bs kite wrote:
Beautiful images. Beautiful valley/mountain. Where was the bee/goldenrod taken? Did not know there was Solidago in Europe. Just looked it up.
Robert
Hampshire, England. It seems to like our chalky soil. This variety reaches 5-6 feet.
It is a bee magnet in late summer.
Some really nice shots have been shared while I was out hiking.
Ray, I really like your tunnel shot in b/w. I think it is well balanced in the b/w scale. That Nikkor-O 35/2.0 seems really really good. It seems more sharp wide open than the ais-version..We were barbequing chistorra, spanish sausage. It is extremely jummy, but we put them there too long so it there was only coal left inside the aluminium foil...
Lucky we had some nice cheese and serrano ham with us
Lestor, really nice shots from India.
Ken B, very, very nice b/w shot. Love the comp.
Jay, I love the Highland Light. Looks otherworldly (is that even a word??)
Raul, beautiful b/w shot with the 105/2.5.
Samy, love your b/w street shots. The one from the forest is also really nice
Philippe, really cool shot through the window.
Joseph, I would´ve missed that place too. Nice shot!
Jeff, gorgeous beach shots!
Scott, nice 25-50 shots.
José, I have the Q.C-version and I really like it. Wonder how it stands up to the newer ais version? Great comparison of the 50 and 55´s.
Ram, really cool shots from India. I would love to go there with a backpack full of some serious camera gear
Peter, love the warning sign on the back of your bike
A couple more shots from our little trip I´ve processed. We were blessed with sun during our hike to the place where we was gonna set up camp. But around 10 in the evening it started rain really bad with lots of wind. Luckily I had set up my tarp and hammock really good for the night so I slept pretty good even though it was a little cold..
Zichar wrote:
Have been busy lately, barely keeping my nose above water
Brought the kid out for the last day of the Lights to Night festival where they blocked out the roads and projected images on a number of civic district buildings
Lots of stuff going on - carnival tents, buskers, art installations - but I had my hands full not losing sight of my kid
I am sometimes gripped by this fear he will wander into the crowd and just, well, disappear
Here's one of the old city hall, now the National Gallery
X-T20 with the 24/2 at 24mm with the speed booster
pburke wrote:
scenes from the woods where a goofy bike on clown tires was spotted. I happened to have my 105mm f/2.5 AI'd l
classic mounted on the D600.
Colin, Samy, Ray and Kristian, thanks for the kind comments.
Ray, it got down to 48 degrees that night. When I first moved from Chicago to Southern California I would have called that balmy and warm. Now, it's "freezing" and I dress like I'm going skiing. I've gotten really soft.
Laughable to say the less about some guys at the recent Micro 55/2.8 question thread: they are stating that the Micro 60/2.8 AF is "far superior" to the 55/2.8...
asiostygius wrote:
Laughable to say the less about some guys at the recent Micro 55/2.8 question thread: they are stating that the Micro 60/2.8 AF is "far superior" to the 55/2.8...
There are far better macro lenses. It all depends on your application and what is your working distance. I have read that 200mm f4 micro is hands down a great nikon macro lens.
Temple Series - This is the Temple Pond used for temple purposes from the Udupi Krishna Temple. Those days each temple was situated near a water body. The water is usually connected to ground water table.
Max Power wrote:
It is quite fitting that the temple pond is used for temple purposes.
Hehe. I realized what you did there. But there are ponds adjacent to temple where general public could take bath. I think this one is probably reserved for only priests.
Where I grew up, public could take bath and swim in the ponds and some temples have restrictions as they might use the pond water for cooking.
Max Power wrote: at wide turns. That's a helluva rig you got there. Never seen the white treads in that application before. It's like 1915 again, only wider.
they were out of white wall tires, so I got the white tread black walls ;D
Actually, these are supposed to be better in snow, resist sticking to snow. They call that "pure silica" compound, and then they charge extra for it
Drivers in town constantly roll their windows down and ask about the "big tires" and if that thing has a motor...
at wide turns. That's a helluva rig you got there. Never seen the white treads in that application before. It's like 1915 again, only wider. 
