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John Geerts

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #165 on: July 18, 2019, 20:12:44 »
Dutch garden...

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #166 on: July 18, 2019, 23:45:27 »
I do love mysteries...
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Re: July 2019
« Reply #167 on: July 19, 2019, 08:20:04 »
This one is a cat that belongs to my second daughter's husband. Quite a special cat that survived countless mischiefs. He's getting older now and a wee bit more tamed  :o He's the last of our family cats (My wife and I stopped having cats, but do the cat-sitting for our children and nephews)!
Yes, the 60mm f/2.8 AF-S G ED Micro Nikkor is a very light (vs the 105 VR) everyday lens, with quick AF. Might have some use with my architecture students models  8)

BTW, I just blocked someone on Flickr that seems related to Birna and Fons (I saw it afterward). There's been a spat of "russians ladies" (not only ladies) lately, that favored thousand of pictures from many accounts... The usual signs : several years of account, no albums, a handful of pictures in the gallery... So if Nikonmf is someone from NG, I'll happily unblock him (or her)... ;)
Jacques, nikonmf is me ;) I liked your cat.
You are right I do not have a lot of activity, I have used the 200-500 group to get information about the lens.

Jacques Pochoy

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #168 on: July 19, 2019, 10:50:14 »
Jacques, nikonmf is me ;) I liked your cat.
You are right I do not have a lot of activity, I have used the 200-500 group to get information about the lens.

I've just unblocked you... :D
Sorry for the harsh move, but a few months ago (when still with Yahoo) I had several dozen of people making a rush for all my pictures. I wasn't alone, we were thousands ! The admins tried to clean out the site of these hackers and did succeed, as their level dropped significally.
Since then, I'm a bit touchy and verify who's liking my pictures and when I find the telltales signs I block the user  :o
Those signs are:
• Account of more then a year (not an apparent newbie discovering the site)
• No albums ( There are a lot of people not doing Albums. I can't really understand why, as it's easy and a good way to classify).
• A handful of pictures ( going through all the spectrum, most with a different camera).
• A "huge" hoard of favorites (could be newbies in photography trying to understand the craft, but then "explore" or other searches can be as efficient).

I guess I must have blocked honest people like you, having created an account years ago and lost interest in Flickr, getting back in from time to time for some purpose (new lens, new camera, etc.). I'll try to be less harsh  8)

Sorry again for this mishap...!
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Bent Hjarbo

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #169 on: July 19, 2019, 11:19:17 »
No need to be sorry.
I started my account at Yahoo many years ago, they had forums like NG, to ask and get good advice about Nikon.
The forums it not very active today, so I use NG, which is a very nice place in cyberspace, and we even meet face to face occasionally, I had been away for meetings for the last 3 years, very inspiring.

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #170 on: July 19, 2019, 11:46:20 »
Thanks... :)
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Re: July 2019
« Reply #171 on: July 19, 2019, 15:33:50 »
 ;D ;D ;D Birna...

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #172 on: July 19, 2019, 15:45:42 »
Currently in Latvia, where amongst many other interesting views I found this Latvian Mystery Man. IR 5300, 18-140 lens.

Nice rig for keeping boots in shape.
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"Limitation is inspiration." - Akira

Bent Hjarbo

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #173 on: July 19, 2019, 15:49:28 »
Dutch garden...

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Nice garden, and the lens don’t have much distortion.

John Geerts

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #174 on: July 19, 2019, 18:57:35 »
Thanks Bent. It is a pretty good lens, that Irix 15mm.  Minimal distortion, no flare, much better than the nikkor 15/3.5  in that respect.


John Geerts

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #175 on: July 19, 2019, 18:59:47 »
The Tilburg Fair has started.  Lots of 'Fun'  till Sunday 28th 2019

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #176 on: July 19, 2019, 21:23:18 »
July 19

Daytrip to Leiden, Rembrandt's birthplace



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Re: July 2019
« Reply #177 on: July 19, 2019, 23:00:10 »
Subdivisions.

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Re: July 2019
« Reply #178 on: July 20, 2019, 05:55:30 »
Z6 passes important Drive-by test, shot perpendicular with my 18 year-old driving which makes it harder ;)
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Re: July 2019
« Reply #179 on: July 20, 2019, 05:56:58 »
The Tilburg Fair has started.  Lots of 'Fun'  till Sunday 28th 2019

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John. love it  ;D
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