pbraymond wrote:
Ahhh lovely. Just hiked 6 miles in the brown of an Ohio winter, the chocolate is dreamy.
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Growing up fast for sure. Looks like that meet location is awesome, with great lighting potential!
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Great time of day capture with reflections gleaming off the buildings.
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Magic pop James! Those eyes!
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Perfect use of the fisheye Serge!
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Retirement and the new cam getting along really well!
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I think the key is the actual character of the lens coming through, which you've managed really well here!
Thanks, Ray.
I used the fisheye quite a bit on this trip. It is a fun lens to use.
serge07 wrote:
Glen excellent series of photographs of your new guitar. Enjoy!
James, the young lady has stunning eyes, great captures.
Siphiwe, great look to your photo with the 85/1.8. You should use it more often.
It was a long walk from Tower Bridge to Westminster, took the tube for the return.
Big Ben looking great after the extensive renovations.
Serge
Thanks Serge. It's always enjoyable to join you in your travels through your X-E1.
GeorgeBo wrote:
The last one gave it away for me. I do not play, but do love the sound of them! Especially in the hands of artists like Jerry Douglas. Congrats on your new instrument
Thanks George! You nailed the right general type of instrument, The subtype Jerry Douglas plays is one of the three subtypes that I have in my collection, but my new instrument is actually a different subtype than what he uses. The sub-subtype is also different, in that the talented Mr. Douglas plays a squareneck while mine are all roundnecks.
Here are a few more images of the new guitar, starting with the logo of the company that built it, which they somehow embroidered into the front of the case. Their logo also shows on the headstock in the second photo. National Resophonic was the first company started by John Dopyera, who invented all three subtypes of this type of guitar back in the 1920's. It was their method for amplifying a guitar's sound before electronic amplifiers had been invented. Dopyera and his brothers later started the Dobro company, which is now owned by Gibson. The subtype of resonator guitar that Jerry Douglas plays is commonly called a "dobro," even though most of them are made by different makers. His subtype is called a spider bridge resonator and the most respected maker of these is Paul Beard.
Here's the embroidered logo.
National always uses a slotted headstock on their instruments.
Ony this subtype has this art-deco latticework style of sound hole.
Here's a view that might give further clues about the subtype.
My granddaughter was 41 days old when I joined FM in 2007, she'll be 18 next month.... heading off to college to become a pediatric oncologist.
SiMuMe wrote:
Nice. Sometimes it feels like time flies but when you live with them it can feel like a lifetime. Congratulations. One of the boys also turns 9 in a few weeks.
Hi everybody. It has been a while since I posted. I have been dealing with some health issues and am very busy at work. I took a break yesterday and saw the Water Fires in Providence, Rhode Island.
D850, 50mm f1.2.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
My granddaughter was 41 days old when I joined FM in 2007, she'll be 18 next month.... heading off to college to become a pediatric oncologist.
They grow up far too fast _ truth is we're getting older far too quickly.
I also joined in 2007 and it's good to see so many of the veterans still around.
It's about time we had a zoom call again to catch up while we're still here
kwoodard wrote:
I do as well. I have always been more of a documentary photographer over an artistic one. I do tend to shoot more artistically, but I get more traction with my documentary style. I feel that shots in this style have a more historical nature to them and have the potential to "last longer" when hung on someones wall. Right now, I see so many shots that have a yellow tone to them...I feel this fad will die out quickly.
I have always struggled getting skin tones right, but Standard and Neutral seem to get it right in the light I have shot in so far. Fuji does well also, but my margin of getting it right is a lot smaller with the Fuji over the Nikon. I will be having a lot more time using this style of shooting in the coming month as my daughter is in a play for school. I am second shooting mostly back stage and rehearsal shots, but I do have some longer glass (300/2.8 AI) that will be perfect for shots from the audience. ...Show more →
Glad to see that there are at least 3 Z5 owners on this thread.
I've loaded up a couple of different profiles for picture control - the rose was shot using Velvia but I'm not sure that Lr/Ps translate them properly. I was inspired by a webinar by Randall J Hodges who uses the Canon equivalent to recreate film types in camera. I think it may be necessary to use Nikon Capture or similar to get the most out of picture control before moving to the Lr/Ps processing.
I also agree Kevin, that the sensor might out resolve the lens as I had a lot of CA on some other images that I shot this morning.
As we have no camera club meetings/submissions in December I'll confine my shooting to MF Nikkors. Hopefully I'll get some worth posting
Serge,
There are actually two young ladies - born within 10 days of each other. Yesterday was another Bday with all five GK running around. It was soooo dark I went to iso 2500, and have made my first photo cut this am - 218 out of 533 frames round one keepers. I won't start imaging until I get it down to between 30-40 keepers.
London looks fantastic. Bright blue and hazy skies lets me see what a great job they did cleaning all those buildings. Compared to 1972 it is amazing the difference. Thanks for sharing your travels
Jim
I thought I was done with grand-kids until I saw one of my six sons at a birthday party at the end of October. A niece was just plain delighted at everything he did (she acted like he was the funniest man alive), and he seems to have developed an affinity for kids as well. Never say never - who knows what the future holds. D850 with the 55mm Nikkor-S.C ai'd and tc16a
James Markus wrote:
I thought I was done with grand-kids until I saw one of my six sons at a birthday party at the end of October. A niece was just plain delighted at everything he did (she acted like he was the funniest man alive), and he seems to have developed an affinity for kids as well. Never say never - who knows what the future holds. D850 with the 55mm Nikkor-S.C ai'd and tc16a
As the first instalment of my MF December, I was out at 5:30 this morning with the 28-45 Zoom attached to the Z5 - as usual I didn't adjust the non CPU info. All at f/8
The small craft moorings at Knysna waterfront 1/60 ISO100 28 mm
I was shooting with picture control set to Ektachrome 2 which I loved during my film days and the results are not too far from that (as I recall after 60 years!!)
IMO this is very typical of slides from the 1960's and '70's Heavily saturated reds and impossibly blue skies.
I'll try another PC setting with the next lens.
Yes, but I would never have used slide film, particularly Ektachrome, without at least a UV filter, and on the seashore probably a Wratten 1a or even 2b. They would deal with the excessively blue sky (and sea)
No sims for them really.
bummer on the health issues, Regina. glad you were able to get away. busy season just kicked in for us so head down and in I go!
milt wrote:
Hi everybody. It has been a while since I posted. I have been dealing with some health issues and am very busy at work. I took a break yesterday and saw the Water Fires in Providence, Rhode Island.
D850, 50mm f1.2.
