Hey, Peter, are you going to make it to the Eastern Sierra this summer?
I checked out the Mammoth cams today. They're still skiing and boarding, and plan to keep some upper lifts running into August. The lower mountain looked pretty snow-free, though.
Two weeks with hand foot and mouth disease
Utterly painful, the itch and unease
When half-well I dragged my poor family
To the jungles of Malaysia driving merrily
Toting only a Fuji body and Fuji lenses
I'm lucky Curtis ain't in to bop me senseless
A cropped 21 shot pano (50mm f2) of Knysna from the hill above town . The fire damage in the foreground can be clearly seen but the hills across the water were also burned to the ground. Just amazing that the entire town wasn't consumed!
Yes there are some stars out there. Wish I could have gotten more of them in the shot though, but quite hard to get that much detail in this shot since the foreground was so bright.
//Kristian
bruni wrote:
Reagan - "lens gendering"? never heard that before. Are you sure you weren't hit by that train? If you'd have put that Nikon 50 on the Fuji you'd have been closer to those tracks.
Philippe - I forced you to buy the A7S Seriously??!! You just about yanked it from my hands as soon as you heard I'd bought the A7RII. But enough of your delusions - I love the Boss of the Chasseurs Alpins pic. What a great face - with his younger troops in the background- yeah, love it.
Ram. - I'm with Reagan (can't believe I'm saying this) , but yeah, the window shot is very nice. Good to see the 55 f3.5, it doesn't get much love. Is that a spider web the drops are clinging to? It doesn't seem to have any pattern.
Kristin - interesting light in the 3rd shot with the 28; that yellow glow in the foreground set against the dark sky. And are those stars in that sky even though it looks like day? ...Show more →
One of the crew members from the resort we stayed at and my son. The crew was so nice and helpful and positive all the time, great with the kids - lovely people. SC50/1.4 Arvid and Pelangi Crew by Kristian Hagelin, on Flickr
Here´s a 12 shot pano facing Lombok. I really need to find out how to do a better job here. Horizon is a bit tilted, but anyway shot at 135mm with the 50-135mmf/3.5 ais. 12 shot pano Lombok by Kristian Hagelin, on Flickr
bobbelbob wrote:
Scott, nice nose jobs. The 55/3.5 seems to perform very well. Are those shot with the micro-version?
Hi Kristian
Thank you and yes, this is the micro version. I find it very sharp for general walk-around use. Small, lightweight, versatile, and inexpensive. Here is the link to it on the Photosynthesis website.
bruni wrote:
Ram. - I'm with Reagan (can't believe I'm saying this) , but yeah, the window shot is very nice. Good to see the 55 f3.5, it doesn't get much love. Is that a spider web the drops are clinging to? It doesn't seem to have any pattern.
The 55mm f3.5 or even the f2.8 version is truly versatile. It can be a nice walkaround lens with such close focusing capability.
The spider that had spun the web in my deck is extremely small and I believe I shot it at an angle to cause the net look that way. The purpose of that web is the trap smallest of the flies and was built on a right angle triangle and hence the lack of pattern.
My favorite MF lens is also the 55 3.5, a "P" version. It was like new when I bought it, many years ago, and used it
with my first Nikon DSLR, a D50. It loves the D200, and while my vision is bothered a little because of years and being diabetic, I'll never part with this camera and lens.
This is the latest with the pair, our Mandevilla hanging on our back porch.
BTW there is a nice 600mm f4 AIS on the B&S forum if anyone is interested. I decided not to buy since I have the 500mm f4 which seems to be a good fit.
Big Appa wrote:
My favorite MF lens is also the 55 3.5, a "P" version. It was like new when I bought it, many years ago, and used it
with my first Nikon DSLR, a D50. It loves the D200, and while my vision is bothered a little because of years and being diabetic, I'll never part with this camera and lens.
This is the latest with the pair, our Mandevilla hanging on our back porch.
Ed
Very nice Ed. Good to see others using the 55 f3.5 too!
Some images of the picturesque town Hindeloopen.
Hindeloopen received in 1225 city rights and is one of the Friesian eleven cities. Hindeloopen was a major trading place for a long time. The Hindelooper Captains carry in their ships to the Baltic Sea to trade. They sold many Dutch products like jenever and woolen in the Baltic Sea countries. On the return journey to Hindeloopen, timber was always transported to Amsterdam and the Zaan region. From this period, the special life culture, Hindelooper painting and the beautiful, colorful costume.
The town's great flowering period was between 1650 and 1790, when Hindeloopen owned a large fleet of over eighty ships. There're now less than 900 inhabitants.
Big Appa wrote:
My favorite MF lens is also the 55 3.5, a "P" version. It was like new when I bought it, many years ago, and used it
with my first Nikon DSLR, a D50. It loves the D200, and while my vision is bothered a little because of years and being diabetic, I'll never part with this camera and lens.
This is the latest with the pair, our Mandevilla hanging on our back porch.
Ed
Lovely shot Ed. I could not agree more about the 55mm 3.5 - I have 3 of them: an early all silver barrel with compensating aperture, a later model with silver/black barrel and compensating aperture, and a P.C - all with the appropriate M/M2 tubes.
I am still waiting for the launch of the mallet steamer! Is it on schedule?
I also posted this image in the Anyone Shooting Film These Days? thread. Nikon FM2/T & Series E 75-150/3.5 Ai-S. Ilford HP5 developed in ID-11 (1+1) at 23° C for 9:30 & scanned with an Epson v850.
ramkumar999 wrote:
BTW there is a nice 600mm f4 AIS on the B&S forum if anyone is interested. I decided not to buy since I have the 500mm f4 which seems to be a good fit.
Seriously??!! You just about yanked it from my hands as soon as you heard I'd bought the A7RII. But enough of your delusions - I love the Boss of the Chasseurs Alpins pic. What a great face - with his younger troops in the background- yeah, love it.
