The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. In the 50's this morning. A shaft of sun is finally hitting the front door. There is a hummer at the feeder, Maggie is at Gary's feet, a front page article on World Series home runs and Gary is sipping his first cup of coffee. The day begins.

 

[jcdeboever]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. In the 50's this morning. A shaft of sun is finally hitting the front door. There is a hummer at the feeder, Maggie is at Gary's feet, a front page article on World Series home runs and Gary is sipping his first cup of coffee. The day begins.

wish I could sleep in to 10:45

 

[Gary A.]

iPhone images

This FTn was gifted to Gary by a member. Gary hasn’t had a Nikon camera for decades. Gary is excited to shoot and acquire lenses. All he has is a 60mm Nikkor Micro. Gary's immediate needs are for a 180mm, 85mm and 20mm ...

The opening shot is of Miss Maggie, just because ...

 

[Gary A.]

Gary and his first Nikon FTn w/ Nikkor 50mm f/1.4.

 

[Gary A.]

Yesterday I went to the Botanical Gardens of the Bonn University to catch some fall colors with my Sinar, Schneider APO Digitar N°48 and the D850 as a Digital back.

I am absolutely stunned and blown away by the image quality the D850 has to offer. I shoot a whole tree and still get a macro like resolution of single leafs!

My only enemy yesterday was wind and subject movement in general, so I had to overshoot significantly and it is a PITA to sort through and throw out the shots destroyed by subject movement.

Yes, most of the shots are "good enogh" for most purposes, but my idea is to make them work as a whole AND as a 100% crop which means a lot more work, concentration, energy and time.

right click the image "view image" and zoom to 100% ... and think that this is significatly downscaledView attachment 148840

As much a testament to Nikkor lenses as to the sensor. Gary wonders how the Canon 50mp sensor and lenses stacks up against the Nikon gear. Wait ... the D850 was merely a back to the 4x5. So what lens did you use on the 4x5?

 

[jcdeboever]

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iPhone images

This FTn was gifted to Gary by a member. Gary hasn’t had a Nikon camera for decades. Gary is excited to shoot and acquire lenses. All he has is a 60mm Nikkor Micro. 180mm, 85mm and 20mm ...

The opening shot is of Miss Maggie, just because ...

Shoot, that's all you need for lenses. Get that puppy out on one of your walks, lets see some pics.

 

[smoke665]

@Gary A. I don't know what it is about Avocado, I've tried it many times, different ways.

@jcdeboever I could hit the bed at 30mins before Sun rise and when that first light breaks my eyes pop open.

 

[jcdeboever]

Gary and his first Nikon FTn w/ Nikkor 50mm f/1.4.

Looks like the same one gifted to you. Sweet Baby Jesus. What year was that?

 

[Gary A.]

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iPhone images

This FTn was gifted to Gary by a member. Gary hasn’t had a Nikon camera for decades. Gary is excited to shoot and acquire lenses. All he has is a 60mm Nikkor Micro. 180mm, 85mm and 20mm ...

The opening shot is of Miss Maggie, just because ...

Shoot, that's all you need for lenses. Get that puppy out on one of your walks, lets see some pics.

Miss Maggie won't get her final immunization shot until next week ... then another week before she can venture out into the great outdoors. Until then she is under house arrest, secured by an ankle bracelet with twice a day checks by her probation officer.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary and his first Nikon FTn w/ Nikkor 50mm f/1.4.

Looks like the same one gifted to you. Sweet Baby Jesus. What year was that?

I dunno, around 1968 I suspect ... maybe later ... but not later than 1970.

 

[jcdeboever]

@Gary A. I don't know what it is about Avocado, I've tried it many times, different ways.

@jcdeboever I could hit the bed at 30mins before Sun rise and when that first light breaks my eyes pop open.

I eat those bad boys plain, well almost, a little Lawry's season salt. Love them. I could lose all my teeth and eat them every day.

Me to on the wake up from light.

 

[jcdeboever]

Gary and his first Nikon FTn w/ Nikkor 50mm f/1.4.

Looks like the same one gifted to you. Sweet Baby Jesus. What year was that?

I dunno, around 1968 I suspect.

I was still pooping my pants then. Tigers won the WS that year.

 

[Gary A.]

@Gary A. I don't know what it is about Avocado, I've tried it many times, different ways.

@jcdeboever I could hit the bed at 30mins before Sun rise and when that first light breaks my eyes pop open.

Gary can't sleep in a moving vehicle. Gary can be exhausted, flying over the arctic at 2:00 a.m. and he'd be wide awake looking out the window making sure he doesn't miss anything ... like sasquatch climbing on the wing.

 

[Gary A.]

@Gary A. I don't know what it is about Avocado, I've tried it many times, different ways.

@jcdeboever I could hit the bed at 30mins before Sun rise and when that first light breaks my eyes pop open.

I eat those bad boys plain, well almost, a little Lawry's season salt. Love them. I could lose all my teeth and eat them every day.

Me to on the wake up from light.

Gary's avocados are better than those Haas crap you get in the stores.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary and his first Nikon FTn w/ Nikkor 50mm f/1.4.

Looks like the same one gifted to you. Sweet Baby Jesus. What year was that?

I dunno, around 1968 I suspect.

I was still pooping my pants then. Tigers won the WS that year.

You're still pooping in your pants.