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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Your Weekly Blog => Topic started by: Akira on December 31, 2024, 23:14:12
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Happy New Year folks!
Post your "blog" contributions here. No theme (other than what the passage of time creates), no contest implied, a maximum of one picture per day in the actual month for NG Supporters and no more than 8 images per month for NG members. Enjoy!
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Happy new year!!
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Feliz y afortunado año 2025!!
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Happy New Year to those who are already enjoying 2025.
(We still have many hours before we get there!).
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A snow dusting makes the new year start pristine and white :)
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New Year's upgrade of a 6CJ3 (https://bergholt.net/6dn3) damper tube, 1970s production from General Electric.
(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/6cj3-tube-cropped-high-fidelity.jpeg)
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January 1
Windy
D3S afp 70-300mm
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Happy New Year dear NG colleagues!
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Happy New Year dear NG colleagues!
Happy Newyear!
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The lamp lights up
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Feliz y afortunado año 2025!!
Very beautiful Tri-X look!
& Happy new year to all of you
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Dear Contributers!
Remember that I started this effort of daily pics (for supporters) on 1. January 2016? https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=2411.0 (https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=2411.0)
In exactly one year we will celebrate our 10th anniversary, if we somehow manage to institutionalize finances and management of Nikongear and stabilize it for good.
It would be a big loss, if we would lose Nikongear.
How would it be if we fund raise so much money that the interest of the sum will pay for the site???
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January 1
Windy
D3S afp 70-300mm
Love those graphics Fons. They have character and story-telling soul.
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Happy New Year!
Today, January 1st, we had a few hours of beautiful sunshine so we took the chance to go for a walk. La Línea, Bay of Algeciras and an imposing Gibraltar on the background
Z6, 24-70mm f4S
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Dear Contributers!
Remember that I started this effort of daily pics (for supporters) on 1. January 2016? https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=2411.0 (https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=2411.0)
In exactly one year we will celebrate our 10th anniversary, if we somehow manage to institutionalize finances and management of Nikongear and stabilize it for good.
It would be a big loss, if we would lose Nikongear.
How would it be if we fund raise so much money that the interest of the sum will pay for the site???
Your idea for the "Weekly Blog" has proven to make a lot of sense. I'm afraid here is not an appropriate section, but I would rather suggest raising the annual fee by 50% to ensure the longevity of the forum, which can be a hard decision for me, though, because JPY is so week now...
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"Bird Of Paradise" flower, Dusk, New Years Day.
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Oh, the ever so nice Strelitzia - wonderful presentation.
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Happy New Year!
Today, January 1st, we had a few hours of beautiful sunshine so we took the chance to go for a walk. La Línea, Bay of Algeciras and an imposing Gibraltar on the background
Z6, 24-70mm f4S
Love those graphics Fons. They have character and story-telling soul.
Thank you Paco!
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The smell of snow
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The smell of snow
very smelly
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This clever magpie remembered where the bird feed was, before the last snowfall buried it. So he dug out the food quickly and efficiently :)
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Ah, those orange lines... Birna's touch!
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The hand that gives.
Z6, 24-70 f4S
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How would it be if we fund raise so much money that the interest of the sum will pay for the site???
I think money is not the solution.
I know its ot but we should get more new and young members. For that the forum must develop further.
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January 2
parked my car at number 19
D850 - afs 58mm f/1.4g
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Foggy morning
D4s AFS 80-200/2.8
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(A late) Happy New Year!
Yesterday was an overcast monochrome grey day with heavy rain and fallen trees after a stormy night - today was frosty and sunny so I went for a forest hike to watch the sun setting.
Second image is a kind of "memento mori" for 2025 - the gate to a local graveyard.
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"Bird Of Paradise" flower, Dusk, New Years Day.
Keith, I love you!
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Representing Japanese eclectic "Baustil" in the 1920s.
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Foggy morning
D4s AFS 80-200/2.8
Beautiful John
This captures some of the many moods of Winter
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Thanks Akira - one has got to love the craftmanship of those artisans of a century ago.
Representing Japanese eclectic "Baustil" in the 1920s.
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Happy new year everyone!
Blue banded bee at the Salvia patch earlier today.
Nikon D7200 + Panagor Macro PMC Auto 90mm 2.8 + Flash & Diffuser
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A sudden weather change followed by very strong, even gale-force, winds made the snow dancing all around us. Blowing snow is tricky to capture, but I made a try as seen below.
The days ahead are predicted to be very calm and very, very cold.
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A sudden weather change followed by very strong, even gale-force, winds made the snow dancing all around us. Blowing snow is tricky to capture, but I made a try as seen below.
The days ahead are predicted to be very calm and very, very cold.
I feel cold just by looking at the photo Birna :D
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Gowns
D850 afs 58mm f/1.4g
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Cold and cool.
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Beautiful John
This captures some of the many moods of Winter
Thanks Colin
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First shopping in 2025 #Primark
Z9 AFS 85/1.4
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Thanks Akira - one has got to love the craftmanship of those artisans of a century ago.
You are welcome. Glad you enjoy it!
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The youngest cat in the New Year
Z9 85/1.8K
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Grave aan de Maas
view across the river
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Beach walk.
A calm and serene view, highly misleading.
Migrants hide behind these dunes, waiting for a passage.
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Beach walk.
A calm and serene view, highly misleading.
Migrants hide behind these dunes, waiting for a passage.
Indeed! Whereabout, Bruno?
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Dunes de la Slack, Ambleteuse/Wimereux.
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reviewing & editing shots from the last weeks ("flight show at the Golden Gate Bridge")
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reviewing & editing shots from the last weeks ("flight show at the Golden Gate Bridge")
I like it a lot Frank!
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Finally got a Nikon D4 Thursday.
Here's one of the first photos taken with it.
(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/flower2-scaled.jpg)
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I like it a lot Frank!
thank you
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+1
Me too!
The new and the old.
I like it a lot Frank!
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from a newyear's party
Zf - Z40mm f/2
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The weather forecast proved itself accurate, with ambient temperatures now falling below -20C, and being a photographer outdoors is unpleasant :) I absolutely need my heat exchanger mask.
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Thousand eyes
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Interesting effect Karl - how did you get this?
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Hi Birna, is your mask a re-purposed industrial mask with a filter in it or is it specially set up in some way for people in cold countries who have ailments such as Bronchitis?
I badly suffer from Bronchitis, and have used industrial masks with some success in cold weather, but is your mask something different again? I am kind of guessing from its appearance that it may be specially designed for people who live in Nordic and Arctic countries.
Thanks in Anticipation.
The weather forecast proved itself accurate, with ambient temperatures now falling below -20C, and being a photographer outdoors is unpleasant :) I absolutely need my heat exchanger mask.
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As stated in the text, it is a heat exchanger (and thus, not a filtration device). The principle is simple, you breathe in through a fine wire mesh, and exhale through the same thus heating it. Next breath is thus pre-heated. Works very well down to -25C or even lower if the standard mesh is replaced by a more massive type of grid.
The disadvantage is of course one looks a bit weird, but as a photographer you get lots of weird glances already. The mask I'm using now is small so doesn't impose too much on normal activities. The main drawback, inherent with all kind of heat-exchangers in very cold weather, is condensation that can turn to ice when it seeps off. A small price to pay as I survive the cold !!
The name of my mask is 'Airtrim Asthma Breathing Mask'. It is quite cheap too.
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A bit of colour in the winter
D4s 70-200FL
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John, your D4S is still in RGB mode from last year - good
I like the mood of this very much
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Rain finally came. Safe at home.
Z9, 60mm 2.8
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Thanks Thomas,
Here comes the rain came again...
D850 300/2.8 AFS vr
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+1
Me too!
The new and the old.
Thank you Hugh!
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Mystic
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Birna, thank you very much for this information - most appreciated.
As stated in the text, it is a heat exchanger (and thus, not a filtration device). The principle is simple, you breathe in through a fine wire mesh, and exhale through the same thus heating it. Next breath is thus pre-heated. Works very well down to -25C or even lower if the standard mesh is replaced by a more massive type of grid.
The disadvantage is of course one looks a bit weird, but as a photographer you get lots of weird glances already. The mask I'm using now is small so doesn't impose too much on normal activities. The main drawback, inherent with all kind of heat-exchangers in very cold weather, is condensation that can turn to ice when it seeps off. A small price to pay as I survive the cold !!
The name of my mask is 'Airtrim Asthma Breathing Mask'. It is quite cheap too.
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Interesting effect
Hello Daniel, thousands of reflexions and dispersions of melting ice drops in the right backlit moment, good for a new kind of photography.
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Columbus was looking for a McDonalds...
D5300ir 830nm, 35mm f2 ai
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A little snow is - or should - not be unexpected in winter. Yet people immediately complain the roads aren't cleared and that it is difficult to drive? Perhaps they already have forgotten the snow that fell last winter. Apparently 'brain rot' is ubiquitous in the 'smartphone' age.
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Good mood
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Moonbound.
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Moonbound.
a good one, I like it
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had to make some alignement to real air traffic, but unfortunately the European moon isn´t passing my window, so I took yours ;D
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Windy
D4s 58G
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Diffusion
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Framed
D5300, 35mm f2 ai
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had to make some alignement to real air traffic, but unfortunately the European moon isn´t passing my window, so I took yours ;D
LOL, Thomas, that is bizarre! ;D ;D ;D
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Lots of water in the park...
D4s 70-200/2.8 fl
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Sturdy ice cleats. An absolute necessity for walking on icy and slippery roads and pavements in deep winter :) OK, if you don't care about falling and breaking arms or legs, you can save a trifling sum of money..... A lesson people here relearn every winter.
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January 8
thermos
Z7_2 Voigtländer 65mm f/2
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January 8
Bro and Sis on Nightwatch
D3X 70-200/2.8FL
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Energetic
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It is getting colder
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Lots of water in the park...
D4s 70-200/2.8 fl
reminds me of rice fields
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January 9
Some snow this morning
Zf - Voigtländer 65mm f/2
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Glamorous
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Recently deployed 'Grit' hoppers are a sure sign of winter. in my corner of the world. They contain grit, or rock salt mixed with fine sand, and serve as filling-stations for the gritters making the roads - and, sometimes, the pavements - safer when frost, snow, and ice reign.
NEX-5N Monochrome, Voigtländer Skopar 25mm f/4 S. By the way, this humble lens is a hidden gem.
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Snow continues
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reminds me of rice fields
Yes it s a very strange situation at the moment
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Sun reflection
D3X 70-200/2.8FL
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Morning snow patterns. Might be suitable for the 'Minimalism' thread as well?
Snow blurs any underlying structures and the sense of scale can easily get lost.
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January 10
At the Windmill 'De Nijverheid' from 1857 in Ravenstein a natural bakery for sourdough bread.
Zf Viltrox 16mm f/1.8
settings within DxO 8 called lut grading cause banding
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Impression
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Cold and cool.
Beautiful!
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January 10
At the Windmill 'De Nijverheid' from 1857 in Ravenstein a natural bakery for sourdough bread.
Zf Viltrox 16mm f/1.8
settings within DxO 8 called lut grading cause banding
Probably could be used to produce excellent rainbows with some additional tweaking?
On a tangential note, I sometime get similar respnse when shooting some lenses through triple-layer windows panes with my IR camera(s):)
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Interesting piece at the local museum, the image is on multiple glasslayers , so the different distances cause the out of focus areas
x-t3 56mm f/1.4
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Photography as a pedagogic tool.
D5, 24-70 2.8 vr shooting; Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl on the image
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Out skiing with the dogs.
(Z8 with 40mm f2)
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Interesting piece at the local museum, the image is on multiple glasslayers , so the different distances cause the out of focus areas
x-t3 56mm f/1.4
Interesting composition Armando
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Probably could be used to produce excellent rainbows with some additional tweaking?
On a tangential note, I sometime get similar respnse when shooting some lenses through triple-layer windows panes with my IR camera(s):)
These LUT settings seem to push certain colours extraordinarily hard!
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January 11
sheep in the mist
Zf - 35mm f/1.8S
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This morning - early - and also the "solution" to yesterdays minimalistic enigma.
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Photography as a pedagogic tool.
D5, 24-70 2.8 vr shooting; Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl on the image
Awesome dynamics
I'm curious, do you carry 2 70-200 lenses, and 2 large cameras back and forth?
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It is getting colder
This image gives me so much pleasure.
A sense of movement, a feeling like it might have been taken on old b&w film
(unlike so many modern conversions from a colour digital image)
Snow continues
I like this one, but for different reasons.
It feels like a tilt/shift lens has been used because of the well behaved vertical edges of the buildings.
Personally, I'd have wanted more warmth in the masonry (as in Birna's image #msg204668), but i guess this reflects how it felt that day!
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Weve had temperature inversions several times over the past week.
So the drive to our local hills is done throug murky, misty roads.
But when we climb the hills and get high enough, a golden view with blue skies often awaits us
A nice low sun brings out some nice detail here
(Sadly I only had my smartphone, so this is a heavy crop.
It really needed my 300mm)
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Fairy tale
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January 11
sheep in the mist
Zf - 35mm f/1.8S
I'm enjoying this image and the one posted in the "minimalist" thread very much Fons. Sometimes is not easy to recognize your signature but I have realized with time that it is because you have quite a extense arc of possibilities, but it is clear. Thank you for your constant work and for sharing them all.
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Awesome dynamics
I'm curious, do you carry 2 70-200 lenses, and 2 large cameras back and forth?
Thank you Armando. Carrying 2 large bodies, a 24-70 and a 70-200 is quite normal for rehearsals and shows alike. It covers a lot of ground with flexibility. Usually 2 batteries per camera. I'm going to attach a photo of the backpack with the gear I selected for this and a weekend in La L'inea. 28 f2-cpu-, 35mm 1.4 ai-s, 60mm macro and 105 2.5 -cpu- with a blackrapid and a gps module for the foolography. There is s a different selection for video and a light edc that goes "as the wind blows" ;)
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Paco is a strong guy :) When I arrive in Spain necxt time (Feb./March), I ewon't need to bring my Z9 for Paco to use -- now he has his own !!
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However, what Paco left out of his kit is a true ultra wide lens. Perhaps the Laowa 9mm will fit the bill?
It has a massive 135 degr. angle of view on FX, which is way too much although pretty similar to the human eye if I recall properly. The lens design delivers very sharp images and geometric distortion, given the huge angle of view, is surprisingly modest. In the image below, there is no correction of curved lines.
The Laowa succeeds because it makes little attempt of correcting low light fall-off towards the periphy. OK or some scenes, whilst an issue elsewhere.
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Paco is a strong guy :) When I arrive in Spain necxt time (Feb./March), I ewon't need to bring my Z9 for Paco to use -- now he has his own !!
Hello, Birna, do you know in which part of Spain the meeting will be?
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Never drive alone
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I'm enjoying this image and the one posted in the "minimalist" thread very much Fons. Sometimes is not easy to recognize your signature but I have realized with time that it is because you have quite a extense arc of possibilities, but it is clear. Thank you for your constant work and for sharing them all.
Lovely comment Paco, thank you!
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Heading into town, the stars aligned and led me to The Prince of Wales
I think my phone has done some adjustments of its own, but it was stll a pretty special sight
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Hello, Birna, do you know in which part of Spain the meeting will be?
Paco lives in El Puorto de Santa Maria and works in Cádiz. I'll arrive on Feb. 27th.
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Paco is a strong guy :) When I arrive in Spain necxt time (Feb./March), I ewon't need to bring my Z9 for Paco to use -- now he has his own !!
I do! 8)
However, what Paco left out of his kit is a true ultra wide lens. Perhaps the Laowa 9mm will fit the bill?
It has a massive 135 degr. angle of view on FX, which is way too much although pretty similar to the human eye if I recall properly. The lens design delivers very sharp images and geometric distortion, given the huge angle of view, is surprisingly modest. In the image below, there is no correction of curved lines.
The Laowa succeeds because it makes little attempt of correcting low light fall-off towards the periphy. OK or some scenes, whilst an issue elsewhere.
9mm 5.6 "bridge dreamer" Laowa lens?
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Paco lives in El Puorto de Santa Maria and works in Cádiz. I'll arrive on Feb. 27th.
Thanks, Birna, Cadiz is a bit far for me, but I'll see if I can go on those dates and we already know each other.
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9mm 5.6 "bridge dreamer" Laowa lens?
Yes, indeed. It is nice on the Z/DX cameras, though.
I had the Laowa 11mm f/4.5 last time and probably will bring that lens this time as well.
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Heading into town, the stars aligned and led me to The Prince of Wales
I think my phone has done some adjustments of its own, but it was stll a pretty special sight
Lovely atmospheric shot, Colin
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Foggy and snowy...
Z9 85/1.8K
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A sunny afternoon
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(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/palm-house-winter-cropped.jpeg)
'The Palm House', Botanical Garden, Copenhagen. Nikon D4 & Zeiss 50mm f/2 makro-planar.
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Lovely atmospheric shot, Colin
Thanks John
The beer inside was also perfect for such a night
Gloucester Brewery Dockside Porter 5.2%
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Seeking The Matrix
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More "Snow Peak". It begs to be depicted.
NIKON Z f, AFS-Nikkor 70-180mm f/2.8 Z + TC1.4 Z. This TC excels with the 70-180, by the way.
(very early morning sun makes the background hillsides glow reddish)
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Teaching.
Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl
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Appearance.
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Teaching.
Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl
like it, great pose and expression on the teachers face
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Teaching.
Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl
Rachel is still there -- great
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January 13
Guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, berries
Zf Z 85mm f/1.8s
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[timeout]
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Winter is no reason not to use the barbeque.
Nikon Zf, 24-70/4S.
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Rachel is still there -- great
Yes, she is! Going strong with her teachings
like it, great pose and expression on the teachers face
Thank you.
I showed the images today (173 of them) to the students today. They reallly like them :)
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Woke up this morning to a weather change and some beautiful nacreous clouds. These iridescent clouds are pretty uncommon in particular at dawn, we see them usually at or after sunset. The colours are due to tiny ice crystals forming in high-altitude clouds and only occur at high latitudes, if memory serves.
Nikon Zf with 70-180
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Woke up this morning to a weather change and some beautiful nacreous clouds. These iridescent clouds are pretty uncommon in particular at dawn, we see them usually at or after sunset. The colours are due to tiny ice crystals forming in high-altitude clouds and only occur at high latitudes, if memory serves.
Nikon Zf with 70-180
Very neat!
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Woke up this morning to a weather change and some beautiful nacreous clouds. These iridescent clouds are pretty uncommon in particular at dawn, we see them usually at or after sunset. The colours are due to tiny ice crystals forming in high-altitude clouds and only occur at high latitudes, if memory serves.
Nikon Zf with 70-180
Amazing color!
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Rain flooded / Ice covered pasture
Z6 + Z 24-70mm f4
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54257885256_bd6ce50dba_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qEzQYh)Z6_DSC5618 (https://flic.kr/p/2qEzQYh) by Luc de Schepper (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucdeschepper/), on Flickr
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Icy moss
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January 14
Zf - Z105mm f/2.8S
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More "Snow Peak". It begs to be depicted.
NIKON Z f, AFS-Nikkor 70-180mm f/2.8 Z + TC1.4 Z. This TC excels with the 70-180, by the way.
(very early morning sun makes the background hillsides glow reddish)
Love it Birna!
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January 15
small teasel on a wet and foggy morn'
Z7_2 Voigtländer 65mm f/2
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Landscape.
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Weve had temperature inversions several times over the past week.
So the drive to our local hills is done throug murky, misty roads.
But when we climb the hills and get high enough, a golden view with blue skies often awaits us
A nice low sun brings out some nice detail here
(Sadly I only had my smartphone, so this is a heavy crop.
It really needed my 300mm)
This is a very beautiful portrait of a frozen landscape. Thank you!
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An altar to potatoes grown... well... planted by my daughter. Well, she dropped the seed potatoes in the holes.
Nikon Zf, 24-70/4S.
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January 15
streetlight camera
Zf Voigtländer 35mm f/2
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Frozen
Z9 85/1.8K
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My little friend begged me to make a new hairdo for her, so I indulged her wish :) We spent a joyful time paying attention to all the small details required. She was very pleased in the end.
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Bright and shining.
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Another cold and foggy day, Euphorbia.
D850 ais 85mm f/1.4
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And dark and foggy days
D4S 58G
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And dark and foggy days
D4S 58G
Beautiful diffusion effect. Love it!
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Thanks Akira
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Besides
Zf - Z 105mm f/2.8S
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Decorative.
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Alone in the Park
D4S 58G
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LiLu - Light Lucerne
Zf & Voigt 40mm f/1.2
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woodland path
iphone SE
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LiLu - Light Lucerne
Zf & Voigt 40mm f/1.2
Striking, Daniel!
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Stepping out of line.
Nikon Zf, 24-70/4 S.
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Many thanks Ian - here's another one
Zf & Voigt 40mm f1.2
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An altar to potatoes grown... well... planted by my daughter. Well, she dropped the seed potatoes in the holes
Nice work
Start them young Ian! ;)
Stepping out of line.
More family connections, nicely observed
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Triple exposure - Nikon D4. Perhaps inspired by David Lynch
(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/david-lynch-cropped.jpg)
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Triple exposure - Nikon D4. Perhaps inspired by David Lynch
Without the caption, I might have missed this...
....but Lynch might have been pleased with this ;)
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It was both misty and cold enough for nature to become decorated this morning up in the hills
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Beautiful day today with low tide at the beach, perfect for a walk with your dog
Z9, 105 1.4 e
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Many thanks Ian - here's another one
Zf & Voigt 40mm f1.2
Nice use of the reflection. I like this better than the previous one!
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Romance
D4S AF-S 300/2.8vr
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Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
Zf - Voigtländer 35mm f/2
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Without the caption, I might have missed this...
....but Lynch might have been pleased with this ;)
He might :) But perhaps not surreal enough. Will see if I can do a second edit.
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Nice work
Start them young Ian! ;)
Thanks, Colin. Full credit goes to my father-in-law. He might be retired but he is still a farmer.
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Nice use of the reflection. I like this better than the previous one!
The upper left corner is a bit distracting to me.
The first one is beautifully balanced. The illuminated clock in the background completes the composition.
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Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
Zf - Voigtländer 35mm f/2
Nice one, Fons! Deceptively simple and yet several layers of interest.
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Nice one, Fons! Deceptively simple and yet several layers of interest.
Thank you very much Ian!
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(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/original-black-white-scaled.jpg)
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Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven
Zf - Voigtländer 35mm f/2
Fons, an interesting variation of the "Bauhaus staircase" by Oskar Schlemmer.
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Low tide
Z9, 105mm 1.4 e
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'golden' AF-S 50/1.8 combined with 'golden' Df
D850 Micro AF-D 200/4
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Fons, an interesting variation of the "Bauhaus staircase" by Oskar Schlemmer.
Thanks Jürgen, this is on the outside,
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composition
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Now we're seeing some action :)
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composition
Really very nice juxtaposition Fons, i like it!
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Thanks Hans!
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Nice - are these a special or commemorative models with the gold trims?
'golden' AF-S 50/1.8 combined with 'golden' Df
D850 Micro AF-D 200/4
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Such "gold models" are never meant to be put into ordinary use -- they are destined to be stood on a shelf forever.
Probably carries a hefty price tag as well.
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Morning snow to remind me of the current season of the year :)
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Oh dear - seems a sad end for a fine camera. Each to their own I guess.
Such "gold models" are never meant to be put into ordinary use -- they are destined to be stood on a shelf forever.
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Nice - are these a special or commemorative models with the gold trims?
Models with some 'gold-colour' trims. A little bit better constructed than the 'ordinary' Df. The leather is better quality, and also the battery door is more solid. I use them with the GR-1 grip which gives more body to hold the Df. An advantage.
The gold trims Df's were solely sold in Japan, 600 units of the body, and 1000 units of body with AFS 50mm 1.8. They were introduced due to Nikon's 100th anniversary
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Such "gold models" are never meant to be put into ordinary use -- they are destined to be stood on a shelf forever.
Probably carries a hefty price tag as well.
? Why not use them? It's not solid gold, just decoration. Prices in Japan do not differ much from the ordinary second hand prices of the Df.
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If they aren't meant to bre collected and displayed as collectors' items, then by all means use them. I've seen several "gold" Nikons over the years and all have been immaculate and part of a camera collection, though.
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Most of the Df's gold I have seen on Ebay had shuttercounts from 10.000 to 89000. Apparently they have been used extensively in Japan, I guess. Mine has a shuttercount of 24000.
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psycho demolition
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Morning snow to remind me of the current season of the year :)
Very picturesque and scenic.
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psycho demolition
The cold breath of the city.
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The cold breath of the city.
Thank you , Karl. My second name is Karl by the way ;-)
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Morning snow to remind me of the current season of the year :)
I'm shivering just looking at it - you captured well the mood Birna
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psycho demolition
Another great b&w image Frank, but with a very different feel to the marvellous one of the couple in the snowy street
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another day
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Railroadrunner
D4S 300/2.8
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Today in Caravaca, in the Fountains of the Marquis
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Human summer hive
Z9, 105mm 1.4e
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Human summer hive
Z9, 105mm 1.4e
Great monochrome
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Is that your new abode, Paco?
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Today it is exactly 25 - twenty five - years since I had my first serious field testing of the then new and game-changing Nikon D1. At the time, I had used the camera [pre-production sample] a few times already, but this now was my own copy of it .... One of out the very first small batch to arrive in Norway.
I quickly learned that battery capacity under cold winter conditions was abysmal, thus pit stops for coffee while awaiting a hastily acquired car charger did its best to revitalise the sad battery became second-nature habit. Rethinking how one set up lenses was another aspect and in many ways different from my then current work-horse, the F5.
My stock library loved the images so the future looked rosy red. Little did I know about the hurdles lying in wait ahead.
The image is the fern Polypodium vulgare covered in freshly fallen snow, taken with the Nikkor-PC 85mm f/2. Today, as that day 25 years ago, it is snowing heavily. I feel like I've been through a time leap. It is likely I would have ended up with almost the same image today.
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Human summer hive
The architect should have to live there
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A fierce lady. Outside temperature is 4°C
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Water is probably "warmer".
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7.2°C indeed, which for me is a rather symbolic difference :)
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When I was a kid and visited my grandfather's place up north, we swam in a glacier-fed stream. Perhaps it was +4 C in the water, but not much more :)
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I had to brew me a large cup of very warm coffee after reading this ...
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4ºC and still couldn’t refrain to make a (brief) motorcycle trip.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54281821552_a63586ab47_b.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/gp/110731726@N07/LY41E44LDv)
4ºC (https://www.flickr.com/gp/110731726@N07/LY41E44LDv)
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Cows
Iphone SE
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Is that your new abode, Paco?
No Birna, I'm still in the same place since last year. This is very close -you'll see- but hopefully, I'll be away during the summer doing various things. It is an awesome beach but gets very, very crowded July and August.
The architect should have to live there
If you mean as punishment, probably :)
Great monochrome
Thank you Fons
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I had to brew me a large cup of very warm coffee after reading this ...
I'm going to make one for me too ;D
Strong and brave woman!
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Cows
Iphone SE
The closeness works very well here Fons. Not sure it is because of the phone but probably helped and you made the most out of the field of view: Intimate environmental portrait with a bit of tension.
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Today it is exactly 25 - twenty five - years since I had my first serious field testing of the then new and game-changing Nikon D1. At the time, I had used the camera [pre-production sample] a few times already, but this now was my own copy of it .... One of out the very first small batch to arrive in Norway.
I quickly learned that battery capacity under cold winter conditions was abysmal, thus pit stops for coffee while awaiting a hastily acquired car charger did its best to revitalise the sad battery became second-nature habit. Rethinking how one set up lenses was another aspect and in many ways different from my then current work-horse, the F5.
My stock library loved the images so the future looked rosy red. Little did I know about the hurdles lying in wait ahead.
The image is the fern Polypodium vulgare covered in freshly fallen snow, taken with the Nikkor-PC 85mm f/2. Today, as that day 25 years ago, it is snowing heavily. I feel like I've been through a time leap. It is likely I would have ended up with almost the same image today.
Nature's visual impact. It has Birna flavor and magic all over. Always inspiring
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I'm not sure this cow really trust you, Fons.
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Great monochrome
Yes, beautiful Paco.
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I'm not sure this cow really trust you, Fons.
Une blonde d'aquitaine sans doute?
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The architect should have to live there
But nothing beats a nice seaview…
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A London Zebra crossing with a difference
(near the Design Museum)
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Fujifilm S2 Pro 58G
The antique Fujifilm S2 Pro still delivers colorful and sharp images
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A London Zebra crossing with a difference
(near the Design Museum)
Excellent timing, Colin!
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This afternoon I photographed a flock of common starlings in Campillo de Adentro in Cartagena.
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Une blonde d'aquitaine sans doute?
Do you have a back story with them?
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They are from a farmer i know.
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Thank you John
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I went looking for birds with a 180-600mm, but mostly found fluff...
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What title to choose?
Zf Voigtländer 35/2
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I don’t know for the title but it is a very intriguing composition. Top one.
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Thank you Bruno. When elements 'fall in place'.
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A sad day.
Nikon Zf, Viltrox 16mm f/1.8
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A sad day.
Nikon Zf, Viltrox 16mm f/1.8
?why is that?
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Something I feel deeply inside, Fons.
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A sad day.
Surreal and realistic at the same time.
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Something I feel deeply inside, Fons.
Great image interpretation!
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Which tulip is it, Birna? I first thought T. sylvestris but it's not.
Your picture magnifies them beautifully.
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Another great b&w image Frank, but with a very different feel to the marvellous one of the couple in the snowy street
Oh, you remember the snow street shot? Yes, that was the continuation of my "film noire" series I started in 2005 with the attached shot
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What title to choose?
Zf Voigtländer 35/2
Sexist male gaze?
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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A fierce lady. Outside temperature is 4°C
Cool lady, one of my ice bathing friends says that he possesses "seal fat" ... you know about it, Birna?
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Human summer hive
Z9, 105mm 1.4e
High rise with a view
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Which tulip is it, Birna? I first thought T. sylvestris but it's not.
Your picture magnifies them beautifully.
The ordinary stuff peddled everywhere this time of the year. Usually labelled Tulipa x gesneriana; however additional cultivated species might have been mixed into the product.
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I felt renewed after this
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Oh, you remember the snow street shot? Yes, that was the continuation of my "film noire" series I started in 2005 with the attached shot
How about a Theme on the theme - Frank!
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Dynamics.
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January 25
puddle
Zf pc-nikkor 35mm f/2.8
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Unreal
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Ruth and I watched the excellent Japanese movie 'Drive My Car' (based mainly on two separate short storys. 'Drive My Car' and 'Scheherazade' by Haruki Murakami) after having extracted her own snowed-in car, requiring double action with shovels. This is a snapshot of a neighbour's car the same day. Lots of snow where you don't want it :)
Nikon Z5, Nikkor 70-180/2.8, IR. Wet snow makes IR scenes rather dull, due to the water content of the snow. But that was the only camera available to me at the moment.
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Very snowy shot Birna. My favourite writer, by the way ;-)
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Vase
Z9 Cyclop 85/1.5 (lens design based on Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75 / 1.5)
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(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/final-scaled.jpg)
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Otterstraat, Turnhout, Belgium
D4s 58G
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January 25
puddle
This works for me Fons
Did using the PC lens change the results, or what you were able to achieve?
John - i like your close detail on the vase
Kasper - Ive never had to go inside one, but there's something about the low contrast of your Isolation (ward?) that adds a feeling of bleakness
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You'll have to zoom in to read the light at the end of the tunnel
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Thanks Colin.
Hopefully it will be Spring soon :D Nice tunnelview.
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The yellow tulips I photographed a few days ago now have entered their terminal stage. I managed a few snapshots before Ruth threw them out.
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The yellow tulips I photographed a few days ago now have entered their terminal stage. I managed a few snapshots before Ruth threw them out.
very demanding
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January 26
Ongoing traffic obstructed,
first sunny day in months!
Z fc Viltrox 23mm f/1.4
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Light for the people in need
Zf & Voigt 40mm f/1.2
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This works for me Fons
Did using the PC lens change the results, or what you were able to achieve?
John - i like your close detail on the vase
Kasper - Ive jever had to go insidemone, but there's something about the low contrast of your Isolation (ward?) that adds a feeling of bleakness
Just a few test shots with the pc on the Zf for a low down view, thank you Colin!
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tribute to a special lady from Norway
"WHAT A STRETCH"
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Well seen and done, Frank.
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(https://bergholt.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/final-scaled.jpg)
Side one, track two.
still good after all these years
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tribute to a special lady from Norway
"WHAT A STRETCH"
i like this one Frank
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tribute to a special lady from Norway
"WHAT A STRETCH"
Beautiful lines and colour Frank
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We had some sun, early on the sunday...
Z9 Cyclop 85/1.5 -- based on Helios 40/2 which is based on the CJZ Biotar 75/1.5 . Also called the Zenit 85/1.5 which Jakov owns
https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=3324.0 (https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=3324.0)
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The yellow tulips disappeared into a black hole never to be seen again. I just managed to capture the initialisation of the wormhole before the wilting flowers ended their existence. Again, the X-ray vision of the Rodenstock TV-Heligon 50/0.75 helped immensely :)
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Construction - deconstruction or vise versa.
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Construction - deconstruction or vise versa.
so much to see and to imagine in this picture
is this official police securing the entrance?
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The yellow tulips disappeared into a black hole never to be seen again. I just managed to capture the initialisation of the wormhole before the wilting flowers ended their existence. Again, the X-ray vision of the Rodenstock TV-Heligon 50/0.75 helped immensely :)
Wonderful, delicate colors and composition Birna
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January 27
Hydrangea
Z7_2 Voigtländer 65mm f/2
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Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock
before that we did not know what the ACAB stood for
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Well seen and done, Frank.
thank you very much. playing with all the files I took last year but did not review
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i like this one Frank
thank you very much, my dear friend
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Beautiful lines and colour Frank
I am happy to sort through all these files and play with them
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so much to see and to imagine in this picture
is this official police securing the entrance?
Usually they belong to a private security company.
before that we did not know what the ACAB stood for
Ah, that's the reason for the green color.
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Construction - deconstruction or vise versa.
Great overview, Akira.
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Neighborhood watch
Z6 24-70/2.8S
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the obedient dog
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Great overview, Akira.
Thank you, John!
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The yellow tulips disappeared into a black hole never to be seen again. I just managed to capture the initialisation of the wormhole before the wilting flowers ended their existence. Again, the X-ray vision of the Rodenstock TV-Heligon 50/0.75 helped immensely :)
Congratulations, you have done the most difficult thing, you have turned photography into art.
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Another one of my lost & found pictures. Generally I remember exactly when and where I took a picture, but this time.... I drew a blank
EXIF: 31 March 2021 at 14:18:14.72 with Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S@f/1.2 & 1/2000 sNikon Z6 camera photographer: Frank Fremerey, FOTOKONTEXT.DE
hope you like it...
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Ah, that's the reason for the green color.
My thoughts exactly
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Another one of my lost & found pictures.
desolate and frightening
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the obedient dog
Nicely done Fons! Pleasant double exposure.
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Nicely done Fons! Pleasant double exposure.
Thanks Hans
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desolate and frightening
Thank you. The city, seen in a certain light...
I am sure I took it because the ventilation duct feel likre ears or persons in my book
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Sint Elisabethskerk, Grave
i just popped in to take this photo
Zf Voigtländer 35mm f/2 apo iso 5600
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We have had some snowfalls in Lillehammer lately. This is from yesterday's walk with the dog in the neighborhood.
Z8 and Z24-120 f/4
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Mural, Sangatte beach.
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Mellow yellow
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I am sure I took it because the ventilation duct feel likre ears or persons in my book
very good
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Mural, Sangatte beach.
I wonder who with the family name "One" calls their offspring "No" ... probaly read too much of Homer (not Simpson)
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very good
Remember? 5 years ago ... many people lost their minds an a lot of people lost their lives...
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Perspective
Z7_2 Viltrox z16mm f/1.8
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Hello Kitty@Tokyo National Museum.
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The rose experience
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It was completely dark in the park but the Cyclop 100mm f/2 spotted the helicopter. More info on the lens: https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=9341.0 (https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=9341.0)
A crop With the Z9.
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Waiting for the commuter train early this morning. It's cold and bleak and all the bad things one would associate with an early morning in January :)
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all the bad things one would associate with an early morning in January :)
but the eagle flys on friday, this picture is self-explanatory, a familiar situation
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January 31
Windmill "Volharding", tr. the "Endurance", Ravensteijn
Z7_2 ais 16mm f/3.5 fish-eye
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A scene eminently suited for the legendary old Fish:)
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Thank you Birna!
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Lille, 30/1/2025. Zf, Z40/2 @2.2, 1400 ISO
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January 31
Windmill "Volharding", tr. the "Endurance", Ravensteijn
Z7_2 ais 16mm f/3.5 fish-eye
An impressive image. Love the geometry and B&W processing!
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An impressive image. Love the geometry and B&W processing!
Thank you Akira!
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Lille, 30/1/2025. Zf, Z40/2 @2.2, 1400 ISO
No Voigtländer Airy?
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The rose experience
Sumptuous colours!
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Hello Kitty@Tokyo National Museum.
Oh Kitty!
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Remember? 5 years ago ... many people lost their minds an a lot of people lost their lives...
The kick-off for the new world order!
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It was completely dark in the park but the Cyclop 100mm f/2 spotted the helicopter. More info on the lens: https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=9341.0 (https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=9341.0)
A crop With the Z9.
Accident?
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Accident?
Yes, an accidant on the rails