Hello gang. Hope everyone is having a good weekend and for those in the US, maybe a long one for Memorial Day. Today I had the honor and blessing to attend a memorial service where my late mother-in-law was recognized in her church. Some of you may remember she passed away last summer. She was a lover of photography as you could easily see in her house full of family pictures everywhere. In her early adulthood she worked processing film and hand coloring photographs and just loved taking pictures. We went by the old homeplace today for a cookout and get together with family. The flowers she always tended to were in fully glory all on their own and seemed a little more vibrant this year. Below is a shot of one right out the backdoor. Life goes on.
Thanks for letting me share here. She never did get a full grasp of how the internet worked or the big deal about it. But I am sure she would have loved seeing all the great images posted here.
Wishing Emma well in whatever universe she now inhabits. Sue and I took a drive to West Marin this afternoon and as we drove she pondered the question where Robert our dear friend who died about a month ago is at the moment. We can never know about such things, but we can be certain when a person has touched our hearts, as your mother-in-law clearly did. Actually, we often encounter wonderful people in our lives. I'm inclined to believe that if we pay close enough attention there are marvelous stories to be heard from the journeys lived by family and friends. It is this simple thing called life.
John, if I'm not mistaken the two hikers at the rear of that line look distinctly like TWINS! Can that possibly be true? I am impressed if your two daughters are following in their father's footsteps UP THE MOUNTAIN...
Looks like a wonderful day in the snow John, with your favorite lens.
I marvel at the breadth of your interests in photography Andy and how focused you become when you find something that interests you. Your close work is marvelous and now you've gone about as long as it possible to go with a camera. I love these shots of the night sky. It boggles my mind when I think about how many stars there are in the sky. I think the best we can ever do is marvel at what is here, since trying to grasp how it came to be the way it is surely is beyond the mind's capacity to understand. Wonder is not a bad place to inhabit. And photography is a fine way to both explore and to share that wonder... small and large.
So Peter B., you must have done very well in the stock market, come into an inheritance OR gotten a fine promotion at work... since I count a D500, D810 and 400 f/2.8 G as recent additions to your kit. I want some of what you've got...
Glad the humble 180 f/2.8 AI-s in "bargain" condition is finding its way on your camera... though I guess having the 400 on your FX and 180 on the DX is a workable combination. I imagine you're having a blast this weekend. Love this shot of a classic Mercedes Benz roadster.
Reagan... anything we can do to help you out with your angst over which Nikon camera body to purchase? Since you've owned all of the obvious candidates AT LEAST ONCE, you probably know more on this subject than just about any of us. We all know you've done quite a bit of shooting with the D700 but that is a big, heavy camera. It is a great performer, however. I know you bought a Df which is my camera of choice, but we also know you sold that camera you'd bought from Jack in Montana. Clearly that one didn't work for you either. Interestingly, Jack recently bought a SECOND Df... if you can imagine, selling a Fuji camera to fund the purchase. I guess he's been following your sojourn as well and concluded swapping cameras is a fun thing to do...
Have you tried the D750? This is listed as a 10 condition with a price just below $1200... can't beat that one Reagan.
Or you could spend a little more and once again check out the Df.
Let us know how the adventure unfolds. We are big fans!
Thanks John, suppose they are "star stars" ? a handy bonus from using a tracking mount and being able to stop down the lens, the 180mm ED in this case.
CGrindahl wrote:
So Peter B., you must have done very well in the stock market, come into an inheritance OR gotten a fine promotion at work... since I count a D500, D810 and 400 f/2.8 G as recent additions to your kit. I want some of what you've got...
Glad the humble 180 f/2.8 AI-s in "bargain" condition is finding its way on your camera... though I guess having the 400 on your FX and 180 on the DX is a workable combination. I imagine you're having a blast this weekend. Love this shot of a classic Mercedes Benz roadster.
Not shooting much this weekend - still going through 4000 images from 2 weeks ago. Next race for me is next weekend in Detroit.
re recent gear additions - all used and ebay-soourced gray market gear, so half of the amount you may be calculating. Rest of the secret is called refinancing and selling off stuff I don't use any longer. 600mm f/4.0 is going that same route.
Here's another MF shot - one of the very few 16mm f/3.5 shots I took - too busy with that new 180mm I guess
Nice work Scott, that Monkey Bread sounds yummy ! (lunch time here too)
Lovely shot of the lilies George, the vignette works very nicely.
Ken H loving your road trip pics of rural America
Peter O - the blur in the background works really well to isolate the old classic
Peter B - great panning and work with the 180 ED - know you too know why it's a Desert Island lens and the last lens I'll never sell.
Colin - you did good with the runners, I do a couple of triathlon shoots like your friend and yeah AF is necessary, as is a comfy stool - I have 2 next month, one of which is the IronMan and lasts for 13 hours !
Lovely shot of the bungy bridge in B&W Glen, enjoying exploring your new home and road trip pics. We have a bungy nearby but it's from a scaffold structure over a billabong (small lake) in the rainforest. It does have a bar at the bottom though
Beautiful place Lt.Z where is that ?
Stone Photog - welcome ! the D700 is a great camera but I'd get a D800 for not much more. The DR of the newer sensors is so much better. Not the D600 though, I'm using one at the moment, ugh ! Multi direction pad is horrid, too small, no dedicated buttons for ISO, no exposure preview in Live View etc. - does take great pics though.
Reagan - I'm waiting for something new body wise from Nikon, only so that used prices of D810 drops ! Why not try a D800 ? you've owned everything else ! great IQ, cropability etc, if file size is an issue just resize on import.
CGrindahl wrote:
John, if I'm not mistaken the two hikers at the rear of that line look distinctly like TWINS! Can that possibly be true? I am impressed if your two daughters are following in their father's footsteps UP THE MOUNTAIN...
Looks like a wonderful day in the snow John, with your favorite lens.
It would be cool if they did go with me, but this hike is a major effort (2-3/4 hrs of pure UP), so sadly they are not my girls. They were safe at home in bed . . .
I was solo on this outing as my hiking partner could not make it. We agreed to a 6:30 am meet at a Park-n-Ride lot, but late last night he send me a text saying he in fact couldn't go. I didn't check my texts until I was at the lot. Decided to go anyways - glad I did, though I'm quite tired today.
- J
My oh my that's a lot of snow for being nearly June!
Here's another shot of the Nanaimo River, looking across the river from the same spot as the previous photo that looked upriver to the bungee bridge. 20 f/2.8 Ai-s/D800E/LR+SEP2.
And a 7 shot stitch with the 16/3.5 at f/8.
Ridge line on the right that you have to take to get up to the fire lookout on the left.
That's many feet of snow still on the ground - amazing for the end of May!. In summer you can't even stand where I'm at and the whole place looks completely different.
cadman342001 wrote:
Thanks John, suppose they are "star stars" ? a handy bonus from using a tracking mount and being able to stop down the lens, the 180mm ED in this case.
Love the way that looks with the lens stopped down
Visited a local rose garden.
Nikkor K 85mm f/1.8, Sony A6000.
These were mostly bokeh play. I especially like the K version of the 85mm f/1.8 as the MFD is 0.85m instead of 1m.
