February 2017

[Akira]

Feb. 12.

[John Geerts]

It is always good to experience different perspectives.  Aside from the impressive captures of Mt. Fuji with the "diamond sun", lenticular cloud or the mountain itself glowing in red, most of the images are, as mentioned, too common and boring.  The same goes with the popular Japanese tourist sites.

I always welcome foreign photographers taking pictures of such places to give fresh looks on them.

Thanks for commenting Akira.  She didn't make captures of the Mt. Fuji, but collected more than 2.000 images and selected 600 for her movie.

Had a short interview with Fiona Tan. When working on the documentary she quoted  Agnès Varda who said "Photography never ceases to instruct me when making films. And cinema reminds me at every instant that it films motion for nothing, since every image becomes a memory, and all memories congeal and set."  While editing the movie she realized that none of the pictures show the real Mt. Fuji.

In the exposition she selected also 150 photo's, which she used in the film, and can be seen as a kind of story board.   

[John Geerts]

Feb. 12.

Great shot, love the light and the tree structure.

[John Geerts]

The Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 AIS is good in close-ups and a very suitable companion in a museum. The lens also impressed me with dark situations.

Work of Marlene Dumas:  "black drawings"  containing 111 drawings and is linked to her youth in South Africa.

[Akira]

John, thanks for the detail of the exhibition and letting me know about Agnès Varda.  Her comment is very persuasive.

Also, thanks for the comment on my image.  I thought it would be interesting to use the pine trees both as parts of the image frame and subject.  The excellent flare resistance of the humble 50/1.8G helped keep the contrast.

I loved using Ais 28/2.8 as an all-round standard lens on my D40 and D7000.  On a DX camera, the lens is nearly distortion-free.  I miss it and would love to try it on D500.  Your image is intriguing and worth enlarging.  Did you use the lens on a DX camera (Fuji S5)?

[John Geerts]

Thanks Akira.   Shot on the Df (needed the 28mm) at f/4 with nearly no PP.  A bit soft in corners wide open, not alarming rather value adding.  Vignetting-free at f/4.  And pretty impressive with low distortion on Full Frame.

Will shortly try it on the Fuji S5.   The 50/1.8 G performs very good on the Fuji S5 by the way.

[Fons Baerken]

13 February

Mondaymorning dog in a window.



Nikon Df -- 85mm f/1.4D

[John Geerts]

Signing of a contract with the publisher 'Gianotten' for a book about 25 years Festival Mundial.     Link:  http://www.festivalmundial.nl/en/

Left Hans van Vugt, the first organizer of the 'Third World Festival'-  in the middle journalist and writer  Hans Rube and to the right   Dré Stevens general manager from publisher Gianotten.

D800E  - Fisheye AF 16/2.8 D

[Fons Baerken]

Very nice John, been to the festival a few times, years ago now, thank you

[John Geerts]

Thanks Fons.  Yes, the glory years of the festival was in the beginning, free entrance and in Leijpark. And tremendous good, especially African music. Details will be in the book, for sure   

Like the 16/2.8D AF  by the way. Very versatile and great with close-ups.

[John Geerts]

February 14th   

Windowdressing...

Fuji S5  Nikkor 55/2.8 AIS

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Of course. It's hard to escape Valentine symbols today.

[Frank Fremerey]

Walk by the Rhine River
Cold and blue sky
Galaxy Note 2

[Fons Baerken]

feb 14

wonderful sunny day temperatures up to 10 centigrades



had a walk around Meerveldhoven

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 circ. fisheye on D500

[Fons Baerken]

February 15

Spring-like weather today, people walking their dogs..




D500 -- Voigtländer 58mm f/1.4slii