I can't compete with the beautiful colors the last couple pages, but posting one from an annual fall tradition here. The annual North Carolina State Fair.
The lighting warranted a black and white render for this one. Some lens flair from the old Nikkor LTM lens.
gbohannon wrote:
I can't compete with the beautiful colors the last couple pages, but posting one from an annual fall tradition here. The annual North Carolina State Fair.
The lighting warranted a black and white render for this one. Some lens flair from the old Nikkor LTM lens.
George
Nice composition. Now you know why lens coatings came into existence. Still, not that bad.
saph wrote:
Glen very pleasant scenery at Lake Cowichan. Almost looks infra red.
Thanks for your kind words, Samy! I always enjoy your street/people photography, of which your contrasting ComiCon pair is the most recent fine example.
Leighton, your image of the heater at the market evokes the feel and smell of artificial heat in 20 degree weather.
Here are the final three images in my Lake Cowichan series, once again courtesy of the 28-50 f/3.5 with the Lens Turbo II focal reducer on my Fuji X-T2.
GroWeb wrote:
Thanks for your kind words, Samy! I always enjoy your street/people photography, of which your contrasting ComiCon pair is the most recent fine example.
Leighton, your image of the heater at the market evokes the feel and smell of artificial heat in 20 degree weather.
Here are the final three images in my Lake Cowichan series, once again courtesy of the 28-50 f/3.5 with the Lens Turbo II focal reducer on my Fuji X-T2.
Glen, I've been enjoying your postings from Vancouver. My sister and her family lives in the Seattle area, I really should make it up to Vancouver when I next visit her. The shot from Bald Mountain 6 I think is my pick.
George, appreciate the past couple of comments. I do enjoy telephoto compression to tighten up the framing, especially when it also helps to control the backdrop. The fall colors are late around here but good, I just heard today that we've had 30% above normal rainfall in October but the leaves hung on, that may be part of the formula.
The lens selling is about to start for me. I have diabetic retinopathy, stage 1. I have a handful of appointments setup to see if it can be stopped where the damage is currently and possibly corrected with new glasses. Issue is, my close up vision is beat to hell. I can barely see through a viewfinder with my glasses on and I have to use maximum diopter strength to have a chance to see anything with the naked eye. All this, plus the nerve damage that I have in my hands and feet, adds up to making MF glass damn near impossible. I’ve been trying to use Live View, but it’s hit and miss. I’m really struggling with what to keep. I finally got an F2 after decades of waiting and I can’t use it. My N90 I can use with AF glass, just have to trust it’s exposure meter. I can still use my TLR though, it’s built in magnifying glass is very nice. I can’t read the exposure meter on it, but I can read my handheld meter. Sadly, looks like anything Nikon is going to have to be AF for me from now on. I will probably keep my 24/2.8 though. I only ever zone focus with that one anyway. :/
pbraymond wrote:
Smartphones .... I had to wait around quite a bit for scenes to clear since there was a bunch of people and *okemon Go yesterday. I don't know if they actually enjoyed the beauty of their surroundings. At least they were outside I suppose, and it was nice to see families doing stuff together. Sample:
Ray, that has to be one of the most distressing pictures I've seen on this site. It's difficult to be sure with this screen resolution, but it looks as if at least 16 of the 19 or so people in the image are engaged in a virtual world oblivious of the beauty of the real world around them and the unpredictable possibilities of interacting with real people.
pbraymond wrote:
Glen, I've been enjoying your postings from Vancouver. My sister and her family lives in the Seattle area, I really should make it up to Vancouver when I next visit her. The shot from Bald Mountain 6 I think is my pick.
George, appreciate the past couple of comments. I do enjoy telephoto compression to tighten up the framing, especially when it also helps to control the backdrop. The fall colors are late around here but good, I just heard today that we've had 30% above normal rainfall in October but the leaves hung on, that may be part of the formula.
Ray - a lovely image that sparked my curiosity. I'd never seen a conifer that is deciduous so I googled it to find that the European Larch's latin name is Larix Decidua - one never stops learning
kwoodard wrote:
The lens selling is about to start for me. I have diabetic retinopathy, stage 1. I have a handful of appointments setup to see if it can be stopped where the damage is currently and possibly corrected with new glasses. Issue is, my close up vision is beat to hell. I can barely see through a viewfinder with my glasses on and I have to use maximum diopter strength to have a chance to see anything with the naked eye. All this, plus the nerve damage that I have in my hands and feet, adds up to making MF glass damn near impossible. I’ve been trying to use Live View, but it’s hit and miss. I’m really struggling with what to keep. I finally got an F2 after decades of waiting and I can’t use it. My N90 I can use with AF glass, just have to trust it’s exposure meter. I can still use my TLR though, it’s built in magnifying glass is very nice. I can’t read the exposure meter on it, but I can read my handheld meter. Sadly, looks like anything Nikon is going to have to be AF for me from now on. I will probably keep my 24/2.8 though. I only ever zone focus with that one anyway. :/...Show more →
Kevin, I'm so sorry to hear the bad news .
Over the years you've had more than your share of medical issues and each time you've managed to overcome them and keep making pictures. I'm sure you will continue to keep shooting and sharing even if it is AF (which isn't really that bad )
Oosty wrote:
Kevin, I'm so sorry to hear the bad news .
Over the years you've had more than your share of medical issues and each time you've managed to overcome them and keep making pictures. I'm sure you will continue to keep shooting and sharing even if it is AF (which isn't really that bad )
I really wish you well for the future.
Thanks Peter... I do feel a little beat up these last few years, but I'm taking it a day at a time. I have taken diabetes seriously, which apparently many don't. I've lost 39 pounds, and more importantly, 4 inches off my waist. I have nearly cut soda drinks completely out of my diet (only time I have them is if the place I am eating doesn't have tea or the water tastes bad). I'm eating healthier than I have in 30 years. Only thing I can't do anything about (except making it any worse) is my eyesight failing and all the nerve damage in my feet (which is actually pretty bad) and in my hands (pain and shaky, but no numbness).
My back is still a mess, but the issue with my neck turned out to be a non-cancerous mass right under where your camera strap would rest. I had it removed about two months ago and when the doctor was measuring things out before surgery, she thought it would be about 15mm across. Turned out it was 49mm across! It had tucked itself right next to my spine and was pushing everything to the side. Neck feels so much better now.
I'm still shooting when I feel up to it. Here are a pair with my Fuji XE1, Lens Turbo II, and my 55/1.2 AI. I used Live View for the first one (which is shot wide open) and the EVF for the second. Images are processed in camera and Flickr resized for web viewing.
I have about 400 images to cull through of shots taken since February of this year. Will post more as I am able. Thanks for looking and being my friends.
Oosty wrote:
Ray - a lovely image that sparked my curiosity. I'd never seen a conifer that is deciduous so I googled it to find that the European Larch's latin name is Larix Decidua - one never stops learning
Peter:
full disclosure - I am neither a taxonomist, nor a botanist, but......
The photos I lasted posted from Glacier (Bowman Lake) from Oct 23 were of our "western larch" [Larix occidentalis] turning color. We call them "tamaracks", and they grow west of our Continental Divide in the northern Rockies. Technically, "tamaracks" are our eastern larch [Larix laricinia] - supposedly an Algonquin word in origin. However, it is used quite ubiquitously out west here, as well.
