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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Your Weekly Blog => Topic started by: Erik Lund on August 01, 2020, 22:16:56
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Post your "blog" contributions here No theme (other than what the passage of time creates), no contest implied, a maximum of one picture per day in the actual month and no more than 4 images per month for NG members, up to 30(31 )for Supporters. You can distribute the contributions as once per week if you so prefer.
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Thank you, Erik, for starting the August thread.
SIGMAfp, Ai200mm/f4.0@f8.0.
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I never got a chance to respond to Frank's gardening produce challenge last week.
Here's my contender (camera phone) - freshly picked, pungent and divinely aromatic!
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Nice entries Akira and Colin
On the beach with IPhone, windy day today
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Nice start into August!
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Weather forecast says some more hot days are coming.
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Thank you, Erik, for starting the August thread.
SIGMAfp, Ai200mm/f4.0@f8.0.
a beauty Akira, very serene.
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Old Austrian Coffee Advertising
Fuji S5 Pro 24/2.8 AF-D
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Nice entries Akira and Colin
On the beach with IPhone, windy day today
Lovely light with this beach-shot !
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Weather forecast says some more hot days are coming.
Very jealous Alaun
My son is staying in Geneva and complaining about the heat.
Here in the UK it is struggling to reach 20C :(
Oh yes - jealous of the wonderful sunflowers too.
(I have several in my garden that are well over 2m high, yet have a tiny flower head)
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Ok, I don't see these very often and the owner had very striking blue eyes too
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Nice entries Akira and Colin
On the beach with IPhone, windy day today
Thank you, Nasos. I like the lighting and the atmosphere you captured!
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a beauty Akira, very serene.
Thank you, John. The scene made me forget about the heat and humidity for (only) a while. :)
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SIGMA fp with Industar-50 50mm/f3.5 wide open.
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Weather forecast says some more hot days are coming.
Beautiful rendition of the sunflowers. Same here for the summer.
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This tiny industar 50/3.5 is very familiar to me :)
It’s not so famous for Colour reproduction it’s a rather soft lens but has a very flat field and I used it on my enlarger when I made prints in BW ( my old Meopta- Opemus 6x6)
It was a cheap but not less quality substitute for EL Nikkor and Zeiss Componon S for 35 film ;)
Nice again Akira
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This tiny industar 50/3.5 is very familiar to me :)
It’s not so famous for Colour reproduction it’s a rather soft lens but has a very flat field and I used it on my enlarger when I made prints in BW ( my old Meopta- Opemus 6x6)
It was a cheap but not less quality substitute for EL Nikkor and Zeiss Componon S for 35 film ;)
Nice again Akira
Thank you, Nasos. I've bought three samples of Industar-50 from different decades of the last century. All samples suffered from the seeming complication of field curvature and oblique focal plane when the lens is focused at distant scenes. On the other hand, the lens is surprisingly sharp when focused at closer distances, and the bokeh is pleasing. Among the three of mine, the oldest one from the mid 50s (according to the seller) is the sharpest.
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My usual places. 85/1.4G wide open.
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My usual places. 85/1.4G wide open.
Your usual place seems to offer unlimited amount of motifs and inspiration...
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My usual places. 85/1.4G wide open.
When I took my kids to the Loire valley a few years ago, we listened to their then favourite album (Gorillaz) whilst driving around.
This image reminds me of some of the Gorillaz artwork Airy
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Beautiful work. Serene moon, beautiful sunflowers and horse, Airy´s usual place with ambiance.
Taken during a dance improvisation. One shot.
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Ruth and I spent an extended weekend at a friend's summer cottage on the southern coastline. Very laid-back setting and as typical Norwegian summer scenery as one can possibly envision. Inside the pearl row of small skerries and islands we are well protected from the rough seas of the Skagerak and a fairway for smaller pleasure crafts and sail boats is ensured. I did some underwater video and stills photography as there are well-developed stands of Eelgras Zostera marina in these calm sounds.
Seen from the front porch of our cottage one early morning before the marine traffic had picked up its pace.
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Paco, your photography is obviouly picking up momentum :)
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Thank you Birna. Being surrounded by creative and active people makes my work a pleasure.
"Very laid-back setting and as typical Norwegian summer scenery as one can possibly envision" Idyllic is an understatement!
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More or less the same places - I haven't got many other opportunities. 85/1.4G @f/2.2, its sweet spot maybe: OOF blur is still strong, LoCA has disappeared and, with it, those obnoxious green rims on the highlights, and sharpness is already excellent.
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Beautiful work. Serene moon, beautiful sunflowers and horse, Airy´s usual place with ambiance.
Taken during a dance improvisation. One shot.
Superb capture, Paco!
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Great shot, Paco
Firethorn
D800E AF 55/2.8
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Thank you Birna. Being surrounded by creative and active people makes my work a pleasure.
"Very laid-back setting and as typical Norwegian summer scenery as one can possibly envision" Idyllic is an understatement!
I second that :)
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I second that :)
Yes, me too :)
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Inspired by the use of 85mm lens in this thread, I made this indoors manual eye focus portrait
D750 85 f1.8 G
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A new gimmick in Street Art, using scrabble... :-)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50189043622_ed96cdaca6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jt2Y7j) Scrabble Postal... (https://flic.kr/p/2jt2Y7j) by ArchiVue (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivue/), sur Flickr 50mm f/1.8 AI-s et Df
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August 5, 2014. Calais (France). Df, 105/2.5 AIS @5.6
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My daughter was flirting. As her father, I feel a duty to put a stop to this :o ;D
Nikon D4, AF-S 35mm f/1.8G.
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Good morning in Paradise ... we got a Hotelsuite as an upgrade for not booking through a portal ....
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A small ballan wrasse is poking around on the sea floor in a bed of eelgrass (Zostera marina). Lots of snacks are available for its lunch ....
(video grab so image quality isn't optimal)
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A small ballan wrasse is poking around on the sea floor in a bed of eelgrass
Good water clarity - is this the edge of an estuary or tidally filled pool?
We don't have many underwater photos on NG and this one is great given its a video clip.
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From just outside the summer cottage Ruth and I stayed over the last weekend (see yesterday's post). The sea water is quite clear.
I was pondering whether or not to post a short video extract instead of a frame grab, but wouldn't want to make a potentially resource-intensive incentive to others :) After all NG is on a server with finite resources available and it costs us enough already to run.
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Enjoy Frank!
Jacques, I like that new Street Art and your presentation even more.
This images were taken in the last day of the workshop so nobody but me usually get to see them. Last day is reserved to video recording for sharing in social media as the work with the pictures is already done. I have for or five versions of this window light with dancers in various compositions and actions. Here one
Z6, 24-70 2.8g vr
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Paco, that conveys the intensity of the dance very well -- indeed.
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Nice motion Paco
Birna do you have underwater case fo Z?
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Thank you both. I´m going to sneak in a couple more ;D
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Enjoy Frank!
Jacques, I like that new Street Art and your presentation even more.
Thanks Paco ! You do know how to manage that Z6 with your dance pictures. Great as always :-)
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Good morning in Paradise ... we got a Hotelsuite as an upgrade for not booking through a portal ....
The flare gives pleasant atmosphere to the image. Nice!
This images were taken in the last day of the workshop so nobody but me usually get to see them. Last day is reserved to video recording for sharing in social media as the work with the pictures is already done. I have for or five versions of this window light with dancers in various compositions and actions. Here one
Z6, 24-70 2.8g vr
This is an even more superb capture!
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16-day-moon.
It is still tough to capture such a scene even using the state-of-the-art camera like SIGMA fp with a 24MP BSI sensor.
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Nice motion Paco
Birna do you have underwater case fo Z?
No. It's a dedicated underwater drone (Gladius by Chasing Innovation).
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Paco, that is a very striking photograph!
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Thank you all. Much appreciated.
Akira, love that image! Fantastic graphic and juxtaposition. The empty space both separates and connects the round, distant luminous moon with the chaotic dark lines. Full Moon over steampunk darkscape. Ole
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Evangelische Stadtkirche Bad Hersfeld
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Akira, love that image! Fantastic graphic and juxtaposition. The empty space both separates and connects the round, distant luminous moon with the chaotic dark lines. Full Moon over steampunk darkscape. Ole
Thank you, Paco! Indeed, the contrast between the "chaos" and the beautiful simplicity should be the main point.
Evangelische Stadtkirche Bad Hersfeld
Feels majestic but intimate.
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Thank you Paco and Akira. I was really lucky with the light several times.
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As a nature photographer, one sometimes has to resort to weird tricks in order to be able to "get" the picture. For the recent Eelgrass (Zostera) studies I have to make a comparison between Z. marina and Z. angustifolia and optimistically tried to do photomacrographs of the leaves and their nervation. "Optimistic" as in not paying enough attention to the fact their foliage gains the required tensile strength by having numerous strands of sclerenchymatic tissue inserted into the blades. These dense strands make the leaf opaque rather than transparent when you shine a light through the blade and it turned out I couldn't get any "clear picture" of the nervation and even less of the specific differences.
Back to the kitchen desk -- literally -- for some pre-processing wizardry. The leaves needed to be boiled in alcohol, then soaked in sodium hypochlorite, washed in distilled water (which in my country can be substituted by tap water), and finally stained by a suitable dye. I had acridine orange dye so used that. It is a fluorescent staining dye and at present I'm boiling the stained sample in water to get rid of the air bubbles trapped inside the blades. Night turned into day so I'll have to wait until another night fall before I can mount these samples and examine them with UV fluorescence, but so far all looks good.
Oh well.
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today I found a noisy cicada on a tree and took some photos exploring my new Z50
Photos taken with 55/2.8 als 1:2 with almost no PP except some sharpening and crop
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today I found a noisy cicada on a tree
Nice capture
Can you remember what sort of size these were Nasos?
The can still generate an awesome quantity of sound considering how small they are.
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Great Shot Paco
New Apartment complex. Pano of 3 images
Z7 AF-S 14-24/2.8
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Can you remember what sort of size these were Nasos?
The can still generate an awesome quantity of sound considering how small they are.
It’s about 4-5 cm long, quite large
Yes the sound is incredible if there are many you get crazy, but you now it’s hot summer then, typical Mediterranean
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Birna that’s very interesting you spend a lot of time for preparation reminds me the preparation staining cells for the microscope
Acridine's fluorescent is used in chemiluminescence for Immune testing, there are several patents with Acridinium Ester.
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As a nature photographer, one sometimes has to resort to weird tricks in order to be able to "get" the picture. For the recent Eelgrass (Zostera) studies I have to make a comparison between Z. marina and Z. angustifolia and optimistically tried to do photomacrographs of the leaves and their nervation. "Optimistic" as in not paying enough attention to the fact their foliage gains the required tensile strength by having numerous strands of sclerenchymatic tissue inserted into the blades. These dense strands make the leaf opaque rather than transparent when you shine a light through the blade and it turned out I couldn't get any "clear picture" of the nervation and even less of the specific differences.
Back to the kitchen desk -- literally -- for some pre-processing wizardry. The leaves needed to be boiled in alcohol, then soaked in sodium hypochlorite, washed in distilled water (which in my country can be substituted by tap water), and finally stained by a suitable dye. I had acridine orange dye so used that. It is a fluorescent staining dye and at present I'm boiling the stained sample in water to get rid of the air bubbles trapped inside the blades. Night turned into day so I'll have to wait until another night fall before I can mount these samples and examine them with UV fluorescence, but so far all looks good.
Oh well.
Impressive work.
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The impact of COVID-19 leads to interesting initiatives. A lot of people stay at home for the summer so a group of local entrepreneurs have transformed this former open and unused square to an attractive mini-festival.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50196704576_c9641f9072_h.jpg)[/url]
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All is well that ends well. Thus, the boiling of Eelgrass leaves to make stained samples, as described in yesterday's post, did pay off. I got really nice images of the blades of of these Zostera species and managed to circumvent the opaque nature imposed by all the sclerenchymatic tissue embedded. The pesky trapped air bubbles disappeared as well. Here is Z. marina at 5X (Laowa 25mm f/2.8, Z6). The scale bar represents 10mm.
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The impact of COVID-19 leads to interesting initiatives. A lot of people stay at home for the summer so a group of local entrepreneurs have transformed this former open and unused square to an attractive mini-festival.
Nice representation of these interestingly scattered objects, Luc! The image reminds me a little bit of "The Farm" by Joan Miró.
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All is well that ends well. Thus, the boiling of Eelgrass leaves to make stained samples, as described in yesterday's post, did pay off. I got really nice images of the blades of of these Zostera species and managed to circumvent the opaque nature imposed by all the sclerenchymatic tissue embedded. The pesky trapped air bubbles disappeared as well. Here is Z. marina at 5X (Laowa 25mm f/2.8, Z6). The scale bar represents 10mm.
Very intriguing, as always! Would the UV fluorescence image help improve the resolution or reveal the intricate architecture or the sliced blade?
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SIGMA fp with Industar-50 50mm/f3.5 wide open.
stunning color scape. like time travel into 1970 postcards!
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I contemplated to spend my holidays walking in the forest + reading, relaxing. Did not work out. The exhaust pipe rusted off and had to be replaced plus a lot of other stuff kept me busy .... nice thing is the guy in the garage predicted that our car can survive 400.000 to 500.000 kilometers, not only 300.000 as I guessed ... and my daughter is happy playing with other girls & horses...
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Very intriguing, as always! Would the UV fluorescence image help improve the resolution or reveal the intricate architecture or the sliced blade?
Due to the predominantly blue fluorescence, resolution as such is actually lowered and in fact focusing such low light blue images was pretty difficult even with the Z camera. However, this loss is more than compensated by the fluorescence being able to show the main internal structures with clarity.
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Nice representation of these interestingly scattered objects, Luc! The image reminds me a little bit of "The Farm" by Joan Miró.
Thanks a lot Akira. I didn't know "The Farm" but looked it up and there is indeed a resemblance.
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Great Shot Paco
New Apartment complex. Pano of 3 images
Z7 AF-S 14-24/2.8
Nice complex and image, John. Glad to see some building activity, Holland really has to do something about the housing crisis (sky high prices, very few affordable new builds).
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I contemplated to spend my holidays walking in the forest + reading, relaxing. Did not work out. The exhaust pipe rusted off and had to be replaced plus a lot of other stuff kept me busy .... nice thing is the guy in the garage predicted that our car can survive 400.000 to 500.000 kilometers, not only 300.000 as I guessed ... and my daughter is happy playing with other girls & horses...
Puff Daddy, Frank? I hope the distractions are over now so you can relax and enjoy the rest of your holiday.
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Shadows and light.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50196154948_031f908f72_h.jpg)
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Puff Daddy, Frank? I hope the distractions are over now so you can relax and enjoy the rest of your holiday.
Today I went for a long walk in the forests and fields and estuaries. Very nice...
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a wasp sat on my arm rest, when I tried to rest my arm...
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Aaargh ! I didn't know onions would cure the sting ? A week ago I had a fight with a bunch of hornets... Luckily I didn't get stinged...
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Due to the predominantly blue fluorescence, resolution as such is actually lowered and in fact focusing such low light blue images was pretty difficult even with the Z camera. However, this loss is more than compensated by the fluorescence being able to show the main internal structures with clarity.
Thank you, Birna, for the detailed explanation. With the predominantly blue object would only allow the blue pixels of the Beyer sensor to capture the image data. A monochrome or even a FOVEON sensor might have helped?
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Perhaps, but my Sony NECX-5N Monochrome isn't suited for high-magnifiction work.
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The Rite of Spring; choreography by Suntory. 1st movement : Adoration de la Terre. Df, 85/1.4G @f/5. Heavy-handed processiing, for a change.
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The Rite of Spring; choreography by Suntory. 1st movement : Adoration de la Terre. Df, 85/1.4G @f/5. Heavy-handed processiing, for a change.
Excellent ! ;)
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Aaargh ! I didn't know onions would cure the sting ? A week ago I had a fight with a bunch of hornets... Luckily I didn't get stinged...
It is a good treatment after the fact
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Too hot today 30° Celsius
Not cloudy enough for the Cloud theme, but inspired by the photo Erik posted there.
Z6 20-70S f4 @24mm and f22
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As a nature photographer, one sometimes has to resort to weird tricks in order to be able to "get" the picture. For the recent Eelgrass (Zostera) studies I have to make a comparison between Z. marina and Z. angustifolia and optimistically tried to do photomacrographs of the leaves and their nervation. "Optimistic" as in not paying enough attention to the fact their foliage gains the required tensile strength by having numerous strands of sclerenchymatic tissue inserted into the blades. These dense strands make the leaf opaque rather than transparent when you shine a light through the blade and it turned out I couldn't get any "clear picture" of the nervation and even less of the specific differences.
Back to the kitchen desk -- literally -- for some pre-processing wizardry. The leaves needed to be boiled in alcohol, then soaked in sodium hypochlorite, washed in distilled water (which in my country can be substituted by tap water), and finally stained by a suitable dye. I had acridine orange dye so used that. It is a fluorescent staining dye and at present I'm boiling the stained sample in water to get rid of the air bubbles trapped inside the blades. Night turned into day so I'll have to wait until another night fall before I can mount these samples and examine them with UV fluorescence, but so far all looks good.
Oh well.
Very interesting process and result en the next image.
A long summer day: rehearsal in the morning, swimming pool, restaurant (new excellent local dish in Enguera), hiking to discover some abandoned buildings (here), waterfalls, etc...and then to a wine factory guided tour and testing!
Take my hand.
Z6, 24-70 f4s
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A long summer day: rehearsal in the morning, swimming pool, restaurant (new excellent local dish in Enguera), hiking to discover some abandoned buildings (here), waterfalls, etc...and then to a wine factory guided tour and testing!
Take my hand.
Z6, 24-70 f4s
This is a killer, Paco! The composition, the use of the shadow, the tone, the moment...all work perfectly together. I'm floored!
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Take my hand.
Z6, 24-70 f4s
Excellent Paco!
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You got an excellent Leica and put it at good use !
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A long summer day: rehearsal in the morning, swimming pool, restaurant (new excellent local dish in Enguera), hiking to discover some abandoned buildings (here), waterfalls, etc...and then to a wine factory guided tour and testing!
Take my hand.
Z6, 24-70 f4s
Paco Paco Paco
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Paco, you're the man. An excellent creative, subtle and elegant image.
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Curbside view-- whilst the loudspeaks of the nearby café atually belted out "Pretty Woman" . Resistance was futile and I just managed to get the shot before she walked away.
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Thank you all very much. I'm blushing here.
I guess "pretty woman" on top of it was too much to resist. A sign :)
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tomatoes and potatoes from my garden...
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Paco, Paco, Paco - Birna, Birna, Birna - Just wonderful!!
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I shot this with the 28mm 1.4E ED on D850 @1.4 - Finally a Nikkor worth comparing to the best of best Leica M glass,,, Thinking of Summilux-M 35mm ASPH 1.4 on a M9
See more here:
https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=9584.0
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Great samples on the other thread Erik.
I hope today´s image counts as it not made by me but "of me". Taken by Olga that same hikind day. Also Z6 and 24-70 F4s, very esay to carry around. Olga names the Z6 the "good and easy one" From film to digital and seeing the image instantly on the back screen, now to see it on the evf even before you shoot. She likes it a lot.
Under the waterfall the sensation of nature´s power is strong and energy cleansing.
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Nice pose. I agree with Olga on the Z6.
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Great samples on the other thread Erik.
I hope today´s image counts as it not made by me but "of me". Taken by Olga that same hikind day. Also Z6 and 24-70 F4s, very esay to carry around. Olga names the Z6 the "good and easy one" From film to digital and seeing the image instantly on the back screen, now to see it on the evf even before you shoot. She likes it a lot.
Under the waterfall the sensation of nature´s power is strong and energy cleansing.
Paco, the body!
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From the stroll of the last night.
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From the stroll of the last night.
パコ?
Paco, the body!
Thank you Frank ;D ;)
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パコ?
LOL, Paco. ;D
That "パソコン" reads "pasokon" and means "personal computer" (perso-con).
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Pretty close ;D ;D ;D
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Pretty close ;D ;D ;D
Paco, I'll make an image whenever I find any "パコ" sign for you. :D
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From the same usual place of mine...
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Thank you Akira ;)
Last part of the free day: wine tour and testing. All done with the Z6 and 24-70 f4S.
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From the same usual place of mine...
Akira, there is something about how you manage to get something different from the same vantage point. It is extremely interesting and it changes the perception and how to look at the image. The changes, even if strong, are more subtle because of the amount common details present in many of them. There is a very recent tendency in modern dance that deals with a similar concept. The performer tries to focus in the differences in similar movements, sometimes miniscule, to find the finer details, the meaning, the identity. Introspection and laser like focus is needed. Many benefits spawn from it nonetheless a extra high awareness.
You got me thinking and paying attention.
Thanks for sharing it all.
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A tangential line of interest for me is the occurrence of some parasitic fungi on my aquatic plants. These organisms have evolved into a highly sophisticated relationship to their hosts, wanting to be supplied with all ingredients required for their own existence and propagation, but not to an extent that kills all potential hosts. So there is a delicate balance in play here. In our Covid-19 impacted times it bears in mind that the entire biosphere handles a myriad of such balancing acts between parasite and host. The C-19 virus is just one species with a transient impact span within the individual host. The fungi on aquatics typically are stenophagous, i.e. only occurring on a few related host plants. Thus they can be of assistance in determining host ID, or even used for biological control of their host(s).
Oh well. This summer I had smut fungi of the genus Doassansia on my short list as this genus specialises on aquatic plants. Of the 3-4 species likely to be found in Norway, D. sagittariae apparently is the most ubiquitous. It parasitises only Sagittaria spp. and in my country, only Arrowhead S. sagittifolia, which has a limited distribution within Norway. Fortunately I'm located at the "epicentre" of its distribution. So I battled against blood-thirsty midgets, mosquito, horseflies, and sundry other environmental pests in order to collect my smut fungi samples the last few days.
The Arrowhead Smut infests the foliage, either aerial leaves or floating leaves, to make circular discoloured leaf spots. Within the centre of the spots one can with the naked eye just barely recognise darker patches which are light brown spore balls with hundreds of smut spores enveloped by sterile hyphae. The spore balls being embedded into the plant tissue presents a challenge if you wish to photograph them, as the overlaying tissue of course smears everything. You can see them, but there is no detail at all, just a shaded outline.
People knowing me know I am fond of challenges, so here is what I did: First, insert a leaf with smut infestations into boiling water for 30 secs. This will stop any photosynthetic activity. Then, using a water bath, boil the leaf in 70% IPA (I reserve ethanol for private consumption so isopropyl alcohol has to do) for 5 minutes, rinse in hot then cold water 3 times, soak in 5% sodium hypochlorite for 10 minutes, rinse 3 times using hot water, dry sample and examine whether it stills smells of bleach, if so repeat rinsing until there is no foul odour. Finally add Acridine Orange dye in 2% acetate and let it stand overnight. Next day, rinse in water until no colour dye leaks out, then boil in 70% IPA for 3 minutes, rinse 3 times in water. The sample should now be almost colourless but with an orange hue to it.
Using a Convoy UV LED torch (365nm) for illumination, the spore balls now had a beautiful UV-induced (UVIVF) fluorescence and showed a lot of detail. Even the individual spores of the outer cortex layer were immediately visible. The spore balls are up 50-80 um in diametre, thus thinner than a Nordic hair and the individual spores are approx. 8-9 um.
Camera: Z7, Mitutoyo 10x objective, Convoy UV-LED 365. The scale bar of the cropped image shown below is 1mm.
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Worlds within worlds; thank you for the explanations of the subject, its preparation, and of course the image. Quite some effort here. ;D
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Another nice story of the interface between biological and photographic worlds. Thank you Birna.
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Akira, there is something about how you manage to get something different from the same vantage point. It is extremely interesting and it changes the perception and how to look at the image. The changes, even if strong, are more subtle because of the amount common details present in many of them. There is a very recent tendency in modern dance that deals with a similar concept. The performer tries to focus in the differences in similar movements, sometimes miniscule, to find the finer details, the meaning, the identity. Introspection and laser like focus is needed. Many benefits spawn from it nonetheless a extra high awareness.
You got me thinking and paying attention.
Thanks for sharing it all.
Paco, thank you for kind words and food for thoughts. That makes a lot of sense and should apply to any kinds of art form.
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Camera: Z7, Mitutoyo 10x objective, Convoy UV-LED 365. The scale bar of the cropped image shown below is 1mm.
Amazing tiny universe!
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My girlfriend and me love to cook ... she even made a little business from her talent ... We always have some great food & wine on our tables ... (IQ phone in the night ...)
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Sign recycled in La Línea de la Concepción.
Z6, 85mm 1.8S
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Paco, it’s the first time ever I realize how these signs are made thanks to your photo!
I see this is mostly hand painted!
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I highly doubt this is neat or officially acepted everywhere, toput it mildly ::)
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I highly doubt this is neat or officially acepted everywhere, toput it mildly ::)
To me, the red circle and the number "40" look like they were drawn freehand by a trained person like a professional nameboard craftworker. Even though the paint has become streaky, the straight and circular lines look very neat.
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Sunset in the Atlantic (bay de st Malo)
Z7. Voigtlander 180/4
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Sign recycled in La Línea de la Concepción.
Z6, 85mm 1.8S
women in bathing suits not accepted if over 40?
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Sunset in the Atlantic (bay de st Malo)
Z7. Voigtlander 180/4
Beautiful shot, John! Love the contrast of near and far scenes.
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My sons crop portrait with Helios 58/2, I thing 58mm is perfect for portrait in DX ;)
Z50 1/40 f8
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August 14
homeward
heavy rain in France and Belgium, none here finding a scorched garden after 3 weeks of heat
Z6 50mm f/1.8S
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August 14
homeward
heavy rain in France and Belgium, none here finding a scorched garden after 3 weeks of heat
Z6 50mm f/1.8S
Wow, this is serious! Stay safe, Fons!
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Incus + cumulonimbus.
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Still into my "smutty" endeavours ... It turns out the Arrowhead Smut Doassansia sagittariae is not rare at all, as I continue to make new finds of it on my regional trips. Among the few smut fungi that specialise on aquatic plants, D. sagittariae has the advantage of being easily detectable without any rigid sampling procedure or microscopic examination. The leaf spots it causes are very distinct. Below is a sample series showing various degrees on parasitic infection, from very light to heavy.
Admittedly making such documentary images doesn't constitute much of a challenge and in this case I simply used my Epson V600 scanner to make the image directly. However the task has to be done, challenge or not.
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Beautiful shot, John! Love the contrast of near and far scenes.
Thanks
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Wow, this is serious! Stay safe, Fons!
Thank you Akira
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Is it a bird? No, it's a plane!
Nikon D4, 35mm f/1.8G.
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A friend in the pool
Z6, 24-70 f4s
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What's that spider Paco?
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I don´t know. It was in the pool, dead. We found many different species in our workshop in the countryside las week.
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I has 8 legs, so yes a spider ;)
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I think so ;D
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August 17
Z6 35mm f/1.8S
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Pretty much bizarre...
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August 17
Z6 35mm f/1.8S
Mouth watering ;)
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Pretty much bizarre...
Akira you have something with clouds :)
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Akira you have something with clouds :)
Bent, I'm kind of lucky to have clouds becoming more and more creative and avant-garde in recent years. ::)
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Akira, one of your best.
Pretty much bizarre...
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August 18
Pedestrianbridge, Den Bosch over 2 pages
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Still some snow and ice in the mountains.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50241045347_08371cf2a2_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jxCupM)
15. august (https://flic.kr/p/2jxCupM) by Asle Feten (https://www.flickr.com/photos/afoton/), on Flickr
I hope the orientation is right this time.
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Akira, one of your best.
Thank you, Hugh! The cloud should be one of the top 5 of the weirdest ones I've ever seen!
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Pretty much bizarre...
Pretty much excellent image ;)
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From today's bicycle ride in a nearby nature reserve (Landgoed Den Treek/Leusden)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50241791872_fd90f04467_b.jpg)
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Last day in France. Sun above the apartment
Z7 20/2.8 Ai-S
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my girlfriend is a terrific cook and a wonderful person.
lunch today:
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We are having a heat wave lately, so it was best for me to get out early in the morning before the waves.
San Francisco Bay - with iphone.
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We are having a heat wave lately, so it was best for me to get out early in the morning before the waves.
San Francisco Bay - with iphone.
Beauriful scenery, Jack! The oblique light streaks work nicely here.
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my girlfriend is a terrific cook and a wonderful person.
lunch today:
I like your lunch, your choice of companion seems excellent and your destination feels just right.
Do you have someone taking care of your garden whilst away or just relying on it raining enough (that plan seems to be working for me in the UK this week)
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August 19
Riders
D850 105mm f/1.4
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The Regte Heide
Z7 50/1.8S
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I like your lunch, your choice of companion seems excellent and your destination feels just right.
Do you have someone taking care of your garden whilst away or just relying on it raining enough (that plan seems to be working for me in the UK this week)
My neighbour helps now and her sister also
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50245806792_1cba2db826_h.jpg)
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August 20
Gardens of Mien Ruijs, Dedemsvaart
Z6 85mm f/1.8S
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50245806792_1cba2db826_h.jpg)
sign of our times. genious shot.
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That lonely bikerider
D850 17-35mm f/2,8
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Just renovated, the Sint Katharina church in Hoogstraten, Belgium. One of highest church towers of Belgium (more than 105 meter) https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Katharinakerk_(Hoogstraten) (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Katharinakerk_(Hoogstraten))
Z7 50/1.8S
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August 20
Gardens of Mien Ruijs, Dedemsvaart
Z6 85mm f/1.8S
This is a great find and is very nicely rendered!
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Thank you Akira
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Sunset in Scheveningen last night.
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Jakov, Jakov, Jakov! ;D
Love it.
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Jakov, Jakov, Jakov! ;D
Love it.
Thanks, Hugh :)
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August 17
Z6 35mm f/1.8S
super!
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Piraeus port
Z50 50/1.8 G
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50245806822_89df64ee85_h.jpg)
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Summer day
Z6 Micro Nikkor 105/4
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August 22
Campsite "Uitgerust", Nistelrode,
Z6 85mm f/1.8S
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Jesus Christ! A Covid19 exhibition in our church...
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River Maas, close to Ammerzoden
Z6 Micro 105/4
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Lime kiln, Dedemsvaart
Z6 24mm f/1.8S
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Impressive line of lime kilns. The brickwork catches my attention as last week we had the brickwork esp. the jointing of our house (built in 1932) restored.
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Impressive line of lime kilns. The brickwork catches my attention as last week we had the brickwork esp. the jointing of our house (built in 1932) restored.
Well '30 houses are known for their build quality, Luc ;)
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Well '30 houses are known for their build quality, Luc ;)
Haha, I know Fons. Luckily apart from this and regular maintenance of the woodwork it is a solid house.
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Math homework high key
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50251702642_808f0b8d77_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jyz7sf)20200820-_D4S4766e (https://flic.kr/p/2jyz7sf) by foppa2011 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62383894@N02/), on Flickr
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Nice high key
50-250 on Z50
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Art Déco. La Madeleine, France. Df, Nikkor 55/2.8 AIS, f/8
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On August 4, tropical storm, Isaias, swept through Connecticut. I was indoors with the windows shut when I heard the sound of cracking and falling branches from the trees in my yard. I opened a window and when the winds picked up, it sounded like a rifle range. I could watch the bands of wind approaching as the trees on the top of the hillside to my southeast would begin to seriously bend to the power of the wind. As the wind came down the hill, there was a roar. It was a little discomforting. When the storm had passed through I lost some branches and one large limb from an oak but no serious damage, and the lights were still on! The next day I saw this array on my patio with leaves from three of the main types of trees in my yard - Oak, Maple and Tulip, which seemed appropriate. A day later, they had dried up and a mild breeze had blown them into the yard and out of this mind’s eye.
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50259865052_09c2a0e17b_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jzhWRs)20200823-_D4S4817f (https://flic.kr/p/2jzhWRs) by foppa2011 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62383894@N02/), on Flickr
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Wonderful image ;D Happy and sunny!
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Being super busy these days, and the activity also extends to participating in meetings I'd rather like to have avoided. However, no pardon. To town I have to go.
The advantage is of course I currently can travel completely incognito ... nobody notices me .... just one more in the crowd.
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Crazy Hair Color, Birna!
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August 25
Leaves, squash showing mineral deficiency
Z6 nikkor SC 50mm f/1.4
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Peter all happiness in one photo!
My old Nikon 105/2.5 f2.5 1/200 320 ISO on Z50
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Hibiscus, August 25. Handheld Df, Nikkor 55/2.8 AIS @f/8.
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lovely shot, Peter
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The NEX-5N Monochrome with the Voigtländer 25mm f/4 Skopar SC is just small enough to go into my purse, so tends to accompany me on commuter train trips these days. A snapshot taken with the B+W 093 filter (IR) shows the good performance of the tiny 25mm lens.
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August 26
Wind
Z6 50mm f/1.4SC
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50259865052_09c2a0e17b_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jzhWRs)20200823-_D4S4817f (https://flic.kr/p/2jzhWRs) by foppa2011 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62383894@N02/), on Flickr
Lovely image!
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August 25
Leaves, squash showing mineral deficiency
Z6 nikkor SC 50mm f/1.4
Vibrant image, I like it a lot.
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Peter all happiness in one photo!
My old Nikon 105/2.5 f2.5 1/200 320 ISO on Z50
Subtle, very nice.
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Hibiscus, August 25. Handheld Df, Nikkor 55/2.8 AIS @f/8.
Delicate, nice shot.
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The NEX-5N Monochrome with the Voigtländer 25mm f/4 Skopar SC is just small enough to go into my purse, so tends to accompany me on commuter train trips these days. A snapshot taken with the B+W 093 filter (IR) shows the good performance of the tiny 25mm lens.
Strong image, definitely snapshot+
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August 26
Wind
Z6 50mm f/1.4SC
Lovely subtle color palette.
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The NEX-5N Monochrome with the Voigtländer 25mm f/4 Skopar SC is just small enough to go into my purse, so tends to accompany me on commuter train trips these days. A snapshot taken with the B+W 093 filter (IR) shows the good performance of the tiny 25mm lens.
shot of genious
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Olives, grown in Northern France in a garden (mine) that is facing North. Df, 55/2.8 AIS (@f/8 IIRC)
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Olives, grown in Northern France in a garden (mine) that is facing North. Df, 55/2.8 AIS (@f/8 IIRC)
A sharp lens, the 55/2.8 Ai-S. You like it?
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Window view
Z7 105/1.8 Ai-S
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A sharp lens, the 55/2.8 Ai-S. You like it?
Yes.
Partly for sentimental reasons, as this lens was hailed (in France at least), by the mid-eighties, as one of the best standard lenses ever, and an alternative to the more conventional 50/1.8.
I've been using it every now and then since about 2012, on the D800 where it does not disappoint, then on the Df but less often, as I bought a Zeiss planar 50/2, then a fresh second hand Milvus version of it (with vastly improved coatings).
The Zeiss 50/2 Milvus seems better in every respect, and has become one of my most frequently used lenses. However the older Micro Nikkor is a solid performer in every respect too, is lighter, and I got a matching extension tube. I used it a lot with my OM-D for macros.
The only real drawback of the Micro Nikkor is its tendency to flare, so I won't call it an allrounder. Same with the Summicron-R 50/2 for instance, which is insanely good (two lanthanum elements inside may partly explain that...), but for the coatings. Coatings have been improved a lot since the late seventies / early eighties. Otherwise I do not have marked preference for recent prime lenses compared to older optical formulas.
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Just coming back from vacation time. Have been away with the d200 ir and 18-70mm without a card reader to put the images in the computer and now the hard disk is broken so it will take a few days before I can process them. Wonderful time in the coast of Cádiz, south Spain, moving between Conil, El Palmar, Caños de Meca, Barbate and Zahara de los Atunes and La Muela throwing in Vejer de la Frontera for good measure. A true paradise for me. Best company too...
I had a lot of images and stories to go through in the forum. Thank you all for making this place so special.
Flying free. D200 ir, 18-70mm
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Paco when you post somenthing I feel that my posts are so ordinary :o
keep on
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Peace in the troubled sky...
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Paco when you post somenthing I feel that my posts are so ordinary :o
keep on
Please, don't. I use to feel that way and have had to learn not to criticise or compare myself. Still working on it ;D The sharing is the point here for me.
Thanks a lot for the appreciation.
Akira, that image is engaging but the panorama!!!
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Akira, that image is engaging but the panorama!!!
Thank you, Paco. Actually, the same rainbow was captured in that pano posted in the dedicated section, but this was processed more for the rainbow.
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Just coming back from vacation time. Have been away with the d200 ir and 18-70mm without a card reader to put the images in the computer and now the hard disk is broken so it will take a few days before I can process them. Wonderful time in the coast of Cádiz, south Spain, moving between Conil, El Palmar, Caños de Meca, Barbate and Zahara de los Atunes and La Muela throwing in Vejer de la Frontera for good measure. A true paradise for me. Best company too...
I had a lot of images and stories to go through in the forum. Thank you all for making this place so special.
Flying free. D200 ir, 18-70mm
Paco, I like this one better. The IR treatment works nicely here.
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Is anyone else in North West Europe seeing a lot of rain this week?
It's got to go somewhere...
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Nice high key
50-250 on Z50
Agreed Nasos
Also a good contrast between the dying foliage and the beautiful flower
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Leaves, squash showing mineral deficiency
Striking result Fons - initially I wondered if this was due to the PP.
They often say that you can't give Squash plants too much food - hope the "fruit" is developing on them and that these look ok?
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Lime kiln, Dedemsvaart
Z6 24mm f/1.8S
I've been watching the German TV series "Dark" and this reminded me of some of the moody atmospherics in that
(Screenshot from TV series below)
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Entrance of Convent Rooi Harten
https://wikimiddenbrabant.nl/Rooi_harten (https://wikimiddenbrabant.nl/Rooi_harten) The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries_of_the_Sacred_Heart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries_of_the_Sacred_Heart)
D800E Ang 28-70/2.6
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August 27
Capsicum sinensis 'Madame Jeanette'
D850 Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
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Vibrant image, I like it a lot.
Striking result Fons - initially I wondered if this was due to the PP.
They often say that you can't give Squash plants too much food - hope the "fruit" is developing on them and that these look ok?
Thank you Luc,
thank you Colin.
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August 27
Capsicum sinensis 'Madame Jeanette'
D850 Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
Ahhh, Fons, are you a chili head?
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Homegrown these are quite hot i take them sparingly ;)
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Since I've been confined to working at home I've set up the old turntable by my side. Everything in this picture is nearly 40 years old, except the lens... which is older.
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August 27
Capsicum sinensis 'Madame Jeanette'
D850 Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
very beautiful, Fons
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August 27
Capsicum sinensis 'Madame Jeanette'
D850 Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
Looks like we're the two guys using that lens on this forum.
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very beautiful, Fons
Thanks Frank
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Since I've been confined to working at home I've set up the old turntable by my side. Everything in this picture is nearly 40 years old, except the lens... which is older.
Cant see (or hear) what you're playing Jack ;)
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Looks like we're the two guys using that lens on this forum.
The argument for the Tamron is certainly its close-up ability.
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August 28
Rosa @ wide open with
D850 Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
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Cant see (or hear) what you're playing Jack ;)
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVokT5e0zs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVokT5e0zs)
Good music to edit photos by.
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Great album, Jack
Mini-fair in the city
Z6 Voigtländer | Septon 50mm f/2
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34 degrees and lots of IR.
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34 degrees and lots of IR.
Nice!
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Nice!
Thank you, Fons!
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Wilhelminabrug Den Bosch by night.
Z6 35mm f/1.8S
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A totally failure generated in its wake something of interest nonetheless ....
I had carefully prepared a leaf section of Water Plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica to do a photomacrograph of the smut fungus Doassansia alismatis, which can be guessed from its name to target exclusively Alisma. I stained with Acridine Orange dye that should give some nice UV-induced fluorescence (UVIVF). So far so good.
The scene was captured with the Mitutoyo 10x/0.28 objective (infinity corrected, photographers would think of this as 21mm f/17 lens) on the Z7, using a Convoy UV-LED for illumination. I set up my Stackshot 3 rail for high resolution and shot 120 frames. All well, except i had forgot the backlash calibration of the macro rail, which was set 223 µm off. Thus my attempt of documenting the spore balls of this smut was a total failure as focus was off by a wide margin. Looking through the stack frames later, however, I found a few that had captured just a tiny part of the scene in tolerable focus (not the part of interest, though). I enlarged that small part of the frame using Topaz Gigapixel AI, and here it is. You can see the cell walls, cell nuclei some in meiosis (blue), stomata (those large cells looking a bit like female private parts), and the occasional dusting of spores (yellow). The dark stomata have already been invaded by the smut, but in an early stage as the local infection there had not developed into spore balls.
Thus a failure with visual benefits, after all.
Alien smut landscape
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From today's shooting spree. Df, Summicron-R (50mm, Mk II) @f/8.
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August 30
white rabbit
Z6 50mm f/1.8S
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A white, lop-eared rabbit <3
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A white, lop-eared rabbit <3
Holland Lop is the breed. This female is 11 weeks the white will turn to grey in time.
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Evening scene at Station Haaksbergen/The Netherlands (Z6, iso 12.800)
[(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50287299476_0a32f8c03d_h.jpg)
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Looks like you travelled back in time.
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A sad sunflower.
Nikon D4, 35mm f/1.8G.
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Luc - beautiful light.
Ian - I don't see that as sad. Give it three weeks and a cloudy sky. Right now it looks like summer to me!
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August 31
chicken tonight
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Job done
Z7 Nikkor 85/1.8 K
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A sad sunflower.
Nikon D4, 35mm f/1.8G.
Very nice, vibrant and sunny image.
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Looks like you travelled back in time.
You are so right. My wife and I enjoyed a delicious dinner aboard a restaurant carriage which was propelled by this beautifully restored 1910 steam locomotive.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50291467577_237201eb8c_h.jpg)
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desert
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Beautiful page from top to bottom. I´m especially touched by your window, John. Great ambiance and sense of storytelling.
I´m back online, hard disk in my computer replaced and files back to work.
Z6, 85mm 1.8s fully open with cat eye af.
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Job done
Z7 Nikkor 85/1.8 K
emotional