That’s was the kind of look I was going for.
LR preset CN11 with a lot of shadow recovery since I had to expose for the bright lights of the electronic billboards. Job done!
GeorgeBo wrote:
Your rainy night shots definitely give off Blade Runner vibes
Sort of along the lines of Scott and his Cooper's hawk image, I had a mixture of luck and right place, right time.
At the last minute before heading out the door yesterday, I threw the 200mm f/4 AI in my backpack. I never shoot with that lens, but I wanted something small but with a longer focal length "just in case".
Below is a very heavily cropped shot of an endangered Red-cockaded woodpecker. They rely on old-growth Longleaf pine habitat, nesting in cavities of large, old live trees. We heard a number of them overhead, and I mounted the 200mm lens and was able to spray and pray and grabbed this shot.
Right place, right time. Marginal lens, but came back with something anyway
I am telling that to your collections, and all of the various collections of significantly more than 3 of each of at least some members of this thread NightOwl Cat wrote:
tell that to my collection of 50's and 55's . .
Hmmm.. younger son had to have gallbladder removed on NYE, and I have my spinal fusion coming up in Feb, with an 8 pound lifting restriction afterwards... and I have a feeling that I'm losing a cat, Moggi, who Peter gave her name. She's the one that I went to pick up my pizza one night, and she was throwing herself against the window at a table of people. I gave her some pettings, went inside and picked up my order, came back out, few more pets, went to car and put my pizza in. Looked over at her, did the tsk tsk tsk and she came running over to me. So.. home with a pizza and a cat that night...
I got a reminder email about a 28 f/1.4D lens, checked them out, both claimed to be in excellent condition, but a $60 price difference. Looked at the cheaper one, and the description says: "The internal optics have a small amount of moisture, but this doesn't affect functionality." ummm.. moisture? Excellent condition
saph wrote:
I am telling that to your collections, and all of the various collections of significantly more than 3 of each of at least some members of this thread
NightOwl Cat wrote:
I got a reminder email about a 28 f/1.4D lens, checked them out, both claimed to be in excellent condition, but a $60 price difference. Looked at the cheaper one, and the description says: "The internal optics have a small amount of moisture, but this doesn't affect functionality." ummm.. moisture? Excellent condition
Yeah, lots of sellers (even the somewhat picky Japanese ones) offering up lenses in "Excellent" or "Near Mint" condition with fungus or scratches on the glass, and honestly Just Say No! With the 28/1.4D, the thing to look out for is the A/M selector ring: Must be crack-free in the location of the cross-head mounting screw! I got a late-edition (SIC coating) copy but it had the cracked A/M ring, and it cost me a pretty penny to purchase the replacement part and get it installed. Also, skip the recommended HK-7 hood as it is pretty much useless (falls off very easily and provides minimal shading).
Just the beginning with this small tree. In the same area is the oldest recorded living Longleaf at almost 500 years old! The first 5 - 7 years the tree looks like a tuft of grass while developing a strong root system. So this little one is a lot older than it looks.
Nice shot of what’s typically a drab subject. Also, I loathe the needles but that’s a separate issue.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Just the beginning with this small tree. In the same area is the oldest recorded living Longleaf at almost 500 years old! The first 5 - 7 years the tree looks like a tuft of grass while developing a strong root system. So this little one is a lot older than it looks.
grantgoodes wrote:
Yeah, lots of sellers (even the somewhat picky Japanese ones) offering up lenses in "Excellent" or "Near Mint" condition with fungus or scratches on the glass, and honestly Just Say No! With the 28/1.4D, the thing to look out for is the A/M selector ring: Must be crack-free in the location of the cross-head mounting screw! I got a late-edition (SIC coating) copy but it had the cracked A/M ring, and it cost me a pretty penny to purchase the replacement part and get it installed. Also, skip the recommended HK-7 hood as it is pretty much useless (falls off very easily and provides minimal shading). ...Show more →
A few years back i bought the very latest version 35mm 1.4 ais, then it developed grease in the blades - OK for rangefinder lenses but a killer for SLR lenses. Sent it to Nikon who, after $300, sent it back to me. It received little use for a couple of years and now it has grease again on the blades and these are getting stuck,. in the meantime my 50 year old 35mm 1.4 NAI with radioactive glass keep on working fine, guess Nikon forgot how to make them and how to fix them. I will attempt my own repair.
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