James, great looking FM and black and white photographs. I am far from being a film camera expert but have always admired their designs.
Ponte Sant'Angelo is usually my first stop while visiting Rome. The bridge was commissioned by Emperor Hadrian and completed in 134 AD. For centuries, it was the only direct access to St. Peter's Basilica from the city.
rafaelcasd wrote:
I am actually a very courageous man, to post alongside the likes of you folks when my photography is so simple. But this group is friendly so I go on.
An old friend brought a little bouquet, so I went to town with the 55mm 1.2 O CRT. There are a lot of other Nikkors that will do a great job - from the 50mm 2.8 EL, 55mm 3.5, etc.
Later today I will repeat this with the R-Nikkor 5cm 3.5.
Lens has not vignetting, I like it, so varying amounts added, also different apertures.
Rafael,
That is an amazing set of flower photos - just exquisite!
Jim
rafaelcasd wrote:
I am actually a very courageous man, to post alongside the likes of you folks when my photography is so simple. But this group is friendly so I go on.
An old friend brought a little bouquet, so I went to town with the 55mm 1.2 O CRT. There are a lot of other Nikkors that will do a great job - from the 50mm 2.8 EL, 55mm 3.5, etc.
Later today I will repeat this with the R-Nikkor 5cm 3.5.
Lens has not vignetting, I like it, so varying amounts added, also different apertures.
Rafael you may know the reason the Archangel Michael appears at the summit of Castel Sant'Angelo. Pope Gregory I in 590 had a vision that Michael appeared at the top of the castle foretelling the end of a severe plague, which happened.
The flower photos are most excellent, the 55/1.2 CRT is a fantastic lens. That is one heck of a little bouquet.
Here is a final group of photos from Fort William, showing replica birch bark canoes in various contexts through the eye of the Fuji X-E2 and anonymous MFNG.
Enjoyed the series Glen That is what is so great about this thread. A travelog sometimes and get to see things I would never see on my own. Really enjoyable
GroWeb wrote:
Here is a final group of photos from Fort William, showing replica birch bark canoes in various contexts through the eye of the Fuji X-E2 and anonymous MFNG.
Glen, great photos and processing. It is a very nice look.
Scott, nice capture in some seriously heavy fog.
I think everyone takes this photo when visiting Ponte Sant'Angelo, Tiber River:
Vatican City:
Security line to enter St. Peter's Cathedral which takes 1.5-2 hours to clear in my experience. The weather was too darn nice so decided to skip the wait. Once upon a time, it was a breeze to walk through the main entrance with zero hassle.
serge07 wrote:
Rafael you may know the reason the Archangel Michael appears at the summit of Castel Sant'Angelo. Pope Gregory I in 590 had a vision that Michael appeared at the top of the castle foretelling the end of a severe plague, which happened.
The flower photos are most excellent, the 55/1.2 CRT is a fantastic lens. That is one heck of a little bouquet.
Serge
Michael's job is to kill the devil, not t announce it; Rafael should have healed the sick. These archangels needed to be on probation for job poorly done!
GroWeb wrote:
Here is a final group of photos from Fort William, showing replica birch bark canoes in various contexts through the eye of the Fuji X-E2 and anonymous MFNG.
All your Fort Williams photos are great Glen, but the last one takes you back in time, the processing makers you feel like a time travel to 1870.
We are in the tail-end of the hot-hot-hot and dry phase of the Summer. Things are looking worse for wear. Only the very hardy are surviving. Late afternoons are beautiful to hang outside though.
The closer MFD of this lens compared to the Nikkor-Q is handy for this. Colours are noticeably punchy. This is as shot, Neutral, 5:4 in-camera. I am still in awe about how little it is compared to modern AF 135mm lenses.
SiMuMe wrote:
Serge, I enjoy the stories accompanying the pictures from your travels. Are you currently travelling?
Siphiwe, glad the you enjoy the photos.
I am not traveling at this time but that will change the second half of April. Hope I can manage to take a few decent photos along the way to post in the forum.
You must have a super nice garden. We have nothing but bare limbs around here but that will change in 2-3 weeks with the arrival of spring.
Serge, thanks for the continued Italian tour. Enjoying the storytelling as well.
Rafael, the 55 CRT flower photos are outstanding. I'm sure there's some PP magic being performed as well on the color and tone but the overall images do have some amazing character.
Glen, I've heard about birch bark canoes but pretty sure this is the first time I've seen pictures. Thanks for sharing and making them look really old with the PP.
Siphiwe, very nice 135 AIS and D3 flowers. There some magic to the D3 sensor generation and the AIS era lenses.
Playing with 2023 shots. 200mm f4.0 Micro AI, starting with a built in LR b&w preset.
rafaelcasd wrote:
I am actually a very courageous man, to post alongside the likes of you folks when my photography is so simple. But this group is friendly so I go on.
An old friend brought a little bouquet, so I went to town with the 55mm 1.2 O CRT. There are a lot of other Nikkors that will do a great job - from the 50mm 2.8 EL, 55mm 3.5, etc.
Later today I will repeat this with the R-Nikkor 5cm 3.5.
Lens has not vignetting, I like it, so varying amounts added, also different apertures.
pbraymond wrote:
Serge, thanks for the continued Italian tour. Enjoying the storytelling as well.
Rafael, the 55 CRT flower photos are outstanding. I'm sure there's some PP magic being performed as well on the color and tone but the overall images do have some amazing character.
Glen, I've heard about birch bark canoes but pretty sure this is the first time I've seen pictures. Thanks for sharing and making them look really old with the PP.
Siphiwe, very nice 135 AIS and D3 flowers. There some magic to the D3 sensor generation and the AIS era lenses.
Playing with 2023 shots. 200mm f4.0 Micro AI, starting with a built in LR b&w preset. ...Show more →
Masterful composition Ray.
Give a photog any lens and the results will be similar. We love these lenses and some have unique rendering, but the mind and the subject are the majority of the photograph.
The rarest rangefinder Nikkor lens: R-Nikkor 5cm 3.5, only known copy in world . (feel like a circus ringmaster when I say that!)
Same flowers but someone rearranged them on the vase, can't duplicate the 55mm 1.2 'O' photos. Vignetting added.
Probably just careless processing! (I often hit the process as per previous button in LR so maybe that 🙄 i generally shoot everything using the velvia fuji preset rather than add saturation which may vary and a magnetic CP that doesn't seem to polarise as well as a proper circular polariser but acts more as an ND.
The PC does render colours nicely on the gfx though.
James Markus wrote:
Andy, The colours are richer with the 28mm PC - or have you changed your processing?
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That is what is so great about this thread. A travelog sometimes and get to see things I would never see on my own. Really enjoyable 
i generally shoot everything using the velvia fuji preset rather than add saturation which may vary and a magnetic CP that doesn't seem to polarise as well as a proper circular polariser but acts more as an ND.