Ah, Edinburgh and Deacon Brodie's Tavern. Brings back great memories from the time I was a student there.
Some of my friends lived in student accomodation at the top of the Royal Mile, about 300 yards up the hill from the pub.
Deacon Brodie's was frequented often......
You did well with the sun and colour on Victoria Street. Parked cars are a nuisance.
Colin, I suspect Edinburgh would be a lot of fun for a for a student. Deacon Brodie's reminds me of one of my favorite pubs in London, The Red Lion which is near the Houses of Parliament.
The photo was taken on the third visit to Victoria Street, the other two either the weather was a bust or there were too may parked vehicles.This one was taken perhaps 15 minutes after the above, it can get busy in a hurry but fortunately no parked cars.
serge07 wrote:
The photo was taken on the third visit to Victoria Street, the other two either the weather was a bust or there were too may parked vehicles.This one was taken perhaps 15 minutes after the above, it can get busy in a hurry but fortunately no parked cars. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52921224447_a668e8c38b_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Looks like a great place to be at, Serge. Lovely pictures.
serge07 wrote:
Colin, I suspect Edinburgh would be a lot of fun for a for a student. Deacon Brodie's reminds me of one of my favorite pubs in London, The Red Lion which is near the Houses of Parliament.
The photo was taken on the third visit to Victoria Street, the other two either the weather was a bust or there were too may parked vehicles.This one was taken perhaps 15 minutes after the above, it can get busy in a hurry but fortunately no parked cars. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52921224447_a668e8c38b_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Serge,
It was GREAT fun.
On rugby international days Deacon Brodie's was also the meeting place for former pupils of the school I used to go to.
Did you venture into Mary King's Close? It is a 17th century underground street.
Hey, I came here for pretty pictures, not bad news!
Hate to hear this, pretty low move especially in this housing market. Hope it leads to new and better opportunities, either way you decide to go!
GeorgeBo wrote:
May be doing a lot of hiking soon. My company is consolidating locations and anyone outside of certain cities have to relocate. On their own dime.
My job will be in Atlanta. So having to decide to pull the plug or get an apartment for a few more years. Not selling my house here for that short time.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Bad news would be no job. Still have a job, just not where I am located
Worst case is I get an apartment. My current house is paid for, and no intentions of selling right now.
You have a great attitude about this curveball that's come your way George! In your position I think I would be sorely tempted to "pull the plug" as you say. I turned 65 in February, but I plan to hang in at work until I turn 70, if I can resist the plug-pulling urge for that long. If any pressure to reconsider my plan were to come along---such as a need to relocate---I'm pretty sure my plan would change in a heartbeat!
Here is a final group of photos from the beach at the end of my street, courtesy of the X-T4 and the 28-50 f/3.5 Ai-s.
George, that is bad news indeed, hang on to that house! how far is Atlanta from your current location?
My ships are all eventually going to Pascagoula, Mississippi, to get retrofitted for large missiles, including hypersonic. Passed on relocating there, will see what the future brings - I know the ships well so I may hang in there remote for a while. I am 72 so maybe that is a hint.
GeorgeBo wrote:
May be doing a lot of hiking soon. My company is consolidating locations and anyone outside of certain cities have to relocate. On their own dime.
My job will be in Atlanta. So having to decide to pull the plug or get an apartment for a few more years. Not selling my house here for that short time.
Atlanta is about 6 hours from where I am now. So definitely not a commute
But I also have 30 days vacation annually too. So maybe I can work out a few virtual/remote days a month or maybe a virtual/remote week and get back for long weekends.
I will find out final details and commitment dates later in June. My phase of this Charlie Foxtrot is I have to be there by the end of the year in whatever form or shape that takes.
But keeping that view on the positive, our son lives about 2 hours from Atlanta. And he has a two bedroom apartment. He is away on summer research work and doesn't know yet. But he may have a dad roommate for a while
My wife and I were married the whole time I was on submarines and the 9 years I work traveling international 5 - 6 months a year. So we know the drill of being flexible.
Pascagoula is a lot different than San Diego. Good luck in your changes too!
rafaelcasd wrote:
George, that is bad news indeed, hang on to that house! how far is Atlanta from your current location?
My ships are all eventually going to Pascagoula, Mississippi, to get retrofitted for large missiles, including hypersonic. Passed on relocating there, will see what the future brings - I know the ships well so I may hang in there remote for a while. I am 72 so maybe that is a hint.
AdaptedLenses, nicely done, I like where you placed the focus point on the bloom.
Glen, a pretty showing for the 28-50, I especially like the cloud and reflection in the last one. I had one back in the film days to pair up with the 75-150, I guess I should have kept it. I nice two zoom setup from 28-150, add a 20mm and it's pretty good coverage at f3.5, lightweight, and all sharing a 52mm polarizer.
Serge, your persistence pays off in waiting for the light in Edinburgh. Is everyone in line for the museum?
Last couple from that one morning last week downtown. Both 75-150 Series E.
I liked the different textures and shapes in this one shot.
That is what I like so much about these old Nikkor lenses. You can have such a wide range of lenses all sharing 52mm set of filters. 20mm to 200mm
pbraymond wrote:
AdaptedLenses, nicely done, I like where you placed the focus point on the bloom.
Glen, a pretty showing for the 28-50, I especially like the cloud and reflection in the last one. I had one back in the film days to pair up with the 75-150, I guess I should have kept it. I nice two zoom setup from 28-150, add a 20mm and it's pretty good coverage at f3.5, lightweight, and all sharing a 52mm polarizer.
Serge, your persistence pays off in waiting for the light in Edinburgh. Is everyone in line for the museum?
Last couple from that one morning last week downtown. Both 75-150 Series E.
A 27 image grayscale stack of the same dandelion with the 55mm f3.5 ai'd micro - at ISO 64. I'm not getting the dandelion structure the way I want it. Up north there are identical seed heads (Dandelion?) that are 3.5" - 5" in diameter in a few meadows near the tip of Leelanau. We use to make arrangements in vases and spray them with Aquanet (a plastic hair spray that I haven't seen in years) This one is 1.125 - 1.25" in diameter, and it doesn't allow good views through the structure to the far side.
Question - are you using the lens focus ring for the different layers of focus or are you using a macro rail and moving the whole body for your stacks?
George
James Markus wrote:
A 27 image grayscale stack of the same dandelion with the 55mm f3.5 ai'd micro - at ISO 64. I'm not getting the dandelion structure the way I want it. Up north there are identical seed heads (Dandelion?) that are 3.5" - 5" in diameter in a few meadows near the tip of Leelanau. We use to make arrangements in vases and spray them with Aquanet (a plastic hair spray that I haven't seen in years) This one is 1.125 - 1.25" in diameter, and it doesn't allow good views through the structure to the far side.
Thanks George. Yes, I used the lens focus ring.On this one the camera was stationary, and I focused the lens incrementally between shots. It seemed to remain the same magnification throughout.
For this 48 image stack I used Nikon's PB-4 Bellows, the 55mm f3.5, and the 5DS-R. I left the lens stationary on the front stage, and moved the camera incrementally between shots. I noticed magnification was changing, but it worked. Though my hyper-threaded hex core 64 gb ram studio workstation seemed to take forever to align then blend the image. The 27 image stack was done in just a few minutes on a hyper-threaded quad core with 16gb ram. Hardware differences aside - I think the stationary camera/lens method is much easier to stack.
Question - are you using the lens focus ring for the different layers of focus or are you using a macro rail and moving the whole body for your stacks?
Sorry to hear your work news. Coming from someone who lives in the mountains, too, you don't want to give that up. Maybe get an apt in Atlanta and rent your house for the 3 years you're gone?
quote]GeorgeBo wrote:
Atlanta is about 6 hours from where I am now. So definitely not a commute
But I also have 30 days vacation annually too. So maybe I can work out a few virtual/remote days a month or maybe a virtual/remote week and get back for long weekends.
I will find out final details and commitment dates later in June. My phase of this Charlie Foxtrot is I have to be there by the end of the year in whatever form or shape that takes.
But keeping that view on the positive, our son lives about 2 hours from Atlanta. And he has a two bedroom apartment. He is away on summer research work and doesn't know yet. But he may have a dad roommate for a while
My wife and I were married the whole time I was on submarines and the 9 years I work traveling international 5 - 6 months a year. So we know the drill of being flexible.
Pascagoula is a lot different than San Diego. Good luck in your changes too!
Thanks for all the comments on the thread and those that reached out directly! Some amazing folks in this community and I truly appreciate it. What a great group of people, photographers and friends
It was GREAT fun.
On rugby international days Deacon Brodie's was also the meeting place for former pupils of the school I used to go to.
Did you venture into Mary King's Close? It is a 17th century underground street.
Colin
Colin, I was very interested in the Mary King's Close tour but my better half, not so much. The rumors of it being haunted was a no go for her.
to you all