James Markus wrote:
Went out this morning before it got too hot. Still have poor air quality warnings in my area due to the Canadian forest fires, but the cool forest shade made it a pleasant time. These are all defished 16mm f3.5 ai shots with the D850. The LR lens profile does a decent job, but it stretches the corners and edges too much trying to salvage as much image area as possible. I'll try my PS plugin sometime and see if it does any better. Last shot was using one of the three built in filters on the 16mm - in this case red. Looks like it will make a good in camera black and white starting point.
mjgphotoz wrote:
Rafael,I was just kidding you. You have had a most amazing life and tour of duty, and most importantly, don't forget the photography part! I could not pass up a comment regarding the U of A, my alma mater's collegiate state arch rival. The only consolation we "Sun Devils" have is that the "Wildcats" suck almost as badly as we do at football these days! Pity the coach of the loosing team in the last game of the season when the State rivalry matchup takes place each year.
Mary
That comment hit a button, I may have taken formal optics training from U of A, but I am CAL until death, my true alma mater back in the day of hippies, the Vietnam war and Patty Hearst who was kidnapped a block from where I lived.
Go Bears!!!
And they are just as bad!! I did enjoy football, mostly because I lived in the same dorm as the football players, and they knew how to party back in the 70s!
Here are a few more forest scenes from Cathedral Grove, courtesy of the 16 f/3.5 Ai fisheye (first and third images) and the 5.8 f/3.5 S (second image), ably assisted by the Fuji X-T4 with Lens Turbo II focal reducer..
Finally, the last of the Hartman images. I took one shot to show the size of the stones Ben used to create his garden, comparing the stones to a CF card. There are two panoramas in here too.
rafaelcasd wrote:
That comment hit a button, I may have taken formal optics training from U of A, but I am CAL until death, my true alma mater back in the day of hippies, the Vietnam war and Patty Hearst who was kidnapped a block from where I lived.
Go Bears!!!
And they are just as bad!! I did enjoy football, mostly because I lived in the same dorm as the football players, and they knew how to party back in the 70s!
OMG. We are from the same time warp. Yes, I do remember all that. Our team fell off the planet when coach Frank Kush had the nerve to bap a player's helmet after a boneheaded play. The bad news was it was the son of one of the wealthy alumni and daddy got coach fired. The alumni to this day still run the show behind the scenes and we now trade uniforms and coaches quite regularly. Flavor of the season.
Resting is peace was not so easy in early 19th century Edinburgh. The city had become a leading center for anatomical studies which created demand exceeding the legal supply for corpses. Watch towers were erected in the cemeteries to curb the lucrative body snatching business.
Enter Burke and Hare, during 1828 murdered 16 individuals to fill the supply gap. Hare eventually traded evidence for immunity that led to the capture and prosecution of Burke. He was found guilty and swiftly executed. Burke's skeleton is on display at the Anatomical Museum. I did not visit.
Greyfriars Kirkyard, several of the names used by J.K Rowling in the Harry Potter books are found here, best known is Thomas Riddell. In the background is the George Heriot School which Rowling's children attended. It bears a resemblance to the Hogwarts School of Magic.
New Calton Graveyard, it does not look so new. Several of the tombstone writings are very tragic.
Serge,
Another history lesson on anatomy illustrated with photos from the very place. Thank you for these tidbits. Even the J.K Rowling inspirations suddenly make sense.
Jim
serge07 wrote:
Hi, everyone:
Edinburgh Cemeteries:
Resting is peace was not so easy in early 19th century Edinburgh. The city had become a leading center for anatomical studies which created demand exceeding the legal supply for corpses. Watch towers were erected in the cemeteries to curb the lucrative body snatching business.
Enter Burke and Hare, during 1828 murdered 16 individuals to fill the supply gap. Hare eventually traded evidence for immunity that led to the capture and prosecution of Burke. He was found guilty and swiftly executed. Burke's skeleton is on display at the Anatomical Museum. I did not visit.
James Markus wrote:
Went out this morning before it got too hot. Still have poor air quality warnings in my area due to the Canadian forest fires, but the cool forest shade made it a pleasant time. These are all defished 16mm f3.5 ai shots with the D850. The LR lens profile does a decent job, but it stretches the corners and edges too much trying to salvage as much image area as possible. I'll try my PS plugin sometime and see if it does any better. Last shot was using one of the three built in filters on the 16mm - in this case red. Looks like it will make a good in camera black and white starting point.
Resting is peace was not so easy in early 19th century Edinburgh. The city had become a leading center for anatomical studies which created demand exceeding the legal supply for corpses. Watch towers were erected in the cemeteries to curb the lucrative body snatching business.
Enter Burke and Hare, during 1828 murdered 16 individuals to fill the supply gap. Hare eventually traded evidence for immunity that led to the capture and prosecution of Burke. He was found guilty and swiftly executed. Burke's skeleton is on display at the Anatomical Museum. I did not visit.
Remember, every Friday it is Cruising Grand Street, Escondido, CA.
Many of the same cars every Friday, this time I will show some different ones.
Took the newest 35mm 1.4 ais series 6xxxxx and the 8.5cm 2.0 LTM, I was extremely pleased with the second one, just a beautiful rendition with none of the corner quirkiness of the 2.8cm, 3.5cm and 5cm Rangefinder Nikkors (Millennium excepted). the 8.5cm is quite sharp for the Z6, the 35mm 1.4 is sharper than the Z7 once closed down a bit.
Also going earlier in the day with bright sun and dark shade, needed to learn to process but not a problem for the sensors.
This barbershop fierce guard was keeping an indifferent eye on the affairs in front of the shop glass.
Now a study of a beautiful car.
The 8.5cm, a brass chrome one, had a lot of people come over and ask me what I was photographing with!. Wait for next week when an S3 with the millenium is coming with color film.
NOT this car, this common car was in haughtier company.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Now a study of a beautiful car.
The 8.5cm, a brass chrome one, had a lot of people come over and ask me what I was photographing with!. Wait for next week when an S3 with the millenium is coming with color film.
NOT this car, this common car was in haughtier company.
I knew you would Leighton. That is one of my favorite cars too, I know the owner casually from speaking to him at the event, he is very friendly and has six classics that he rotates every Friday. He restored this GT-500 in the 80s, told me the paint was done in '86. Most of the cars are a labor of love and people bring them to share and get in people's appreciation the reward for their hard work restoring them. Occasionally a rich Del Mar resident's employee brings a car for show but that is the exception. This is not a paid event, money need not be paid nor is received, one just drives in, parks and enjoys. Only rule is for parking - 1975 or older, but this is easily waived for anything interesting. Not a concours either, it is as named, a cruise event. Cars run the gamut from original Cobras or Duesenbergs to rusted pick-ups.
The event is not as good as it was before the pandemic, but it is still here!
People who come also seem to enjoy the diversity of cars and people that show up, here is LONG post a sample of that:
After many years of never seeing one, there are 3 10mm OPs on ebay from Japanese sellers, two are $4,000,. This one was $3,500 and the Japanese seller is taking it slowly down - now a bargain at $1,999.
I paid $2,700 for mine after looking for one for 15 years, returning two that were not perfect.
Someone here ought to buy it , George? I know my interest in circular fisheyes is not widely shared.
Given that I already own a mint one, offered the seller $1,500 but doubt he will take it.
The only consolation we "Sun Devils" have is that the "Wildcats" suck almost as badly as we do at football these days! Pity the coach of the loosing team in the last game of the season when the State rivalry matchup takes place each year. 
