James Markus wrote:
Serge, I.E. Perseus - That is an amazing casting! Did anyone ever make a statue of the other Gorgons, or their sibling parents Phorcys and Ceto? Or, the two snake haired sisters of Medusa - Sthenno and Euryale? Thanks for sharing the photos.
Jim
James, it is an amazing casting with fantastic color. Someday I may have to haul the 105/2.5 and get close up and personal.
Not to my knowledge, the monuments are for the most part biblical in subject matter.
Glad to share, I have others that need to process.
pbraymond wrote:
That second shot appeals to me, but I'm not sure why. Perhaps the shapes, and the texture of that primary focus branch. nice capture and PP.
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Thanks Colin. He found that ragged golf ball within seconds. I gave up golf when I was widowed in 1996, and was never able to enjoy it again - after a 25 year addiction.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Beautiful portrait.
Do you have a budding golfer in the family?
Oh, that used black body FM film SLR showed up today - way better condition than I expected. The shutter sounds perfect. Film advance lever has a beautiful gear sound. It is much tighter (less wear) than my old silver FM from the late 1980s. There is brassing on the edges - like it was carried a bit, but only used occasionally. The lens is smooth as silk, and most of my ai and ais lenses work fine. I had forgotten what such a small, beautiful, mechanical machine felt like in my hands. Really a joy. The Lens is gorgeous with an excellent tamped feel.
James Markus wrote:
Oh, that used black body FM film SLR showed up today - way better condition than I expected. The shutter sounds perfect. Film advance lever has a beautiful gear sound. It is much tighter (less wear) than my old silver FM from the late 1980s. There is brassing on the edges - like it was carried a bit, but only used occasionally. The lens is smooth as silk, and most of my ai and ais lenses work fine. I had forgotten what such a small, beautiful, mechanical machine felt like in my hands. Really a joy. The Lens is gorgeous with an excellent tamped feel.
55mm f3.5 ai micro was used ...Show more →
Looks like you landed a very nice, new-to-you source of photographic joy, Jim! Brassing that reveals actual brass has become strictly an old-school sign of character.
And, while we're on the subject of old-school, here are a few photos from a restored/preserved fur trading post near Thunder Bay, Ontario, called Fort William. I shot these in 2017 with a Fuji X-E2 and what I believe was the 24 f/2.8 Ai-s. (Like my other photos from past years, these have not previously been processed or posted.)
James Markus wrote:
Oh, that used black body FM film SLR showed up today - way better condition than I expected. The shutter sounds perfect. Film advance lever has a beautiful gear sound. It is much tighter (less wear) than my old silver FM from the late 1980s. There is brassing on the edges - like it was carried a bit, but only used occasionally. The lens is smooth as silk, and most of my ai and ais lenses work fine. I had forgotten what such a small, beautiful, mechanical machine felt like in my hands. Really a joy. The Lens is gorgeous with an excellent tamped feel.
Thought the crowd in this thread might appreciate this one:
Nikon Zf with 50mm f1.4 Ai-S (Shoten FZ-1 adapter), taken with the Nikkor-H 50mm f2 (at f11) so that it qualifies
We were there in late October and the crowds were awful. Walking through town one day we could see seven tour groups from where we were standing. That being said, we really enjoyed walking the town at night and listening to the different performers.
