I received some really good news from my surgeon a little while ago. After his team and the MRI team at UVA reviewed my scan, they do not believe that the lesions are malignant. They are fairly sure it has to do with arterial blood flow following the surgery. I have to go back in three months for another scan. If the spots have not grown, then their diagnosis was right.
Thank you all for your concern and kind words. I’ve said it before, this is a special place in cyber-space.
Jeff, what a shame about the chapel near Sea Ranch. I've taken pictures there too, but with AF lenses on a DX body. Cant't post them here. It was just before sunset, and there was a bobcat hanging out on the grounds and crouching on one of the benches.
my nikon 135mm f3.5 Q LTM arrived - it was a bargain at $120 (or $130, I've forgotten). It sort of exposes the concept of lens gendering - because it's a nikon lens made in the Leica screw mount.
this is it next to the 135mm f3.5 the ais version - it's a bit taller but it's thinner. I've included the only pic I've been able to get in focus with it in the last 2 days.
Scott - I'm a total sucker for those panos - wonderful
Steve - whatever forays we might have made in lens gendering/adapting/filtering you have taken the craziness to a whole other level with that macro rig. Do you need a licence for that thing?
Peter - I presume you're going to say that you shot that 1/13s racing pic hand held? No - actually, spare me. I really don't want to hear it - I've been trying to focus the 135mm at 1/1000s with the help of an EVF with magnification and focus peaking and I got one shot in 2 days so I can't hear how you nail focus at 1/13s on a speeding object....I just can't.
Leighton and Philippe - I wanted to say something but I've already commented on Flickr. Philippe - welcome back.I'm guessing you're going to string out your holiday pics one at a time for the next couple of weeks. Fine. Although that withholding streak in your nature is unsettling.
Jeff, very interesting architecture in that chapel, and too bad about the damage done to it.
Jim, delicious looking tomatoes.
Ben, you finally got the 135mm RF going, I presume on the M10. Tell us more about your experience with that lens. Makes me think mine needs to come out of its hibernation. That pic is Phillipesque, but still with the Ben style, fantastic! The 135 LTM was meant for the older thread mount Leicas, and so on your M, there's still some level of gendering going on, I believe
Peter (Knysna, looks like a relaxing time in the coffee shop).
Colin, cool closeup with the 55 1.2.
Kristian, looks like you had cloud cover, that sure doesn't help in your quest for night sky shots.
Peter (Wisconsin), your racing pic using ND8 reminded me of the upcoming eclipse here. Was it Ram that's planning to be in the totality path? Hope to see pics from him. I believe its partial eclipse around here too, I have a supposedly solar-safe filter (and paper glasses) ready, in case the clouds here part enough to see the partial occlusion.
