NG Scotland 2016

[Andrea B.]

IR Spring Green
Killin, Scotland
Sony a7R + Asahi Ultra-Achromatic-Takumar 85/4.5

[Frank Fremerey]

Hope you are all having a great time, although for a non cognoscenti a few names would be nice, so one can marry up the names to faces!

bez - simone - simone - frank

[Frank Fremerey]

10 Scotch castles

[David Paterson]

From left to right -

Chris, Gunter, Martin, Ulli, Mike, Andrea - Cuilldochart Woods, Wed. 11th May

[simato73]

|Just got back home from the trip - sad I had to go early.
Never managed to get internet going while there so there is a slight log of images to come.
Starting from the first full day together - Sunday.
This is from the hike, after Gunther, Francis and Frank dropped out.
3 stalwarts continue, this is Simone the Younger getting almost blown off Ben Lawers ("Blowing in the wind")

[simato73]

Bez conquering his fear in the treacherous descent of An Stuc ("not for the faint hearted" said the passing girl as Bez laughed in her face)

[golunvolo]

What an experience, you guys. The images are terrific. Andrea, that horsey, so neat and well seen. Frank, 10 castles I looove. Nice as always to put some faces to known names. You all look good!!!

[simato73]

Harry Potter's train on the way to Hogwarts
(The Jacobite on the Glenfinnan viaduct)

Sadly the steam is not showing well - the temperature was 27 Celsius, well above he dew point.

[simato73]

More of the Glenfinnan viaduct - great location.

[Andrea B.]

Bez, Simone Uno, Simone Due, Martin, Francis (back), Anthony (front), Frank
Sony a7R Full Spectrum Camera + Asahi Ultra-Achromatic-Takumar 85/4.5 Unfiltered

[David Paterson]

I hope Dave has gotten better by now. Really unfortunate timing Bjørn, I hope you get well soon, safe trip home!

Yes, I'm fine thanks, Jørgen, but this get-together has been slightly dented by 4 of us (so far) being unwell - me, Bjørn, Francis and Mike.

But I think we are all still having a good time.

[Frank Fremerey]

hm ... you have seen the "making of"

[simato73]

My take on the Mercury transit.
Fuji X-T1, Mamyia 500/5.6 and 2X TC, Baader Astro Solar
I wonder what the image could looked like if the lens actually focused to infinity and if I did not have to stop down to f/32...

PS: If you have the same dust bunnies it means that they could be sunspots 

[simato73]

hm ... you have seen the "making of"

Indeed.
I don't know what you have done to develop it, but I remember it better on the camera screen, this one seems darker and noisier.

[Jan Anne]

Today Erik et moi dropped Bjørn at the airport a little past 10am and we used the time in between flights to have brunch and spend some quality time at The Kelpies before I had to climb on board of a blue metal bird myself.

Here's two of my favourites from earlier today, uploaded from home

The mandatory sunstar eye, shot at f/16 for a nice crisp star

Sony 35/1.4 FE on a7RII

One of the horses turned out to be a bit skittish about birds

Canon 100-400 IS MkII on a7rII