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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Your Weekly Blog => Topic started by: Bjørn Rørslett on May 31, 2016, 10:31:55
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.. placeholder for the June thread
Thread opens for writing June 1st. Concurrently, the May thread will be closed.
The June thread is now open.
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June 1st 2016 A grey day
Overcast, little colour.
On the market. One of these doubtful moments whether colour or Black and White is more suitable. The B&W seems to give more expression.
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June 1 2016
Same shrubrose R.x 'Constance Spry'
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Df 50/1.2
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The roses look so beautiful in the wet. Colors and smell overwhelming!
beautiful capture, Fons
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thank you Frank
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Doomingly grey day in Tokyo. D750, AF-S24/1.8G.
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Yesterday UPS left something on my doorstep.
I proudly present:
My first camera, with motordrive, and my very first zoom lens.
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This, along with a Nikon FM2, a 17mm f3,5 Tokina lens, a 50mm f2 Ai and 55mm f3,5 Ai micro Nikkor formed my complete photography kit for almost 10 years from 1995 to 2005.
I loved the lens, but after buying the 80-200 f2,8 AF-D it did not see much use anymore. Now that my lens kit has grown and I no longer take "just" a 20mm, 55mm and 105mm with me I found the big AF 80-200 to be bigger then I'd like. It just takes up a lot of space that is also occupied by a 16mm Fish-eye Nikkor, the 20, 55, 105 and occasionally the 200mm f4 Nikkor-Q.C or any of the 135mm lenses. Add to that both a digital and an analogue camera and I would either need a bigger bag, or need to scale down in packing size.
So, with that not really in my mind, I started to miss the mechanical perfection of th e80-200 f4 Ai-S recently. I used the Nikon FM on a few trips, and it just didn't feel the same without the zoom, so I decided NOT to look for one on ebay.
After Kristina telling me a hundred times that I really should not look at the 80-200 f4 Ai-S that much on ebay (and that I should stop drooling on one or two occasions) I accidentally made a lowball offer on a lens from a German seller.
Reviewing the offer I thought of 3 things:
-I really miss this lens
-No way is that seller going to accept my offer
-So what do I tell Kristina?
The seller did not flog me. He accepted my offer within minutes, and while I was driving to Kristinas parents. So I did not see that I actually bought the lens until some time later. When I did I instantaniously paid for the lens and told Kristina that a "mishap" had happened and that I had no clue as to the how and why.
I already made some boring test chart shots at my usual working distances to see how this copy performs, and I'm thrilled. This lens could very well become a frequent resident of my camera bag, depending on where I go and how light I want to pack.
What I still want to do is take some real photos with the lens and see how it performs. OoF rendering and such. Sharpness is well up there with the 135mm and 200mm primes I tested it against.
More to follow soon...
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dusk: drop dripping
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John: Yes, color does add nothing much. You could even contemplate to pump contrast more in the BW
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I really like that dripdropper Frank. Even the noise feels right in place there
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Buddy: The noise comes from editing. As you can imagine the original file is a no contrast histogram peak kind of thing.
Genesis:
a) ooc
b) auto contrast
c) RAW development & edit
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Yes Frank. I wanted to have it more or less comparable. Usually I make up my mind after a few days.
Interesting story Buddy. Good luck with the camera and with the 80-200/4 !
We have some wateroverloads here.... heavy rains, and more to come. Floating buckets....
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John, this exact camera has served me well ever since 1995 :) The lens is new to me though. Sold off my original one, but I'm glad to have this version back in my kit now. As far as non-CPU data goes, i use it as the 200 f4 already in the list and it works fine
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I cannot prove it scientifically but with zooms I get good (perhaps the best) results entering the lowest focal lenght. 35mm/2.5 for the Angenieux zoom, 35/3.5 for the 35-70 ai and 80/4.5 for the 80-200/4.5N. It are unique combinations as well ;) Combined with the CPU'd 17-35 these are the only zooms in frequent use.
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Hybrid race car prototype
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I cannot prove it scientifically but with zooms I get good (perhaps the best) results entering the lowest focal lenght. 35mm/2.5 for the Angenieux zoom, 35/3.5 for the 35-70 ai and 80/4.5 for the 80-200/4.5N. It are unique combinations as well ;) Combined with the CPU'd 17-35 these are the only zooms in frequent use.
How would you rate the 35-70 Ai? It's another lens that tickles my fancy
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It's one of the best manual wide zooms of Nikon I would say. Very bright images. I love the rendering and colours. Very sharp in a natural way. Little distortion.
For me personally one drawback in general use is the close focus distance of 1 meter, but sharpness and the possibility to crop solves that in a way, if needed.
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June 2 2016
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Df 24-70/2.8 niks
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Fons. For my taste the micro contrast is a tad overdone here..
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people passing
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June 2nd 2016. Cloudy, but not raining (yet)
A bit of boring photowork. City Hall wants for promote small gardens in the streets. The local Stadsfarm, run by volonteers, is also making special wooden crates or boxes for plants. A few volunteers are skilled carpenters.
City Hall plans now to order a number of these for use in the city. Hopefully the photo's can persuade them in ordering larger quantities ;)
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Nice effect, Frank. You 'stitched' a number of photo's?
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Frank, that people in motion photo looks really nice. Personally I would have cropped a bit off the top, even though this facetted view also has it's merits (and a bike)
It reminds me a bit of a more mundane photo I took a while back
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Which in turn reminds me of todays weather ;)
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D800 85mm/1.4ais
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Yes, both of you, I have to work on that pano. It is not the best version yet .... time ...
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I love the reflections in the puddle. A great mood.
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sad roses
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June 3 2016
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D800, 85mm f/1.4 ai-s, pk-11a
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Catching up with June 2, which I spent driving back from Dijon. I could only snap a few shots late in the evening when back home. Work is eating all of my time these days, I've only been skimming the thread but I see very interesting roses.
Both shots handheld, D750 with 50/1.2: night of the snails, on the street in front of the house, and the welcome back from the cat.
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June 2.
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Well seen, Lars. Good one.
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June 3rd 2016 Cloudy.
Black and White
D800E Nikkor 85/1.8 K
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This morning the weather was ideal: a bright foggy morning. Swallows came up to 1,5 meters to my balcony and I took 142 shots , wonderful shots of swallows entering the nest, in fast flight, frame filled at 85mm and D500 and many more.
Then I checked ... pity ... I hat the camera still set to "M" 6400 ISO f=1.4 and 40th of a second from the night before.
All blown out, all white. Afterwards I took some lesser shots. All crops.
No problem. There will be other bright foggy mornings with lots of swallows and all settings right!
PS: These are "black martins" or "Eurasian swifts". They are the most erratic flyers and one of the fastest flying birds. BUT: I have a colony of a few hundred in my backyard so I have lots of them to practice my birding skills
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Always reset in the morning ;) Nice contrast, Frank.
Forgot my 3rd cat. Puck, the red hunter...
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Puck's looking great, John. At three cats, you have me beat by one. Fun subjects for photogs, for sure. :)
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Thanks Peter. According to the Dutch biologist Midas Dekkers, four is the ideal number. So still room for one ;)
Cats are very suitable for photographers. They hardly ever pose, so you need to react quickly, with manual focus, have difficult furs for sensors and light measurement *especially the black one, and, for me, the ideal subject to have an idea what a lens is up to.
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John. Love your cats. Lived most of my life with them. Then family members grew allergies....
super shots.
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Frank, I like you silhouettes. You have a dream opportunity with swifts flying that close.
Catching up with June 3. We have extremely tiny Forget-me-not in the garden, check the size of the flower in front of the grass for a measure of how tiny they are. Trying alternate focus points and framing. D750 105/2.8VR
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The swifts are only so near when the weather is such. On a normal morning they are 20 or 25 meters
up i the air and flying faster. No chance then.
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Thanks Frank.
Beautiful Bruno. You captured them well.
I biked yesterday to a wetland-area and found, apart from the high water in the river, flowering Ragged Robins
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Well seen, Lars. Good one.
Thanks Bruno!
Those forget-me-not surely are tiny - I especially like #1.
Frank - swifts are one of my favorite birds. I have tried photographing them myself - they often fly close to my balcony. But wrong camera for the job (Fuji X-E1) and I'm a poor BIF shooter as well. In danish they are called Mursejler.
John - I would like that shot even without the flowers :)
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Love the light the grass the shallow depth of field the colorscape and the flowers as a little cherry right on top of the icing.
super #40. John!
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Frank - swifts are one of my favorite birds. I have tried photographing them myself - they often fly close to my balcony. But wrong camera for the job (Fuji X-E1) and I'm a poor BIF shooter as well. In danish they are called Mursejler.
Mauersegler in German. Same word. I bought the D500 and fast tele for birding and sports.
My main target are songbirds.
Yet. As the swifts are so many here I can use them to practice.
settings.
Technique.
VR issues
AF issues
there is so much new to learn
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Mauersegler in German. Same word. I bought the D500 and fast tele for birding and sports.
My main target are songbirds.
Yet. As the swifts are so many here I can use them to practice.
settings.
Technique.
VR issues
AF issues
there is so much new to learn
Thanks - the D500 is definitely a different beast for that purpose! And swifts a good subject for practice :)
June 4. It is very hot in Denmark these days - seems we get all the sun and heat while central parts of Europe gets all the water and thunder storms. A few indoor shots of my Brassia orchid still setting flowers - and now also a nice scent. Each flower spans approx. 20 cm.
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Lars
You got beautiful light and super high color fidelity here!!!
What is your setup?
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Yeah, my first photos since weeks... :P :D
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7687/27386023371_bff20c11cc_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HJ1wCK)
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7298/26850246443_c114593fba_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GUEwPv)
Thorium rocks. ;)
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Harald. Love the first one. So subtle. See you tomorrow!
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Lars
You got beautiful light and super high color fidelity here!!!
What is your setup?
Thanks Frank! Window light, dining room wall as background, Fuji X-E1 w. XF 55-200 @55mm, f8, iso 800 - processed in Capture One pro 7.
Harald - #1 is great.
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June 4. A hot summer day - these clouds was only showing off .. no rain. Damselfly weather.
Will post more shots from today when/if time permits.
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John. Love your cats. Lived most of my life with them. Then family members grew allergies....
super shots.
Frank, how come you lived most of your life with Johns' cats? :o :o :o
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With THEM cat beings ...
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(1) dove
(2) processed dove (no animals were hurt in the process)
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June 4 2016
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(1) dove
(2) processed dove (no animals were hurt in the process)
'R u sure? She looks wonderfully nuked.
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June 4 2016
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That feels like summer - a tent, a trampoline and ice cream, the great outdoors ;D
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red roses garden fun
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June 4th After noon, the sun came.
Kiosk at Train Station University & Lovely June evening
D800E - 105/1.8
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red roses garden fun
Very nice result :)
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Thanks Frank and Lars.
The first one is lovely Harald.
Real summerly, Fons.
Beautiful colours, Thomas.
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(2) processed dove (no animals were hurt in the process)
The mythical bird Roc .. disguised as a dove.
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Very nice result :)
Thank you, Lars.
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Thanks Frank and Lars.
The first one is lovely Harald.
Real summerly, Fons.
Beautiful colours, Thomas.
Thanks, John.
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Another, and then I need some sleep.
more of the little guest series - snails on my poppies
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Harald, were both taken with the 35mm f1,4 Nikkor-N?
Thomas, lovely snail capture
Here is one taken with the new-to-me 80-200 f4 Ai-S
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Nice snail, Thomas, and poppy Buddy.
The Delphiniums are back.
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Taken with the 5cm f2 Nikkor-S, waiting for the church spire to appear through todays fog
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Maastricht today :)
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June 5th 2016. Sunny warm day ends in Thunderstorms.
Maastricht - De Maas river
More to come in topic http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,3723
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June 5 2016
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a young donkey of 6 hours old w/mother
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John: A wonderful graphic shot of these ships in the harbour! We did not make it to that place. pity.
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Thanks Frank. Well I think we all were there, it was on the Sint Servaas bridge just after we left the meeting place.
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Thanks Frank. Well I think we all were there, it was on the Sint Servaas bridge just after we left the meeting place.
Then I possibly only had eyes for the pigeon...
Is it the very bridge I too this picture from: ... ?
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on the city wall of Maastricht on Sunday
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June 5 2016
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a young donkey of 6 hours old w/mother
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June 6 2016
the cool of the morning
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Df 85mm f/1.4 ais pk11-a
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June 6th 2016 Sunny
Also some roses ;)
Df 200/4 AIS
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Let's go for a rose then, with visitors.
I like your #1 grey donkey on grey walls, Fons, with the warm spot at the right place.
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June 5 - national celebration of Constitution Day. I visited Roskilde.
Roskilde Cathedral is on UNESCO's list of world heritage.
The bronze relief is part of the large gate of the cathedral.
Public political meetings is tradition on this day.
The viking ship is Havhingsten.
"The yellow mansion".
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3 cool shots of a place I only know for its famous Rock Festival
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3 cool shots of a place I only know for its famous Rock Festival
Thanks Frank - Roskilde is so much, much more than Roskilde Festival :)
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One of my best friends is a Choir Master by profession. He runs several choirs. He makes a lot of people happy. That is his job. Isn't it great?
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Nice overview Lars, like especially the last one.
Super shot, Frank.
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Fortunately i have been to Roskilde outside of the festivals.
Thank you Bruno.
June 7 2016
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not a rose but a Geranium species
Df 60/2.8g
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My daughter... :)
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Another one from yesterday
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June 7th 2016 Sunny and warm.
After half a day Kafkarian 'communication' with Tax authorities about their mistake, I needed a time out. Working in the fields is very relaxing.
The first fresh strawberries from the field in the Cityfarm 'Piushaven'. Extremely tasteful. ;)
Df 80-200/4.5 K
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A pig in it's natural habitat.
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I love that yellow, Lars, and your strawberries, John
Trying to catch the blue of Delphinium 'Black Knight', in the storm D750 80-400
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7 June 16
warm day, partly cloudy, tendency of being too hot.
ISO: 220, 800, 250, 20.000, 10.000
All: D500 & 300PF
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A peak through the Nikon F viewfinder :o
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No distracting informatiuon anywhere ;D
Just a black frame around your pick of realities kitchen
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Beautiful Blue, Bruno.
Nice birds, Frank.
Flowers in the field.
Df 80-200/4.5 K
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8 June: early inspiration hit me at the breakfast table:
D500 & 300PF, only slightly edited for color & contrast
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June 8th 2016. Sunny but colder.
Shopping center
Df 105/1.8
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Cool shot, John. Great timing.
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Found some time. Maastricht is waiting... :(
All are shot with the 35 1.4 Pre-Ai. Need to know if i like the lens.... ;)
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June 8 2016
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Df 35-70mm f/3.5 ai (72mm)
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Different take on the Delphinium. D750 500/8
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Different take on the Delphinium. D750 500/8
Bruno - I like both takes. If it was music it would be in bright "blue major" .. I love that blue :)
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Yes, lovely blue !
That's a great portrait of the cat, Harald.
That's a nice sunset, Buddy.
Greeting
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What a great light in that shopping center! Perfect moment ... the tension between these friends, the way the little boy interacts .. classy!
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June 9 2016
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Df zf 100mm f/2
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Fons: This combination of forms and colors is very beautiful. I love the first one better. The separation suits the subject better IMO
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June 9th Perfect summer weather, sunny but with a cool breeze and around 22 degrees
Building Construction
Df 200/2
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Nice overview Lars, like especially the last one.
I love that yellow, Lars
Thank you John and Bruno!
So many great shots from everyone here .. I can't keep up :)
June 9. Rowing on a windy day at the lake. Swimming lessons on big waves.
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Thanks Frank
Katsbogte - on the road to 'Regte Heide'
D600 17-35/2.8 at 17mm
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birds, birds, birds ... not only the shooting, also the editing is a lot to learn...
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more birds, other birds
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Bruno - I like both takes. If it was music it would be in bright "blue major" .. I love that blue :)
Thanks Lars, Kind of Blue :)
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D750 Heligon 50/075 setting sun
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#110. Dream team. Light + Lens + artist.
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June 9th (couldn't upload the file yesterday due to internet problems)
Last light of the day
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Wow. Martine. I saw your shots on instagram and I really like
what I have seen. Very different. The meat hanging in the street
is phantastic. Museum level. Hope you get your computer fixed
soon to also share here!!!
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June 10 2016
celebrating the day with close-ups
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Df 125mm/2.5
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Great close-ups, Bruno and Fons.
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Much colors...
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10 June .... Beauty
D600 + 1.8/85G .... just opened and saved all neutral in PN
... resized in View NX-i
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Fons. I love #114.3 it is really touching
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10 June .... Beauty
D600 + 1.8/85G .... just opened and saved all neutral in PN
... resized in View NX-i
i have been using neutral settings too, any other setting gets the colour wrong, both in pn, ps etc
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Fons. I love #114.3 it is really touching
Great close-ups, Bruno and Fons.
definitely wanted wide open apertures, thanks
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also downsizing for jpg in one step used to downsize by halfsize increments
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BTW this at @5.6
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June 10th partly clouded. Not so nice as yesterday
Mother and Daughter are volunteering in the Cityfarm.
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And fresh Strawberries ;)
This time with Df 200/2
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thats a hefty beast that 200/2 ais
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That is a coool photo with the 2/200!!!
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Thanks Frank and Fons. It's the 200/2 AI version with built-in Hood. But still 2.400 grams, it takes some training to master. Also to find a fitting bag (including camera) and strap, which I found at a dumpstore.
But the 200/2 is one of a kind.
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The 200 f2 is a lens I would buy without a seconds hesitation if I had the small change to do so. Excellent example of how to use it John :D
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Ok. 5500 new. 4000 used for the VR2. 2000 used for the MF ED.
That is serious money. Although the weight is more of my concern.
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The 200 f2 is a lens I would buy without a seconds hesitation if I had the small change to do so. Excellent example of how to use it John :D
Thanks. Well actually I did hesitate when I saw the lens a year ago, because it was too expensive to my feeling. Great was my surprise to discover a month ago, it was still unsold, and at a 50% discount, and I didn't hesitate one milli-sec. ;)
If weight is a concern Frank you should look for the Ai or Ais, it's 500 gram less ;)
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Hi,
yes, the 200 / 2 is perhaps a nearly perfect lens. But i would not buy it because it is too heavy for my. And too expensive. :( Perhaps i can try it on one of the next fotowalks?
But here are some of my photos, all shot with the DF and the 30€-lens 75-150mm f3.5. I am every time impressed....
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Very nice and fresh colours, Harald.
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Harald. I like the last one especially.
2/200 ... Bjørn hauled his to Scotland. It is big ... no ... huge ... and heavy
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June 11 2016
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Df 135mm f/2 ai
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June 11th 2016 - Cloudy
Phytolacca or Pokeweed
D600 - 80/2.8
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June 11th 2016 - Cloudy
Phytolacca or Pokeweed
D600 - 80/2.8
John - I've had such a plant in my garden for years without knowing the species ... now I know, thanks :) Apparently it was used back in time to add color to home made wine. It's toxic so I'm not going to fool around and try it myself..
June 10., in the evening sun - I assume it is midge swarms. For fun, one shot defocused.
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John - I've had such a plant in my garden for years without knowing the species ... now I know, thanks :) Apparently it was used back in time to add color to home made wine. It's toxic so I'm not going to fool around and try it myself..
Beautiful Swarms, Lars.
For winemaking? That's strange. The juice of the berries was used here as a coloring for wool in the textile-industry. The old Indians used it already for the clothing and their skin, so, it's not that toxic, I think ;)
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Beautiful Swarms, Lars.
For winemaking? That's strange. The juice of the berries was used here as a coloring for wool in the textile-industry. The old Indians used it already for the clothing and their skin, so, it's not that toxic, I think ;)
Thanks John - according to what I've read the use of it for wine coloring has probably stopped and one reason is the toxicness. Maybe it's more safe for textile coloring as you usually don't eat it... ;) It also have medical properties but apprently not something for amateurs to experiment with as it caused many incidents of poisoning in the US in the 19'th century.
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With a 200 f2 I would reconsider my choice of camera bag. I would never consider leaving that lens at home though!
John, excellent story on how you got yours. Patience is a virtue.
Harald, nice work with the 75-150 f3,5. I heard a lot of good words about that lens, but decided against it and in favor of an 80-200 f4 because I really need that long end of the lens and 150mm just is a bit too short.
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Hi Buddy,
it is much lighter: Get both. ;)
Harald
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school party, lots of brass, but also fries and wet teachers...
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The swarms are wonderful. Fairy tale stuff
Your daily flower shot is exceptional, John. I know how hard it is to gain definition and delicacy at the same time!
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With a 200 f2 I would reconsider my choice of camera bag. I would never consider leaving that lens at home though!
It depends on the job. In a small room and acting anonymously is not the playground with the 200/2 ;)
Thanks Frank. Great colours with yours.
Another opening of an exposition in Museum De Pont, this time an interesting one, for a change. Slave city from Joep van Lieshout. It's in exposition in view of the Geronimo Bosch 500 anniversary year.
D600- 80/2.8 (large lenses are not allowed, for whatever reason) ;)
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and a second set:
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Fons, a lost cow? I see the fence though. I once met a cow in the middle of the forest. I was on my way down a hill at 80 km/hour and needed to brake full force to prevent "impact damage" as Nikon calls it.
Which brings me to the 200mm f2 in small rooms musings. I guess the reason why they do not allow big lenses in that exposition will also be to prevent impact damage. Look at how fragile that construction is! :o
It looks like an interesting work of art and you gave it a very own look cropping that detail out of the whole. Interesting take. It certainly works in a commercial sense because it makes me curious as to what else there is to see.
Harald, the 200 f2 is smaller and lighter? Compared to what ;D
I'm afraid that, as good as the 75-150 might be, it just will not see much use in my bag. It could replace the 135mm f3,5 and add versatility, but it would have one hell of a lens to beat. The 135mm f3,5 Nikkor-Q.C is every bit as impressive as the 105mm f2,5 Nikkor-P. Disadvantages of both is the minimum focus distance which I solve by bringing a PK-11.
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Catching up for June 10
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June 1, just before the rain
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Beauty of a rose, Bruno. !!
Which brings me to the 200mm f2 in small rooms musings. I guess the reason why they do not allow big lenses in that exposition will also be to prevent impact damage. Look at how fragile that construction is! :o
It looks like an interesting work of art and you gave it a very own look cropping that detail out of the whole. Interesting take. It certainly works in a commercial sense because it makes me curious as to what else there is to see.
Thanks Buddy. I got an answer earlier: large lenses (+100mm) were too intimidating. Perhaps their policy changes. In the past I had to put al my bags and coats in the locker. To prevent that, I go as 'light' as possible ;)
It's an interesting exposition, done by Atelier van Lieshout, I don't like to spoil it. There is a whole philosophy behind it. The mankind being slaved... etc. etc. Wrote a small article about it. http://tilburgers.nl/grote-expositie-van-joep-van-lieshout-in-de-pont/ (http://tilburgers.nl/grote-expositie-van-joep-van-lieshout-in-de-pont/).
Sometimes the visitors are more interesting than the art-objects ;)
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I always liked (and still like) the works of Jheronimous Bosch. 500 years ago he was a visionary who searched for the boundaries between reality and religion, between social acceptance and exclusion. In that light I find the thematic of the exposition fitting and interesting. I also know some of the works of van Lieshout. I always found van Lieshout an excellent architect. As an Artist in the true sense of the word, he rather invents meaning then distill it in his works.
Unfortunately, after reading the article on the exposition I'm afraid the reference to WWII is too far fetched and the whole body of art would be much much stronger had van Lieshout concentrated on the essence of the title SlaveCity.
He could instead have addressed the slavery and reduction of mankind to part of the global economy more directly and controversely by relating it to media consume and how this reduces humans to "less-then-individuals" as well as "glass puppets" which could be seen as assets to the advertisement industry instead of linking back to historic events. It would, in my opinion, have given the installation a far stronger message.
With that in mind, I really like how strong your image is with the lady that looks at her smartphone where she could instead look at the installation in front of her, the drinking couple and the outsiders. Your image conveys the message better then the explanation van Lieshout gives in your article ;)
(Interesting observation, the man on the left wears his keys the same way I do. Note to self: Fix holes in jeans' pockets so I can wear my keys inside the pockets again)
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June 12 2016
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Df 35/1.4 ais
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June 12th 2016 - Cloudy.
Another take on the Phytolacca or Pokeweed
Df 200/2
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With that in mind, I really like how strong your image is with the lady that looks at her smartphone where she could instead look at the installation in front of her, the drinking couple and the outsiders. Your image conveys the message better then the explanation van Lieshout gives in your article ;)
(Interesting observation, the man on the left wears his keys the same way I do. Note to self: Fix holes in jeans' pockets so I can wear my keys inside the pockets again)
Thanks Buddy. Keys are of course a symbol of 'possession' and therefor a form of slavery. ;)
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A nice romantic garden you have there, Fons.
The third pic appeals to me most it is so soft.
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A nice romantic garden you have there, Fons.
The third pic appeals to me most it is so soft.
a romantic, and natural garden, a lazy photographer
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The swarms are wonderful. Fairy tale stuff
Thanks Frank .. I like your school party shots of the band.
Your bird series also nice but what a poor looking bird in #107, 3. and 4. :(
June 12., I actually managed to get a bird shot today - a lazy dove outside my bedroom window was my luck.
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Lars, in the UK these are known as Wood Pigeons
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Lars, in the UK these are known as Wood Pigeons
Thanks Mike - the same name in Denmark: Skovdue
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Nice Bird. In Dutch it is 'Houtduif' ;)
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Opel Blitz - 1959 during an event in de Moerenburg.
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Nice Bird. In Dutch it is 'Houtduif' ;)
Thanks John ... and what a nice bus! :)
June 12. Inspired by John's Pokeweed shots and talk about toxic plants - I went to a historical pharmacy garden we have in the town. There are several toxic plants and I picked a few to show here. Windy and hand held .. apologies for the lack in image quality.
Name first - then plant.
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.. continued - a few from the garden and surroundings.
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June 12. Last one for today .. my Pitcher plant (Nepenthes) is setting new traps for the season.
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I need to shoot yet today. Light is just on the verge of becoming decent. I even carried a camera with me most of the day....
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Lars. Your medical plants remind me: I must attend some visits to our botanical gardens soon.
i love this magic of the Shamanic roots leafs berries blooms....
fascinating.
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Lars. Your medical plants remind me: I must attend some visits to our botanical gardens soon.
i love this magic of the Shamanic roots leafs berries blooms....
fascinating.
Thanks Frank - the diversity of plants is quite fascinating and botanical gardens are interesting.
Speaking of special plants and botanical gardens - the botanical garden in Copenhagen have had great success with a very special plant that just had the 3rd flower flower since 2012 - the Amorphophallus Titanum. The latin name that includes "phallus" has given it its Danish name .. but in English called "corpse flower" because it smells like rotten flesh .. not a charming flower.
It was 191 cm when it reached its maximum height in Copenhagen. There is a time lapse video..
http://botanik.snm.ku.dk/oplevelser/amorphophallus_titanum/
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Very interesting collection of Toxic plants, Lars. By the way, the Golden Chain Tree is also poisonous ;)
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We got one of these in Bonn. It attracts visiors like flies and smells like a rooten cadavre: http://www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/titan2016.php
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Thanks Frank .. I like your school party shots of the band.
Your bird series also nice but what a poor looking bird in #107, 3. and 4. :(
June 12., I actually managed to get a bird shot today - a lazy dove outside my bedroom window was my luck.
Thank you. This wood pigeon looks VERY greenish ... nice details....
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Very interesting collection of Toxic plants, Lars. By the way, the Golden Chain Tree is also poisonous ;)
Thanks John. Yes, a normal garden can be a scary place if you take a closer look .. :D
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Thank you. This wood pigeon looks VERY greenish ... nice details....
Yes, it must be the surrounding light .. or the pigeon was wearing camouflage of some sort ;)
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Nice bus, John and nice plant series, Lars.
2 garden inhabitants disturbed by our work today
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not much of luck today with the swifts...
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June 13 2016
rainy days
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June 13th 2016 Lots of Rain
Trip to 020.
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A visit to the art museum
Self Portrait by Dr Atl
V1 18.5mm
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June 13 (21 minutes before..). The sky to the north - close to midnight. I love this time of year.
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Interesting painting, Armando. Is it a nice museum?
Beautiful sky, Lars.
As it is my birthday today, the cats were lucky to get extra 'food' and attention ;)
D600 55/1.2
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Happy birthday, John.
A yellow crab spider popped up today on a scrophularia
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Beautiful sky, Lars.
As it is my birthday today, the cats were lucky to get extra 'food' and attention ;)
Thanks - and happy birthday John :)
Should have been the cats giving you extra food and attention .. and posting a shot of you :D
Nice shots of the cats.
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Thanks Bruno and Lars.
Apart from trying to sleep in my photo-bags they show no further affinity with Photography ;)
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But they seem to gracefully accept to be photographed :)
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I am back on track with my D600 & 1.4/35 Ai-S @f=1.4 and portraits
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Oh, Johnboy, very emotional quality to the shots #174.1 and .3
All the best to your next year!
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As it is my birthday today, the cats were lucky to get extra 'food' and attention ;)
D600 55/1.2
This lens seems to be very interesting on the D600. I am tempted to buy the 1.4/58mm but the 1.2/55 seems to be a very interesting option too...
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Thanks Frank.
This is the Nikkor 55/1.2 Ai - latest version, very nice to handle, and a very sweet bokeh, as you see. These were shot at @1.4, gives a bit more DOF. It's a bit narrower than the 50/1.2.
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From my bedroom window between 1 and 2 in the night.
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Hallingskarvet (https://flic.kr/p/J9kVFv) by Asle Feten (https://www.flickr.com/photos/afoton/), on Flickr
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Hallingskarvet (https://flic.kr/p/J9kVvv) by Asle Feten (https://www.flickr.com/photos/afoton/), on Flickr
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Happy birthday John G. although yesterday, still no retirement ;)
June 14
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Thanks Fons :)
Beautiful Pink Rose and background.
The other one is a bit 'busy'.
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14 June 16. Meadow, detail
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June 14th Cloudy and Rain
Pokeweed
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Cook Mr van Poppel preparing the buffet in a Social Restaurant.
D800E - 105/1.8
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Rainy day
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we had some serious thunderstorm activity in the area -- again -- so: some nice intense light with dust free air...
PLUS: today I had some film incoming. I plan on some whacky artistic stuff ... for serious shots I do it digital ... what else?
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June 15 2016
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chance seedling, probably a cross between R. alba 'Madame Legras st.Germaine' and an undefined wild rose
Df zf 35/2
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Fons. Poetic. Yet graphically challenged. Distorted.
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It looks good, Fons, the blue in the picture and the flower. Any scent?
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June 15th - Luckily some afternoon sun after a day with darkness and showers
Fountain play
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It looks good, Fons, the blue in the picture and the flower. Any scent?
yes Bruno, delicious scent
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Very good one, John.
Some days, I'm leaving my garden :)
Lumia 930 jpeg
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yes Bruno, delicious scent
very lucky hybrid. You must give it a name
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John. Wow. Bold you carry that chunk to the city!
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Thanks Bruno and Frank. Nice catch, Bruno.
Yes, weight is relative. In fact it is not heavier than two bodies with good quality lenses. Handling is a learning curve, in fact holding the weight and focusing with the same hand needs some practice especially with the very long focus throw.
There are moments the light is beautiful after the sun comes through the rainy clouds...
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Exceptional
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June 15. Finally some rain. Safely behind glass .. hence the reflections.
Fons - great composition.
Bruno - I'm a bit impressed by the IQ of your phone.
John - great water shots.
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June 16 2016
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we had so much rain again, this morning sun's shine drying my boots.
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Lars. Super. Wonderful. Raindrop destruction derby.
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16 June 2016 --- the conservator
D600 & 1.4/35 Ai-S @f=1.4
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June 16th 2016 A bit of sun, but heavy rain is coming
The beautiful smell of the common Privet in June brings back sweet memories and soon the Linden will flower too
Df - Ang. 35-70/2.5
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An unexpected and unprepared moment (because I only had the Df and the Ang. with me) when I met the local beekeeper.
He uses a special natural beehive, with the same form as in nature, giving a much larger production of Honey, but more difficult to get it out.
He lifted the hive to show the bee-population (around 20.000)
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The Df and the Angenieux were able to capture details from the 'dark' as it was underexposed.
This is a crop of another shot. I couldn't get too close to prevent a bee-attack ;) so it's at 70mm.
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Thanks, John
Bruno - I'm a bit impressed by the IQ of your phone.
Thanks, Lars. I picked it up for that but I'm often surprised too. It gives a 20+MB DNG file but the in camera jpg is most of the time good enough with a few tweaks from the basic phone editor.
Peonies rampage, under too much rain and a bit of cursors for the fun, and a surviving rose.
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June 17 2016
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Persicaria polymorphum
excellent species tall like the much hated Fallopia, but without the runners.
Df voigtlander 180mm f/4
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June 17th 2016 Cloudy with sometimes a bit of sun.
The Pokeweed and its visitors
D800E-Rodenstock 75/4
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17 June 2016 ... anniversary of the unrest in Eastern Germany 1953 ...Former National Celebration Holiday in Western Germany
My picture: "meeting of the generations"
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The structure of your nice Pokeweed and bee made me think of the grapes slowly growing on a wall.
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Wet today. All shot with my "i will not sell it" Samyang 85 1.4.
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Harald. I love your contribution. Esp the first one and the one with the white and red stripes.
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This lens seems to be very interesting on the D600. I am tempted to buy the 1.4/58mm but the 1.2/55 seems to be a very interesting option too...
The 55mm f1,2, any version really, is a very interesting lens. As well as a lens I use a lot. It is usable wide open already, but becomes really sharp and contrasty at f2 and then turns into a very well controlled sharp lens at f5,6, so you could use it dreamy/swirly and glowing at f1,2, decied to use the still limited DoF with a very sharp subject at f2 or make excellent landscape shots at f5,6. Everything goes.
I know Chris Dees also likes his copy, and he recently had a copy for sale so you might contact him about that to see if he still has it.
John, lovely smooth background rendering. You hit the focus on both, which is quite good knowing how the DoF is thinner then what the focus screen on your Df shows you.
Frank, looking forward to what you can do with all those rolls of film :)
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If however you are after a lens with a unique and special (read creative) look, you might want to either pick up the 55mm f1,2 or go all the way and look for a 5,8cm f1,4 Nikkor-S. That one will have to be converted to Ai if it has not been done by the previous owner. Ai conversion should be about 30 minutes work and I could help you with that if you decide to go that route.
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Thanks Buddy. There is a little more room with fast moving cats at f/1.4 ;) The focus-screen of the Df is actually very good.
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Great stuff Harald. The Samyang reminds me of the rendering of the Voigtlander Nokton.
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ocean paradise
post tower
ulb
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Frank, looking forward to what you can do with all those rolls of film :)
We will see. Lots of factors. Main problem as always: There I days on which I see and others when I am blind...
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On the topic of meeting of the generations, no aperture ring on the 300mm ;)
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On the topic of meeting of the generations, no aperture ring on the 300mm ;)
The PF is an "E" type. I can to set the aperture on a body that supports "E" type apertures and then I use the lens as a fixed aperture lens. I guess I will fix it to f=4.0 for usage on the FM-2. Did not yet think about how this will affect measuring. I simply take a digital body with me as a light meter for the FM-2...
First encounter:
1) The camera is much heavier than I remember her.
2) The sound is very loud and snappy. I remember her much more discreet.
3) I entered the red light district. My old FM-2 did sure not have +0- in RED!
I have to look that up.
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June 18th 2016 The day starts with sunshine
The Fishshop will be open to sell the 'New Herring' or Soused Herring' which arrived this week https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soused_herring (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soused_herring)
D800E - 105/1.8
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June 18 2016
Cool and wet weather conditions continue
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Supershot John. Graphics. Colors. Composition.
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The PF is an "E" type. I can to set the aperture on a body that supports "E" type apertures and then I use the lens as a fixed aperture lens. I guess I will fix it to f=4.0 for usage on the FM-2. Did not yet think about how this will affect measuring. I simply take a digital body with me as a light meter for the FM-2...
First encounter:
1) The camera is much heavier than I remember her.
2) The sound is very loud and snappy. I remember her much more discreet.
3) I entered the red light district. My old FM-2 did sure not have +0- in RED!
I have to look that up.
The FM2 always had a very distinct sound. I really like it around 1/15th and again around 1/125th and 1/250th.
It was never quiet though.
At 540 grams it is about 2/3rds on the way to a Nikon F3 and half a Nikon F Photomic. That is without the MD-12. With an MD-12 and 8 eneloops it will be quite abrick. Excellent old-school-VR
As to the red lights, the FE2 has a match needle. The FM and FM2 always had the red +0- on the left hand side.
E-type apertures? :o ???
The camera will meter with the lens wide open, shoot with the minimum aperture. Unless you wedge something in between the aperture lever on the lens. Things levered in there can fall out and end up wedged in the shutter. A nice 300mm f4,5 ED-IF costs about $150 and is fully functional on the FM2 ;) (the ED non-IF is optically superior though)
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No need for such measures, with E-aperture the lens has no aperture lever and stays wide open when it does not receive an electrical command signal. This is similar to earlier digital bodies that do not support e-aperture.
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Ah. Good news Øivind.
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Supershot John. Graphics. Colors. Composition.
Thanks Frank
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Lars. Super. Wonderful. Raindrop destruction derby.
Thanks Frank .. I like your thoughtful conservator.
Fantastic beehive John.
June 18. The treacherous "Honey Well" bar is open for sloppy insects in my windowsill...
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June 16. A bit late :-\
What was a bright yellow view of Laburnum flowers trough my bedroom window not long ago is now a green view of pods. Summer is moving fast..
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The conservator is a special person. I know him for a long time. He makes my olden furniture shine.
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June 16. A bit late :-\ What was a bright yellow view of Laburnum flowers trough my bedroom window not long ago is now a green view of pods. Summer is moving fast..
What a lavishly green scene. Can smell it from the picture.
Also the insect eating plant shot is something really special
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Improvised shooting this morning when I suddenly heard the trampling of the annual cross country race passing in our street. Some happy runners
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Super Documentary, Bruno.
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Bruno, this is a very fine and compelling series. Excellent!
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Agree, beautiful series, Bruno.
June 19th 2016 - a bit of sun in the morning
The Rhododendron in the Park
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I presume this is not an advertising campaign for beer...
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We went to visit my mom this afternoon :)
Taken with D3 and 80-200 f4 Ai-S
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Hi. The film has to be developed...
Hihi. No I also took some digital shots. A second please...
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Electronic portraits taken this morning
D500 & 1.8/85G & NX-D
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lunatic night... AW 1, FT 1, 70-200, crop @3000x2000, shrinked for NG
'aiming at the moon'
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Thank you, Frank, Thomas and John.
Nice portraits, Frank
A welcoming package, Buddy
John, I'm sure it anyway has a certain impact on beer consumption :)
Blue delphinium, take 3: the 180-70 is much closer to the real color, and a mostly unsharp delphinium
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June 19
Fathers'day
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Nice, is it already winter, Buddy? ;)
Great portraits, Frank. The 85/1.8G does it well.
Tender blues, Bruno
Beauty of a moon, Thomas.
An alligator as gift, Fons? ;)
Testing the Zeiss Triotar 135/4 on the 800E - Not bad for a lens from 1951 Sweet bokeh wide open, a bit harsh at f/8
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John. It is difficult for me to operate the 85 on a DX body indoors.
I am so used to 85 on Film and it is my always on on the D3.
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I understand, and how is the 35/1.4 doing on DX?
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John: superb. The D500 view finder (try it next time we meet) is great for MF. Nikon really got their act together in that field.
I must say that the FM-2 finder is currently harder to focus for me than the D500 VF. I guess this will change when the diopter arrives.
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Some mysterious nocturnal activities down on the street -- no idea what this guy was about -- stealing? repairing? It involved a lot of unusual noises which got me interested.
Optically it involved a "black box", a bicycle and a suitcase :o
The D500 & 300PF alone did not cut it, so I took a military strength flashlight to enlighten the guy, who simply did not care...
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Another mysterious image but in a totally different way. Allegedly the full moon seen today is called "Strawberry Moon"...
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June 20th 2016 Cloudy- Rainy
Pokeweed
Df -55/1.2
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John. The 55/1.2 gets more and more tempting for me.
What a touching shot. Fairly tale lens.
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Another mysterious image but in a totally different way. Allegedly the full moon seen today is called "Strawberry Moon"...
totally love the jndustrial backdrop, the sky color and the moon color. Superb.
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Bruno, thank you. Yes, very welcoming indeed.
John, it's not winter yet, but in October it will be, and that's when things are about to unfold (and you will most likely be pestered with baby photos).
That Zeis Triotar looks interesting. Similar kind of rendering as the NKJ 10,5cm f4 Nikkor-T which is based on the same optical design.
Ever tried the 135mm f3,5 Nikkor-Q? Can be found for $50 or less, but renders in a similar fashion and is incredibly sharp, even wide open.
Nice (double) exposure with the 55mm f1,2 :)
Fons, that is a very convincing alligator leather camera bag :D
Frank, I can really recommend buying a 55mm f1,2 nikkor of any vintage. It is indeed a fairytale lens, and I could show scores of fairytale photos I made with the lens ever since I owned a copy.It is my 2nd most used lens, after the 105mm f2,5
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Phone ate my long answer. Hit wrong button acidentially. User error
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Thanks Buddy.
That Zeis Triotar looks interesting. Similar kind of rendering as the NKJ 10,5cm f4 Nikkor-T which is based on the same optical design.
Ever tried the 135mm f3,5 Nikkor-Q? Can be found for $50 or less, but renders in a similar fashion and is incredibly sharp, even wide open.
Yes, I have the 135/3.5 QC, a very good lens, but the Triotar beats it on all accounts especially on sharpness and colour wide open. Also on Beauty ;)
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Nice, is it already winter, Buddy? ;)
Great portraits, Frank. The 85/1.8G does it well.
Tender blues, Bruno
Beauty of a moon, Thomas.
An alligator as gift, Fons? ;)
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Blijdorp for Fathers' day
Testing the Zeiss Triotar 135/4 on the 800E - Not bad for a lens from 1951 Sweet bokeh wide open, a bit harsh at f/8
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totally love the jndustrial backdrop, the sky color and the moon color. Superb.
Thanks, Frank. You are too kind.
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Hey Fons. Very cool bird shot. They seem to be minding their own business. love it!
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everything under the rain today
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Definitely a thing of beauty John - your copy has defied the years really well - hardly a scratch on it.
Have you modified its mount for Nikon and does it still infinity focus?
Thanks Buddy.Yes, I have the 135/3.5 QC, a very good lens, but the Triotar beats it on all accounts especially on sharpness and colour wide open. Also on Beauty ;)
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thanks Frank
June 21
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Definitely a thing of beauty John - your copy has defied the years really well - hardly a scratch on it.
Have you modified its mount for Nikon and does it still infinity focus?
Thanks Hugh. It really is like new, even the glass. It is the T-coated version, one of the last they made.
With the standard thin M42/Nikon F adapter it goes to infinity and behaves like an AI lens on the Nikon Camera's, when leaving the aperture wide open at f/4. Changing aperture (at the front like the 28/4 PC lens) implies changing the settings, I usually use the compensating exposure for that, or adapt the camera settings of the lens to the aperture in use.
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No matter what anyone might say because he/she wants to be polite:
I will never be a good photopgrapher because I do not have the talent
BUT: I will always work hard to become a better photographer than I am now
This is a very satisfactory path.
This morning I took some effort to become a better photographer.
Here are two cityscapes.
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some plants:
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some animals:
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some subdued colors:
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And finally: two more city scapes, details here:
Technical: all pictures of today taken with a D500 and the 300PF
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June 21rd 2016 Rainy
Long interview with City Council Member Bart van de Camp who will leave the council after 15 years.
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Three times a free shower on a day is a bit of an overkill ;)
Scooter
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Phantastic light on this scooter. Rare.
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Thank. Yes, indeed, like there was a spotlight on it, during the shower.
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On Tuesdays the local sailboat club takes their boats for a spin - and a small race.
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Yes, indeed, like there was a spotlight on it, during the shower.
It is special - great capture.
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A bumblebee between the showers...
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Three times a free shower on a day is a bit of an overkill ;)
Scooter
That scooter is a one of a time achivement in terms of lighting. Well spotted, perfectly captured.
'roadside find'
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Construction material under last light. Lumia 930
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Thanks Lars and Thomas.
Nice those boats, Lars. A peaceful surrounding. ;)
Good capture of that bee, Harald. The 1.2 lens?
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June 22
between the showers
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D800 voigtlander 125/2.5
handheld
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Hi John,
yes. It is easily visible. ;)
Harald
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Beautiful Pinks, Fons.
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Beautiful Pinks, Fons.
Thank you John.
The colour isnt really pink, but a hard to describe reddish mauve, colours sensors struggle with and hard to get right in post.
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With my words in #267 I do not want to discourage you from saying anything concerining my shots. I take critique very well and I am an eager learner. Whatever comes to your mind throw it at me and I will draw inspiration from it.
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June 22nd Sunny and warmer (and less rain)
The black beauty sunbathing
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This animal looks bewitchingly dangerous
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This animal looks bewitchingly dangerous
Yes, she is lethal.
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Yes, she is lethal.
Downsized Black Panther .. her eyes glow on that background :)
What a lavishly green scene. Can smell it from the picture.
Also the insect eating plant shot is something really special
I never got back to say thanks .. so thanks Frank!
June 22. Summer solstice passed yesterday - the summer is moving too fast. The Linden trees have set flowers and the trees have a fascinating humming sound from bees.
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Nice Lars, the Linden starts flowering here too, now in combination with the Privet that lost lots of flowers with the heavy rain
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Micro Nikkor 55 3.5. Love this little lens... ;)
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And i found entrance 10.
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Smartphone day today. From the patio of the conference center. Lumia 930.
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Smartphone it was - Hattingen, old town. Church from about 1200.
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Another, from Große Weilstraße.
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It is great to have you on board as a regular contributer, Harald
New perspectives!
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I took so many shots today. Just one portrait. Pars pro toto.
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Depressing scenery in Hattingen, Thomas!
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Nice Lars, the Linden starts flowering here too, now in combination with the Privet that lost lots of flowers with the heavy rain
Love that blooming bush, John.
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Thanks Frank.
A press presentation yesterday for the 447th edition of the Tilburg Fair was held in Skatepark Ladybird
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Beethoven on a very sunny Brexit-or-not-day
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Hopefully it's a remain day!
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That remains to be seen ...
Oh well. Back to photography.
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June 23rd 2016 Some rain and cloudy
Are you 'kitting' me...
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That remains to be seen ...
Oh well. Back to photography.
I remains to be left open. I do not care anyway. It is the Brits who
decide. Ido not have a say there....
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Depressing scenery in Hattingen, Thomas!
Hattingen is quite lovely, especially the old part.
It has it's corners though.
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No time. Just posting. ;)
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A beautiful Catalpa is flowering
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Gathering of clouds
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waiting at the hospital
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light's on at the hospital
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What are you waiting for Thomas??
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Yesterday ended up in the flood. That's how our garden looked like around 21:00, picture taken standing in 50cm of water
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Your Garden is a waterway now? That is something different.
In past times my Grandparents house was only reachable per boat once or twice a year.
It seems the high waters of the Rhine river have been less high for the last 20 years...
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PS. The second picture is a really good picture. The way the setting sun reflects in the water. Wow.
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Bruno, I hope the garden will look less like a pond by now. And I hope the bushes and trees can be saved at least. Flowers will most likely be washed away.
Is the basement dry at least?
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No waterway anymore, the stream is almost back to normal but 1 meter wider at some places, due to erosion. The house is safe, it was built 300 years ago by people who knew what they were doing: we're 4 meters above the stream and it would require a cataclysmic event for the water to reach the house :).
This flood was not too bad though. The stream crossing the garden went from 1.5 meters wide to a good 20+ meters in half an hour. Damages are limited, apart from 5cm of mud everywhere, flowers washed away indeed and 2 trees down from the water coming down the neighboring fields. Unfortunately, one of them is the only Sambucus racemosa growing around here.
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June 24
last nights storm wasnot that bad here, this morning after the cooling off.
Verbascum with Df, voigtlander 125
As usual there is a colour change going from pro-photo into srgb
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Fons: Wonderfol colors & flowers, very intimate feel to this one.
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I am amazed there is never any discussion over colour differences when the mode, or gamut, changes.
Very apparent with dense colours.
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I am amazed there is never any discussion over colour differences when the mode, or gamut, changes.
Very apparent with dense colours.
I feel it has a psychological component or maybe a color perceptional psychological component...
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Today I received the Nikon D5 as a loaner.
First impression:
-- very ugly loud noise, like a mortorcyclist wanting to draw some attention passing a table of young ladies
-- not all buttons are placed as thoughtfully for my purpose as on the D500 with grip
-- wonderful clarity in the files, like D4 / Df / D600 but even better ... there must be a HUGE pixel budget to achieve such clarity!
Some pics:
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As usual there is a colour change going from pro-photo into srgb
What is pro-photo? I never notice any important change of colours in my PP.
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Today I received the Nikon D5 as a loaner.
First impression:
-- very ugly loud noise, like a mortorcyclist wanting to draw some attention passing a table of young ladies
-- not all buttons are placed as thoughtfully for my purpose as on the D500 with grip
-- wonderful clarity in the files, like D4 / Df / D600 but even better ... there must be a HUGE pixel budget to achieve such clarity!
Some pics:
The images look fine indeed. What lens did you use?
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The images look fine indeed. What lens did you use?
The first batch is all 4.0/300PF @4.0
Later today I will see a children's theatrical performance in really bad mixed light, can hardly get worse.
This will challenge white balance performance. Knowing the d500 I expect wonders
And later even a garden party with barbecue from 8 pm till midnight. This will give me skin tonality in bad light
and high ISO performace.
so that for the first day.
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What is pro-photo? I never notice any important change of colours in my PP.
Prophoto is a colour profle with a larger colour gamut, for a webuse one converts into srgb, since most computers have not set their browsers to display this colour space.
I see a shift in colour once converted.
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The first batch is all 4.0/300PF @4.0
Later today I will see a children's theatrical performance in really bad mixed light, can hardly get worse.
This will challenge white balance performance. Knowing the d500 I expect wonders
And later even a garden party with barbecue from 8 pm till midnight. This will give me skin tonality in bad light
and high ISO performace.
so that for the first day.
Tough day for the loaner.
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The first batch is all 4.0/300PF @4.0
And later even a garden party with barbecue from 8 pm till midnight. This will give me skin tonality in bad light
and high ISO performace.
so that for the first day.
I suspect that you will realize the benefit of the fluorine coating on 300PF during the BBQ party along with the performance of D5. :o :o :o
The clarity is amazing for sure!
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morning drive to work
v1 spray and pray ...
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Great capture Armando - and what a morning!
Speaking of colorful cloudscapes. June 23. We had a long and impressive thunderstorm passing last night and the sky went yellow/orange during the evening - when it cleared a bit the blue mixed in. Great show that I could view from my balcony.
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Great skies, Lars and Armando
June 24th Rain and Sun
Late June Poppies.
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What are you waiting for Thomas??
My wife... :-|
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No waterway anymore, the stream is almost back to normal but 1 meter wider at some places, due to erosion. The house is safe, it was built 300 years ago by people who knew what they were doing: we're 4 meters above the stream and it would require a cataclysmic event for the water to reach the house :).
This flood was not too bad though. The stream crossing the garden went from 1.5 meters wide to a good 20+ meters in half an hour. Damages are limited, apart from 5cm of mud everywhere, flowers washed away indeed and 2 trees down from the water coming down the neighboring fields. Unfortunately, one of them is the only Sambucus racemosa growing around here.
That sounds good and bad at the same time. Good to hear you are safe in a solid house.
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morning drive to work
v1 spray and pray ...
Aah, a well trusted in your luck. Very nice drive by capture.
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My wife... :-|
Hopefully all goes well, Thomas.
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The entrence gate of the Abbey Trappists Koningshoeven were special beer is brewed by the monks. The only one in the Netherlands. Most of the materials like Barley and water are grown around the monastry.
In the background of the Barleyfield the Abbey is visible. More info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koningshoeven_Abbey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koningshoeven_Abbey)
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John. Great captures. May you ever be with us!
Thomas: Hope your wife will be well soon!
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The D5 is an amazing tool.
I am now very tired ... too tired to edit and post. I will edit and post tomorrow.
What a camera! ... which can sure cut shots no other camera can.
Sometimes disturbing and confusing, because she is intruding into territory that could simply not have been photographed before.
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June 25
Another humble contribution to this great thread alive and well, kudos to all participants.
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Nikon Df, Nikkor-S auto 55/1.2
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Hopefully all goes well, Thomas.
She's back home. :)
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Catching up with Friday and a little bit of the backlog
Thomas: Wishing her well
Lars and Armando: great colors
Frank: There is something special indeed but mostly how you frame the subject against the background and other elements
John: "Abbey Trappists Koningshoeven were special beer is brewed " looks like an interesting location for a gathering :-)
Thanks everyone for the kind words about the flood. Uncut grass flattened, cut grass covered in new soil. Smartphone jpg.
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I am amazed there is never any discussion over colour differences when the mode, or gamut, changes.
Very apparent with dense colours.
I'm certainly not versed enough in this matter to explain it but from several threads of Iliah Borg on DPreview I remember him explaining that an important issue is the enumeration of colors. There is no unique way of doing it and each enumeration has an arbitrary part in it. Add metameric failures to that and color changes are inevitable not only by moving to a smaller gamut but also to a larger gamut, because of these different enumerations.
Personally I finally got tired of spending more time on the computer and finally resorted to ad hoc color and wb tweaking in the destination space :)
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June 25th 2016 Cloudy and Rainy
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Thanks Bruno, Fons and Frank. It's indeed a nice location, Bruno ;)
Nice red Fons. Do you use the Save for web function in CC? Normally the colours will remain from the original open in CC.
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Thanks Bruno, Fons and Frank. It's indeed a nice location, Bruno ;)
Nice red Fons. Do you use the Save for web function in CC? Normally the colours will remain from the original open in CC.
John yes i do
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When do colour-changes manifest?
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When do colour-changes manifest?
Colour changes from tiff to jpg, in other words from a prophoto workspace into srgb jpgs for webuse, it is most evident when a tiff is created in photoninja and opened in photoshop to finalize for webuse, the only way to minimize gross colourchanges is to avoid unnecessary processing, where raising contrasts leads to colour changes anyway.
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Yes I understand. If you work in ACR/CC there is no translation to TIFF, so that will minimize the risk of colour-change.
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Have to upload my duty tomorrow ... lots of family stuff today ... good night.
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June 26. Tried Photomerge in the latest CC2015.5. 12-stitch pano covering 100 degrees or more horizontally.
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Great effort is applied to create an even horizontal plane, while our planet is a global sphere, here the sky still hints at that ;).
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Thanks, Fons. I have to confess that my camera was a bit tilted upwards, which should result in the spherical rendition in the sky. Also, the freshly stitched image before trimming was far from being leveled correctly. :P Photomerge did an admirable job anyway.
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Akira: What are these artifacts that look like doors or electrical conductor poles?
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Akira: What are these artifacts that look like doors or electrical conductor poles?
Yes, you are right, Frank. They support the power lines for the private railway running right below them.
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Temporarily the two incarnations of Nikon's fith generation cameras are in my house. On the left D500+MB-D17, on the right D5.
I very much hope for the third incarnation. Sources say that the D850 / D900 will not happen this year. Pity.
A slow high res camera with superb implementation of silent shutter to use in musical events and theatrical performance and in churches would be more than welcome.
The D600 is a proxy for such a camera since 2013 ... proxies tend to last long ... wonderful IQ, amazing, but compared to the fifth gen cameras simply no WB and no AF.
With the D500 I now got a second proxy that has its own virtues as a sports and wildlife cam.
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Catching up with Saturday 25
Aboard
edit: adapted exposure following Thomas comment
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Catching up with Saturday 25
Aboard
Bruno,- travelling by ferry pictures. Big like! Good transport selection :)
Unfortunately they look a tad underexposed on my screen...
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Garden work. Zillions of [edit]
snakes snails[/edit]. Harvesting started today with collecting
red and white currants.
They will give some very nice syrup.
'first flush'
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Bruno,- travelling by ferry pictures. Big like! Good transport selection :)
Unfortunately they look a tad underexposed on my screen...
Thanks Thomas, you're right with the exposure, wrong version. I corrected it.
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June 26th 2016 - A mixed bag of weather, heavy rains but sometimes the sun too
The petit flowers of the common Vervain or Verbena officinalis
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'red currants in post production, step 2'
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'red currants post production, step #3, ready for storage and consumption'
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The red currant juice looks delicious Thomas !
Festival Mundial this weekend blocked numerous streets...
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Thomas G. I envy you. These wonderful berries look just perfect. Esp. The white ones. Almost orange.
post production... nice wording .. haha ... we were screwing all day ... big bed from IKEA ...
threw out the childrens bed got a real one for Kons.
And I did my real world low ISO test D5 vs.D600 ... no results before the football game ends.
CU.
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i love these red and white berries, the whites being ever so sweeter
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June 26
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Garden work. Zillions of snakes. Harvesting started today with collecting
red and white currants.
They will give some very nice syrup.
'first flush'
really nice,
your image makes my mouth watery
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skater abstract
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Love the scapter. It is always the resting parts against the unrest that makes the picture in these cases
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skater abstract
.. a great one!
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some flowers. same lens, perspective, aperture, NX-D-settings, two bodoes (filenames)
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That is super, Armando!
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skater abstract
Excellent shot!
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I should have posted this following Fons' blue bus in #367, just for the color contrast.
For Frank, who likes the ripe orange of the white currants so much.
'white currants post production, step #3, ready for storage and consumption'
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... enjoying fresh and sparkling lemonade
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3 minutes late ;)
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3 minutes late ;)
[edit] took out image copies[/edit]
In post #1 of this group of threads Frank set the new day in NZ as the Threshold... that give you some reserve in Germany.
By the way: your ourdoor pictures have a certain, very admirable touch.
In dealing with the highlights in the sky you accepted the greens to look different that you usually show them - on purpose?
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Very much on purpose, yes. For pictures containing cornflowers and the like in fields of grains I prefer to develop for contrast and clarity. A matter of personal taste mostly. This has the effect that skies look rather dramatic as well, which fits my personal taste for the sky in the pictures above as well. Sometimes I still decide to revert the skies to a less heavily edited version in photoshop, but in the pictures above I just happened to like the overall appearance.
The pictures of the forest details are far less heavily edited. I just like this far softer nearly SooC approach for pictures of forests and forest details. Again, this is pretty much a matter of personal taste. Sometimes I process all my forest pictures by just setting the correct WB and export them as JPG without any further editing.
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Very nice Armando.
Lovely ferns and skies, Buddy.
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June 27
spider in the morning
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100% crop from a different shot
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Catching up in the 10 minutes I have wifi. Great skater and berries process
Dartmoor in the fog with ponies
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Bruno Bruno. Superb fog shot.
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Spend the whole morning editing this shot from Friday. The BG was clutterd and I tried to make it
bareble. I took the effort although it will be a freebie. The woman is wonderful. She saved millions
of lives. I want to give her a portrait session as a present for her charity to be even more successful.
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Fantastic spider, Fons.
Great atmosphere, Bruno.
Impressive portrait, Frank. In this case the colour version is by far better. The colours are unique, and a perfect match with the background. Brilliant.
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June 27th 2016 - Cloudy and relatively cold
Construction worker waits for materials. In the background the dark clouds from a very large fire in an industrial zone a few miles away.
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Spend the whole morning editing this shot from Friday. The BG was clutterd and I tried to make it
bareble. I took the effort although it will be a freebie. The woman is wonderful. She saved millions
of lives. I want to give her a portrait session as a present for her charity to be even more successful.
Wonderful portrait and edit
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosi_Gollmann (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosi_Gollmann)
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June 27th 2016 - Cloudy and relatively cold
Construction worker waits for materials. In the background the dark clouds from a very large fire in an industrial zone a few miles away.
It has been raining here again all afternoon
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It just started to rain here half an hour ago. Strange ;)
The Pokeweed is doing well
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Very nice lightning on the ferns, Buddy and I like your spider #1, Fons.
Frank, this is a fantastic color portrait and if I understand well, the glow should very well fit her personality.
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Thanks Bruno,
here is something different ;)
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nice one Buddy
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Love the weather trough the window, Buddy.
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#377.4 feels like a different millenium. Much earlier. Man marginal
plants dominant. Great light work.
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Nice one again, Buddy
Catching up on June 27. Strong wind on Dartmoor
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I love when an image transcends its limits. I can almost hear the wind in yours, Bruno
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June 28
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Df 18mm f/4
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June 28th Cloudy - sometimes sun
Fly
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June 28. Rowers preparing for the regatta the upcoming weekend.
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Took a lot of shots today starting at 5:30 ... of the one's I managed to look at so far this is my favourite:
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June 28th Cloudy - sometimes sun
Fly
very difficult to get the eyes sharp with these ... focus bracketing ist still missing from Nikons...
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colored leafs in the morning dew
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very difficult to get the eyes sharp with these ... focus bracketing ist still missing from Nikons...
I wasn't looking to get it sharp, the intention was some 'motion'. It could have been completely sharp if I had stopped down. ;)
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detail on the Mercedes Benz
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here is something different ;)
Beautiful and dramatic.
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The Students of the Theatre-Academy Fontys are busy constructing a setting for a play...
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Fons, a single expusure, yes? It looks like 3! Like the busy frame yet spacious. I feel attracted to this visual puzzle.
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Fons, a single expusure, yes? It looks like 3! Like the busy frame yet spacious. I feel attracted to this visual puzzle.
yes single shot, thank you Paco
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June 29
cold and wet day again
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D3 af-s 300mm f/4
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#410: The first one is wonderfully poetic
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June 29
cold and wet day again
#410: The first one is wonderfully poetic
Fons - is #1 the Aconitum? .. or Monkshood. If so, dangerously poetic :)
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The details of the Mercedes, lovely complex picture of such a simple subject, Fons
Catching up on June 28 with green and water at dusk
Edit: Correct the date of catching up: 28 instead of 2 :)
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Dear Frank, Thank you for you picture in #401. It stirs so many emotions in me I immediately set it and my Desktop background. Thank you again.
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Hi Bruno! It is a bit late for catching up, but the pictures are wonderful. So please let it be an exception...
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My bad typo, it is catching up for yesterday, not June 2
Thanks, Frank.
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29 June 2016: Sunny morning, bathroom window...
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June 29th Mixed sun and clouds. When the sun came, the light was intense.
Open day in Zuiderpark. The Archaeologist showing the site were farms form the Middle Age and older were found.
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29 June 2016: Sunny morning, bathroom window...
Interesting one, Frank, the mix of green and yellow in the upper right quadrant has a kind of Van Gogh's brush strocke in it.
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detail on the Mercedes Benz
I like this Fons
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A day in wind and rain and suddenly two young horses wanted to test their ability at dominance
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Interesting one, Frank, the mix of green and yellow in the upper right quadrant has a kind of Van Gogh's brush strocke in it.
the light is rare in this position. But if the light is there I can influence the colors on the outside....
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Interesting horse scene, technically flawed
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Nice expression of the horse.
The light when the sun came through, special for end of June combined with the fresh green - Here the Bergland Hospital for plastical surgery.
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#424. From that picture I would buy this house right away. Did you consider working for a real estate agent?
I know it is a difficult market. They make a lot of money yet they are very reluctant to spent any of it.
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June 30th Cloudy and rain. And cold.
A detail of the pokeweed, I think the Phytolacca Esculenta
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I took some wonderful shots with my phone. At first the were to be seen in the Android Gallery, then some disappeared, at next reboot all were gone. Wonderful little flowers with high rise grey house in the BG, some grassy plant varieties in between. Pity!
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June 30
Do i like yew?
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Df 55mm f/1.2
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I like both. The tristesse in #428 and the undefinedness in #429
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30. June 2016
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Found this in one of my terrariums today
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Leucocoprinus birnbaumii
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Interesting horse scene, technically flawed
Do you mean the fuzziness? I agree, they were fighting really fast and I was too slow. Somehow however, I like the texture and the expression. Any advice, processing, comp?
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Do you mean the fuzziness? I agree, they were fighting really fast and I was too slow. Somehow however, I like the texture and the expression. Any advice, processing, comp?
Faster time, manual focus. What light levels are we talking here (I go check the EXIF....)
(back again:) OK: set ISO to 1600 at least and time to 1/1000th of a second at least.
This is ISO 100 and 1/125th of a second...
Never be afraid of HiISO as long as it is well behaved. ... This is a D750 ... go for 4000 ISO even if necessary to freeze the movement see the steam and the sweat flying.
Choose "S" mode "S" for sports and "freezing time" as the main issue...
A wonderful song comes to mind
Pere Ubu – We Have The Technology Lyrics
How I wish we could take this moment and freeze it.
To come back again and again and again -
To hold it to the light.
Now, turn it in our hands and study all the angles.
To find out how and why it's gotta go the way that it
Goes.
We have the technology not available before.
We have the technology.
But thinkers and poets of the past -
Oh, no, they had to leap into the dark so blindly.
Whereas, we'll stand free and upright like men.
The day's golden light.
Linked with our machines our eyes are beaming.
It won't matter at all how weird things are seeming.
We have the technology not available before.
We have the technology.
We need the means to dig deeper.
To search below the surface appearance of things.
Worlds never dreamed of!
What a wonderful life if, darlin, that moment might be
Found wherein we come unstuck completely.
Flap A from Slot B -
Slappin in the wind.
We have the technology not available before.
We have the technology.
Songwriters: DAVID THOMAS, CHRIS CUTLER, TONY MAIMONE, ALAN RAVENSTINE, SCOTT R. KRAUSS, JIM JONES
We Have The Technology lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
http://dai.ly/x1uata (http://dai.ly/x1uata)
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Thanks, Frank. I should definitely practice action photo ...
Long walk today with wild slates on a steep hill, a wild crop, almost 100%, and a wild onion in the wild wind.
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Amazing bird shot!!@@
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Thanks, Frank
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Girlie stuff on a wet day shot with the D500/Sigma50-150.
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July first? New topic?
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July first? New topic?
Yes new folder