The brief exchange about Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Falling Waters inspired me to stop at the project he built in Marin, the Marin County Civic Center. I shot these with the 35 f/1.4 and converted them with Silver Efex Pro 2. First an overview with a model of the complex on display. I was visiting on Saturday when only the library at the top of the building was accessible... though an open stairwell allowed me to visit other floors on my way down.
The smaller wing on the right houses administrative offices and the longer wing on the left includes the criminal justice offices, including courts and the county jail. The entire complex was built in the early 1960's for a bit over $14 million.
A shot of the interior showing the glass skylights added to the original design which called for open atria.
As with most of Wright's projects, he paid close attention to every detail. He made the circle a critical element in everything. Behind the model above, for example, you see a circular seating area for patrons visiting the building. Here is a view in color showing the atrium.
A shot of an office entered from the atrium. This is NOT the office I worked in but I did work at the Civic Center for a year while completing my clinical internship.
pburke wrote:
and something totally different - B-58 Hustler in the Strategic Air Command Museum near Omaha. First time I brought the 16mm f/3.5 AI into the museum.
Both old slides. An unusual predatory katydid, active during the night both at the ground and the vegetation. The bottom image shows a "normal (herbivore)" katydid being eaten by this predator.
Top: taken with F3HP + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 ai-s + flash, hand held. Ektachrome EBII ISO 100 from December 1998.
Digital dupe by D7200 + 20mm extension tube + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 ai-s @f/5.6 + BR2A&BR3 rings + ES1 slide copy device. This combo makes a ~1:1 repro of the original slide.
Bottom: taken with F90x + TC201 + Micro-Nikkor 60/2.8D AF (= 120/5.6 MF Micro) + SB 28 flash hand held. Fujichrome RDPIII ISO 100 from November 2000, Prata-MG, Brazilian savannah.
I know I know this is breaking the law but consider the TC201 was behind the lens and I used it manual focusing (body moving front-back), and I wished to show this montage with two takes of this monster katydid. Any banning ( 1 week, 1 month) from the master will be accepted without contestation.
Digital dupe: D7200 + 36mm tube + 55/2.8 @ f/5.6 + BR3+BR2a+ES1, ISO 100. This combo delivers some cropping.
pburke wrote:
and something totally different - B-58 Hustler in the Strategic Air Command Museum near Omaha. First time I brought the 16mm f/3.5 AI into the museum.
Peter what a cool rendition of the B58. Truly a poster in the making!
Jose very cool .
Andy the galaxy amazes me ... you and Jay have found something and share it with us mortals.
Thank for the comments and yes the peaches looked ripe enough to eat. We bought some plums that were more sour than sweet ....
Here is more from the trip taken a Tahquamenon (say Te-Quah-mi-nom) which is rust red from the iron in the rock in the UP. It's a state park with two terrible vantage points. The Park is west of Saulte Ste Marie and a bit south of Paradise.
Top, left to right:
Nikkor 8mm f/2.8F ai'd; Nikkor 135mm f/2.8K not ai'd yet; Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4 ai
Middle:
PS-6 slide copying adapter (left) to the PB-6 Bellows (right)
Bottom: just for illustration,
PB-6 Bellows mounted with the Micro 55/3.5 ai + PS-6 slide copying adapter, and a M ring (27.5mm) as a spacer to the DSRL camera to be mounted.
All taken with D7200 + Nikkor-H 85mm f1.8 ai'd wide open to f/2; the bottom image is a focus stacked 3 shots at f/2.
Now I need to get some time to use more these beauties.
pburke wrote:
and something totally different - B-58 Hustler in the Strategic Air Command Museum near Omaha. First time I brought the 16mm f/3.5 AI into the museum.
mp356 wrote:
Great perspective and post processing! It feels massive. Great capture.
Yeah, if it wasn't for the plane on the left, you'd really have no idea how big this thing is. The tiny humans in the distance (my son texting and some other guy walking by), due to the fisheye perspective, fool you into thinking this plane is much larger than it really is. It's not small by any means, but those tires are no taller than 2 feet.
To scratch my IR itch, I took my camera with me downtown at lunch today for a few quick snaps before heading back to work. Posting a couple from the train track. These were taken with the X-Pro2 and W-Nikkor·C 3.5cm f3.5 S mount rangefinder lens with an R72 (720nm) IR filter on front of the lens. So to go handheld, I had to crank up the ISO. Not ideal but works until I can get a converted body.
No clouds in the sky, but the humidity and haze was just enough to keep from getting the great dark sky I was after. I think I will have to wait until cooler fall weather for that.
I was hoping to catch a train coming through and waited as long as I could, but then realized that the train only comes through town when I am 10 minutes late getting somewhere and get caught trying to cross the tracks
José: 10 lashes with a wet noodle for posting something from a lens with AF capabilities here in the land of the polymorphically pure-of-gender!
George, I'm looking forward to seeing what you will do with an IR converted body. If it comes anywhere close to what Colin has been posting, it will be a joy to behold!
Thanks all for your Likes and comments on my recent image posts. Here are a few more shots from atop a nearby hill, showing various views of the (much) greater Nanaimo area, courtesy, respectively, of the 105 f/2.5 P, a wrongly specified (by me) anonymous lens unconvincingly impersonating 20mm, the 55 f/1.2 SC, and for the shot of the lovely arbutus tree, the 35 f/1.4 N.
After almost a week in a specialized ultraviolet treatment (aka under the sun), my Nikkor-N 35 1.4 cleared up completely! No more yellowish tint. The Thorium glass seems to render unique images and I'm lovin it so far!
Couple shots of a friend's daughter with the Nikkor-N 35 1.4 wide open:
gbohannon wrote:
To scratch my IR itch, I took my camera with me downtown at lunch today for a few quick snaps before heading back to work. Posting a couple from the train track. These were taken with the X-Pro2 and W-Nikkor·C 3.5cm f3.5 S mount rangefinder lens with an R72 (720nm) IR filter on front of the lens. So to go handheld, I had to crank up the ISO. Not ideal but works until I can get a converted body.
No clouds in the sky, but the humidity and haze was just enough to keep from getting the great dark sky I was after. I think I will have to wait until cooler fall weather for that.
I was hoping to catch a train coming through and waited as long as I could, but then realized that the train only comes through town when I am 10 minutes late getting somewhere and get caught trying to cross the tracks
George,
The IR race is on.
I have a used D7100 winging its way to me in the post. Once I have checked it over I'll order a filter (probably a 720nm from Kolari Vision) and fit it myself. The filter costs $99. Kolari offer a sister European service but they would charge $350 +p&p. Hence the reason I undertake this myself.
My evolution has been D70IR --> D80IR --> D7100IR. Coming from the D80 (it has served me really well) I can't wait for the improved sensor, CPU banks and aperture priority control. Will make life a lot easier with MF glass.
Colin
Glen - "polymorphically pure of gender? what does that mean? is polymorphically a word? "Lens gendering" was pretty crazy but I fear we may have drifted into the twilight zone.
George - I love the train track IRs. But isn't lying on the tracks waiting for a train to come along kind of.....er.....dangerous?
Peter - sensational image of the undercarriage of the B-58. Love those pointed light stars from the 16mm.
I'm still pretending I'm Philippe - I now have no idea who I am or what I'm doing. I may throw myself on those tracks
but consider the TC201 was behind the lens and I used it manual focusing (body moving front-back), and I wished to show this montage with two takes of this monster katydid. Any banning ( 1 week, 1 month) from the master will be accepted without contestation. 
