Thank you George, still short of time but trying to make time, enjoying photos posted here as well, knowing the personalities behind them adds to the fun.
This duck came to sleep on my deck, it was really dark so I ended setting the live view to video by accident and took this picture with the 800mm 5.6 with unknown settings.
Jay, you've been doing some great stuff with that PC-Nikkor 35 f/2.8 lately, though it appears that whoever created the subject of "Michael Jackson's Laundry?" was expressing a not-so-subtle non-verbal message .
Rafael, I'm happy to see a return of your excellent images from what I assume is a new season of Cruisin' Grand.
Kristian, your recent flower photos with the 80-200 f/4 are very easy on the eyes.
Due to a combination of poor weather for a couple of weekends, and a rather severe cold this week, I haven't gotten out with my camera much, but here are a couple more photos from Nanoose Bay, a bit inland from the beach. Both were taken with the 85 f/1.8 HC with a focal reducer on my Fuji X-T2.
So I took about 90 shots in the garden just for fun, but couldīnt keep many of them, I kept about 3 or 4. I shot all handheld and it was a bit windy so it was hard getting sharp images. But here are a couple of that got acceptable.
First one shot at f/5.6 200mm as close as possible. Leaf by Kristian Hagelin, on Flickr
rafaelcasd wrote:
Thank you George, still short of time but trying to make time, enjoying photos posted here as well, knowing the personalities behind them adds to the fun.
You really outdid yourself again with that truck portrait Rafael. Outstanding! The rendering of the 55mm and the rusty truck go perfectly well together, and that with the awesome light you have over there makes it just perfect.
The 55mm is nice for such portrait shots as well. Nice expression. I am not entirely sure, but that python looks a lot like the Boa Constrictor Kristina used to own. I am by no means an expert on snakes though
Every year the petrolheads gather in Knysna for the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb which takes place up the hill next to our estate. Not being one , I walked to our gate and took a couple of random shots with the 80-200 f4. On Friday they run the hillclimb for veteran cars and by chance this was in the background to the car I was trying to shoot. When blown up to 100 % I was intrigued by the badge and the name so googled it.
This is what I found -
David Beams Ginetta G15 in which he became Production Sports Car Champion.
David Beams was outright winner of the Certina Swiss Watches Production Sports Car Championship in 1977 in the Ginetta G15 which was sponsored by Wheels of Acton.
I think Peter Burke would have been in his element. Today is the final with competitors from South Africa and abroad going for the championship.
So I took about 90 shots in the garden just for fun, but couldīnt keep many of them, I kept about 3 or 4. I shot all handheld and it was a bit windy so it was hard getting sharp images. But here are a couple of that got acceptable.
I see you went with the HN-23 hood, just as I did.
With tubes, keeping the whole construction steady is difficult because of the sheer size, but with just a 36mm tube or 52mm like the PN-11 it's still doable. Excellent close up shots of the garden. Looking forward to see more, and now I really wantto take my 80-200 f4 outdoors again
The Nikon MS is from late 1950, essentially a Nikon M, with added flash sync. At this point Nikon was still looking to distinguish itself by going with a non-Leica 34X24mm frame. The frame size persisted until the significantly redesigned Nikon S2 showed up a couple years later, which fell in line with the 36X24 frames that Leica had standardized.
Leighton, good morning! He just stood up and started dancing, I don't know what happened to him subsequently. I only stopped long enough to take a couple of pics
I know that Velvia blue in the water is my favorite. Caveat though with this film is one has to get the exposure just right, i am only posting those ones
saph wrote:
Leighton, good morning! He just stood up and started dancing, I don't know what happened to him subsequently. I only stopped long enough to take a couple of pics
I know that Velvia blue in the water is my favorite. Caveat though with this film is one has to get the exposure just right, i am only posting those ones
I agree about the blues. But sometimes it can be a tad too much in the greens during the lush times of Spring. If this was shot in the Summer, it would have balanced out quite well.
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