This one has great tones and atmosphere, Samy. At first glance, that building on the left looks almost like an old riverboat.
I've been enjoying the Christmas ornaments and various monochromes of late. So, in keeping with the monochrome mood (we haven't decorated for Christmas), here are a few more results of my fiddling with previously unposted fall IR photos in PhotoLab 7. These were taken with my Fuji X-T2 plus Lens Turbo II and 2.8 f/3.5 H (first and third images) or 16 f/3.5 Ai fisheye (second shot).
The expensive side of my new software adventure is that I have been learning how well PhotoLab integrates with Lightroom, with each program adding strengths that complement the other. Oh well, so much for saving money by replacing Lightroom.
These were done with a D810 @ 500 ISO with the 24mm PC-E at f/5.6 exposed for 1/2 second to 'stop' the whirling beams.
I think the attractive gradients are due to the subject, but I did use an altered gamma curve that might have slightly influenced the rendering.
When I was a kid we would sometimes use Running cedar (Lycopodium digitatum) for Christmas decorations. In hindsight that was probably not a good thing to do since it takes so long for it to establish and a long time to regrow. Didn’t know back then. Running cedar is a Clubmoss and has many names such as Ground Pine, Crowfoot, Bear’s Paw and others. The tie in to photography and something I just learned this week is that the spores of this plant are used to make Lycopodium powder. Lycopodium powder was used for flash photography in the days before flash bulbs. It is amazing what other things the spores of this forest plant are used for and makes for an interesting Google "rabbit hole" journey
Below is a shot from a walk yesterday afternoon showing the plant and the spores that would be used. Evidently this plant is very hard to cultivate and requires just the right soil conditions in the wild. We must have the perfect spot because there is one area in the woods that looks like a carpet of this stuff
Some medium format love for the Nikkor H.C 75mm/2.8 for Bronica lens.
HCE HCE wrote:
These were done with a D810 @ 500 ISO with the 24mm PC-E at f/5.6 exposed for 1/2 second to 'stop' the whirling beams.
I think the attractive gradients are due to the subject, but I did use an altered gamma curve that might have slightly influenced the rendering.
HCE HCE wrote:
These were done with a D810 @ 500 ISO with the 24mm PC-E at f/5.6 exposed for 1/2 second to 'stop' the whirling beams.
I think the attractive gradients are due to the subject, but I did use an altered gamma curve that might have slightly influenced the rendering.
GeorgeBo wrote:
A little Christmas and photography tie in...
When I was a kid we would sometimes use Running cedar (Lycopodium digitatum) for Christmas decorations. In hindsight that was probably not a good thing to do since it takes so long for it to establish and a long time to regrow. Didn’t know back then. Running cedar is a Clubmoss and has many names such as Ground Pine, Crowfoot, Bear’s Paw and others. The tie in to photography and something I just learned this week is that the spores of this plant are used to make Lycopodium powder. Lycopodium powder was used for flash photography in the days before flash bulbs. It is amazing what other things the spores of this forest plant are used for and makes for an interesting Google "rabbit hole" journey
Below is a shot from a walk yesterday afternoon showing the plant and the spores that would be used. Evidently this plant is very hard to cultivate and requires just the right soil conditions in the wild. We must have the perfect spot because there is one area in the woods that looks like a carpet of this stuff
Some medium format love for the Nikkor H.C 75mm/2.8 for Bronica lens.
Interesting back story on this. I had no idea of its relation to photography.
When I was a kid, I grew up in a neighborhood that was in the suburbs of Washington DC. Just down the street a couple of blocks was a fairly good sized park (all woods with a creek) that our town maintained. We had that stuff ALL over the park and I always loved how it looked. Thanks for bringing back a good memory.
George, That was a fun rabbit hole. I always thought it was a moss, but it is in the cypress family. It is very common in the woods here. I found a map of it's range in the US, and it seems to be from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic. Oddly. that is the same area as the Ruby-throat Hummingbird (my avatar) - another fun rabbit hole? Could there be a connection? I have had hummingbird nests in my cedars for years, and they use green fronds that I thought were young cedar shoots, but maybe not?
GeorgeBo wrote:
A little Christmas and photography tie in...
When I was a kid we would sometimes use Running cedar (Lycopodium digitatum) for Christmas decorations. In hindsight that was probably not a good thing to do since it takes so long for it to establish and a long time to regrow. Didn’t know back then. Running cedar is a Clubmoss and has many names such as Ground Pine, Crowfoot, Bear’s Paw and others. The tie in to photography and something I just learned this week is that the spores of this plant are used to make Lycopodium powder. Lycopodium powder was used for flash photography in the days before flash bulbs. It is amazing what other things the spores of this forest plant are used for and makes for an interesting Google "rabbit hole" journey
Below is a shot from a walk yesterday afternoon showing the plant and the spores that would be used. Evidently this plant is very hard to cultivate and requires just the right soil conditions in the wild. We must have the perfect spot because there is one area in the woods that looks like a carpet of this stuff
Some medium format love for the Nikkor H.C 75mm/2.8 for Bronica lens.
Wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! I really enjoy seeing images from Nikon MF lenses from all of you in this thread. Thank you and look forward to 2024!
Merry Christmas to all. It is dangerous to be home! I just got a Df (used, but in great condition). Here is a picture with the micro 35mm f3.5 (the wrong setting on the EXIF). Now I have to buy some non-Ai lenses!
Incredibly, I bought a car in the small town of Vulcan once (a Ford Sierra XR4X4) . It was a weird kind of place, no signs to direct you there and it's whole reason for existing was the foundry. It was involved in the very beginnings of the railways, just along the line from Rainhill where the original Steam Trials involving Stephenson's Rocket where held. (Also a nearby local town near where I grew up.) Robert Stephenson himself was a partner in the Vulcan Foundry. They made a lot of trains for India, China, Australian Railways etc.
