August 2018

[Bjørn Rørslett]

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 for Supporters. You can distribute the contributions as once per week if you so prefer.

The posted picture(s) must be taken within the designated time period

[Birna Rørslett]

Sandworms busy at work on an Arctic tidal flat. Well, not exactly a Dune scene this as these creatures are 1/100 to 1/1000 the size of the fictitious sand worms created and so aptly described by Frank Herbert,  author of the Dune sci-fi novels. But the operational principle is pretty similar (in a reduced, down-to-earth context).

Also called Lugworms.

And last but not least, this proves the once drowned D500 now has come back to being fully operational. In lieu of a hair dryer, a towel drying rack can be just the accessory helping to revive a drowned camera.

[BEZ]

And last but not least, this proves the once drowned D500 now has come back to being fully operational. In lieu of a hair dryer, a towel drying rack can be just the accessory helping to revive a drowned camera.

I remember you recommending using a cooker oven for this task. The towel drying rack does seem a more cautious approach :-)

[timh]

At the beach today ... D90 + NIKKOR 20mm f/2.8

[Birna Rørslett]

I remember you recommending using a cooker oven for this task. The towel drying rack does seem a more cautious approach :-)

The hotel room didn't provide a cooker. Thus the towel rack was my only available option. I ran it at maximum heat and the rack spacers were scorchingly hot thus I found it prudent to wrap the camera in a thin scarf.

[Fons Baerken]

August 1

empty vehicles

[John Geerts]

The railway-zone in the city center looks like a desert...

Df  35-70/3.5  Ai

[Frank Fremerey]

At the beach today ... D90 + NIKKOR 20mm f/2.8

That is a beautiful picture making me long for the sea side.

[golunvolo]

Beautiful beach and lugworms.

  At class today

[Jan Anne]

Very nice Paco with the OOF reflection of the dancers under the ever watchful eye of their teacher.

[Frank Fremerey]

the vaulted ceiling does round the composition really nicely, Paco. Is this a cellar?

[Roland Vink]

My daughter using our new Panasonic GX-9. Shot with D600 and Nikkor-P 10.5cm at f/4 (lens serviced by Ric Haw and AI modified by Marcel). This old lens can still perform (if i can focus it!)

[Edit - replaced picture, new one has toned down green!]

[Frank Fremerey]

Roland: I feel the D600 can show green in a much more realistic way. Did something go wrong with the color profile?

[timh]

Frank and Paco, thanks for your comments 

[Roland Vink]

Frank: this a jpg out of the camera, only resized. The picture control was set to vivid, which probably caused the over-the-top green (the grass was very green but not like that ...) After this shot I did change picture control to standard