GeorgeBo wrote:
13 miles of mountain trails, a 30+ year old steel framed mountain bike and 20+ pound backpack with tripod this morning. Call it an enjoyable struggle
Only saw one person on horseback, one person on a mountain bike and lots of wildlife.
My destination was a small waterfall that I have not been to before. I had 3 water crossings and only had to take the shoes and socks off for one of them
Shot with the Z8 and LTM 2.5cm f/4 and one shot of the kit. As always I took way too much gear. One day I will learn... Nope...
GeorgeBo wrote:
13 miles of mountain trails, a 30+ year old steel framed mountain bike and 20+ pound backpack with tripod this morning. Call it an enjoyable struggle
Only saw one person on horseback, one person on a mountain bike and lots of wildlife.
My destination was a small waterfall that I have not been to before. I had 3 water crossings and only had to take the shoes and socks off for one of them
Shot with the Z8 and LTM 2.5cm f/4 and one shot of the kit. As always I took way too much gear. One day I will learn... Nope...
Hey Colin! Yes, patch kit in the saddle bag and hand pump on the bottle cage. And bandaids
Yes, Peak Design tripod. Incredibly light and easy to strap to the side of a pack. I use the universal head adapter and an Arca Swiss Core 60 Leveler head. Super fine adjustments, however the minimal head that comes with the tripod is much lighter. Will probably go back to that for trips on the bike. Lesson learned, I need to save every ounce I can. On a hike it doesn't matter much.
DeltaSigma wrote:
George,
The effort was worth it.
I hope you remembered to pack a puncture repair kit and a few tools into that bag under your saddle.
Is that Peak Design travel pod? How does it fare? I have seen some B Friday deals and was tempted.
Thanks! Doing well this morning, have been riding a lot this year. But can feel it in the shoulders Wife, son and I are getting ready to head out for our Thanksgiving morning hike and then back to his apartment for dinner. Our new Thanksgiving tradition that we started last year is really enjoyable.
Backpack is a 5.11 Rush 12 2.0. It has 24L capacity and so many mount/strap points. I use F-stop camera bag inserts. That way you can customize to your liking.
leighton w wrote:
Like Colin said, it was worth it. The tones and colors are perfect. How are your muscles this morning?
George, Love the water and gear shots - except that torture device you use as a seat. I gave up biking many moons ago.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
GeorgeBo wrote:
13 miles of mountain trails, a 30+ year old steel framed mountain bike and 20+ pound backpack with tripod this morning. Call it an enjoyable struggle
Only saw one person on horseback, one person on a mountain bike and lots of wildlife.
My destination was a small waterfall that I have not been to before. I had 3 water crossings and only had to take the shoes and socks off for one of them
Shot with the Z8 and LTM 2.5cm f/4 and one shot of the kit. As always I took way too much gear. One day I will learn... Nope...
GeorgeBo wrote:
Hey Colin! Yes, patch kit in the saddle bag and hand pump on the bottle cage. And bandaids
Yes, Peak Design tripod. Incredibly light and easy to strap to the side of a pack. I use the universal head adapter and an Arca Swiss Core 60 Leveler head. Super fine adjustments, however the minimal head that comes with the tripod is much lighter. Will probably go back to that for trips on the bike. Lesson learned, I need to save every ounce I can. On a hike it doesn't matter much.
I, too, was wondering whether that was the Peak Design tripod, George. I have a Ulanzi that is almost identical, usually slightly less expensive, but bought during Black Friday last year at a major saving. Like the PD, it is a great lightweight tripod.
Here are a few close-ups of slightly wet leaves from Big Qualicum River, taken with my D800E, the 105 f/2.8 micro Ai-s and TC-16A.
cadman342001 wrote:
Thanks Rafael. What do you mean about interesting results? I'm curious as I'm lazy and it seems to do a decent job (most of the time) of NR and sharpening in one. You can choose from High detail or original global processing or use masks. I always just do it globally, mostly original as the high detail one sometimes over sharpens but I think this time I used high detail.
Just wondered what your thoughts were as you mentioned it.
Great to see you out and about btw !
Andy
Thank you Andy.
You may be attributing me more smarts than I have. Your NoNoise AI photo looked different, not standard off the camera processing but different - extremely sharp in the in focus areas but smooth in the OOF areas. A simple sharpening, like camera sharpening or unsharp mask would make the OOF look weird to my eyes, and increase noise. Simpler noise reduction would reduce detail - getting the right combination of both is difficult.
You photo had a unique combination of super sharp sections and detailed appearance overall, while showing no noise and a natural look.
You may be attributing me more smarts than I have. Your NoNoise AI photo looked different, not standard off the camera processing but different - extremely sharp in the in focus areas but smooth in the OOF areas. A simple sharpening, like camera sharpening or unsharp mask would make the OOF look weird to my eyes, and increase noise. Simpler noise reduction would reduce detail - getting the right combination of both is difficult.
You photo had a unique combination of super sharp sections and detailed appearance overall, while showing no noise and a natural look.
No worries. That's the impression I have had too so good to have it confirmed.
Here's the view to the right of the previous one, showing the continuation of Summit Road. The road has a gate preventing access before this point, the section shown is patched up (remembering they had a massive earthquake in 2012) but can be accessed for foot and bicycle traffic.
SiMuMe wrote:
I'm christening this lens the Raymond lens. I love what you produce with it.
That's very generous of you Siphiwe. I'm not worthy of that designation, I am a user of that lens because of inspiration of several others here before me with that lens.
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GeorgeBo wrote:
13 miles of mountain trails, a 30+ year old steel framed mountain bike and 20+ pound backpack with tripod this morning. Call it an enjoyable struggle
Only saw one person on horseback, one person on a mountain bike and lots of wildlife.
My destination was a small waterfall that I have not been to before. I had 3 water crossings and only had to take the shoes and socks off for one of them
Shot with the Z8 and LTM 2.5cm f/4 and one shot of the kit. As always I took way too much gear. One day I will learn... Nope...
Bronica S with the Nikkor 75mm f2.8 north of Glen Arbor Michigan looking back at the after sunset glow over Lake Michigan. Pretty sure this is Velvia 50, but it may be Fuji 100 transparency film. Fall 1994
pbraymond wrote:
That's very generous of you Siphiwe. I'm not worthy of that designation, I am a user of that lens because of inspiration of several others here before me with that lens.
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Just beautiful, George. You're making that very unique looking combo sing!
Monochrome and Fog to have something to say. 200mm f4.0 AI.
ocean2059 wrote:
Morning walk in Cambridge/MIT this morning with Nikon 50/1.2 AIS lens + D810.
I see the Ray Stata building in the background. Lovely colors compared to the B&W IR shots I have of it.
p.s. I have given more than half of my life working for the company he founded.
Wife, son and I are getting ready to head out for our Thanksgiving morning hike and then back to his apartment for dinner. Our new Thanksgiving tradition that we started last year is really enjoyable.
