I'm going to make a car alert. Without the opportunities available to Rafael I have to plan ahead when an event comes along that allows ME to take photos of cars... something I love to do because I love cars. Yes, I'm driving an old man's car now, a Toyota Camry, but I did opt for the XLE package that includes leather seats, a JBL sound system, navigation and a V-6 engine. It is really a pleasure to drive as the first car I've owned in forty years that has an automatic transmission.
So next Saturday in downtown San Rafael they're holding May Madness... a car show. Here's a link to the announcement.
CGrindahl wrote:
Yes, it boggles my mind... especially so since you and I who've been never shy about speaking our minds on the thread have been for various reasons not actively participating. I've always said that despite the fact I started the thread it really belongs to everyone who shows up and our absence has definitely proved that to be true. Samy has done yeoman service keeping this thread moving, aided by both some regulars who've been around awhile and some newcomers.
I know Reagan and Ken lament the decision to include other cameras mounting these lenses and other cameras have definitely affected how people shoot, but we seem to have survived. If we hadn't opened that option we would likely have lost even more fans of the thread. Of course, even that concession has not kept Philippe or Ben around... so it remains the province of a relatively small but obviously devoted cohort who just keep playing with these sweet lenses.
Nine years if we make it to August 22... and I'm pretty confident we will. I expect THIS year I'll actually remember the anniversary and show up to celebrate...
Glad you're finding a way to make your life work Leighton. If I've learned anything along the way it is that change is inevitable, no matter how much we resist it. So learning to roll with the punches is definitely a wise thing to do.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
I would, but the city will place an ugly yellow 2'x3' lawn ornament, then charge $300-400 to mow... I should be able to get 2-3 weeks before I have to get back out there again.
The city has a say in when you mow your lawn?
The previous owner of our new house would be in big trouble then. Just snapped some pictures of our new home using the 20mm f3,5 Nikkor-UD
The front lawn at least got a bit of TLC, but this will be a lot of work to put straight, and will require a chainsaw and some even heavier equipment before I'm anywhere near satisfied
Which means, this stuff will have to wait. It has been waiting some 15 000 years already, so I guess a few additional weeks or months won't hurt. Picked up some materials to use for another knife handle. Mammoth tusk and bone, set in acrylic, and some bog Oak. All from the same area in Syberia. I'll just have to add a Syberian Yakut blade to keep in line with the heritage of the materials
CGrindahl wrote:
Spoken like a person who is trained as a nurse who is, therefore, capable of reading diagnostic reports and making sense out it all...
Appreciate the clarification and very happy for you that there was nothing horribly frightening in it all. Stay healthy... and about that diverticulitis... you might want to read what doctors recommending a vegan diet have to say about that particular ailment... like John McDougall...
Shortly after he earning his M.D. Dr. McDougall met a doctor who practiced for twenty years in Uganda who joked that they have small hospital because they have big, healthy bowel movements while in North America has small, hard bowel movements and BIG hospitals... this man... Dr. Denis Burkitt who is a big fan of a whole food plant based diet.
Just adding a word to this from personal experience, and with absolutely no knowledge of medicine, exceeding knowing when to use a band-aid and when to take an aspirin. I have however seen the effect a purely vegan diet has on Kristina, who suffers from Neurodermitis ever since her birth. Doctors tried various approaches, and medications, without much success, but when Kristina started a purely vegan diet, the symptoms nearly completely disappeared. Not entirely, but to such a point where she no longer had to wear gloves and bandages to cover the open wounds the Neurodermitis caused.
Recently, and in part due to stress caused by the nuisances bestowed upon us by our landlord, Kristina infrequently but occasionally took to eating some food items not in compliance with that strict diet of hers (she needs to exclude wheat and sugar as well some other ingredients because she is allergic to those) and moved away from the vegan diet, and the problems with Neurodermitis got worse.
Of course this is, in part, to be led back to the stress experienced by the mentioned harassments, but we expect the skin problems to reduce strongly once she can get back to her previous diet again.
What we eat has a very substantial impact on how healthy we are and remain
Ballard wrote:
By this morning the spiders had moved from the vicinity of the leaf where they hatched. There was a whole new network of filaments between various leaves, and the spiderlings had aggregated into a ball suspended in air by the filaments.
I wish Buddy would show up with his knowledge of spiders. He might be able to identify the species. I'm assuming that they are some common garden spider and not hazardous for humans. I have seen black widows here twice, once on the foundation of my house and once in the basement. Even so, they're not common in this part of Oregon.
These little spiders have been hatching all over the globe by the looks of it. Araneus diadematus, the European garden spider or Crowned orb weaver. It is found all over the globe. As with most spiders, the parents mate, and the female builds a cocoon containing several hundred eggs. They are not hazardous to humans at all. Even adult, their tiny teeth have great difficulty penetrating human skin, and their poison is harmless to humans.
The life span of these spiders is about 12 months, so it is unlikely to see any of those little yellow spiderlings next spring.
CGrindahl wrote:
I'm going to make a car alert. Without the opportunities available to Rafael I have to plan ahead when an event comes along that allows ME to take photos of cars... something I love to do because I love cars. Yes, I'm driving an old man's car now, a Toyota Camry, but I did opt for the XLE package that includes leather seats, a JBL sound system, navigation and a V-6 engine. It is really a pleasure to drive as the first car I've owned in forty years that has an automatic transmission.
So next Saturday in downtown San Rafael they're holding May Madness... a car show. Here's a link to the announcement.
So next weekend I'll have car photos to share. So, a 28 f/2 AI-s perhaps, the 55 f/1.2 S.C. AI for sure and something at 105. Let the fun begin! ...Show more →
Well I guess we trust you Curtis but just in case leave the checkbook at home. I can see you in a “rat rod!”
the solitaire wrote:
These little spiders have been hatching all over the globe by the looks of it. Araneus diadematus, the European garden spider or Crowned orb weaver. It is found all over the globe. As with most spiders, the parents mate, and the female builds a cocoon containing several hundred eggs. They are not hazardous to humans at all. Even adult, their tiny teeth have great difficulty penetrating human skin, and their poison is harmless to humans.
The life span of these spiders is about 12 months, so it is unlikely to see any of those little yellow spiderlings next spring.
Thanks for the info, Buddy. As I anticipated, you were the one who could identify them. I know what the adult orb weavers look like. They are all over the yard in mid to late summer. I'm glad to know that even the adults are harmless though they can look menacing. These little spiderlings are rather cute.
Sitting around on a rainy Sunday afternoon and trying different things in ON1. I have been creating some custom profiles and taking advantage of the layers feature in ON1. I was trying to find a unique profile to use with the Nikkor LTM 5cm f/2 lens. When shot wide open it has a distinct rendering that I really like under certain light. Can't put my finger on it, not quite a veiling flare but almost a halo character.
Anyway, I thought I would post something a little different from my usual. Not quite black and white, but not full color either
This was also from yesterdays shooting, but at and around the old train depot. Like I said yesterday, I am definitely going back there for an afternoon of shooting.
Yes Buddy, it's in the city code. If I didn't mow, they'd charge to mow the lawn, plus administrative fees, which run somewhere between $300-$400 last I looked. There's a property here in town where the owner died in 2008. The house was torn down due to structural concerns in 2012. They are still charging to mow the lawn after they place the signs. Currently in arrears to the tune of $54,094.82, including the $15,440.61 fee to tear down the house.
the solitaire wrote:
The city has a say in when you mow your lawn?
The previous owner of our new house would be in big trouble then. Just snapped some pictures of our new home using the 20mm f3,5 Nikkor-UD
The front lawn at least got a bit of TLC, but this will be a lot of work to put straight, and will require a chainsaw and some even heavier equipment before I'm anywhere near satisfied
Which means, this stuff will have to wait. It has been waiting some 15 000 years already, so I guess a few additional weeks or months won't hurt. Picked up some materials to use for another knife handle. Mammoth tusk and bone, set in acrylic, and some bog Oak. All from the same area in Syberia. I'll just have to add a Syberian Yakut blade to keep in line with the heritage of the materials ...Show more →
There is no way I can match the exposure and processing mastery of Ronny or George, but compelled as I am to play with lenses, photograph, process and post, here with the 7.5mm is ground-cover galore!
This lens is nowhere near as sharp as my 8mm 2.8 or as resistant to flare, and it cannot be focused at all BUT it is small, easy to handle, set at f/16 and use the screen on the Z6 and shoot away. Add a little sharpening at the end to compensate for the aperture and keep your knees off he photo.
rafaelcasd wrote:
There is no way I can match the exposure and processing mastery of Ronny or George, but compelled as I am to play with lenses, photograph, process and post, here with the 7.5mm is ground-cover galore!
This lens is nowhere near as sharp as my 8mm 2.8 or as resistant to flare, and it cannot be focused at all BUT it is small, easy to handle, set at f/16 and use the screen on the Z6 and shoot away. Add a little sharpening at the end to compensate for the aperture. ...Show more →
Wow Rafael, that is great results with that lens on the Z6. I remember when you got that lens last lens last year and was really surprised by the size of it. I bet it is a really compact package on the Z. Plus no mirror to worry about locking up to use it.
gbohannon wrote:
Sitting around on a rainy Sunday afternoon and trying different things in ON1. I have been creating some custom profiles and taking advantage of the layers feature in ON1. I was trying to find a unique profile to use with the Nikkor LTM 5cm f/2 lens. When shot wide open it has a distinct rendering that I really like under certain light. Can't put my finger on it, not quite a veiling flare but almost a halo character.
Anyway, I thought I would post something a little different from my usual. Not quite black and white, but not full color either
This was also from yesterdays shooting, but at and around the old train depot. Like I said yesterday, I am definitely going back there for an afternoon of shooting.
