I was waiting on getting my car serviced this morning and the waiting area had the morning news on. They were showing (I think) Walker Canyon and the place was overwhelmed with traffic to see the flowers. They described it as "Disney like traffic".
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George, I knew about Walker canyon and decided not to go there, but instead chose my solitary desert. The thing about Walker is the orance color of their poppies as opposed to the plain yellow of my own hillside and the Anza desert.
This year there was far more rain but it came from the pineapple express, from the west, two years ago it came from the South, wetting the desert much more.
I have an urge to click like for the photography, but I would seriously suffer living in a place like that, and seeing the building parked against that white condo a sense of claustrophobia reaches out to me, even here, behind the screen I use to view those photos.
From a photojournalistic view, very well done
serge07 wrote:
Hi, everyone:
Jay, amazing color pop on the Lantana.
Ronny, that is one awesome photograph. Wow!
Ken, great colorful photo with the pony
Took these around Lincoln Center with the S5 Pro & 28/2.8 AIs.
Approximately same framing of Porta Nuova archs.
Top, unknown artist painting from Museum of the Risorgimento showing barricades at 19 March 1848 waiting for the Austrians during the "5 days of Milan" revolutionary episode.
Bottom: February 2019 take.
Both taken with Z7 + FTZ + Nikkor-NC 35mm f/1.4F ai'd; ISO 1600 (top) or 64 (bottom), f/5.6 at 1/80s (top) or 1/320s (bottom).
At my old age one of the items still working is my hearing. Below is a iso 3200 105mm 4.0 capture of my ideal portable music setup:
iPhone, any model or actually any phone running QOBUZ streaming service, USB adapter, Jitterbug noise filter, Dragonfly Red Dac playing the music, and Sennheiser HD 650s which are being sold at a reasonable price new after being in production since 2003.
Some people mentioned using ZhongYi Lens Turbo II on Fujifilm bodies. I am only shooting 50mm (Nikon AIS or Zeiss). Can you share your experience? Are there any negative impacts using Lens Turbo II over regular adapter, such as IQ, color, rendering, etc?
jjcpa wrote:
Some people mentioned using ZhongYi Lens Turbo II on Fujifilm bodies. I am only shooting 50mm (Nikon AIS or Zeiss). Can you share your experience? Are there any negative impacts using Lens Turbo II over regular adapter, such as IQ, color, rendering, etc?
Thanks,
J
I’m using mine with a 50/1.4. I haven’t had a chance to shoot much, but once I do, I will share. It’s part of my $200 challenge. The entire camera package I’m using cost me $200 (well, $202). Fuji XE1 ($100), Lens Turbo (got it for $49.99), lens was $35, card was $15, strap was $2.
Here are a couple early shots with the $200 challenge. The entire camera package I’m using cost me $200 (well, $202). Fuji XE1 ($100), Lens Turbo ($49.99, eBay mismarked), 50/1.4 AI lens was $35, card was $15, strap was $2.
These shots are SOOC, all processing is done in-camera. I prefer the look of using an actual yellow filter, over using a b/w + y software filter. Still working out camera settings. If you click through, I have the full resolution images from the camera so you can judge edge sharpness (which seems pretty damn good). All shots are handheld...
OOT Colin, but I posted some pics that I took with Z 6 + 200-500 in DX mode in that thread. Long story short, DX mode is pretty good even if it is just 10~ mp. Incredibly low noise levels - the biggest difference I have seen in IQ between D7200 and Z 6.
kwoodard wrote:
I’m using mine with a 50/1.4. I haven’t had a chance to shoot much, but once I do, I will share. It’s part of my $200 challenge. The entire camera package I’m using cost me $200 (well, $202). Fuji XE1 ($100), Lens Turbo (got it for $49.99), lens was $35, card was $15, strap was $2.
In 2000, the Japan Women’s Club (JWC) donated 400 cherry trees to Amstelveen. Every tree has a name: 200 trees have a Japanese woman's name, 200 trees have a Dutch woman's name.
The weather forecast promised a sunny day, but as often they had it wrong.
the solitaire wrote:
I have an urge to click like for the photography, but I would seriously suffer living in a place like that, and seeing the building parked against that white condo a sense of claustrophobia reaches out to me, even here, behind the screen I use to view those photos.
From a photojournalistic view, very well done
Hi, Buddy:
I would not feel too bad about those folks. They can easily cross the avenue and have a decent 843 acre park for a playground. However, living in a dark shoe box is no fun and certainly not for everyone.
There has been a building boom going on in NYC the likes of which have been rarely seen. Developers will put up one of these skinny "pencil" towers anywhere and totally wreck the views and natural light of surrounding buildings. I have seen this on many occasions and it continues with no obvious end in sight.
Government officials and developers call this progress, I call it ugly. They sure get in the way of photos which is not a good thing, at least in my view.
