So many posts! I swear I stopped reading just after dinner yesterday.
Ram, I am a fan of the Dell Ultrasharps. I bought the 2507 with my first paycheck (the price in those days wow) and it's more than 13 years now. I keep telling myself to switch especially when I rebuilt my system but honestly I only have room on my desk for a 25".
Maybe after I get Raylan's bed, I could get a solid hardwood work desk. Oh Chuong....
The bridge itself connects to the upper peninsula. I believe the town on the other side of the bridge is Saule St. Marie, although I never did make it across. And this is a spot where you see two Great Lakes. Lake Michigan to the left (west), Lake Huron to the right.
Hi Samy, while you are correct that the Mackinac Bridge connects the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan, the bridge that connects the US (Michigan) to Canada (Sault Ste. Marie) is much further north and is called the Sault Bridge - for those interested.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie_International_Bridge.
Samy, I haven't been on the Mackinaw island since I was about 9 or ten years old. Pre-photographer years. I live in Michigan, but there is so much ground to cover. From the gold coast of Lake Michigan to Keewanau to the porcupine mountains, isle royale, etc. Hopefully I will be well enough to revisit some of these places again with proper equipment. Been across that bridge many times, and it always scares me. Like your under the bridge shot.
The bridge itself connects to the upper peninsula. I believe the town on the other side of the bridge is Saule St. Marie, although I never did make it across. And this is a spot where you see two Great Lakes. Lake Michigan to the left (west), Lake Huron to the right.
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When did Jose get the 8mm fisheye I like the fisheye perspective on his heavy metal library!
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Thanks Samy,
I got it last week, a battered copy; Rafael will be horrified
I made myself the ai conversion (since I love the scalloped aperture ring) and some repainting.
I am hesitating to show some porn of the lens here, since Rafael will be outraged by the condition of the lens
Such banter and pearls of wisdom from this thread ... amazing!
Jim the family and the tree is terrific and something to be proud of!
Samy, the "Big Mac" connects to St. Ignace, Michigan from Mackinaw City in lower Michigan. Robin's grandfather helped build the bridge. We'll be travelling over it in July when we visit Robin's parents in the UP. The people in the UP call the residents of lower Michigan "Trolls" because they live below the bridge!
Jose tremendous shot of the book case!
Peter always a treat seeing your Road America shots.
This days offering comes from Cave Creek, Arizona and they have some special dedications.
By the end of May we've normally had about 350mm of rain - this year about 55! We had a slight misty drizzle yesterday afternoon and our resident Knysna Turacos came out for a wash. They sat in the light rain preening, presumably to get rid of dust and mites on their flight and tail feathers. I grabbed a few shots with the 300mm and then the 80-200 all handheld at slow speeds.I managed to get a couple of keepers out of about 60 snaps. Slow speed and rain blur didn't make it easy.
I recall seeing that bird before Peter. What a fine looking bird it is. Green on green is pretty spectacular. You nailed it with that first shot but I love them all. I appreciate your effort with one of Buddies favorite lenses. Well done.
I'll play contrarian Samy... I prefer the color version of the bridge over untroubled water. Interesting, I'm reading a book at the moment by a woman who grew up in Sault St. Marie as she travels to Bhutan to teach in a rural school. I grew up in Minnesota and had heard about this bridge and that town but I never made it to the Upper Peninsula. That would be quite a journey across that bridge. I love how you captured it
While I won't be making it to the Dayton Air Show this year, I'll be taking a trip to Massachusetts again.
The memorial service for my mother in law is June 23rd, at Massachusetts National Cemetery. So, I'll be lugging myself, plus camera gear, out to Massachusetts again, along with another stop in the Rochester area each way, rather than driving the 13~ hours straight through. Not a big fan of the Cape during the summer, outrageous hotel rates and tourist traffic fun in rotaries. I'm thinking of heading up to Gloucester and Rockport afterwards before heading back to this area. We'll see how the plan evolves.
I love it when our thread gets going like it is now, with multiple intersecting lines of conversation liberally sprinkled with images! Samy, I've seen many bridge shots in my time, but I think yours might be my favourite and, like Curtis, I prefer the colour version.
Here are some photos from the 55 f/1.2 SC (IIRC) of the windows at Fort William, showing how well they replicated the early 19th Century methods of making glass with lots of ripples and bubbles in it.
The only AF-S lens I kept was the 24-120/4, which is a lens I've always found useful. Although Nikon's new lens offerings momentarily piqued my interest, I kept my MFNG's all along. It's nice to know they're waiting for me once I regained sanity
When I vacationed in Hawaii 3 months ago, I took a few MFNG's but mostly AF-S glasses. My backpack weighed about 30 lbs! At that point I started missing my lightweight and fun to use MFNG kit. I found out that it's really not hard to let go of the big and pricey AF-S lenses, especially if they'll net you back a good sum!
So I'm back playing with my favorite fun to use MFNG's.
I like the fisheye perspective on his heavy metal library!
