Another view of an old truck I posted previously. Taken from the side of the Sturt Highway at Shea-Oak Log in South Australia. Bronica EC-TL & Nikkor-H.C. 75/2.8. Portra 400.
I'm having some success with this anti-Newton glass I bought from Knight Optical in the UK. It seems pretty good and while there's still the odd Newton's ring present, there's no where near as many using plain glass or even some other AN glass I have.
I sandwich the neg between to pieces with the etched sides facing inwards with the neg also upside down shooting the dull side. There is some transmission loss but even at 100% the image looks great. Added bonus is the neg is perfectly flat.
Apologies for posting a non NMF shot as well ... I can delete it if needed.
All things being equal, negotiations underway, I will be returning to New Zealand in the next month or two to live and work at the Queenstown branch of the campervan company I now work for (JUCY) in the NZ Alps on the South Island.
deang001 wrote:
Another view of an old truck I posted previously. Taken from the side of the Sturt Highway at Shea-Oak Log in South Australia. Bronica EC-TL & Nikkor-H.C. 75/2.8. Portra 400.
I'm having some success with this anti-Newton glass I bought from Knight Optical in the UK. It seems pretty good and while there's still the odd Newton's ring present, there's no where near as many using plain glass or even some other AN glass I have.
I sandwich the neg between to pieces with the etched sides facing inwards with the neg also upside down shooting the dull side. There is some transmission loss but even at 100% the image looks great. Added bonus is the neg is perfectly flat.
Apologies for posting a non NMF shot as well ... I can delete it if needed.
If you need anyone to field test those camper vans just drop me a message
cadman342001 wrote:
I have some news.
All things being equal, negotiations underway, I will be returning to New Zealand in the next month or two to live and work at the Queenstown branch of the campervan company I now work for (JUCY) in the NZ Alps on the South Island.
If you need anyone to field test those camper vans just drop me a message
Haha, thanks George. I might be living in one myself if the reports of the scarcity of rentals over there is accurate. I am actually going to be buying a campervan this time so I can get out and about to camp/photograph with the possibility to live in it during the summer. Might get a little cold during the ski season
Just ordered another PC 28mm f/3.5 off ebay from Japan. A mint condition one this time ! (still have the other one but it's back to it's old tricks)
cadman342001 wrote:
Love it Ray. Have any in landscape orientation?
Actually, Andy, I do, thanks for asking. I've debated the cropping and content on this one quite a bit. I find the vegetation poking up from the bottom middle a little distracting, and could not decide whether to include the sunstar. But I've played with it enough, time to post it. Taken within seconds of the vertical posted previously here
Glad you included the sun star and I think the vegetation at the bottom adds depth to the shot. I like it.
My $.02
pbraymond wrote:
Actually, Andy, I do, thanks for asking. I've debated the cropping and content on this one quite a bit. I find the vegetation poking up from the bottom middle a little distracting, and could not decide whether to include the sunstar. But I've played with it enough, time to post it. Taken within seconds of the vertical posted previously here
All things being equal, negotiations underway, I will be returning to New Zealand in the next month or two to live and work at the Queenstown branch of the campervan company I now work for (JUCY) in the NZ Alps on the South Island.
Thanks Andy, it was definitely cool to see the successful hunt. I live at the coast and have seen them ocean hunt before but it’s usually a quarter mile out or more. This guy dove into a freshwater pond about 100 yards off the walkway we were on. Unfortunately I couldn’t get switched to the 180 ED quick enough and of course he headed home with his lunch… still fun to see.
cadman342001 wrote:
Love the first one Matt, I can never get them right. One of the things I love about where I live is the number of Ospreys etc. usually nesting on top of the phone towers, there's one right outside my local mall. I watched a White Bellied Sea Eagle fly by the other day as I was at the lights on my bike on the way to work. There's a wetlands nearby but whatever it was was huge.
Love the truck shot, extra points for the film. Had an S2 for a time and regret selling it but the ground glass was off and couldn’t get the screws out to replace the foam. Now they’ve all shot back up in price.
deang001 wrote:
Another view of an old truck I posted previously. Taken from the side of the Sturt Highway at Shea-Oak Log in South Australia. Bronica EC-TL & Nikkor-H.C. 75/2.8. Portra 400.
I'm having some success with this anti-Newton glass I bought from Knight Optical in the UK. It seems pretty good and while there's still the odd Newton's ring present, there's no where near as many using plain glass or even some other AN glass I have.
I sandwich the neg between to pieces with the etched sides facing inwards with the neg also upside down shooting the dull side. There is some transmission loss but even at 100% the image looks great. Added bonus is the neg is perfectly flat.
Apologies for posting a non NMF shot as well ... I can delete it if needed.
Thanks for the kind comment. My wife Barbara introduced me to bibimbap (some spell it bibibop) a Korean comfort food a couple weeks ago.
Hers was a spicy hot re-fried rice version with fresh vegetables. Next go round she cut up one of these super hot chili's. It was transformational how it added not only heat, but flavor. The world is so full of wonderful surprising dishes.
akul wrote:
James Markus,I salute to you. You can shoot anything with anything and make them all look good!
James Markus wrote:
Thanks for the kind comment. My wife Barbara introduced me to bibimbap (some spell it bibibop) a Korean comfort food a couple weeks ago.
Hers was a spicy hot re-fried rice version with fresh vegetables. Next go round she cut up one of these super hot chili's. It was transformational how it added not only heat, but flavor. The world is so full of wonderful surprising dishes.
Oh, I love bibimbap. Ever since we moved to western CT from NYC, Asian food in general has been a bit challenged from my perspective. I don't miss NY at all, but Korean barbecue, Chinese dim sun, good Indian Food, and decent Japanese are things I miss. Or, like your wife, I can just learn to cook it myself. Life is just too short, hard to find time to do all the thing I want to do.
pbraymond wrote:
I figured you were a fog/mist type of person. My next task is to figure out how to effectively shoot in the rain and convey that feel.
Nice. Yeah, fog and I are buddies. It just doesn't visit my neck of the woods enough.
deang001 wrote:
Another view of an old truck I posted previously. Taken from the side of the Sturt Highway at Shea-Oak Log in South Australia. Bronica EC-TL & Nikkor-H.C. 75/2.8. Portra 400.
I'm having some success with this anti-Newton glass I bought from Knight Optical in the UK. It seems pretty good and while there's still the odd Newton's ring present, there's no where near as many using plain glass or even some other AN glass I have.
I sandwich the neg between to pieces with the etched sides facing inwards with the neg also upside down shooting the dull side. There is some transmission loss but even at 100% the image looks great. Added bonus is the neg is perfectly flat.
Apologies for posting a non NMF shot as well ... I can delete it if needed.
First of all, absolutely no trouble using a NMF lens in this instance. Second, I'd like to see the whole setup of capturing the digital image of the negative.
All things being equal, negotiations underway, I will be returning to New Zealand in the next month or two to live and work at the Queenstown branch of the campervan company I now work for (JUCY) in the NZ Alps on the South Island.
