CGrindahl wrote:
I guess since I'm here I might as well post a photo or two. Perhaps some flowers... all shot during my walks through the neighborhood... all shot with a pristine copy of the 135 f/2.8 K AI.
Thanks Leighton. I typically leave my camera at home when I'm taking my "brisk" morning walk but occasionally I'll see something that interests me enough that I'll come back with the camera. Now as summer winds down there aren't many flowers worth chasing. Then I need a bit extra motivation to pick up my camera. We'll see whether visiting this thread will get the juices flowing. It certainly is nice to run into old friends here.
For something a bit different... a shot taken from a trail I'll never hike again with the 35 f/1.4 AI-s. I don't remember how I processed the image... likely in Affinity Photo.
CGrindahl wrote:
Thanks Leighton. I typically leave my camera at home when I'm taking my "brisk" morning walk but occasionally I'll see something that interests me enough that I'll come back with the camera. Now as summer winds down there aren't many flowers worth chasing. Then I need a bit extra motivation to pick up my camera. We'll see whether visiting this thread will get the juices flowing. It certainly is nice to run into old friends here.
For something a bit different... a shot taken from a trail I'll never hike again with the 35 f/1.4 AI-s. I don't remember how I processed the image... likely in Affinity Photo.
Thought you might show up Samy... I know you've been a regular on this thread for a long time. Like George you're one of the more adventurous among us with both your lens and camera choices. Here you are sharing photos taken with an FM and color film. Looking good my friend.
Your photos made me think about a few shots of lotus flowers in a fountain near a church I visited quite regularly. I feel inspired to share one... taken with the 135 f/2.8 QC AI which definitely took my fancy for some time.
One look at those and I immediately know it is a Curtis shot without having to look to see who posted. Love it!
CGrindahl wrote:
Thought you might show up Samy... I know you've been a regular on this thread for a long time. Like George you're one of the more adventurous among us with both your lens and camera choices. Here you are sharing photos taken with an FM and color film. Looking good my friend.
Your photos made me think about a few shots of lotus flowers in a fountain near a church I visited quite regularly. I feel inspired to share one... taken with the 135 f/2.8 QC AI which definitely took my fancy for some time.
mp356 wrote:
Hello Curtis!!! So glad to hear from you and to see some posts of yours. We all owe it to you for starting and nurturing this thread, and for promoting a welcoming atmosphere and camaraderie. From my perspective, you certainly brought me along in my knowledge of these lenses and my comfort level to join in here. So many interesting people from around the world, sharing not only sharing a common interest, but sharing parts of our lives and developing friendships. Who can forget "Nikki".
Best wishes for your upcoming dental work.
Don't be a stranger and don't let those Nikkors collect dust.
Scott ...Show more →
Scott, as I read your mention of the adventurous lens named Nikki, I thought of her adventurous protegé, Nikko. And soon after I had that thought ...
cadman342001 wrote:
Another couple from Mossman Gorge with the Fujifilm GFX50S and nikkor PC 28/3.5
Andy
... Andy's Nikko copy made an appearance!
By the way, I learned recently that "Nikko" was the abbreviated version of "Nippon Kogaku" (i.e. "Japan Optical") that the company now known as Nikon used for its early microscopes (my source for this was the "Nikon System Handbook" by B. Moose Peterson).
NightOwl Cat wrote:
HAHAHA... I posted mine before I saw this... the devil indeed. If I ever get my house cleaned up and organized again after the nursing school fiasco... I'll get a group shot of mine.
Yes, we've all channeled Curtis over the last few years... tempting others to buy something they found along the way... that 180mm is still listed as available in B&S
and I'm happy I'm on page 1958... year of my birth ha ha ha
Laura, based on my own experience, 1958 was a very good year for being born!
And now, back to our regular programming: as a break from classic car images, here are a few photos from a tiny, colourful tourist mini-trap called Fisherman's Wharf in Victoria, where Scott (spoupard) visited a short while ago. These are brought to you by the 24 f/2.8 NC (first and third shots) and the 5.8 f/1.4 S (second and fourth images).
We are both blessed Glen with the opportunity to shoot near the water... with boats and floating homes. I often rambled around marinas along the edge of San Francisco Bay with camera in hand. Here are a few I recall... shown before but I doubt anyone remembers them...
Hey Ray, go to your basement, get on the trainer and I will meet you on Zwift
Just got my Z8 back from Nikon service for the recall on the lens mount and strap lugs. I did some testing during lunch with my different adapters. All good
Thought I would do a quick post to keep the thread moving at its good pace.
In camera Graphite picture control jpg file. No post processing other than bring in to Photoshop for resizing and adding the borders. EXIF info added via LensTagger plugin. Nikkor-S 5cm 1.4 LTM adapted.
George
NIKON Z 8NIKKOR-S 5cm f/1.4 lens50mmf/2.01/30s1100 ISO0.0 EV
CGrindahl wrote:
Thought you might show up Samy... I know you've been a regular on this thread for a long time. Like George you're one of the more adventurous among us with both your lens and camera choices. Here you are sharing photos taken with an FM and color film. Looking good my friend.
Your photos made me think about a few shots of lotus flowers in a fountain near a church I visited quite regularly. I feel inspired to share one... taken with the 135 f/2.8 QC AI which definitely took my fancy for some time.
Ken Hill wrote:
Well by gosh we just crossed into the UP YESTERDAY. We’re in St Ignace and head to Drummond Island today. Marquette tomorrow. What a small world!!
Are you here for any time at all
Ken, we were up that way the weekend of the 12th. We did spend some time in Petosky, Tahquamenon and St Ignace. Hope you have great weather, IIRC it's either yourself or your wife that is from the UP and this is an annual trek. I typically don't travel with any means to download or process images, unless it's a longer duration trip where I have to mix work in, and even then it's usually just preliminary processing till I get home on the desktop where I do most of my post-processing.
I usually prefer the everything sharp look—almost like a botanical drawing—but lately I've been exploring the dreamy, lens-wide-open look with spherical aberration softness and very shallow depth of field. I'm sure I'll come to my senses soon.
Haven't been getting out much due to continuing vertigo.
Many thanks and well wishes to Curtis, for starting this thread, for personal encouragement and friendship, for inspiration, and for some great images here. I join with others here in wishing you a speedy recovery.
Thanks Ken. Lovely photo. I appreciate the dreamy quality of this image. I understand the desire to produce an image that is sharp, especially when doing close work... BUT, sometimes the very narrow focal plane with soft foreground and background is more evocative than what is simply sharp. Love the colors as well. Whether we run into one another on the thread or not, I'm delighted we've gotten to know one another over the years.
Here's a shallow depth of field shot created using an extension tube... another oldie but goodie...
While you'all were adding MF Nikkors - I added a mac mini with the M2 cpu paired with a $110 32" led full HD TV for the monitor. Using old school WYSIWYG for color adjusting the TV. Just wanted to see a still image imaged with the newest computer. D800 with the Nikkor 24mm f2.8 ais + TC-16A
I've always been tempted by the Mac Mini James but I bought the second iMac in tangerine and have replaced it with newer iMacs as they became available... up to the recent 24" version which I haven't bought. I like having 27" of real estate for processing. I'm aware that with the Mac Mini I would be able to explore monitor options... but I've also become reliant on the FaceTime camera built into the iMac. Apple makes it so easy to connect using its many tools.
Now you need to solve whatever happened with that image. I'd love to see it... Ahh... now I see it. That turquoise pot looks very familiar. Is it Danish?
SiMuMe wrote:
Andy, are you at the new place yet? because if you're moving away from nearer this location, you are sure going to miss these photo ops. Nice work.
No mate, still in Far North Queensland Australia. Which is definitely a beautiful place of that there is no doubt but, like Mossman Gorge, I have been everywhere there is to go multiple times here.
My flight to Christchurch is booked now though, 15th October so I still have nearly 2 months here.
I see a boat owner that watched the original SNL crew...
GroWeb wrote:
Scott, as I read your mention of the adventurous lens named Nikki, I thought of her adventurous protegé, Nikko. And soon after I had that thought ...
... Andy's Nikko copy made an appearance!
By the way, I learned recently that "Nikko" was the abbreviated version of "Nippon Kogaku" (i.e. "Japan Optical") that the company now known as Nikon used for its early microscopes (my source for this was the "Nikon System Handbook" by B. Moose Peterson).
Laura, based on my own experience, 1958 was a very good year for being born!
And now, back to our regular programming: as a break from classic car images, here are a few photos from a tiny, colourful tourist mini-trap called Fisherman's Wharf in Victoria, where Scott (spoupard) visited a short while ago. These are brought to you by the 24 f/2.8 NC (first and third shots) and the 5.8 f/1.4 S (second and fourth images).
GroWeb wrote:
Scott, as I read your mention of the adventurous lens named Nikki, I thought of her adventurous protegé, Nikko. And soon after I had that thought ...
... Andy's Nikko copy made an appearance!
By the way, I learned recently that "Nikko" was the abbreviated version of "Nippon Kogaku" (i.e. "Japan Optical") that the company now known as Nikon used for its early microscopes (my source for this was the "Nikon System Handbook" by B. Moose Peterson).
Laura, based on my own experience, 1958 was a very good year for being born!
And now, back to our regular programming: as a break from classic car images, here are a few photos from a tiny, colourful tourist mini-trap called Fisherman's Wharf in Victoria, where Scott (spoupard) visited a short while ago. These are brought to you by the 24 f/2.8 NC (first and third shots) and the 5.8 f/1.4 S (second and fourth images).
I've been very much enjoying your classic car pics Glen.
Ironic that I did participate in the Nikko sharing but found little of interest that couldn't be captured with my existing lenses at the time (20UD, 28/2.8). Of course now, thanks to George I'm invested in the Fuji Medium format world and the PC 28/3.5 is the only wide mf nikkor that covers the whole sensor. I'd love their GF 20-35 but it's waaaay too expensive for me at the moment and of course I couldn't post images taken with it on here.
Great to see you visit here again Curtis! Hope you stick around more.
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