Love a red barn in the snow. But you and Scott can keep the accumulating stuff up your way. Only saw a few flakes here this morning. Just windy and cold now.
leighton w wrote:
I've decided to come out of hiding for now anyway. Still fighting this kidney crap. Lots of great images since my last visit, well done to all.
Woke up to this stuff this morning. I was just getting used to Spring coming. You'd think I'd know better by now living where I do.
What are the odds that both Leighton and I would appear on the same page?
It is lovely to read the banter going back and forth on this thread with photos and gear talk mixed together... perfection, no doubt. Love the photos and the gear talk. One of these days I'll have to take my gear for a walk in the watershed. Spring is here. Yesterday I took a four mile hike with temperatures in the mid-seventies. My eighty year old bones and muscles will still get me up a steep grade...
Sorry about the snow everyone... but I remember that for Scott and others on the East Coast, this is a fact of life... even when we approach the formal beginning of Spring. Spring without snow photos from upstate New York wouldn't feel like spring...
I found my way here today because during a Zoom meeting for which I was host, a friend noted a bit of my computer desktop and commented on the photo. I decided I'd send her a copy of the photo and that process threw me back to the time we sent Nikki around the world. That photo was taken on the day I took a ferry into San Francisco to give Nikki a play day. The shot was taken with a wider lens, the 24 f/2.8 N.C. AI, but I decided to share a link to the blog Leighton created and curated so she could see what the Great Nikon Lens Adventure was all about. The fastest way to that link for the blog is to come here and use the link at the bottom of all my posts... so here I am.
That adventure ended almost nine years ago. I know that only a few of the folks active on the thread at that time remain. I also know that Ben who shared the 85 f/1.8 H.C. AI lens with us decided to give to Leighton. I know Jose who posted today said it would be best to NOT send the lens to Brazil where it could be stolen. Scott had time with time with the lens and Laura had an especially harrowing adventure, but many of those who played with us have left the thread. It was an amazing time with on average 120 posts EVERY day. The thread flew by.
Glad the thread continues and these beautiful lenses still find their way to a wide variety of cameras. Deep respect everyone. I may return with a photo. Wouldn't that be amazing?
Wonderful story George. One of my first jobs while in high school was managing an Esso station. The old man that hired me only knew me as a regular customer, but had supreme confidence in his own judgement. No application - just asked my first name, and handed me the key to the front door, and the floor safe of the station. It led to some amazing people and stories in the year before I went to college.
Jim
GeorgeBo wrote:
Thanks! That photo was personal to me.
That shot was next to the train depot in the town closest to me when I was growing up. My grandfather used to run an Esso station (back before it became Exxon in the US) and it had a small restaurant and beer watering hole. Anyway, on Saturday mornings he would go to a warehouse the other side of that train track bridge for supplies. I would ride with him most of the time. I was probably 4 or 5 years old. Every time he would drive under that bridge, he would blow the horn on the car all the way through. Why that stands out to me, I am not sure, but when I went back there it was a flood of memories.
CGrindahl wrote:
What are the odds that both Leighton and I would appear on the same page?
It is lovely to read the banter going back and forth on this thread with photos and gear talk mixed together... perfection, no doubt. Love the photos and the gear talk. One of these days I'll have to take my gear for a walk in the watershed. Spring is here. Yesterday I took a four mile hike with temperatures in the mid-seventies. My eighty year old bones and muscles will still get me up a steep grade...
Sorry about the snow everyone... but I remember that for Scott and others on the East Coast, this is a fact of life... even when we approach the formal beginning of Spring. Spring without snow photos from upstate New York wouldn't feel like spring...
I found my way here today because during a Zoom meeting for which I was host, a friend noted a bit of my computer desktop and commented on the photo. I decided I'd send her a copy of the photo and that process threw me back to the time we sent Nikki around the world. That photo was taken on the day I took a ferry into San Francisco to give Nikki a play day. The shot was taken with a wider lens, the 24 f/2.8 N.C. AI, but I decided to share a link to the blog Leighton created and curated so she could see what the Great Nikon Lens Adventure was all about. The fastest way to that link for the blog is to come here and use the link at the bottom of all my posts... so here I am.
That adventure ended almost nine years ago. I know that only a few of the folks active on the thread at that time remain. I also know that Ben who shared the 85 f/1.8 H.C. AI lens with us decided to give to Leighton. I know Jose who posted today said it would be best to NOT send the lens to Brazil where it could be stolen. Scott had time with time with the lens and Laura had an especially harrowing adventure, but many of those who played with us have left the thread. It was an amazing time with on average 120 posts EVERY day. The thread flew by.
Glad the thread continues and these beautiful lenses still find their way to a wide variety of cameras. Deep respect everyone. I may return with a photo. Wouldn't that be amazing? ...Show more →
Good to see you on here again. I don't think this is the first time we both showed up the same day after an hiatus. Might have to take Nikki for a spin soon.
Curtis,
I hope your health continues to allow you to walk up inclines. Good to see you here again. Spring flower season is coming soon - maybe that "desert island lens" needs some air?
Jim
CGrindahl wrote:
What are the odds that both Leighton and I would appear on the same page?
It is lovely to read the banter going back and forth on this thread with photos and gear talk mixed together... perfection, no doubt. Love the photos and the gear talk. One of these days I'll have to take my gear for a walk in the watershed. Spring is here. Yesterday I took a four mile hike with temperatures in the mid-seventies. My eighty year old bones and muscles will still get me up a steep grade...
Sorry about the snow everyone... but I remember that for Scott and others on the East Coast, this is a fact of life... even when we approach the formal beginning of Spring. Spring without snow photos from upstate New York wouldn't feel like spring...
I found my way here today because during a Zoom meeting for which I was host, a friend noted a bit of my computer desktop and commented on the photo. I decided I'd send her a copy of the photo and that process threw me back to the time we sent Nikki around the world. That photo was taken on the day I took a ferry into San Francisco to give Nikki a play day. The shot was taken with a wider lens, the 24 f/2.8 N.C. AI, but I decided to share a link to the blog Leighton created and curated so she could see what the Great Nikon Lens Adventure was all about. The fastest way to that link for the blog is to come here and use the link at the bottom of all my posts... so here I am.
That adventure ended almost nine years ago. I know that only a few of the folks active on the thread at that time remain. I also know that Ben who shared the 85 f/1.8 H.C. AI lens with us decided to give to Leighton. I know Jose who posted today said it would be best to NOT send the lens to Brazil where it could be stolen. Scott had time with time with the lens and Laura had an especially harrowing adventure, but many of those who played with us have left the thread. It was an amazing time with on average 120 posts EVERY day. The thread flew by.
Glad the thread continues and these beautiful lenses still find their way to a wide variety of cameras. Deep respect everyone. I may return with a photo. Wouldn't that be amazing? ...Show more →
Curtis, good to see you, don't be a stranger, just want to know how you are once in a while.
As I enter my truly old age, this pastime becomes more enjoyable.
This 200mm Medical Nikkor is one eminently easy to use and practical lens, even the flash works and is calibrated but today I used the sun and the Z6. Stick the 1/2 magnification lens and go walk, long focal distance is good for bees.
I paid $130 for a complete set, case, auxiliary lenses, AC and DC flash supply - in perfect condition.
In this picture it was connected to the flash power supply, it is on the D200 in case something blows, but nothing does.
I got distracted with a computer graphics card upgrade on one of my computers, because of my habit of keeping everything up-to-date bit me in the behind. Nvidia rolled out driver version 510, and had decided last summer (which I failed to notice) to no longer support 600 and 700 series cards. My main workstation dual boots Win10, and ubuntu mate 21.10. The problem occurred in the Linux install, and it went into a boot/reboot loop with no gui. Finally figured it out and fixed it. Long story short the new to me (used card) makes a mockery of the old card in some plugins. Times of 6-10 minutes per photo are down to 15-20 seconds each. I did not expect such an increase - these were run through a string of operations - again looking for a "cleaner" look. Basically, I am trying to get D7200 ISO 100 quality out of higher ISO images. These are all D7200 with the 400mm f5.6 + TC-16A at ISO's of 320-800. That first female cardinal posted earlier was processed the same, and was a ISO 800 image.
Just joining in to say "Hi" to the long missing. Good to hear from you, though it appears some of you have been listening in on the sidelines. Guess we should watch what we say about you :-)
James Markus wrote:
Finally figured it out and fixed it. Long story short the new to me (used card) makes a mockery of the old card in some plugins. Times of 6-10 minutes per photo are down to 15-20 seconds each.
I am glad you got your problem fixed.
May I ask what you are doing to take this amount of time?
Leighton,
Topaz's Sharpen AI was the problem. It is very much like Piccure+ (which is no longer supported) in using the superior transistor density of GPU's versus CPU to crunch numbers very quickly. I am doing micro-corrections on sharpness and noise in an attempt to get a more clean image. By clean I am referring to the appearance of a continuous tone photograph, and not a series of dots. Or, I am trying make the pointillism of Georges Seurat appear to be painted with brush strokes instead dots.
I pray your kidney problems can be resolved soon. Nephrologist are the detectives of the medical world, and tend to be extremely smart IMO.
Good to see you here again
Jim
leighton w wrote:
I am glad you got your problem fixed.
May I ask what you are doing to take this amount of time?
Long time no see & greetings from Adelaide, South Australia
We escaped Hong Kong's communist inspired covid nonsense and are here in Aus for the next 4-5 months. So nice to feel normal again!!!
Took my Bronica and Nikon lenses with me and these are the first images I've processed. Took these at one of our Favourite beaches here ... Henley Beach. All taken with my Bronica EC-TL and the Nikkor-HC 75/2.8
Found a really nice lab over here to develop the negs and even sent all my scanning equipment over via FedEx
And glad you sent your scanning gear along. Looking forward to shots from there.
G
deang001 wrote:
Long time no see & greetings from Adelaide, South Australia
We escaped Hong Kong's communist inspired covid nonsense and are here in Aus for the next 4-5 months. So nice to feel normal again!!!
Took my Bronica and Nikon lenses with me and these are the first images I've processed. Took these at one of our Favourite beaches here ... Henley Beach. All taken with my Bronica EC-TL and the Nikkor-HC 75/2.8
Found a really nice lab over here to develop the negs and even sent all my scanning equipment over via FedEx
Dean,
I am glad to know you are safe. Colours on these look perfect NLP?
Jim
deang001 wrote:
Long time no see & greetings from Adelaide, South Australia
We escaped Hong Kong's communist inspired covid nonsense and are here in Aus for the next 4-5 months. So nice to feel normal again!!!
Took my Bronica and Nikon lenses with me and these are the first images I've processed. Took these at one of our Favourite beaches here ... Henley Beach. All taken with my Bronica EC-TL and the Nikkor-HC 75/2.8
Found a really nice lab over here to develop the negs and even sent all my scanning equipment over via FedEx
