jhinkey wrote:
I myself have gone up and down with my participation with this thread. I'm not a big chatterbox for the most part and tend to only post images and comment on others. Back when my girls were young it was an almost daily posting for me. Now they've grown up and the Sony A7 series came along which had led to much lower participation with this thread, though I do try to keep up even if not posting.
My D800 has become my on-tripod landscape lens and rarely travels anywhere with me (except for the recent eclipse event). Also, these days business commitments give me much less discretionary time for landscape photography.
Need to post a recent pic of the girls sometime soon using my still-in-the-box-from-Ani 135/2 AIS. Speaking of Ani - anyone heard from her lately?
Definitely miss photos of your girls John, though we certainly ALL know that at a certain age our "children" no longer enjoy having their photo taken. That is likely especially true for teenage girls... unless, of course, they are the one's taking selfies with their smartphones...
I'd also surmise that "business commitments" reduce your discretionary time ALSO yield extra disposable income that permits you to invest in the gadgets that give you so much pleasure. I'm very happy for your business success John and also delighted that among the toys you acquire are a few that lead you back to this thread.
I think we should confer the title "Official Historian" of this thread on you Laura...
You seem to have your fingers on all the right keys when a conversation happens. You don't mention, though I'm sure you remember the brief tutorial you gave me about using extension tubes, about which I was completely ignorant. So we might say you're the grandmother of Shooting with Tubes , the other thread I started that has remarkably found a place on the Macro World forum.
Thanks for your ongoing contribution to this conversation Laura. We may never see what you look like, shy person that you are, but we will always enjoy what you bring to the thread, both from your camera and your insights into things photographic.
Amazing Kevin. I checked that post and was reminded of the limits of cyber conversation. Folks invariably change the host for their online portfolio, which means photos that once graced this thread disappear into cyberspace. For the first six years of this thread I used Google's Picasa service. They jerked me around about three years in by reducing the size of all the photos I'd uploaded without giving me any warning. Because I posted so much during those early years it was quite frustrating. I went back and reloaded a couple hundred images, but eventually gave up. Then a year and a half ago they decided to pull the plug on Picasa. It was then I moved to Flickr. Blessedly, at least for now, they have NOT trashed all my photos, so old links still work. I hate to think what will happen IF and WHEN they decide to cut off access to those photos. I certainly have thousands on this thread from those first six years... but I'll not worry about that at the moment.
Glad you found us Kevin. I'm pleased we had an opportunity to meet in person and that I got to meet your lovely wife Donna. You married about your pay grade my friend... much as Leighton did...
CGrindahl wrote:
Definitely miss photos of your girls John, though we certainly ALL know that at a certain age our "children" no longer enjoy having their photo taken. That is likely especially true for teenage girls... unless, of course, they are the one's taking selfies with their smartphones...
I'd also surmise that "business commitments" reduce your discretionary time ALSO yield extra disposable income that permits you to invest in the gadgets that give you so much pleasure. I'm very happy for your business success John and also delighted that among the toys you acquire are a few that lead you back to this thread.
Ah, when business is bad I have negative discretionary $$ to spend, when business is good again I need to pay off the debt from when business was bad, thus I have less $$ for camera gear than I would like to have. Sometimes I can have the business make the photography purchase to reduce the effective cost.
mp356 wrote:
Old construction equipment. Taken with the 55 f3.5 Ai. Thanks for looking.
Scott
Wonderful to see these photos Scott... reminding us all that you're an architect who likely spends a bit of time around construction sites. During my college years I spent quite a bit of time working as a construction inspector, which put me at building sites. Sometimes it was for a day or two, sometimes for extended periods which took me away from my home in Minneapolis. At one such job site I was inspecting construction of a high school. The superintendent was the son of the contractor's owner and we became good friends. They even gave me a small bulldozer to take to the field when I was doing soils testing. He even allowed me to try out some of their equipment, including a clam shell similar to the third photo you post and their brand new 977 Catepillar Traxcavator. Talk about being a kid in the candy store. I had a blast. Before I was scheduled to return to university my friend offered me a job with the company. I sometimes wonder where my career might have led me had I accepted that offer. I certainly LOVED my time on construction sites and I never did lose my love for TOYS...
jhinkey wrote:
Ah, when business is bad I have negative discretionary $$ to spend, when business is good again I need to pay off the debt from when business was bad, thus I have less $$ for camera gear than I would like to have. Sometimes I can have the business make the photography purchase to reduce the effective cost.
- J
We always knew you're a smart dude John... letting your company pay for the gear is brilliant... something not available to mere mortals. Well done!
I see there are a dozen or so D800/810s on the buy/sell board just from last 24 hours. Guess that 850 announcement is getting the gear acquisition churning. Or it may be normal amount on the board. I haven't paid that much attention to body sales.
Here is my first proper picture from the D7100 I converted to IR last week. Since I did the conversion the sun has mostly been obscured. Frustrating indeed.
Today we had plenty of fluffy clouds, con trails and bright sunshine. Perfect for trying out the 85mm f/1.8 H during a lunchtime wander.
Resulting 4 shot vertical pano of the Kennet & Avon canal that runs through Newbury.
I am liking what I see w.r.t. the increased dynamic range and sensor resolution over my trustworthy D80
.. and yes I do remember the conversation about the tubes, and the crocus I shot to show you, And yes, I'm camera shy. When I had to have my photo taken for my ID badge at work it was so horrible (the photo) that when I got my certification, I asked if I could replace the photo with a better one, which had been taken a few years earlier for a Christmas Party. Changed the background and sent it in and it now adorns the directory and my work badge. Shot with an AF lens though Now if you're really curious, a trip to Dayton is always a possibility for you. Met Harry a couple years ago when he moved west. Neither one of us took pictures of the other, though
CGrindahl wrote:
I think we should confer the title "Official Historian" of this thread on you Laura...
You seem to have your fingers on all the right keys when a conversation happens. You don't mention, though I'm sure you remember the brief tutorial you gave me about using extension tubes, about which I was completely ignorant. So we might say you're the grandmother of Shooting with Tubes , the other thread I started that has remarkably found a place on the Macro World forum.
Thanks for your ongoing contribution to this conversation Laura. We may never see what you look like, shy person that you are, but we will always enjoy what you bring to the thread, both from your camera and your insights into things photographic. ...Show more →
Jay, great scene, and love seeing what the 24 PC-E can do from your posts.
Colin, that IR shot looks like some kind of a dream world! Very nice work.
Philippe, great perspective, but you have to take a selfie to demo how you get at that level
James, good to know you are feeling better, and congrats on the 300 2.8.
Lestor, fantastic!!
Scott, love that second shot with the front perspective of the construction vehicle.
Ken, interesting view of demolition. That building probably had some history that went with it.
Ram, superb portrait of the little guy playing the mrudangam.
John, George, Venky, great eclipse pics. I still have one that I need to post.
Chuong did I read correctly that you snagged the 15mm that Rafael posted about? Congrats! And great scene with your daughter under the crescent shadows.
