SiMuMe wrote:
Wonderful to see you again, Glen. I missed the cars. Hopefully we are going to see some soon. Speaking of George ... mmmmm.
Thanks Siphiwe, both for the welcome back and for setting me up to post some vintage car photos , of which I have a bunch from last year that had yet to be processed. The three below are from what I consider to be the best annual show on Vancouver Island, which is called "Hot August Nights," is staged on a golf course in Courtney, BC, and attracts upwards of 500 cars each year. The images below were taken with the 25-50 f/4 Ai-s on my Fuji X-T4.
milt wrote:
The tall ships came to Boston's Seaport. The orange color in these photos is from smoke from the Canadian wildfires. D850, 24mm f2.8.
Great pics of the ships!
That orange sky was frightening. According to the AirNow maps there are folks in the US and Canada whose air quality was and still is well into the danger zone. "Hazardous" is any AQI over 300 and some places are currently over 1000. I feel for the people and the wildlife, would worry if worrying would do any good. The best one can do is stay indoors, preferably in a house or building with good HEPA filtration., or evacuate.
We have two Coway HEPA filters in the house. I have a small air monitor, a PocketLab Air which I carried while bike commuting. (It taught me to avoid two construction sites. ) Yesterday it showed "good" AQI and PM levels in the house but readings in the range "unhealthy for sensitive groups" outside in agreement with the AirNow report. I opened the front door to pick up a package and the indoor reading spiked then slowly came back down. So the filters are doing their job. Being trapped indoors yesterday was starting to feel like COVID times. Today the AQI is predicted here to be "moderate". Not everyone is so fortunate.
I have nothing new to post. Maybe later today though. Stay healthy if you can.
Today's AQI was in the Good range (yay!) so we went for a stroll through several conservation areas. I got a few good pics in the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. All taken with the 300mm f/4.5 AIS x TC-14B = 420mm.
HedgeBindweed
by James Muller, on Flickr
Apparently edible but not recommended. I think I'll pass. It is pretty though.
GreatBlueAndWhite by James Muller, on Flickr
Two herons, taken from about 3 miles away. Okay, I exaggerate but they were a long ways away.
I got a few shots of what Seek identified as a Black-and-white Warbler, but they weren't great pics and I'm not sure I believe the identification. Also a male Redwing Blackbird, this time of year around marshes as common as Robins in back yards. You don't need to see any of those.
Been playing with film cameras, both large and small. Shot this with the Nikkor 24mm f2.8 ais. In the 1960's Japanese manufacturer's would partner with Honeywell to sell their products in the US (Canon and Pentax & ?). Hanging under the big 6x7 Pentax is the Canon Demi half frame and Honeywell tacked their name on. The 6x7 is the 731st one made in 1969. It's huge, and the 55mm f3.5 lens has a 100mm filter on it. Apparently, it's 35mm equivalent would be a 28mm f1.8 - half way through my 10 shot roll - can't wait to see what that looks like wide open.
Not sure I have posted a video here before, let's see if the Flickr link works.. This is with Nikon ZR and PC-Nikkor 28 3.5, in Trois-Rivieres in Quebec. The town is between Montreal and Quebec City.
James Markus wrote:
Been playing with film cameras, both large and small. Shot this with the Nikkor 24mm f2.8 ais. In the 1960's Japanese manufacturer's would partner with Honeywell to sell their products in the US (Canon and Pentax & ?). Hanging under the big 6x7 Pentax is the Canon Demi half frame and Honeywell tacked their name on. The 6x7 is the 731st one made in 1969. It's huge, and the 55mm f3.5 lens has a 100mm filter on it. Apparently, it's 35mm equivalent would be a 28mm f1.8 - half way through my 10 shot roll - can't wait to see what that looks like wide open....Show more →
saph wrote:
Hefty camera in that mix - the Pentax 6X7.
It really is simply a scaled up SLR - even the lenses are scaled up for the format. The attached 55mm lens weighs 920 grams (more than most of my cameras) and that is not counting the hefty 100mm UV filter.
When I was getting into medium format I did consider the Pentax 67. But the prospect of walking around with it was daunting even a number of years ago.
The Makina 67 or 67W have been relatively easy to haul around.
, of which I have a bunch from last year that had yet to be processed. The three below are from what I consider to be the best annual show on Vancouver Island, which is called "Hot August Nights," is staged on a golf course in Courtney, BC, and attracts upwards of 500 cars each year. The images below were taken with the 25-50 f/4 Ai-s on my Fuji X-T4.
) Yesterday it showed "good" AQI and PM levels in the house but readings in the range "unhealthy for sensitive groups" outside in agreement with the AirNow report. I opened the front door to pick up a package and the indoor reading spiked then slowly came back down. So the filters are doing their job. Being trapped indoors yesterday was starting to feel like COVID times. Today the AQI is predicted here to be "moderate". Not everyone is so fortunate.
