January 2023

[Tom Hook]

Brought the D700 & Nikkor 28mm ais with me to Dhaka, Bangladesh this month.

That's quite a building, what a color! My daughter-in-law is from Bangladesh, and she and my granddaughter just returned from a two week visit to that country.

[Gone]

Thanks. Yes, I've thought of something like that, or perhaps fluorescent tape. Only downside is I think I might spoil the look of the mailbox, which I like as it is. Form versus function rears its heads once again.

Green and gold are a very classy match!  Or maybe drill a pattern of small holes in the number and fit it with LEDs?

[Fons Baerken]

Very nice composition Fons. YInMn blue?

Thank you Tom, I do not understand the question 'YInMn blue?' ?

[golunvolo]

January 26

cranes on a misty morning

Z fc, Viltrox 56 & 23mm f/1.4

Always a pleasure to walk back in here. Thank you all for sharing what you do. Love specially the graphic nature and strong ambiance of this one Fons.

[Adli Wahid]

That's quite a building, what a color! My daughter-in-law is from Bangladesh, and she and my granddaughter just returned from a two week visit to that country.

Indeed - I don't think that I have seen a pink building in real life before! Dhaka is certainly an interesting, very colourful city and full of life.

[Birna Rørslett]

This photo is horrible in any conceivable aspect. Part of the misery is of course that the lens in question, Rodenstock TV-Heligon 50mm f/0.75, was hand-held and  not aligned properly to the optical axis. A tilted lens in combination with a wafer-thin depth of field makes for an "uneven" distribution of sharpness

However, its importance -- to me -- is that it serves as a proof of concept. With the Z9, the opportunity to apply the ultra-fast "X-ray" lenses for infinity focus now is feasible. I know how to achieve this and am only waiting for a special part in order to get a focusable superspeed system. I probably will deploy my Oude Delft 50mm f/0.75 instead of the Rodenstock as preliminary testing indicates the former has a much flatter field of view and thus reduces the amount of spherical aberration outside its designed imaging circle.

[Tom Hook]

Thank you Tom, I do not understand the question 'YInMn blue?' ?

I have been studying color recently and was interested in the striking blue of your flowers. I did some searching on the internet and came upon YInMn blue, a recently discovered inorganic compound very similar in color. Obviously the flowers are not inorganic but the colors match well to my eye. The usefulness of YInMn blue is apparently far-ranging beyond simply being beautiful. It is also quite rare and expensive.

[Adli Wahid]

A friend took me around the old section of Dhaka using a rickshaw which was really fun. Here's one of the interesting scene that we came across.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 28mm ais 

[Birna Rørslett]

Heaps of colourful persons -- thanks for sharing

[Fons Baerken]

January 28

white dog

Z7  35mm f/1.8s

[Bob Foster]

First Crocus of 2023, southern Oklahoma, U.S.A.

[John Geerts]

Finally some sun, here the entrance of a supermarket

Z9 with the ancient 1963 Micro Nikkor 55/3.5

[John Geerts]

This photo is horrible in any conceivable aspect. Part of the misery is of course that the lens in question, Rodenstock TV-Heligon 50mm f/0.75, was hand-held and  not aligned properly to the optical axis. A tilted lens in combination with a wafer-thin depth of field makes for an "uneven" distribution of sharpness

However, its importance -- to me -- is that it serves as a proof of concept. With the Z9, the opportunity to apply the ultra-fast "X-ray" lenses for infinity focus now is feasible. I know how to achieve this and am only waiting for a special part in order to get a focusable superspeed system. I probably will deploy my Oude Delft 50mm f/0.75 instead of the Rodenstock as preliminary testing indicates the former has a much flatter field of view and thus reduces the amount of spherical aberration outside its designed imaging circle.

Great experiment, Birna

[Ian Watson]

Finally some sun, here the entrance of a supermarket

Z9 with the ancient 1963 Micro Nikkor 55/3.5

John, you have a remarkable ability to see a good photograph in everyday settings.

That old Micro Nikkor still acquits itself well.

[Ian Watson]

This one is from the end of November. However, it has taken me until now to balance the outdoor and indoor exposures, all from a single capture.

Nikon Z6, 35mm f/1.8S.