The car at the top is historical and worth mucho dinero, but the car at the bottom is a LOT prettier and has a 572 Cubic inch - 9,400CC, 620 HP motor, I'll take that. It is a chevy factory engine in that Ford.
The last night of Cruising Grand street in the Hidden Valley town- Escondido. They bring out top fuel dragsters for noise and illumination.
IF you really want to go fast, you do not need a Ferrari stinking of petroleum, a nice Vodka smelling nitromethane old Ford model T from 1924 will do, just make sure there are no curves.
Running the engine, they do not race them here, no room, just make noise and flames. people love it, loud as a machine gun. The blue-white flame is residual hydrogen. Photo does not do justice as it captures one cylinder blast during the exposure time, not all eight in rapid succession with all that noise, they give away free ear plugs.
Peter O – looking forward to more 7K1 pictures. Are you not heading to Europe soon? The common poppy shot was wonderful. A reminder that the southern hemishpere is moving toward summer.
Colin
Thanks Colin - getting towards my D7100 Ph.D! Fortunately I have the intrernet - reading the manual would take forever.
The camera is fun and I've just insured it and will be taking it with me.
We fly from Cape Town on Wednesday evening for Geneva via Istanbul. We're visiting Ingrid's daughter who has closed her restaurant in Les Houches for the autumn break. We'll be joined by my daughter and grandchildren from the UK for the weekend before moving on to various agriturismi in northern Italy. After a fortnight we have a stopover in Istanbul and then back home.
Still deciding on lenses - probably the old faithful 28 2.8 plus an AF zoom.
Looking forward to the trip - just a pity we won't be able to go to Lyons to meet Phillippe! Next time!
I misread a map, took a wrong turn and added 4 miles onto the walk. No big deal but this avenue surprised me since a lot of the trees lining it were very mature Eucalyptus trees. Unusual to see so many.
Peter, I've been meaning to ask you. You've spent a lot of time on the trail... Have you ever had anything scary/creepy happen to you up there?
Bears?
Weirdos?
Skin walkers?
pburke wrote:
f/16.0 30s ISO 6400 on D810, sitting on the ground.
rafaelcasd wrote:
You also reach the 100 Mile speed in one second at 4G.
That's insane, I didn't think there would be enough grip to get that kind of acceleration; obviously I'm incorrect. Keep those earplugs on!
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I misread a map, took a wrong turn and added 4 miles onto the walk. No big deal but this avenue surprised me since a lot of the trees lining it were very mature Eucalyptus trees. Unusual to see so many.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Hi Folks,
Ray – nice to see some else partakes in a lunchtime camera session! Good for the soul. It helps me destress.
Peter O – looking forward to more 7K1 pictures. Are you not heading to Europe soon? The common poppy shot was wonderful. A reminder that the southern hemishpere is moving toward summer.
Serge – Terrific shot of the ‘mating’ bugs
Peter B – I am always inspired by your mountain adventures, pictures and documentary.
Philippe - Candid master…….
Samy – It amazes me that you have the patience to work with film. Color and B&W. Kudos for that.
Dave in CO – Great lakeside capture. How is fall shaping up?
Mihai – OK, I sense you gravitate toward striking images of blonde women smoking? Super captures. I have never though about taking candids across dinner tables. I might try that when the we meet up with my kids in London next weekend to celebrate my son’s birthday over an early dinner.
Raphael – gorgeous rendering of the Corvette in beautiful SoCal light
Glen – nice sunstar with the 16/3.5
Steve – wonderful detail in the damsel fly’s wings.
Jay – usual masterful landscape with the 24 PC
Kristian – your woodland shots enticed me to get out into the countryside today. The chores can wait until tomorrow.
George – a man of many talents. Reminds me I need to set aside time to attempt a CLA on one of my lenses. I have all the kit. Time is the problem.
Laura – great vintage plane series.
Scott – I had a bad day in the office the day you posted your beach shot. I just wanted to be there…….the beach – not the office!
Chris – how was your recent holiday? Did you take any MF lenses with you?
Curtis – where are the pictures of the birthday boy’s day out?
Apologies if I missed anyone.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Hi Folks,
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Chris – how was your recent holiday? Did you take any MF lenses with you?
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Colin
It was a great trip, still busy processing images ("only" 3000 )
The World Nomad Games was something very special.
The scenery in Kyrgyzstan was amazing and the silk road cities in Uzbekistan were beautiful.
The 3,5 weeks passed by very quickly.
The only MF-lens I took with me was only the 24/3.5 TS, but I didn't used it much (too much of an hassle for me).
I'll post a few in the AF-thread
pbraymond wrote:
That's insane, I didn't think there would be enough grip to get that kind of acceleration; obviously I'm incorrect. Keep those earplugs on!
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That second IR pic really stands out!
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Colin, these were older show cars, current top fuel dragsters generate 10,000 HP nd 7,500 lbs/foot torque.. Engines do not last long at these levels. Weight is 2250 lbs. Runs are 300m in a little over 3 seconds and 300mph.
The airfoil alone generates up to 10,000 pounds of down force. Crazy stuff.
Zichar wrote:
Peter, I've been meaning to ask you. You've spent a lot of time on the trail... Have you ever had anything scary/creepy happen to you up there?
Bears?
Weirdos?
Skin walkers?
Bears yes, but not really creepy. Maybe back in the days before bear canisters when they would go for your food. Now they ignore me and are actually scared whenever I see them
Weirdos - maybe a few rednecks here and there, big knifes, guns, camp gear trying to be cool doing a bonfire in a no-fire zone. You don't confront those guys, just take a photo from the hip and hope you find a ranger, although rangers never patrol off major trails.
Skin walkers - who nows. Maybe I've seen a few?
Rattle snakes are about the most dangerous thing up there when it comes to living things. I've seen them above 9500 feet recently. Dry hot south side exposure is where they like to roam.
Allegedly there are mountain lions up there, too, but I have never seen one.
The most dangerous thing up there are deep water crossings in wet years (several deaths last year and not just dumb tourists in Yosemite going over the falls, those guys are Darwin's easy pickings). Deep water crossing danger is followed by lightning in places with little natural protection. If you're up high on a pass and it rolls in, you sometimes just have to hunker down where you are and hope it's not your day to get fried. That stuff creeps me out totally. Nothing like a massive storm with inches of hails while you are 100 feet from a pass with more or less no protection other than the law of large numbers.
This year, I had some storms, but nothing close. Last year I woke up on top of a ridge at 3am to thunder less than 2 miles away, but it never got closer. We were ready to pack up and run down the crest to sit somewhere safer. Didn't sleep well that night.
pburke wrote:
Bears yes, but not really creepy. Maybe back in the days before bear canisters when they would go for your food. Now they ignore me and are actually scared whenever I see them
Weirdos - maybe a few rednecks here and there, big knifes, guns, camp gear trying to be cool doing a bonfire in a no-fire zone. You don't confront those guys, just take a photo from the hip and hope you find a ranger, although rangers never patrol off major trails.
Skin walkers - who nows. Maybe I've seen a few?
Rattle snakes are about the most dangerous thing up there when it comes to living things. I've seen them above 9500 feet recently. Dry hot south side exposure is where they like to roam.
Allegedly there are mountain lions up there, too, but I have never seen one.
The most dangerous thing up there are deep water crossings in wet years (several deaths last year and not just dumb tourists in Yosemite going over the falls, those guys are Darwin's easy pickings). Deep water crossing danger is followed by lightning in places with little natural protection. If you're up high on a pass and it rolls in, you sometimes just have to hunker down where you are and hope it's not your day to get fried. That stuff creeps me out totally. Nothing like a massive storm with inches of hails while you are 100 feet from a pass with more or less no protection other than the law of large numbers.
This year, I had some storms, but nothing close. Last year I woke up on top of a ridge at 3am to thunder less than 2 miles away, but it never got closer. We were ready to pack up and run down the crest to sit somewhere safer. Didn't sleep well that night.
Kristian,
No wonder they left - long walk from the front door to the outhouse! May have been very tough in the winter time.......
In Montana we can appreciate the difficulty of that!
:-)
Love your shots,
Great pictures last few pages! Unfortunately, for a few days now, I am unable to use the „like” button... When I press it does not happen anything. If I press any other button like "profile" or "PM", it works flawlessly. It is anyone else experiencing something like that?
To break the tradition I share three images I took this past Sunday in our Church, at a child dedication. It was a nice service, the child belonging to our pastor, a really wonderful young guy. The pastor who officiated the dedication was his father, who's pastoring a Church in Transylvania, some 400 miles away.
All images were with D750 + The king Nocton 58/1.2 - The first is at f2 and the other two wide open.
Thanks Eike! Love your work with that 50/2. A lens I always wanted to own but never found one in a proper condition at a corect price.
BTW, I was able to like your post... so it was necessary to complain in order to have a solution.
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