April 2018

[Jack Dahlgren]

Cherry Blossom Bonn 2018

The streets are filled with camera carrying tourists starting at 5 am, continuing through the night.

Some people come flying in from Asia.

On most times of the day it is next to impossibly to get through by bike, let alone car.

Us, who live here, roll our eyes and know: after two weeks it will be over.

Frank, I did not know it was such an event in Bonn. Washington DC is famous for the 3000 trees that Tokyo donated about 100 years ago, and there were many people viewing them, but since it is such a large area it did not feel crowded when I was there. Of course I was there during the week and not on a weekend.
804_1077

[Akira]

April 19.  iPhone SE, captured in iApp LRCC.

[John Geerts]

Great shots Jack and Akira.

It's already hot in the city

[Akira]

Thank you, John!  The iPhone camera keeps me from buying a 30-mm-ish wideangle lens. 

The backlit leaves shot in #184 is beautiful!

[Akira]

Frank, I did not know it was such an event in Bonn. Washington DC is famous for the 3000 trees that Tokyo donated about 100 years ago, and there were many people viewing them, but since it is such a large area it did not feel crowded when I was there. Of course I was there during the week and not on a weekend.

Jack, this is a very timely and pleasing post.  At that time, Washington DC donated dogwood to Tokyo:

http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,7313.0.html

[Fons Baerken]

April 20

Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk, Leende, a hot day 28 centigrade.



D800, pc-nikkor 35mm f/2.8, 3 images

[Jack Dahlgren]

Jack, this is a very timely and pleasing post.  At that time, Washington DC donated dogwood to Tokyo:

http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,7313.0.html

Akira, I had missed that thread. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Good to see that despite whatever war and destruction has taken place during the last century, the trees and their beauty remain, even if their magnificence is only revealed briefly in spring.

[Frank Fremerey]

Frank, I did not know it was such an event in Bonn. Washington DC is famous for the 3000 trees that Tokyo donated about 100 years ago, and there were many people viewing them, but since it is such a large area it did not feel crowded when I was there. Of course I was there during the week and not on a weekend.
804_1077

wonderful shot and scene, Jack.

I always  feel this city is too small for me.

soooooo small. gosh

[Frank Fremerey]

April 20
Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk, Leende, a hot day 28 centigrade.

D800, pc-nikkor 35mm f/2.8, 3 images

proud are the church and the cars and even the sky in your picture. A day of pride, everywhere it seems, but not in Germany...

[Frank Fremerey]

With a FieldOfView of roughly 800mm (full frame equivalence) I captured the attention of a little dog in the dark. Amazing how these animal react!

[Frank Fremerey]

It's already hot in the city

Amzing, these kids. How, at their age, they tend to follow their geinetical programming.

[Fons Baerken]

With a FieldOfView of roughly 800mm (full frame equivalence) I captured the attention of a little dog in the dark. Amazing how these animal react!

What lens did you use here, Frank to get to 800mm?

[John Geerts]

Thank you, John!  The iPhone camera keeps me from buying a 30-mm-ish wideangle lens. 

The backlit leaves shot in #184 is beautiful!

Thanks, Akira !

[John Geerts]

Entrance De Pont Museum on the right.  On the left 'Sky Mirror' - Anish Kapoor's  piece of art, surrounded by a Japanese garden designed by Sophie Walker  (http://www.seafoundation.eu/sky-mirror-kapoor-pont-tilburg-netherlands/)

Df  300/4.5 ED

[Frank Fremerey]

What lens did you use here, Frank to get to 800mm?

300PF x 17E II = 510mm optical, but I only use the D500, because she has the same pixel density and I crop away the rest anyway shooting birds. So FOV wise I am at 765mm equivalence with 21 Megapixels. Original uncropped frame: