.
Those darn picky judges! I think he would have missed that the image of the rower and the related water imprint would loose some of its mojo in the bright cloud reflections.
Sometimes a photo that means something to you is, from a technical standpoint, a terrible photo. Last night, my 6 year-old grandson came for a visit and he asked if he could play one of my guitars. I keep an old beat up Alvarez on a stand in the bonus room and told him he could play it. He loves music and loves to play. To anyone else, he was making a lot of noise, but to my ears and to his, he was playing some of the most beautiful music ever played.
I grabbed the closest camera, my IR converted D70. It's definitely not the camera one would normally choose to use in a dimly lit room. I pushed the ISO up to the camera's maximum 1600 and opened the Nikkor 24/2.8 AI wide open. I set the shutter speed to 1/8 sec. and the image was still underexposed. I did, however, get an image and that all that matters to me. From a technical standpoint, it's terrible. It's blurry, grainy, and underexposed. From a grandfather's perspective, it's wonderful!
spoupard wrote:
Sometimes a photo that means something to you is, from a technical standpoint, a terrible photo. Last night, my 6 year-old grandson came for a visit and he asked if he could play one of my guitars. I keep an old beat up Alvarez on a stand in the bonus room and told him he could play it. He loves music and loves to play. To anyone else, he was making a lot of noise, but to my ears and to his, he was playing some of the most beautiful music ever played.
I grabbed the closest camera, my IR converted D70. It's definitely not the camera one would normally choose to use in a dimly lit room. I pushed the ISO up to the camera's maximum 1600 and opened the Nikkor 24/2.8 AI wide open. I set the shutter speed to 1/8 sec. and the image was still underexposed. I did, however, get an image and that all that matters to me. From a technical standpoint, it's terrible. It's blurry, grainy, and underexposed. From a grandfather's perspective, it's wonderful!
James, totally agree. The 16/3.5 does have a flare for the dramatic.
We were on our way out and had to slam on the brakes and check this vineyard out. I wanted to stay another thirty minutes or so to photograph the sunset but others were in a hurry to attend a wine tasting.
This area is an easy and scenic 45 minute drive from Florence.
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Very cold today, however, back to the bottoms again, I just need to visit there several more times to capture all the eye candy. Today I took the Nikkor 28 F/3.5 PC Shift Lens out on the GFX and Laowa Adapter.
