Hey Leighton, thanks for the reply, I vaguely remember you mentioning retirement. And taking up helping with the market instead. Moving up to management as we say...
And I had to google, what an inverter generator was and targeted adverts now try to sell me a Generac, Honeywell or a Honda, lol.
Truly a sign of the times that I'd cringe at the thought of losing internet connection. Do you have sat internet though?
On my travels to New Zealand, even remote locations had pretty solid signals, amidst snow and rainstorms. One night, staying in the middle of fjords, I watched the premiere of Amazon's Ring of Power. Totally amazed that I drove through sleet and snow to get there.
It was only on my last day at the airport that I noticed these huge banner advertisements boasting about how 80% of rural NZ is connected through Starlink. It was a 'what a time to be alive' moment...
Another one with the warmth theme for getting through the season up here in the northern hemisphere.
Z7 II, 13.5cm f3.5 Q DSC_0201 by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
Merry Christmas from frosty Florida! With temps in the 20's and cold everywhere it has to make for a Merry Christmas for there is the only warmth.
To quote Raphael, For those that don't celebrate Christmas I hope the day brings you the joy it brings us. Enjoy the day.
Samy that is one regal looking cat. Laura FINALLY a selfie. .Leighton I'm glad the heat issue is solved. George the Hassy in front of the tree is fantastic. Andy the reflective photo of the lake made me sign in under an asumed name to give it a 2nd like. What a phantastic shot !!!!
The first sunset is from LBK
The last sunset is from Munising, Michigan and it reflects the norther sunsets that don't appear as warm as the ones we enjoy here.!
The tree is from Disney's Vero Beach Resort, so are the Oranges. The Chapel and Manger are from St. Leos Abbey, a college as well as a Benedictine Monastery.
Ken Hill wrote:
Merry Christmas from frosty Florida! With temps in the 20's and cold everywhere it has to make for a Merry Christmas for there is the only warmth.
To quote Raphael, For those that don't celebrate Christmas I hope the day brings you the joy it brings us. Enjoy the day.
Samy that is one regal looking cat. Laura FINALLY a selfie. .Leighton I'm glad the heat issue is solved. George the Hassy in front of the tree is fantastic. Andy the reflective photo of the lake made me sign in under an asumed name to give it a 2nd like. What a phantastic shot !!!!
The first sunset is from LBK
The last sunset is from Munising, Michigan and it reflects the norther sunsets that don't appear as warm as the ones we enjoy here.!
The tree is from Disney's Vero Beach Resort, so are the Oranges. The Chapel and Manger are from St. Leos Abbey, a college as well as a Benedictine Monastery. ...Show more →
Great sunsets north and south Ken. You can give yourself likes in that case!
Having a quiet Christmas afternoon with my wife and son home from grad school. They see me walking into the kitchen with my tripod and camera kit and ask what I am doing. I say, well of course I am going to make a cup of coffee.
They have given up on me being normal
Hey, I got a book on lighting techniques for Christmas. It is only logical that I combine it with my coffee and photography hobby, right?
Shot with the Hassy DB on the Cambo Actus. Using the large format Nikkor SW 65mm/4 with a little front swing applied to get the grinder in somewhat focus too.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Having a quiet Christmas afternoon with my wife and son home from grad school. They see me walking into the kitchen with my tripod and camera kit and ask what I am doing. I say, well of course I am going to make a cup of coffee.
They have given up on me being normal
Hey, I got a book on lighting techniques for Christmas. It is only logical that I combine it with my coffee and photography hobby, right?
Shot with the Hassy DB on the Cambo Actus. Using the large format Nikkor SW 65mm/4 with a little front swing applied to get the grinder in somewhat focus too.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Having a quiet Christmas afternoon with my wife and son home from grad school. They see me walking into the kitchen with my tripod and camera kit and ask what I am doing. I say, well of course I am going to make a cup of coffee.
Love the shadows. If I may ask... How long have you been doing this?
I started ~3 years ago but largely with cold brew - armed with a hand grinder, measuring scale and a bunch of Hario receptacles and drippers. I make a concentrate at 1:4 and my yield is roughly 400ml that lasts me the week (only a small cup every morning for me). I've kept to this routine quite faithfully ... but it's starting to get old, and I've skipped a week or two from time to time. Like I want a cup but if I forgot to make my batch, or drank up my weekly stash...
Amusingly, my first encounter with cold brew coffee was from this thread, years and years ago, when it first started. One of the members, Todd, he used to make them in a huge tub, one large enough for a baby's bath kind of tub.
Almost missed this hole-in-the-wall dive bar, set recessed in the alley
I walked by thrice because the first was way too underexposed, then I missed the frame on my next pass
One of the rare times I had the tilt screen halfway up to glance at
Kinda told myself third run's the last run, just gotta trust the info captured on raw
I got hooked on coffee in the Navy in the early 80's. And I use the term coffee loosely for the Navy stuff
I guess it was the early to mid 1990's that I got my first espresso machine and have been using one since then. This is my second Gaggia Classic. The pump and boiler finally went out on the original one. I started roasting my own beans about 8 years ago. Since I started doing that, my main coffee brewing is pour over (Chemex coffeemaker) and the espresso machine in the picture. I will do an occasional cold brew in the summer, but I really like hot coffee all year long.
For the pour over, I typically use a 15:1 water to coffee ratio but does vary depending on the bean variety and roast. For espresso, I do double shot doses 99% of the time and use 17grams as the standard amount of coffee. Again, give or take a couple grams depending on the roast.
I hand grind for espresso and have an electric grinder for the pour over brew. Since I am brewing pour over for both myself and my wife each morning, I am brewing around 700grams of water. So using a larger grind size than you are probably using for your Hario. Close to a french press grind but not quite that coarse. Sort of like coarse kosher salt.
I still use a scale for measuring the grind and for the pour over, but really after all this time it has become second nature. I don't measure the espresso extraction but really go by the brew time and eyeball the extraction level.
And yes, I will still get a cup of coffee at McDonalds or the local gas station from time to time. So I am not 100% coffee snob
George
Zichar wrote:
Love the shadows. If I may ask... How long have you been doing this?
I started ~3 years ago but largely with cold brew - armed with a hand grinder, measuring scale and a bunch of Hario receptacles and drippers. I make a concentrate at 1:4 and my yield is roughly 400ml that lasts me the week (only a small cup every morning for me). I've kept to this routine quite faithfully ... but it's starting to get old, and I've skipped a week or two from time to time. Like I want a cup but if I forgot to make my batch, or drank up my weekly stash...
Amusingly, my first encounter with cold brew coffee was from this thread, years and years ago, when it first started. One of the members, Todd, he used to make them in a huge tub, one large enough for a baby's bath kind of tub. ...Show more →
Phong.nh wrote:
Yes, it’s. Yellow box, 6***** produced in 2006.
I will try to make 10% reduction and see how it goes.
Thanks for the advice.
I had one of these for a time. It was a fantastic lens. I ended up parting with it as I gravitated more towards 28mm and 50mm focal lengths as a good distance apart and as Curtis always said, "Kit building is forever." Mine was in perfect condition, dreamy and lower contrast wide open (as expected) with sharpness and contrast really picking up at f/2 and f/2.8, blisteringly so at f/4 and f/5.6. If money wasn't finite, I'd definitely still have this lens. It's fast and compact enough (although noticeably larger than the 35/2 AI-S).] and makes an excellent pairing with say an 85/1.4, 85/2, 105/2.5, or 105/1.8. Mine was only $400 or so many years or go (about a decade) and not noted as one of the new lenses but it was.
You forgot the rest of the story... Sadly, thanks to the winter weater, there are some parcels that didn't make it Christmas Eve, so that's why I'm going in, to get them sorted. Carriers are coming in to deliver, I'm told.
I had something coming via UPS, it's been stuck in Illinois since Thursday with no movement, and no further updates other than "delivery date will be provided as soon as possible". Thankfully not Christmas gifts.
saph wrote:
I thought USPS was doing Santa's bidding, not Mr. Grinch's
Since Curtis is gone to parts unknown.. I figured I could get away with it HAHAHAHA
Ken Hill wrote:
Merry Christmas from frosty Florida! With temps in the 20's and cold everywhere it has to make for a Merry Christmas for there is the only warmth.
To quote Raphael, For those that don't celebrate Christmas I hope the day brings you the joy it brings us. Enjoy the day.
Samy that is one regal looking cat. Laura FINALLY a selfie. .Leighton I'm glad the heat issue is solved. George the Hassy in front of the tree is fantastic. Andy the reflective photo of the lake made me sign in under an asumed name to give it a 2nd like. What a phantastic shot !!!!
The first sunset is from LBK
The last sunset is from Munising, Michigan and it reflects the norther sunsets that don't appear as warm as the ones we enjoy here.!
The tree is from Disney's Vero Beach Resort, so are the Oranges. The Chapel and Manger are from St. Leos Abbey, a college as well as a Benedictine Monastery. ...Show more →
If anyone on the thread would like the file to print a copy for their wall just drop me a PM.
Thread members only and you must post a pic of it hanging on your wall!
rafaelcasd wrote:
Wonderful Christmas Gift Andy! Will PM you about printing to hang in my wall.
Zichar wrote:
Hey Leighton, thanks for the reply, I vaguely remember you mentioning retirement. And taking up helping with the market instead. Moving up to management as we say...
And I had to google, what an inverter generator was and targeted adverts now try to sell me a Generac, Honeywell or a Honda, lol.
Truly a sign of the times that I'd cringe at the thought of losing internet connection. Do you have sat internet though?
On my travels to New Zealand, even remote locations had pretty solid signals, amidst snow and rainstorms. One night, staying in the middle of fjords, I watched the premiere of Amazon's Ring of Power. Totally amazed that I drove through sleet and snow to get there.
It was only on my last day at the airport that I noticed these huge banner advertisements boasting about how 80% of rural NZ is connected through Starlink. It was a 'what a time to be alive' moment......Show more →
Hey Chin, I'm not even involved with the market anymore. Looking for the next chapter.
We get our internet signal via line-of-site from an antenna on top of the old school house in town, which in turn, gets it from the IP tower on top of the areas highest mountain. It's a slow speed connection, but good enough to stream TV. They are working on providing fiber optic service, hopefully in the near future.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Having a quiet Christmas afternoon with my wife and son home from grad school. They see me walking into the kitchen with my tripod and camera kit and ask what I am doing. I say, well of course I am going to make a cup of coffee.
They have given up on me being normal
Hey, I got a book on lighting techniques for Christmas. It is only logical that I combine it with my coffee and photography hobby, right?
Shot with the Hassy DB on the Cambo Actus. Using the large format Nikkor SW 65mm/4 with a little front swing applied to get the grinder in somewhat focus too.
Man, that looks inviting. Speaking of McDonalds coffee, we buy their blend at the store as we like it above any of the rest store brands. I'm too cheap to go your route.
George: I was looking at a gooseneck kettle to start dabbling in pour over; I already have the V60 dripper and filters, seemed like a natural extension. I'm just less keen on buying equipment if my interest is waning. I'm on the opposite end - I rarely have hot coffee, since I'm in sunny Singapore. Local coffee (non third wave cafes) here is mainly robusta so there's a distinct kick to each cup. There's a positive to you posting that photo of your machine... it's got my lazy bum off the chair and made a batch of cold brew for tomorrow. I should take a photo of my equipment some day, just because.
Leighton: Oh not with the market anymore? Well, there's always new adventures How far are the antennas in that internet setup? It's sometimes quite fascinating (for a city slicker like me) how we view distance so differently. A more-than-30-minute drive is considered long distance for me... spoiled by the convenience of having everything within reach.
