*Edit, well, the multi-quote did not quite work this time. Sorry.
Curtis, a bargain! Only $1320 per square foot!
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Glen, Is this Olympic National Park in neighboring Washington State or a Canadian Olympic Park? Or perhaps the Olympic (as in the four-year cycle spectacle) Park?
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Incredible image, George, and very captivating.
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After filing an online report the local USPS office manager wrote me saying they delivered to the wrong address and will attempt to retrieve the package. The saga continues.
Rafael, USPS around me tends to do a decent job with packages. The (autosort??) letter and flyers, on the other hand .. let's just say I've gotten to meet a few neighbors playing postal service.
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rafaelcasd wrote:
I am over the shock of Abner's death and getting back to normal activities, the dia de los muertos was a healing closure. Will post that later.
Here is a sunset with a circular fisheye. It really looked like this:
Lovely, Rafael. Great CA light. Happy to hear of the healing closure for you.
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spoupard wrote:
Awesome shot, George! I may be in the minority here, but I like that we can see the light on the horizon. Most Milky Way photos look to me like the Milky Way is the background in a scene. The combination of the fisheye and the lights on the horizon make me feel like I am standing in a field looking through a window into the outer space. I love the effect.
rafaelcasd wrote:
As advance consolation in case the 55mm 2.0 Ultra Micro does not appear. I used the R-Nikkor to photograph some simple flowers, The R-Nikkor is much rarer, it is a prototype of which 10 may have been made and mine is the only known existing copy.
Lovely to see you stepping out into life again after your profound loss Rafael. Love everything you brought to the board. I'm with Kevin regarding the light in the Medieval Festival but the flowers are delicious. These old lenses are definitely up to the task. I'm glad my buying days are done... new horizons have been opened by a number of folks... you included but also George and Samy, just to name two. I'm thinking about thinning the herd, not adding to it...
Love the mountain shot Andy... especially the black and white you stitched together. With snow blowing off the top of the peak you can almost feel the frigid air. Gorgeous shot!
Folks who've been around for awhile know that when I've bought pre-AI lenses I've always looked for those with the AI conversion kit installed. That began when I needed the conversion to mount the lens on my D700. Then I bought the Df which came with a pre-AI lens without the conversion kit. The fussing about with aperture was not especially enjoyable so I continued to buy pre-AI lenses with the kit. But I was having the dickens of a time finding an 85 f/1.8 HC in excellent condition. That was the lens of course, that was focus of the first "Nikon Adventure" which is documented in the blog Leighton created and that is still available using the link at the bottom of my posts. But then I stumbled on a pristine condition pre-AI copy of the lens and I bought it. Then I stumbled on a 28 f/2 NC and bought that as well. I don't know whether I've ever shared photos of those lenses, but I think it is time. They were lost in the cabinet behind me but as I was looking for another lens I saw them and was reminded of how beautiful they are.
Here are a couple of rather mundane photos taken with the 85 f/1.8 HC... followed by a photo of the two lenses taken with the 55 f/1.2 SC AI.
This is about as good as it gets regarding fall colors. You can see the green hills in the distance. I believe these street trees are liquid amber... definitely not maples.
And here is the most recent statue of the Buddha on the tansu near my front window which has been the place I generally take lens photos.
Andy,
That is beautiful. My wife went sking nearby in 1991, and when she came back about two weeks later - the top 100 feet had fallen off the summit. Says it left a huge black scar.
I'm thankful that both times the parcel arrived at my house, I was home to get it from the carrier and bring it right back to the window at the post office. Second time, if it hadn't come that Friday, it would have sat for two weeks till I got home from Ireland, and would have really piffed me off..
rafaelcasd wrote:
Sorry you had to go though the saga of customs. Will PM you.
I had a package yesterday that someone was looking for, in another zip code. Managed to find it, and there were TWO different address labels on it, both for addresses in our post office. There's a street by the same name in that other zip code, so to avoid the package from "looping" (returning over and over to our station) I put it in another box addressed to the clerks at the station it's supposed to go to.
pbraymond wrote:
Rafael, USPS around me tends to do a decent job with packages. The (autosort??) letter and flyers, on the other hand .. let's just say I've gotten to meet a few neighbors playing postal service.
CGrindahl wrote:
Folks who've been around for awhile know that when I've bought pre-AI lenses I've always looked for those with the AI conversion kit installed. That began when I needed the conversion to mount the lens on my D700. Then I bought the Df which came with a pre-AI lens without the conversion kit. The fussing about with aperture was not especially enjoyable so I continued to buy pre-AI lenses with the kit. But I was having the dickens of a time finding an 85 f/1.8 HC in excellent condition. That was the lens of course, that was focus of the first "Nikon Adventure" which is documented in the blog Leighton created and that is still available using the link at the bottom of my posts. But then I stumbled on a pristine condition pre-AI copy of the lens and I bought it. Then I stumbled on a 28 f/2 NC and bought that as well. I don't know whether I've ever shared photos of those lenses, but I think it is time. They were lost in the cabinet behind me but as I was looking for another lens I saw them and was reminded of how beautiful they are.
Here are a couple of rather mundane photos taken with the 85 f/1.8 HC... followed by a photo of the two lenses taken with the 55 f/1.2 SC AI.
This is about as good as it gets regarding fall colors. You can see the green hills in the distance. I believe these street trees are liquid amber... definitely not maples.
And here is the most recent statue of the Buddha on the tansu near my front window which has been the place I generally take lens photos.
Both lenses were bought in March, 2016. The 28 cost a bit over $200 and the 85 cost $179... money well spent if you ask me... ...Show more →
I was reading your post and it occured to me after seeing you talk about the 85mm f1.8 HC that I had been calling mine the wrong thing when posting. I was calling it a SC. I think I get it mixed up with the 55mm f1.2 SC. Anyway, thanks for the reminder.
Also, not bad fall colors from your neck of the woods.
Stunning Andy! Can’t decide which one I like better. B&W is strong but I’m a sucker for the golden tones as well.
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CGrindahl wrote:
Folks who've been around for awhile know that when I've bought pre-AI lenses I've always looked for those with the AI conversion kit installed. That began when I needed the conversion to mount the lens on my D700. Then I bought the Df which came with a pre-AI lens without the conversion kit. The fussing about with aperture was not especially enjoyable so I continued to buy pre-AI lenses with the kit. But I was having the dickens of a time finding an 85 f/1.8 HC in excellent condition. That was the lens of course, that was focus of the first "Nikon Adventure" which is documented in the blog Leighton created and that is still available using the link at the bottom of my posts. But then I stumbled on a pristine condition pre-AI copy of the lens and I bought it. Then I stumbled on a 28 f/2 NC and bought that as well. I don't know whether I've ever shared photos of those lenses, but I think it is time. They were lost in the cabinet behind me but as I was looking for another lens I saw them and was reminded of how beautiful they are.
Here are a couple of rather mundane photos taken with the 85 f/1.8 HC... followed by a photo of the two lenses taken with the 55 f/1.2 SC AI.
This is about as good as it gets regarding fall colors. You can see the green hills in the distance. I believe these street trees are liquid amber... definitely not maples.
And here is the most recent statue of the Buddha on the tansu near my front window which has been the place I generally take lens photos.
Both lenses were bought in March, 2016. The 28 cost a bit over $200 and the 85 cost $179... money well spent if you ask me... ...Show more →
Agreed Curtis. It’s crazy I have to make it a point to grab certain lenses so I at least use them, yet I don’t feel like I’ve wasted any money.
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Zichar wrote:
Wut ... I step away for a bit and Curtis is back?!
Great to see you again!
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NightOwl Cat wrote:
I had a package yesterday that someone was looking for, in another zip code. Managed to find it, and there were TWO different address labels on it, both for addresses in our post office. There's a street by the same name in that other zip code, so to avoid the package from "looping" (returning over and over to our station) I put it in another box addressed to the clerks at the station it's supposed to go to.
Need more people like you around Laura! Thank you!
