Who says wides can't be macro? I always thought the various 35/2 versions rendered well wide open at close distances personally. If I'm not careful the devil will make me do it again.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Thanks Ray, house is ready for retirement, I was going to retire in March 2026 after getting my yearly bonus, but to pay for the pool and other stuff I told my boss I would retire in August when I turn 75, he liked that and promptly gave me 8 people to supervise. They would let me work as long as I want, not sure if that is good or bad. The quandary is that I like my work, health is fine, feel very valued, the pay is good, pension goes up the more I delay retirement - but I feel one of these days my health may take a turn for the worse and I would have done nothing but work. Welcome any advice, private or public....Show more →
I'm not a retiree yet or to that age/point in career yet but thinking about my family and time with them... you only have one life to live. If you've reached a point that you can spend more time with them, especially while you have your health, you should do it. Once the body fails, everything else gets harder. My dad always had big plans for retirement and the reality is his back ended up hurt and ended up with a string of injuries that have rendered him unable to do most of the things he and my mom wanted to do in retirement. He's not fading into obscurity (growing up and surviving as a farmer through a decade plus of drought and poverty makes one of tougher stuff) but definitely just not getting to live the life he wants and that takes its own kind of toll.
Enjoy your family, enjoy the cars, the home, your friends, your manual focus Nikon glass. You've earned it. Be a consultant if you can/want to; just remember you can't take any of things with you, but there is a legacy, memories, and shared experiences that we leave behind with those we love and that is what is carried forward.
Love to see the hummers. Our summer has been so cool AND wet this year, probably the coolest of my life, that my daughter's zinnias never died this summer and are still blooming. We have hundreds of visits per day from both the ruby throated hummingbirds and various butterflies, primarily swallowtails. I wish it could be this way every year. We've actually kept fireflies all the way through summer out here in the prairie area of Central Texas, and that has never happened in my entire life.
This is beautiful processing and reminds me of what it feels like to be in a river valley/forest floor with the light filtering softly amongst the leaves.
I created a new color infrared camera profile that I used on that last IR photo. Here it is on another 665nm converted Canon 5D mark II with the Nikkor 20mm f2.8 ais lens. Stream is entering from the right into a land locked parallel to the river bayou. A deeper pond is in the distance, and the ground had dried enough for foliage to begin growing like carpeting.
SiMuMe wrote:
Great positioning of the hand/clock on that first one, Serge. Did you perhaps decide to pay another visit to the US Open this year, after skipping last?
Thanks, Siphiwe.
Last year available ticket prices were above my threshold of pain so passed.
I try to attend every year plus my brother (huge tennis fan) was visiting, had to get tickets.
It is unusual for a No. 3 ranked player and 2023 US Open Champion to compete on a small side court. The stars of the game normally play at either of the three much larger capacity stadiums.
James Markus wrote:
I created a new color infrared camera profile that I used on that last IR photo. Here it is on another 665nm converted Canon 5D mark II with the Nikkor 20mm f2.8 ais lens. Stream is entering from the right into a land locked parallel to the river bayou. A deeper pond is in the distance, and the ground had dried enough for foliage to begin growing like carpeting.
Jim, I think you are really on to something here! This looks like wall art ready!
huddy wrote:
Who says wides can't be macro? I always thought the various 35/2 versions rendered well wide open at close distances personally. If I'm not careful the devil will make me do it again.
I agree. I need to place a short tube again on a wide to experiment more. Which reminds me that I've had K tubes in my ebay search list for a long time and have never done anything with it. Hmmm.
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James Markus wrote:
I created a new color infrared camera profile that I used on that last IR photo. Here it is on another 665nm converted Canon 5D mark II with the Nikkor 20mm f2.8 ais lens. Stream is entering from the right into a land locked parallel to the river bayou. A deeper pond is in the distance, and the ground had dried enough for foliage to begin growing like carpeting.
Jim, I've never been a fan of false color IR, but your eye for composition and light continue even here.
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leighton w wrote:
On the way to the market this morning with the 50-135mm.
Those are the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background.
Red dawn alert! Beautiful Leighton.
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serge07 wrote:
James, excellent photo and processing.
Matt, great shot of cool looking gear.
It is unusual for a No. 3 ranked player and 2023 US Open Champion to compete on a small side court. The stars of the game normally play at either of the three much larger capacity stadiums.
Nice action shots Serge. I'm surprised that visitors are allowed cameras in the arena. Seems like they are always banned anymore, with the vague definition of professional cameras (which at some point in time my 1" compacts have been accused of being).
serge07 wrote:
James, excellent photo and processing.
Matt, great shot of cool looking gear.
It is unusual for a No. 3 ranked player and 2023 US Open Champion to compete on a small side court. The stars of the game normally play at either of the three much larger capacity stadiums.
Put the 500 f8 mirror on the Z5 today for fun. Pretty windy and all my images were handheld. Came across a planting of California poppies and took a few shots at minimum focusing distance - only a couple were satisfactory. This was the best of the bunch. 1/800 f8 ISO 500. While the image is very soft due to the extremely shallow DOF and a bit of fringing I quite like the result. (Not one for club though!)
I've been absent from here for quite a while, although I have been dropping in regularly to enjoy the photo posts and apply the Like button. Seeing Leighton's August 22 post yesterday, I figured I should come by to wish the thread a belated happy anniversary!
My guitar playing hobby has been taking more of my time than photography, but I have been getting out with my camera a few times over the summer. In early July, for example, I visited the annual truck show near Duncan, BC. I shot the photos below there with my IR-converted Fuji X-T2 and the 24 f/2.8 NC.
Anyone shopping for a Zf? I am going to let it go. It’s the kit that comes with the 40/2 SE and I have the 28/2.8 SE in box as well (I took it out of the box and put it back). My nerve damage is in my hands and its ergonomics just don’t work for me. I have multiple grips for it and I think a memory card I can include. Let me know.
Another with the 500 f8 mirror - this through the kitchen window at about 30 feet . Poor light this morning so 1/500 at ISO 6400 Knysna Turaco who visits every day and calls for some banana to be cut up
