DeltaSigma wrote:
Wow - remove those clouds and it would look like a lunar landscape
Ha, yeah. The low camera angle means you can't see the big lake right below the cliff on the right. There's also that tiny spot of snow in the distance. There's very little biomass up there at 12,000 feet, and it's rather dry in Sequoia National Park, so this spot right on some polished granite where the last glacier dropped down to the next valley is rather barren.
A couple with the Fuji X-E1 and Nikkor-O 35/2. I am not sure how well regarded this lens is but methinks it has great color saturation. It doen't hurt that it also happens to be a beautiful lens.
Thanks all for the likes and comments.
Taking photos on the side.
A Hog and as usual, very well kept.
Raleigh 10 speed in need of TLC. Came close to taking it home for a CLA.
6 frames with the 16mm f/3.5 AI stitched in Photoshop. I gave up on PTGui. Stupid program told me after a full hour of setting anchor points that there weren't enough. I had at least 30 on each frame linking with the next. Anyway, in Photoshop this wasn't perfect either, but after a few tries, the best result was achieved with setting the lens data to 16mm f/2.8 Nikkor, and applying full correction, rotating images to being fully leveled and then stitching it with the geometric distortion correction box checked.
Result is a 1330 degree view from the highest point in the lower 48 as the sun is about too drop behind the Great Western Divide. 7 of us up there for the night, people all the way from Montreal, Paris, Wisconsin, and California recharging in a very special place.
It was 30 summers ago when I first spent a night up there (with a Nikkormat EL back then)
Ray asked a few pages ago the film shots I post - I normally don't do anything to the scans, or at the most I may do the shadows tweak or lift contrast slightly in photoshop depending on how lab processing came back. I definitely don't touch colors since some of the films are pretty distinctive. Here's one, as is, at Great Falls, Maryland. The water is more intense than normal, this is a few days after the rains from the remnants of the hurricane/storm in the Carolinas went by in the region.
Nikon N8008, 35 2.8 PC-Nikkor AIS version and Rollei RPX 25 film.
The N8008 on the tripod, while I was taking one of these pics, was what someone walking by mistook for a mirrorless. I guess until I get a Z I will haul this camera around and pretend I am with the times.
pburke wrote:
6 frames with the 16mm f/3.5 AI stitched in Photoshop. I gave up on PTGui. Stupid program told me after a full hour of setting anchor points that there weren't enough. I had at least 30 on each frame linking with the next. Anyway, in Photoshop this wasn't perfect either, but after a few tries, the best result was achieved with setting the lens data to 16mm f/2.8 Nikkor, and applying full correction, rotating images to being fully leveled and then stitching it with the geometric distortion correction box checked.
Result is a 1330 degree view from the highest point in the lower 48 as the sun is about too drop behind the Great Western Divide. 7 of us up there for the night, people all the way from Montreal, Paris, Wisconsin, and California recharging in a very special place.
It was 30 summers ago when I first spent a night up there (with a Nikkormat EL back then)
I am packing my pack right now for a quick trip to the NC mountains tomorrow. Summer does not want to leave here. Going to be in the 80s again and the humidity is coming back. But beats work
Taking the D850 and 3 lenses. 16mm/3.5, 45mm/2.8P and 105mm/2.5. May throw in the 55mm/3.5 macro in the event my son wants to go "herping" in the creeks looking for salamanders. It took me an hour to find the 45mmP "body cap" today. That thing is so small. Was lost behind a divider section of one of my packs. Just going to start leaving that thing attached to the body
Another scene from Great Falls. The Potomoc river branches out to create another view of the falls in this spot. N8008 and 35 2.8 PC AIS lens, Rollei RPX 25.
Another scene from Great Falls. The Potomoc river branches out to create another view of the falls in this spot. N8008 and 35 2.8 PC AIS lens, Rollei RPX 25.
Once again this year is dealing me a blow, although this one I expected to happen in the near future. I have a last vet appointment this afternoon for my dear sweet Taz, who always preferred sleeping on my husband. I haven't seen her eat anything in the last few days, but she had been drinking water. Yesterday, she wasn't even drinking from the water dish. Today I gave her some from an eye dropper, but still not getting to the bowl on her own. Gave her some half and half and she lapped at it a little bit. She's almost 18, my chest hurts, but from my heart breaking, not a heart attack. When she's gone, this will be the first time since 1987 that I've not had at least one black cat in my house.
Yeah. Thats a good idea!
