I was pleasantly surprised that my seven year old, who whines every time I ask him to go for walks, or to the park, or to ride his bike together with me, was super keen hiking the trails.
We made him 'Trail Leader' so he gets to skip and bob slightly ahead (within sight), then cut back to make sure his troupe is still safe and intact. And he gaily yells out "Hurry up!", "Stay in line!", "Stick together!" while the rest of us old fogeys keep heads down and plod on, one foot in front of the other.
And finally, after 15 years of shooting, I finally had found someone worthy to bestow upon the title, "Tripod Bearer". A heavy responsibility guarding the precious carbon fibre staff of stability...
A hike up to the Tasman Glacier View; w/ XT-20 and 24mm f/2 AIS
Here is a set of photos from a place called Botany Bay (not to be confused with the former location of the infamous Australian penal colony) on the west coast of Vancouver Island, well south of the much more famous Tofino. These were shot, respectively, with the 85 f/1.8 HC, the 16 f/3.5 Ai fisheye (x3), and the 35 f/1.4 Ai-s, and processed with help from Silver Efex Pro.
DeltaSigma wrote:
More from Loch Hourn.
This time looking towards the Glenelg peninsula and Beinn Sgritheall overshadowing the small hamlet of Arnisdale.
Different viewpoints as we meandered up the loch. You can use the rectangular white building/grey roof with some open space to its right as a reference point. It is a church with a graveyard.
105/2.5 PC
Best of the series so far for me, Colin. I really like them.
Amazed LR was able to stitch erratic set of images together. The boat was bouncing around a lot since we were in the unsheltered channel between mainland and the Isled of Skye.
It did take a few attempts to select the right images to allow LR to do its thing.
This is the result of 4 horizontal frames from the 105/2.5
From the road trip when Robin and I stopped to visit her aunt. It's in Bay City and at the site of the family farm that has been in her family for 175-180 years. Sadly, her uncle was killed in a freak farming accident some four years ago and the land has been farmed by a neighbor.
Of the 160 acres still remain and none of Robins cousins have an interest in farming. The result was she and her aunt are putting it up for sale.
So this one is for Leighton and as you can see there is a nice crop of corn. The old farmhouse from the late 1800's still stands and it is in need of repair.
I have two types of good (for me) photographic news today: The first is that my newly IR converted X-T2 is in the mail, on its way home to me. The second is that, as of today, I have sold enough gear on the B&S forum to cover 50% of the cost of my recent gear upgrade, including buying the X-T4 and getting the IR conversion done on the X-T2.
So, in a low-key celebratory gesture, I'm posting a second set of X-T4 photos from the Botany Bay area, this time in full colour. They were shot, respectively, with the 24 f/2 Ai-s, the 16 f/3.5 Ai fisheye, and two from the 85 f/1.8 HC.
Sounds like the land is destined to become either "Luxury apartments" or yet another HOA of McMansions.
Ken Hill wrote:
From the road trip when Robin and I stopped to visit her aunt. It's in Bay City and at the site of the family farm that has been in her family for 175-180 years. Sadly, her uncle was killed in a freak farming accident some four years ago and the land has been farmed by a neighbor.
Of the 160 acres still remain and none of Robins cousins have an interest in farming. The result was she and her aunt are putting it up for sale.
So this one is for Leighton and as you can see there is a nice crop of corn. The old farmhouse from the late 1800's still stands and it is in need of repair.
Back from a trip to Minneapolis. Flights had me there for an afternoon, I was excited to shoot in a new place. But... not that exciting or maybe I just looked in the wrong spots. Got a door for Leighton though, and a bike I wouldn't mind owning... Both with the Series E 50mm.
Jay,
I did something similar to that Plymouth Barracuda with the 426 hemi and dual four barrel carburetors. In high school I "blue printed" a 1967 383 V-8 - had it bored it out 60 thousands, high rise Edelbrock intake manifold, and dual Holly four barrel carburetors. My engineer father was furious that I had completely disassembled a "perfectly good engine" to do such a thing. I had never seen his eyebrows so high as the first time I started it up and it purred. If you punched it - you could literally see the gas gauge go down on the 20 gallon gas tank.
Jim
