saph wrote:
Mark, let me know which of Duncan book(s) you end up getting. They are indeed very inexpensive, somehow his work doesn't seem to be all that well known surprisingly.
Photo Nomad, This is war and My 20th Century are the ones I ordered. I will report back after I review them!
I do know the This is War version I got is the lower resolution photos, so anyone willing to spend a bit more then get the 1956 original version.
Phillippe, the images of Roussillon are gorgeous and brought memories of a wonderful couple of weeks Ingrid and I spent in Provence 15 years ago. We based ourselves in a gite in Bonnieux and explored madly. We loved Gordes as well for the magnificent stone houses so different from the ochre of nearby Roussillon. Thanks for sharing.
Oosty wrote:
Thanks for the "likes" and kind comments.
Phillippe, the images of Roussillon are gorgeous and brought memories of a wonderful couple of weeks Ingrid and I spent in Provence 15 years ago. We based ourselves in a gite in Bonnieux and explored madly. We loved Gordes as well for the magnificent stone houses so different from the ochre of nearby Roussillon. Thanks for sharing.
thanks Peter, 15 yrs ago ? It is time now to come back to visit the area again.
Yes Bonnieux and Gordes are wonderful but a bit excessively tourist-oriented for my taste.
My favourite village is Ménerbes: especially as an important housing rehabilitation work has been done in recent years.
Todd wrote:
I picked up a gem today! Looks brand new, no dust or flaws in the optics, focus ring is smooth. So far it performs well on my new Nikon D850. What do you guys think of this lens? I’m sure many of you have one....
Congratulations Todd, looks like a real dandy acquisition not to mention it being a awesome lens! Looking forward to your captures with the new glass!
I tried my luck with the Nikkor-S 55mm f/1.2 in the dark last week. Not the crispest work I've ever produced After some deep zooming into the frame, this has been identified as the #4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, GTLM class, driven by one of these three: Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner, Marcel Fassler
Lieutenant Z wrote:
Good to hear from you, Luka, we miss you.
Philippe,
Thank you for the kind word. I have not been carrying my D700 every day to work due to other weight in my bag and increased travel time, etc, which greatly reduced the elligible postable shots for this thread. Hopefully, I get some decent shots soon. Also this thread is like a train that goes very fast, once you tumble out, hard to jump back in ( blah blah blah excuese ) Great to see everyone's work, and I need to catch up about 350 pages, ha ha.
Visited the WW1 Memorial today in Kansas City, quite a cool place, here are just a few to get started, more as time permits this week to process them.
The bag carried the 15 F3.5, 16 F2.8, 35 F1.4, the NOCT, and the 85 HC today shooting on the DF.
These city views are from the top of the memorial tower. The really wide one shows both Kansas City Mo, and Kansas City KS, off to the left in the background and was a stich made with the 85 HC.
AM4L wrote:
Visited the WW1 Memorial today in Kansas City, quite a cool place, here are just a few to get started, more as time permits this week to process them.
The bag carried the 15 F3.5, 16 F2.8, 35 F1.4, the NOCT, and the 85 HC today shooting on the DF.
These city views are from the top of the memorial tower. The really wide one shows both Kansas City Mo, and Kansas City KS, off to the left in the background and was a stich made with the 85 HC.
Thanks as always for looking!
MarkA
I needed to use Google Maps to get a bearing on your photos since I didn't understand why you were referencing MO and KS. Today's geography lesson taught me that that Kansas City straddles two states.
AM4L wrote:
Visited the WW1 Memorial today in Kansas City, quite a cool place, here are just a few to get started, more as time permits this week to process them.
The bag carried the 15 F3.5, 16 F2.8, 35 F1.4, the NOCT, and the 85 HC today shooting on the DF.
These city views are from the top of the memorial tower. The really wide one shows both Kansas City Mo, and Kansas City KS, off to the left in the background and was a stich made with the 85 HC.
Thanks as always for looking!
MarkA
Mark, interesting pics from the WW1 memorial, keep 'em coming - I think the tank on the last shot is a french Renault FT-17.
Continuing on with the WW1 museum I will share some of the ones I thought turned out decent. Please keep in mind many times I was shooting through glass with high glare. Next time back I will take my CP filter and see if it helps take the glare off.
I spent 5 hours there and could easily spend 5 more, I highly recommend it for anyone with interest in WW1.
The NOCT makes a great museum lens, really all the lenses I carried did really well. The 15 has the glare and ghosting issues at times and one has to be careful to shield it from side light. The flip side is its faster than the 5.6 and thus nice for these sorts of shots. The 15, 35, and NOCT were used most.
Last but least, I don’t condone war and the subjects in these pictures are simply the museums. I confess I learnt quite a bit about WW1 at the museum, which was very fact based and focused on the major players and their motivations. Was a eye opener for me to say the least!
I hope you all enjoy and I do plan on getting a nice WW1 photo book, I ordered it today and am looking forward to it!
Perhaps some of my international friends here can add comments about those with French and German he link to the museums website.
Thinking about it, there are way too many to post here, so here is the link to the gallery, I hope you enjoy!
https://nikkorglass.com/lightroom/WW1Museum/index.html# Clicking on the first Inge will put you in slideshow mode and you can click through all 159 quickly. Only page one is visible with the link initially, the 4 arrows in the top right corner will load the grid for them all if you prefer.
Question for folks on this forum, if you can PM me with your response I would greatly appreciate it on which Fuji X you prefer the XPro2 or XT-20 and if your happy using it with your Nikon Lenses. Either way I would likely go with the speed booster for the Full Frame conversion on the Nikkors.
Bruni, also curious about your Leica setup if you have a few minutes to spare me in a PM. Pros cons of using only Nikkors on it.
Mark, I remember that WWI memorial & museum from a visit 60 years ago when I was 8 years old. At that age I didn't know enough history to put it in context, but it made a profound and somewhat scary impression on my young mind.
Hi all!
Hope everyone is ok even though wildfires and huricanes and what not...
Myself have had the flu in almost two weeks. I did get an assignment from a musician friend. He wanted me to shoot a few portraits on him and another guy for an LP-cover, plus some concert shots. Still going through a lot of that material and perhaps I can share some here later.
Seems as the thread have been moving very slowly lately. I have a few to share from today. I did manage to get outside of the apartment to the car and down to sea for some fresh air fo the first time this week...
Here´s a few shots from today, all with the 35mm f/2.0 ais.
bobbelbob wrote:
Hi all!
Hope everyone is ok even though wildfires and huricanes and what not...
Myself have had the flu in almost two weeks. I did get an assignment from a musician friend. He wanted me to shoot a few portraits on him and another guy for an LP-cover, plus some concert shots. Still going through a lot of that material and perhaps I can share some here later.
Seems as the thread have been moving very slowly lately. I have a few to share from today. I did manage to get outside of the apartment to the car and down to sea for some fresh air fo the first time this week...
Here´s a few shots from today, all with the 35mm f/2.0 ais.
Yes, the thread has been slow recently.
Initially I thought pictures 2 and 3 were one picture so the aspect confused me a bit - must have been the glass of wine I consumed whilst waiting for dinner to cook.... or I need to get a better monitor.
After some deep zooming into the frame, this has been identified as the #4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, GTLM class, driven by one of these three: Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner, Marcel Fassler
