leighton w wrote:
Nice Ray. On the way to work or heading home?
On the way to work. This time of year there's atmospherics that usually only occur in the morning, and that's needed to please my mind's eye at least.
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GeorgeBo wrote:
No doubt now with that firmware update. Pixel shift, Monochrome profiles, ability to add any focal length, f stop info and now lens name in the Non-CPU menu. They finally caught up with Fujifilm in that feature
It it were not for the added size and weight of the Z8 over the Z7 I'd probably be scheming to own one myself. Can't wait to see your new explorations with the added features.
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James Markus wrote:
Ray, This photo reminds of "Highway Patrol" with Broderick Crawford. Love the conversion.
Jim
I found a bunch of the fishing lures I lost as a boy in an antique mall. I should have just invested in lures - would have made a fortune. 50mm f1.2 ais
cadman342001 wrote:
No shifting going on when its on the GFX (vignettes), the 23 has so much colour and contrast SOOC but the 28 shots are fine with a little PP in LR. As Leighton says, the mf experience beats AF every time too even though most of my shots only involve checking focus at infinity or near infinity!
So it's just $$$ (medium format glass aint cheap either btw!) sitting on a shelf, money I could use for my new portable (van-able) astro rig.
Andy
Aha! Got you, now. I'll take the option that makes you continue to post in this thread as well.
James Markus wrote:
Leighton,
Those Leeks are gorgeous - I make a spanakopita chock full of leeks, spinach, and feta. Thanks! I know what I'm making soon.
Jim
Jim, although these look like leeks, they're actually a garlic called German Extra Hardy. But your spanakopita sounds delicious.
pbraymond wrote:
On the way to work. This time of year there's atmospherics that usually only occur in the morning, and that's needed to please my mind's eye at least.
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It it were not for the added size and weight of the Z8 over the Z7 I'd probably be scheming to own one myself. Can't wait to see your new explorations with the added features.
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Thanks Jim. Had to look that reference up!
How many times are you late for work because you can't resist a scene to capture?
saph wrote:
Any focal length is cool, I have the Leica 90 Summicron for example that I have to fake as an 85mm. And lens name!!! That is perfect, now I want that in my Z7II and the Zf also! Probably not even too many lines of code to get those features in.
Thanks for skipping lunch to dig into the firmware updates right away George!
Yes! I updated yesterday. The Voightlander 40 f/2 can now show correctly as 40 rather than 43 and the name is entered as you wish!
Another one from yesterday morning. Apologies for the similarity to the first two pics. I thought I had captured looking upstream (away from the sunrise) but turns out that was with an AF lens. The dramatic clouds in the first two shots gave way to an equally interesting sky. That old historic bridge in the distance is scheduled for demolition sometime in the near future (pending historical documentation work), I need to find a way to get something memorable with that before that happens. Taken with the 35mm f2.0 O.
I found a bunch of the fishing lures I lost as a boy in an antique mall. I should have just invested in lures - would have made a fortune. 50mm f1.2 ais
I have a friend who has for years frequented garage sales, flea markets etc to collect antique lures for eventual resale. So far he has the same problem I have with NMFG - things come in but never go out.
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leighton w wrote:
How many times are you late for work because you can't resist a scene to capture?
Leighton, I'm never late for work. That said, my start times has been as early as 4am when I work from home or at least start the day there. Sometimes I miss getting to work at 8am, but never missing any commitments to be sure. Of course, that means at times I am leaving great light early, or simple admiring them from behind the windshield on the drive in.
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mp356 wrote:
Cobblestone farmhouse. A style of masonry distinctive to WNY from the 1800's. Taken with the 35-105 Ais. Thanks for looking.
Scott
Scott, you've shown some nice work with muted browns and snow, including this one. The "weight" of that massive tree balances out the home nicely in this shot. Kudos, as I usually just don't even pull the camera out.
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leighton w wrote:
Hard to find landscape images this time of year. 50-135mm.
Visiting the Plaza de Espana in Seville was one of the highlights of our trip, we could not believe this place. On leaving one day we went out the back way and I say this woodworking masterpiece for the railing. The craftsmanship to execute this simple piece made me stop and it took awhile to remember I had a camera, I hope I show the true beauty of this simple motif.
Sometimes photos say seemly unrelated things to people. This photo says dad to me. When I was a boy I thought he could do anything (he did make instruments for spaceships and commercial airliners) - like many boys that idolize their dad. As a family project we built a three story A-frame "cottage" near the tip of Michigan's pinky. (the Leelanau peninsula) He drafted the plans, ordered all the lumber, nails, screws, pipe, wire, outlets, switches, sockets, roofing, appliances - on and on and on. Some bits were beyond our ability - like clearing the land (heavily wooded), 150 dump truck loads of gravel, pouring footings, & cinder block foundation he farmed out to those with the experience and equipment - the rest we did. A couple flatbed semi-trucks showed up and slid these huge bundled piles of supplies on the gravel near the foundation. Block and tackle became this amazing tool to a boy like me. After framing the floor - he tied a rope to the heaviest crescent wrench he owned and threw it through the highest crotch of the biggest tree near the center-line of the cottage. We would pull bolted together & doubled 2x10 "A's" into a vertical position - every 6 or 7 feet another 40' set go up. My job was to tack them together with furring strips to temporarily hold them together. My brother John then would clad the exterior with 2x6 tongue and groove lumber. (It was way too strong)
The pump in this photo is identical to the one we used temporarily after digging our own well. We built a huge tripod of three straight cedars, and used both my brother Tom and John's cast iron weight sets to drive a 2.5" stainless steel pipe into the ground - again with a block and tackle at the tripod apex. Scrap lumber was fashioned into tool boxes like the ones in the photo, as well as framing squares for cutting repetitive angles that were identical. And these hastily fashioned implements lived on at my brothers cottage (tool boxes), and I still have the framing squares.
50mm f1.2 ais on the pump & tool boxes - cottage shots Nikon F with either the 35 or 50mm MF Nikkor by my dad
I am back, recouped from surgery and after spending the weekend volunteering for 1000 Smiles. This is a Rotary club sponsored clinic offering free care for cleft lip and palate for Mexican kids. Many surgeons dentists and nurses volunteer their time, from Mexico and the USA, One Doctor flies from Chicago to perform free surgery. I just make sandwiches and clean up.
Saturday is checkups and dental, Sunday is surgery, these are the Saturday volunteers, more surgeons from Socal come Sunday, including some expensive cosmetic surgeons to work for free.
But your spanakopita sounds delicious. 
