Davidin10003
Established
It's been a crazy weather day in London. Dark windy skies, then bright sun, then rain showers. But I had time to take some photos after a lunch meeting as I walked along the Grand Canal back towards Paddington Station. It was lovely weather for at least 20 minutes! I'm hoping the weekend will bring longer periods of sun, but I'm happy I at least got a few minutes of contemplative, unrushed picture making.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
David,
London, only stoped there at Heathrow Airport on my way to Amsterdam. Had a free river cruise that traveled down the Rhine and ended in Davos Switzerland. Some how ran into a crazy in France. I stepped in between him and ”Maggie,” then the guy grabbed my arm, I shrugged it free and got ready to take him out.
As quickly as it happened, he left. Pretty much would of been self defense, but I did not want to end up in a French jail.
Our agent is based in London. After June daycare will end and the green light on modeling will begin. I surely will be traveling again.
One thing I think I will buy after our first gig will be a Leica Q2 Monochrom.
Cal
London, only stoped there at Heathrow Airport on my way to Amsterdam. Had a free river cruise that traveled down the Rhine and ended in Davos Switzerland. Some how ran into a crazy in France. I stepped in between him and ”Maggie,” then the guy grabbed my arm, I shrugged it free and got ready to take him out.
As quickly as it happened, he left. Pretty much would of been self defense, but I did not want to end up in a French jail.
Our agent is based in London. After June daycare will end and the green light on modeling will begin. I surely will be traveling again.
One thing I think I will buy after our first gig will be a Leica Q2 Monochrom.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
The She-Shed saga continues. Today I built a step using a 42 inch by 12 inch piece of bluestone I recycled from my front backyard. Pretty much when I excavated for the patio there were all these bricks, rocks and some large pieces of bluestone.
I built a base of pressure treated 2x8, and filled it with surplus gravel to ensure no animal will burrow underneath.
I also liberated some free Daff-A-DILLS and replanted them in my back-backyard. I was able to make a rather long and wide bed that runs the full length of a downed maple tree branch that was torn off a tree a block away during a windstorm. The bed is perhaps 20-22 inches wide and maybe 15 feet long, and I placed the bulbs about 5 inches apart for a dense lush patch.
Pretty much a bit of Calzone-Factor and a statement of color That in effect defines a contour of one of my terraces. On the other side of the log is a slope that is kinda steep that is backfilled with many cubic yards of leaves I rounded up in my neighborhood.
I’m likely known as the guy who rounds up clean fill. Over the period of a year the leaves dissolve into top soil.
A thought came to mind of how I support ”Maggie” in writing this book. The spoiler alert is that the last chapter of “How To Be Old” involves me, our house, and our future as models. It also will show off and speak of the She-Shed.
Then I also do this thread as a support group and for people/photographers to have a safe space. Sunday is Easter, and of course that means getting together with family and going out to eat. I am also supporting my step daughter by taking care of the step-grandchildren, but that ends in June.
Despite all this support and giving, know that there will be a time where I will be selfish with my time, and not so supporting. I’m letting life evolve, so I will have no remorse or guilt when I decide to be selfish and do things for myself and by myself.
I might build me a surf fishing rod, so I can get the overnight permit and do some surf casting. I have not fished in decades. I might call my friend Rich and maybe go offshore again doing all kinds of Hemingway-Zane Grey fishing adventures where I’m in the shipping lanes for a weekend.
Perhaps the 1966 C-10 still might become a E-10, meaning an electric conversion. Or maybe just keep it all OEM as a OEM Rat-Rod that speaks “Barn Find.”
Then there will be my sound room for my 300B tube stereo and all my guitars. This might be my attic. There is a section of my crazy roofline that has an open 15x16 “A” frame that is open except for the pull down attic stairs I added and my chimney. In my basement I have collected much egg cartons for sound treatment. The attic will be well insulated for dampening.
If the attic does not work out then half of the garage built out as a studio. Maybe even both the attic and garage.
BTW lots of obsessive thinking in all the things I do. Pretty much the step I created on the She-Shed is a result of some OCD behavior that makes me a good and clever designer. I improvise all the time.
Nearby in the neighboring town of Buchanan is a drum school. Thinking about taking lessons and learning how to play drums. My friend Dan taught me that Bob Fosey decidedly make his weakness his strength. In music I’m not so steady or fast, but I have great hands and tone. I look at the guitar as a percussion instrument, especially since I embrace dynamics and attack.
I am told people who suffered trauma suffer difficulties with being steady.
Cal
I built a base of pressure treated 2x8, and filled it with surplus gravel to ensure no animal will burrow underneath.
I also liberated some free Daff-A-DILLS and replanted them in my back-backyard. I was able to make a rather long and wide bed that runs the full length of a downed maple tree branch that was torn off a tree a block away during a windstorm. The bed is perhaps 20-22 inches wide and maybe 15 feet long, and I placed the bulbs about 5 inches apart for a dense lush patch.
Pretty much a bit of Calzone-Factor and a statement of color That in effect defines a contour of one of my terraces. On the other side of the log is a slope that is kinda steep that is backfilled with many cubic yards of leaves I rounded up in my neighborhood.
I’m likely known as the guy who rounds up clean fill. Over the period of a year the leaves dissolve into top soil.
A thought came to mind of how I support ”Maggie” in writing this book. The spoiler alert is that the last chapter of “How To Be Old” involves me, our house, and our future as models. It also will show off and speak of the She-Shed.
Then I also do this thread as a support group and for people/photographers to have a safe space. Sunday is Easter, and of course that means getting together with family and going out to eat. I am also supporting my step daughter by taking care of the step-grandchildren, but that ends in June.
Despite all this support and giving, know that there will be a time where I will be selfish with my time, and not so supporting. I’m letting life evolve, so I will have no remorse or guilt when I decide to be selfish and do things for myself and by myself.
I might build me a surf fishing rod, so I can get the overnight permit and do some surf casting. I have not fished in decades. I might call my friend Rich and maybe go offshore again doing all kinds of Hemingway-Zane Grey fishing adventures where I’m in the shipping lanes for a weekend.
Perhaps the 1966 C-10 still might become a E-10, meaning an electric conversion. Or maybe just keep it all OEM as a OEM Rat-Rod that speaks “Barn Find.”
Then there will be my sound room for my 300B tube stereo and all my guitars. This might be my attic. There is a section of my crazy roofline that has an open 15x16 “A” frame that is open except for the pull down attic stairs I added and my chimney. In my basement I have collected much egg cartons for sound treatment. The attic will be well insulated for dampening.
If the attic does not work out then half of the garage built out as a studio. Maybe even both the attic and garage.
BTW lots of obsessive thinking in all the things I do. Pretty much the step I created on the She-Shed is a result of some OCD behavior that makes me a good and clever designer. I improvise all the time.
Nearby in the neighboring town of Buchanan is a drum school. Thinking about taking lessons and learning how to play drums. My friend Dan taught me that Bob Fosey decidedly make his weakness his strength. In music I’m not so steady or fast, but I have great hands and tone. I look at the guitar as a percussion instrument, especially since I embrace dynamics and attack.
I am told people who suffered trauma suffer difficulties with being steady.
Cal
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Davidin10003
Established
Cal,
Glad to hear you avoided experiencing a French prison. Doesn't seem like a great place to spend time. I'm sure the river cruise was much more enjoyable. It sounds fun, something I'd like to do sometime. I have a Q2 Monochrom (you'd think for what they charge they could afford to engrave the trailing 'e' on monochrome!). It's fantastic, and it's the one camera I've promised myself I'll never, ever sell. I am an average photographer at best, but that camera is a joy to use.
David
Glad to hear you avoided experiencing a French prison. Doesn't seem like a great place to spend time. I'm sure the river cruise was much more enjoyable. It sounds fun, something I'd like to do sometime. I have a Q2 Monochrom (you'd think for what they charge they could afford to engrave the trailing 'e' on monochrome!). It's fantastic, and it's the one camera I've promised myself I'll never, ever sell. I am an average photographer at best, but that camera is a joy to use.
David
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
David,
I learned from a Vietnam Era Navy SEAL that they learn just 7 connected deadly moves until it becomes a reflex. They were trained to repeat the complete 7 moves if needed.
I asked Zingo to show me, but he could not slow it down enough without hurting me.
The moral of the story is shoot a camera like a deadly Kung-Fu move. I think it is a mistake to spread yourself thin. Recently I met a real master printer. He has some approval certification from Hanamuelle, Canson, and Epson. He developed some firmware that is used on Canon printers.
Very-very impressive studio in a rather large converted horse stable near Blue Mountain Preserve.
Meanwhile I specialized on just B&W printing. In digital printing I utilize Piezography, and in the past I was a Beta tester for the new Piezography Pro for about a year before it became available to the public.
Also know I take very seriously how Bob Fosey made his weakness his strength.
With violence there is a lack of control, and it is easy to go too far. My aggression made my adversary flee. We looked like rich tourists and were targeted.
The Q2 Monochrom is a good camera for me because it is a 28, and this is a FOV I favor. Also know that I own a Leica SL and SL2, big heavy cameras that have big heavy lenses. I have been patiently waiting for Leica to make a SL2M, but then they came out with the Q2 Monochrome.
Did you know that somehow I was in a focus group to develop the SL2. I had to sign a NDA and be quit for nearly 4 years. How crazy is that? “I was just minding my own business,” I say.
Cal
I learned from a Vietnam Era Navy SEAL that they learn just 7 connected deadly moves until it becomes a reflex. They were trained to repeat the complete 7 moves if needed.
I asked Zingo to show me, but he could not slow it down enough without hurting me.
The moral of the story is shoot a camera like a deadly Kung-Fu move. I think it is a mistake to spread yourself thin. Recently I met a real master printer. He has some approval certification from Hanamuelle, Canson, and Epson. He developed some firmware that is used on Canon printers.
Very-very impressive studio in a rather large converted horse stable near Blue Mountain Preserve.
Meanwhile I specialized on just B&W printing. In digital printing I utilize Piezography, and in the past I was a Beta tester for the new Piezography Pro for about a year before it became available to the public.
Also know I take very seriously how Bob Fosey made his weakness his strength.
With violence there is a lack of control, and it is easy to go too far. My aggression made my adversary flee. We looked like rich tourists and were targeted.
The Q2 Monochrom is a good camera for me because it is a 28, and this is a FOV I favor. Also know that I own a Leica SL and SL2, big heavy cameras that have big heavy lenses. I have been patiently waiting for Leica to make a SL2M, but then they came out with the Q2 Monochrome.
Did you know that somehow I was in a focus group to develop the SL2. I had to sign a NDA and be quit for nearly 4 years. How crazy is that? “I was just minding my own business,” I say.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I have to get some potting soil for the window boxes, some top soil for a new bed for cut flowers.
I have a small table top drill press to assemble, and also a small table saw that needs assembly.
It did not rain last night, so I need to water the Daff-E-Dills I transplanted yesterday. Some are blooming.
The weather is too cool for painting. I’ll likely dig out for fence posts. Have to look at hardware to make one section a gate.
Cal
I have a small table top drill press to assemble, and also a small table saw that needs assembly.
It did not rain last night, so I need to water the Daff-E-Dills I transplanted yesterday. Some are blooming.
The weather is too cool for painting. I’ll likely dig out for fence posts. Have to look at hardware to make one section a gate.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Did a lot of stockpiling of spring supplies: peat moss; seeds; garden soil to make new beds; and pressure treated lumber.
My local lumber yard (Dain’s established in 1848) I hit for 14 feet of 1x8 cedar to reinforce the sides of the new cedar fence. Understand I will rip the lumber down to a thinner width. Also bought some hinges and a gate latch that are black powder coated and also heavy duty. This kinda stuff you can’t find at Home Cheapo.
Last week Shop Rite had a sale on rib roasts with the bone in and I loaded up the truck. This week Stop And Shop had basically the same sale, so I loaded up the truck a second time to load the freezer with steaks and ribs, but this time I made the steaks beefy meaning generously thick for steak and salad meals. I might hit them tomorrow again because “it pays to be greedy,” I say.
Speaking of greedy, I went back to DSW and got a second pair of the slippers I wear with my Patagonia rock climbing knockers that is my style. “Maggie” calls the slippers I wear “slides.” Price was $29.99, but I got a $5.00 rewards off so something like $26.00 I paid.
At Home Cheapo I bought this small Milwaukee chainsaw they call a pruning saw that has a 7 1/2 inch blade. The first one I bought was the 12 volt version, but when I got home and opened the box the battery was missing. Unsure if it was stolen in the store, or taken home and then returned. I went back and upgraded to the M18 version that utilizes an 18 volt battery.
Know that I have a pretty big assortment of Milwaukee hand tools and many M18 batteries. It seems the war on knotweed in my yard is comming to an end game, but I want to utilize the cut-cut-cut methods to further ear-rat-ick-Kate the knotweed outside my property nearby.
The idea is let it grow and clip it down to the base every three weeks. Knotweed flowers in late summer, so basically it will expend mucho energy to procreate. The energy is stored in rye-Zomes that are rather deep. I can tell you that digging them up is a huge mess and brutal work. The roots can be as thick as my calf.
With cut-cut-cut the knotweed gets progressively weaker and after several years of cut-cut-cut it gets exhausted and dies. So since I’m in this for the long haul my chain saw makes it fast and easy to cut knotweed which has a thick hollow stall like bamboo. Also having a small chainsaw is handy.
Nearby I have a supply of windblown downed trees to harvest for clean fill. “If it is free it is for me,” I say.
The chairs Maggie ordered for the She-Shed appeared to have been a double order. What appeared to be a second shipment I learned today was actually the first box I recycled to use as a container for the Wednesday recycle collection. Today was to be the Fed Ex pickup to return what we thought was a second redundant shipment.
When I went to put out the parcel for pickup I recognized the reinforced tape I used to close up the box that I had performed earlier Tuesday. Because of some OCD behavior on my part it looked like a lost package to someone, and I figured some Good Samaritan took the package I put out on the corner for recycle garbage pickup decided on doing me a favor and placing this big box my stoop thinking it did not belong on the corner in the street. Know that my street has no sidewalks.
I saw the Fed Ex driver across the street at a neighbor’s home, and engaged the driver.
“You have a pickup,“ he said. Then I explained about the double order, and then only realized today that it was just my newspaper and cardboard that was put out for recycling.
Then the driver revealed that it was he who moved the large bulky box onto my stoop.
We both laughed.
So not a lot of work done, but a busy day full of surprises and bargains. Also the difference in price between the M12 kit with battery and charger an d the M18 version tool alone amounted to be about $6.00. Had to go back to Home Cheapo to buy chain bar lube to fill the reservoir. “Divine intervention,” I say. The quart of oil for the chain saw was about $8.00.
Lots of gardening plans: a field of wildflowers on the slopped section of the back-backyard; a long bed of all Iris along one side of the garage; a vegetable garden on another side of the garage; a new bed for cut flowers; finally a Wisteria for the dead apple tree to have a dead flowering tree By using the dead tree as an arbor.
The world is a hot mess, but it seems I have a piece of paradise.
Meanwhile it seems Con Ed will likely be digging up our street and changing our gas meters to the exterior of the house in short order.
Cal
My local lumber yard (Dain’s established in 1848) I hit for 14 feet of 1x8 cedar to reinforce the sides of the new cedar fence. Understand I will rip the lumber down to a thinner width. Also bought some hinges and a gate latch that are black powder coated and also heavy duty. This kinda stuff you can’t find at Home Cheapo.
Last week Shop Rite had a sale on rib roasts with the bone in and I loaded up the truck. This week Stop And Shop had basically the same sale, so I loaded up the truck a second time to load the freezer with steaks and ribs, but this time I made the steaks beefy meaning generously thick for steak and salad meals. I might hit them tomorrow again because “it pays to be greedy,” I say.
Speaking of greedy, I went back to DSW and got a second pair of the slippers I wear with my Patagonia rock climbing knockers that is my style. “Maggie” calls the slippers I wear “slides.” Price was $29.99, but I got a $5.00 rewards off so something like $26.00 I paid.
At Home Cheapo I bought this small Milwaukee chainsaw they call a pruning saw that has a 7 1/2 inch blade. The first one I bought was the 12 volt version, but when I got home and opened the box the battery was missing. Unsure if it was stolen in the store, or taken home and then returned. I went back and upgraded to the M18 version that utilizes an 18 volt battery.
Know that I have a pretty big assortment of Milwaukee hand tools and many M18 batteries. It seems the war on knotweed in my yard is comming to an end game, but I want to utilize the cut-cut-cut methods to further ear-rat-ick-Kate the knotweed outside my property nearby.
The idea is let it grow and clip it down to the base every three weeks. Knotweed flowers in late summer, so basically it will expend mucho energy to procreate. The energy is stored in rye-Zomes that are rather deep. I can tell you that digging them up is a huge mess and brutal work. The roots can be as thick as my calf.
With cut-cut-cut the knotweed gets progressively weaker and after several years of cut-cut-cut it gets exhausted and dies. So since I’m in this for the long haul my chain saw makes it fast and easy to cut knotweed which has a thick hollow stall like bamboo. Also having a small chainsaw is handy.
Nearby I have a supply of windblown downed trees to harvest for clean fill. “If it is free it is for me,” I say.
The chairs Maggie ordered for the She-Shed appeared to have been a double order. What appeared to be a second shipment I learned today was actually the first box I recycled to use as a container for the Wednesday recycle collection. Today was to be the Fed Ex pickup to return what we thought was a second redundant shipment.
When I went to put out the parcel for pickup I recognized the reinforced tape I used to close up the box that I had performed earlier Tuesday. Because of some OCD behavior on my part it looked like a lost package to someone, and I figured some Good Samaritan took the package I put out on the corner for recycle garbage pickup decided on doing me a favor and placing this big box my stoop thinking it did not belong on the corner in the street. Know that my street has no sidewalks.
I saw the Fed Ex driver across the street at a neighbor’s home, and engaged the driver.
“You have a pickup,“ he said. Then I explained about the double order, and then only realized today that it was just my newspaper and cardboard that was put out for recycling.
Then the driver revealed that it was he who moved the large bulky box onto my stoop.
We both laughed.
So not a lot of work done, but a busy day full of surprises and bargains. Also the difference in price between the M12 kit with battery and charger an d the M18 version tool alone amounted to be about $6.00. Had to go back to Home Cheapo to buy chain bar lube to fill the reservoir. “Divine intervention,” I say. The quart of oil for the chain saw was about $8.00.
Lots of gardening plans: a field of wildflowers on the slopped section of the back-backyard; a long bed of all Iris along one side of the garage; a vegetable garden on another side of the garage; a new bed for cut flowers; finally a Wisteria for the dead apple tree to have a dead flowering tree By using the dead tree as an arbor.
The world is a hot mess, but it seems I have a piece of paradise.
Meanwhile it seems Con Ed will likely be digging up our street and changing our gas meters to the exterior of the house in short order.
Cal
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Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
Yesterday was my day off, so I completely overhauled the Judy XC fork on the Breezer. Tore it down to individual components, took everything apart and cleaned it up really well. The dummy leg was absolutely disgusting, but had no corrosion. I was pleasantly surprised to find a White Bros. alloy damper cartridge in the active damper leg and it's all good to go. Got everything lubed up with liberal doses of Slickoleum (the replacement for Judy butter) then bolted it back together. I put on the new SRP Judy FSX style fork brace too. I got a black anodized one since I have a pair of black ano Magura brake boosters. The fork looks awesome just cleaned up. I had a bit of a hankering to paint the legs, but there's no need. I'll just get it rolling.
Spokes for the wheels are on the way. I have a set of spokes arriving in the mail today for the White Eno/Rhyno Lite single speed wheel. That wheel will have a 20 tooth freewheel and a 21 tooth fixed cog. These will be driven by the 110/74 XC Pro cranks with a single 26 tooth Onza Buzz Saw granny ring for crawling over rocks and stumps. Spokes for the XT M730 hub set are waiting for me at my LBS. Breezer is slowly coming together, and I can't wait to take it to Belmont plateau in Fairmount Park here in Philly.
Also, those 8 speed Dura Ace brifters I'm saving for the touring bike when I put a drop bar on it before a very long ride.
Phil Forrest
Spokes for the wheels are on the way. I have a set of spokes arriving in the mail today for the White Eno/Rhyno Lite single speed wheel. That wheel will have a 20 tooth freewheel and a 21 tooth fixed cog. These will be driven by the 110/74 XC Pro cranks with a single 26 tooth Onza Buzz Saw granny ring for crawling over rocks and stumps. Spokes for the XT M730 hub set are waiting for me at my LBS. Breezer is slowly coming together, and I can't wait to take it to Belmont plateau in Fairmount Park here in Philly.
Also, those 8 speed Dura Ace brifters I'm saving for the touring bike when I put a drop bar on it before a very long ride.
Phil Forrest
Davidin10003
Established
Cal,
I had no idea the Piezography system existed. That's brilliant. If I were only ever taking photos for my own needs, I could happily shoot and print monochrome for the rest of my days. And the Q2M is a fantastic tool for that. But I have to confess I still haven't fully bonded with the 28mm FOV. It's a work in process. But given that I was a dedicated 50mm shooter for a long time, I'm getting there.
My biggest constraints are a) I need to carry a camera that I can use for "my" photos and for capturing some family moments, and b) I hate carrying gear. The Q2M fits (b) perfectly, but falls short on (a). Right now I'm carrying an M11, with a 35mm Summarit. It's a great little lens, if a little slow. I'm warming up to the 35mm FOV, too. And after shooting the Q2 and SL2, I'm really enjoying the rangefinder again.
But I get the point about spreading oneself thin. For me, I haven't fully committed to Monochrom, but I've gotten pretty comfortable carrying one camera and one lens.
I've gotten "intellectually lazy" and allowed too many cameras to accumulate. After thinning the herd a couple years ago, I still have a Q2, Q2M, SL2, and M11. While it's very hard to beat the SL2 with the 50 SL Summicrom, I think it's time to let the SL2 go. I never fully connected with it, so haven't used it much. I'll make the M11 and Q2M be my primary cameras. And I'll keep the Q2 as a rugged backup option.
Or something like that.
But it's really cool that you got a have some input on SL2 development. I was in a Leica focus group last month, and really enjoyed the experience.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Phil,
Glad to hear you got a White Brothers damper. The old OEM Judy damper was not known to be sturdy. Also that SRP brace is brutal.
I guess you know that typical trials gearing is a 30 inch gear.
Also I figured you would save those bombproof Dura Ace grifters for a trick retro 8-speed.
Cal
Glad to hear you got a White Brothers damper. The old OEM Judy damper was not known to be sturdy. Also that SRP brace is brutal.
I guess you know that typical trials gearing is a 30 inch gear.
Also I figured you would save those bombproof Dura Ace grifters for a trick retro 8-speed.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
David,
28mm is the easiest focal length to learn. I love it to shoot in a “kill-zone” like manner, that being stop down to F-8, set the focus at 7 feet or 2 meters, and then set an exposure off the back of my hand. The back of my hand is like a grey card because I’m a person of color.
Basically the camera is set up as a point and shoot, and I tend to shoot mostly verticals which makes a 28mm resemble a longer lens with a tight FOV since with a wide I shoot about 7-8 feet from a subject rather than a 10-12 feet away with a 50.
Ideally for me a 28mm and a 50mm carried as a rigged two camera kit is ideal.
The difference in subject distance is only one step: either large; or small between a 50 and a 28.
Then think of an equilateral triangle. If you are 8 feet away from your subject then the height of your frame when shooting vertical will be 8 feet. Since 28mm is a wide pretty much you want to shoot at nipple height. Sometimes kneeling is perfect, or bend your body sideways to lower your position.
The point is that I can frame a 28mm easily without using the VF’er. I can shoot from the chest without looking through the VF’er.
On a film M the 90mm frames is the middle rectangle as if shooting “the rule of thirds.” Also the center 90mm frames is a great reference where a person’s head would be placed for a nice tight head and shoulders shot when shooting vertical. Another thing is that the 90mm frame can be used to help keep the camera vertical to prevent perspective distortion.
Them Germans combined 28mm and 90mm frames for good reason, but few actually exploit the engineered design asset.
For me 35 is a useful FOV that s in between a 28 and a 50, perhaps a compromise if only carrying one camera, but 28mm and a 50 gives me all the range I need.
Cal
28mm is the easiest focal length to learn. I love it to shoot in a “kill-zone” like manner, that being stop down to F-8, set the focus at 7 feet or 2 meters, and then set an exposure off the back of my hand. The back of my hand is like a grey card because I’m a person of color.
Basically the camera is set up as a point and shoot, and I tend to shoot mostly verticals which makes a 28mm resemble a longer lens with a tight FOV since with a wide I shoot about 7-8 feet from a subject rather than a 10-12 feet away with a 50.
Ideally for me a 28mm and a 50mm carried as a rigged two camera kit is ideal.
The difference in subject distance is only one step: either large; or small between a 50 and a 28.
Then think of an equilateral triangle. If you are 8 feet away from your subject then the height of your frame when shooting vertical will be 8 feet. Since 28mm is a wide pretty much you want to shoot at nipple height. Sometimes kneeling is perfect, or bend your body sideways to lower your position.
The point is that I can frame a 28mm easily without using the VF’er. I can shoot from the chest without looking through the VF’er.
On a film M the 90mm frames is the middle rectangle as if shooting “the rule of thirds.” Also the center 90mm frames is a great reference where a person’s head would be placed for a nice tight head and shoulders shot when shooting vertical. Another thing is that the 90mm frame can be used to help keep the camera vertical to prevent perspective distortion.
Them Germans combined 28mm and 90mm frames for good reason, but few actually exploit the engineered design asset.
For me 35 is a useful FOV that s in between a 28 and a 50, perhaps a compromise if only carrying one camera, but 28mm and a 50 gives me all the range I need.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
What happened to RFF yesterday? I could not connect and timed out Several times.
I realized that pretty much all the work I am doing is rewarding. Pretty proud of how a neglected 111 year old house is advancing. Purposely I staged a lot of garden tasks so that “Maggie” could spend a little time getting her hands dirty so she would not feel left out.
Anyways anything I do unilaterally often is wrong because Maggie is kinda particular. LOL.
Created a new bed for cut flowers, recycled some soil from that bed to prep the slope with loose soil for anticipation of creating a field of wild flowers on the slope. Transplanted Iris from the circle in the front yard to the side of the garage. Transplanted and merged two plots of bearded Iris into one bed by my 4x8 cedar garden shed. I filled the window boxes on Maggie’s She-Shed.
A section of a bed that formally held bearded Iris was refreshed with new garden soil, and more top soil was relocated to the slope for the field of wildflowers. Also used a galvanized wash tub to plant a mucho dense container of Asian Lillies on one corner of the garage.
I had Maggie plant the Irises on the side of the garage, she planted more Peonies where the bearded Iris were, and she planted a dozen Tiger Lillies in the circle in our front yard. An inner circle will be of Tiger Lillies for height, and this will be inside a larger circle of green Hostas.
Did a lot of digging. My mid section is where I feel a stiffness of a lot of stoop labor.
Cal
I realized that pretty much all the work I am doing is rewarding. Pretty proud of how a neglected 111 year old house is advancing. Purposely I staged a lot of garden tasks so that “Maggie” could spend a little time getting her hands dirty so she would not feel left out.
Anyways anything I do unilaterally often is wrong because Maggie is kinda particular. LOL.
Created a new bed for cut flowers, recycled some soil from that bed to prep the slope with loose soil for anticipation of creating a field of wild flowers on the slope. Transplanted Iris from the circle in the front yard to the side of the garage. Transplanted and merged two plots of bearded Iris into one bed by my 4x8 cedar garden shed. I filled the window boxes on Maggie’s She-Shed.
A section of a bed that formally held bearded Iris was refreshed with new garden soil, and more top soil was relocated to the slope for the field of wildflowers. Also used a galvanized wash tub to plant a mucho dense container of Asian Lillies on one corner of the garage.
I had Maggie plant the Irises on the side of the garage, she planted more Peonies where the bearded Iris were, and she planted a dozen Tiger Lillies in the circle in our front yard. An inner circle will be of Tiger Lillies for height, and this will be inside a larger circle of green Hostas.
Did a lot of digging. My mid section is where I feel a stiffness of a lot of stoop labor.
Cal
ptpdprinter
Veteran
Everyone who owns a home does yard work. You're not exactly André Le Nôtre or anything.
You are not creating "a safe space" or any of that other stuff you talk about. Anyone with half a brain knows that your posts are just thinly disguised creative writing exercises in which you embroider mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary. And unless you disclose that, it sort of makes your posts disingenuous, doesn't it? Not to mention this is RFF. If you are going to embroider mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary, at least make them about mundane photography activities. Impose some discipline on yourself as a writer. And don't just rehash the same old material.
If other members here would like to set up a thread on RFF to try their hand at embroidering mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary, here's a link to a primer. It was the first link that popped up on Google, so if it doesn't tickle your fancy, there are plenty of others. It's a standard Creative Writing 101 assignment.
thefieldya.com
And oh by the way, you have mentioned Hemingway a couple of times in connection with your extraordinary deep sea fishing trips on extraordinary charter boats. For variety, try Hemingway's writing style. It requires precision rather than flourish, so there's a new writing skill to master. Here's an example:
"It is spring. I planted flowers. I am sore."
Hemingway's style gets right to the core of the matter. Sort of like the difference between a Leica M3 and an especially egregious Leica Special Edition. Just to keep the post photography related.
If you are still following along, KitKat bars were back down to $1.19 at the grocery store yesterday. Given the Fed's rather cautious recent rate hike, they still have further room to fall, so I refrained from loading up the truck.
You are not creating "a safe space" or any of that other stuff you talk about. Anyone with half a brain knows that your posts are just thinly disguised creative writing exercises in which you embroider mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary. And unless you disclose that, it sort of makes your posts disingenuous, doesn't it? Not to mention this is RFF. If you are going to embroider mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary, at least make them about mundane photography activities. Impose some discipline on yourself as a writer. And don't just rehash the same old material.
If other members here would like to set up a thread on RFF to try their hand at embroidering mundane activities to make them sound extraordinary, here's a link to a primer. It was the first link that popped up on Google, so if it doesn't tickle your fancy, there are plenty of others. It's a standard Creative Writing 101 assignment.
Writing Exercise: A Mundane Task
As writers, we always look for ways to hook and excite the reader. We want to engage the audience and keep them intrigued by the story from start to finish. Whether it’s a mur…
thefieldya.com
And oh by the way, you have mentioned Hemingway a couple of times in connection with your extraordinary deep sea fishing trips on extraordinary charter boats. For variety, try Hemingway's writing style. It requires precision rather than flourish, so there's a new writing skill to master. Here's an example:
"It is spring. I planted flowers. I am sore."
Hemingway's style gets right to the core of the matter. Sort of like the difference between a Leica M3 and an especially egregious Leica Special Edition. Just to keep the post photography related.
If you are still following along, KitKat bars were back down to $1.19 at the grocery store yesterday. Given the Fed's rather cautious recent rate hike, they still have further room to fall, so I refrained from loading up the truck.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
More yard work and of course more spending. Last year we were behind the curve, but this year it seems we are on schedule with the outside and gardening. Remodeling took its toll I guess.
Did you know Hemingway was a journalist?
I admit that I have a Master’s degree in Journalism, and I journal here.
Some people respond and join in. Some people are my friends and want to know what is going on in my life, the transition to retirement, and how my life is evolving. In a way this is like a blog and no doubt I write about mundane things, silly things, but also there is a serious side..
I like adventure, perhaps I embrace risk more than most, but I am not trying to emulate anyone, all I’m trying to do is be myself, I have my own style, and be me. Just because I have had fishing adventures does not mean I want to emulate Hemingway.
I take no insult that much of what I write about is mundane. Most of the time it is true.
If my life is not interesting to you I would suggest posting elsewhere.
All I know is I’m glad I’m not you.
Happy-happy.
Cal
Did you know Hemingway was a journalist?
I admit that I have a Master’s degree in Journalism, and I journal here.
Some people respond and join in. Some people are my friends and want to know what is going on in my life, the transition to retirement, and how my life is evolving. In a way this is like a blog and no doubt I write about mundane things, silly things, but also there is a serious side..
I like adventure, perhaps I embrace risk more than most, but I am not trying to emulate anyone, all I’m trying to do is be myself, I have my own style, and be me. Just because I have had fishing adventures does not mean I want to emulate Hemingway.
I take no insult that much of what I write about is mundane. Most of the time it is true.
If my life is not interesting to you I would suggest posting elsewhere.
All I know is I’m glad I’m not you.
Happy-happy.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
A few days ago I saw 2 wild turkeys on Hudson Street near Washington Avenue in Peekskill. This is on the approach to downtown Peekskill and only a few blocks from the Post Office.
Mundane yes, but unusual for Peekskill because of its population density, about 25K people in only 4 square miles.
I was looking at an American Wisteria vine to finally use the dead tree in my back-backyard as an arbor. “Maggie” did not like the price, but it was about 7 feet tall. She tends to cheap out, but I thought it was not a bad deal.
Next weekend I will check back at the nursery to see if any smaller vines come in. I could open the sun roof on the Audi and park the Wisteria on the front passenger seat. Last year we missed out because of a late start.
What I like about this American Wisteria is that it is deemed non-inbvasive.
Renold’s Hills is a gated summer community that has shacks or camps that are 3 season homes. Today I met Andy one of the residents who happened to own one of the three homes that is a year round resident. From what I understand there are only about 80 dwellings, and since the dwellings are only 3 season (vacation homes that share common land) that the taxes are low.
I have never been inside the compound: like I said it is a gated community; but I imagine that some shack or dwelling might make for a great working studio for me. Not a far walk from my house. Hmmm.
Building a workspace/studio in half my garage will be costly. Anyways a daydream…
Anyways someone else I met from Renold’s Hills mentioned that on their property they have a problem with invasive Wisteria.
I love the huge flowers. Kinda loud and bold.
A though came to mind on how the world is kinda sad, but my garden is looking mighty pretty and is cleaning up nicely, even though things are only beginning to bud and sprout. A bit of a sanctuary of sorts where I can rest after a long-long bike ride.
The She-Shed is officially finished, and Maggie is doing her OCD thing of decorating and furnishing it. Meanwhile my 4x8 cedar shed that I put up as a garden shed so I could clear out the garage I organized. I had ordered a set of three shelves for Maggie’s shed, but two went unused. Also there was a section of the L-shaped table that went around the perimeter that went unused.
The extra material I recycled into my garden shed, but I only configured two shelves so the space still is kinda open.
Tomorrow daycare for a 7 month old and an almost nine year old. Work kinda stops.
Cal
Mundane yes, but unusual for Peekskill because of its population density, about 25K people in only 4 square miles.
I was looking at an American Wisteria vine to finally use the dead tree in my back-backyard as an arbor. “Maggie” did not like the price, but it was about 7 feet tall. She tends to cheap out, but I thought it was not a bad deal.
Next weekend I will check back at the nursery to see if any smaller vines come in. I could open the sun roof on the Audi and park the Wisteria on the front passenger seat. Last year we missed out because of a late start.
What I like about this American Wisteria is that it is deemed non-inbvasive.
Renold’s Hills is a gated summer community that has shacks or camps that are 3 season homes. Today I met Andy one of the residents who happened to own one of the three homes that is a year round resident. From what I understand there are only about 80 dwellings, and since the dwellings are only 3 season (vacation homes that share common land) that the taxes are low.
I have never been inside the compound: like I said it is a gated community; but I imagine that some shack or dwelling might make for a great working studio for me. Not a far walk from my house. Hmmm.
Building a workspace/studio in half my garage will be costly. Anyways a daydream…
Anyways someone else I met from Renold’s Hills mentioned that on their property they have a problem with invasive Wisteria.
I love the huge flowers. Kinda loud and bold.
A though came to mind on how the world is kinda sad, but my garden is looking mighty pretty and is cleaning up nicely, even though things are only beginning to bud and sprout. A bit of a sanctuary of sorts where I can rest after a long-long bike ride.
The She-Shed is officially finished, and Maggie is doing her OCD thing of decorating and furnishing it. Meanwhile my 4x8 cedar shed that I put up as a garden shed so I could clear out the garage I organized. I had ordered a set of three shelves for Maggie’s shed, but two went unused. Also there was a section of the L-shaped table that went around the perimeter that went unused.
The extra material I recycled into my garden shed, but I only configured two shelves so the space still is kinda open.
Tomorrow daycare for a 7 month old and an almost nine year old. Work kinda stops.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
More mundane news.
Did you know that I have a Magnolia tree growing in my dining room?
The tree was a condolence gift when “Maggie’s” mom died, and last summer it was outside by the pergola, but in the fall I brought it in.
Initially I transplanted to an oversized pot, the tree remained a slow grower, even outside with mucho sun.
So then two weeks ago something changed. The leaves are about the size of my hand, and the overall height in the oversized pot was just about 5 feet, but now the new growth leaves are the size of my face and surprisingly it grew a foot and is about my height overall.
Some of my cameras have been called “Monsters” by our friend John. I had this plant in Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and East Harlem that was named “Alice” because it was like a man eating plant because it got so big. So I have a bit of a problem. The height of my dining room is only 8 feet, and Magnolia trees cannot survive a New York winter.
The pot and tree are what I would call a “man-killer” because it is both bulky and heavy. Somehow I brought it into the house by myself.
Anyways, I have a sich-E-Ation…
Also I had to feed our Rode-A-DEN-Drums. I have 4 that are about 7 foot tall and 7 foot wide, and this was after pruning. There is a runt of a Rode-A-DEN-Drum by our patio that has red flowers also.
I bought the big bag of fertilizer, but because I use mulch they say to double the dose, and for every foot in diameter add a cup. I eventually used the entire bag.
So now that the back-backyard is getting gardened, an ambitious champaign is underway that requires mucho garden supplies in bulk quantities. Had to add another 100 feet of hose for watering. Many trips to Home Cheapo and Lowes. Need to order another 2 yards of gravel, this time whitish to compliment the grey Gravel.
Lots of Calzone factor, in fact Andy my new friend was driving my car and mentioned how good the house looks and remarked about all the changes we made. Also he knows me from my leaf gathering. Andy is retired also.
Funny rule at Renold’s Hills: No dogs allowed.
Cal
Did you know that I have a Magnolia tree growing in my dining room?
The tree was a condolence gift when “Maggie’s” mom died, and last summer it was outside by the pergola, but in the fall I brought it in.
Initially I transplanted to an oversized pot, the tree remained a slow grower, even outside with mucho sun.
So then two weeks ago something changed. The leaves are about the size of my hand, and the overall height in the oversized pot was just about 5 feet, but now the new growth leaves are the size of my face and surprisingly it grew a foot and is about my height overall.
Some of my cameras have been called “Monsters” by our friend John. I had this plant in Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and East Harlem that was named “Alice” because it was like a man eating plant because it got so big. So I have a bit of a problem. The height of my dining room is only 8 feet, and Magnolia trees cannot survive a New York winter.
The pot and tree are what I would call a “man-killer” because it is both bulky and heavy. Somehow I brought it into the house by myself.
Anyways, I have a sich-E-Ation…
Also I had to feed our Rode-A-DEN-Drums. I have 4 that are about 7 foot tall and 7 foot wide, and this was after pruning. There is a runt of a Rode-A-DEN-Drum by our patio that has red flowers also.
I bought the big bag of fertilizer, but because I use mulch they say to double the dose, and for every foot in diameter add a cup. I eventually used the entire bag.
So now that the back-backyard is getting gardened, an ambitious champaign is underway that requires mucho garden supplies in bulk quantities. Had to add another 100 feet of hose for watering. Many trips to Home Cheapo and Lowes. Need to order another 2 yards of gravel, this time whitish to compliment the grey Gravel.
Lots of Calzone factor, in fact Andy my new friend was driving my car and mentioned how good the house looks and remarked about all the changes we made. Also he knows me from my leaf gathering. Andy is retired also.
Funny rule at Renold’s Hills: No dogs allowed.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I think I I.D.‘ed the Magnolia as a Southern Magnolia because it is an evergreen and not deciduous. The underside leaf color is a leathery brown, but the recent new face sized leaves that emerged still have green undersides.
My guess is that my Magnolia now is going to flower, but know last year there were no flowers. That would explian the sudden spring growth spurt.
Bad news is that Southern Magnolias can grow to heights of 40-80 feet, and can reach widths of 20-40 feet. I have a true monster.
Southern Magnolia have a range from them south to North Carolina.
How mundane is this? Anyways a very attractive plant.
On a different note, “Maggie” does not understand how Iris and Hostas and other plants that are rye-Zomes propagate. Her understanding is that you should plant Iris in clusters.
I tried to explain to a woman with a PhD that through propagation the clusters happen, and as a matter of maintenance, every few years you have to break up the clusters and spread them out.
Our yard once had a serious garden, but then it was neglected. We had a dense patch of Hostas where the plants choked each other. I dug them up and used a machete to divide them. Maggie thought I was killing them.
So try to teach a PhD something about botany in my case is a no-go.
I will laugh when the non-bearded Iris propagate rapidly because they were divided. After I got rid of the old dried leaves and stems I still had 2 five gallon buckets of rye-Zomes with small shoots.
We have mucho bearded Iris, but these I left clumped and just transplanted them. In a ways I made an A-B test/demo. One plant was divided, and the other left clumped. It will be interesting in a year or two as which one propagated at a higher rate and which got stunted by remaining clumps.
Moral of the story is don’t argue with a know it all. Have fun and laugh.
BTW the non bearded Iris we both favor, but the bearded Iris are kinda huge and not so delicate.
So I now realize that people recognize some of our standout behavior.
Cal
My guess is that my Magnolia now is going to flower, but know last year there were no flowers. That would explian the sudden spring growth spurt.
Bad news is that Southern Magnolias can grow to heights of 40-80 feet, and can reach widths of 20-40 feet. I have a true monster.
Southern Magnolia have a range from them south to North Carolina.
How mundane is this? Anyways a very attractive plant.
On a different note, “Maggie” does not understand how Iris and Hostas and other plants that are rye-Zomes propagate. Her understanding is that you should plant Iris in clusters.
I tried to explain to a woman with a PhD that through propagation the clusters happen, and as a matter of maintenance, every few years you have to break up the clusters and spread them out.
Our yard once had a serious garden, but then it was neglected. We had a dense patch of Hostas where the plants choked each other. I dug them up and used a machete to divide them. Maggie thought I was killing them.
So try to teach a PhD something about botany in my case is a no-go.
I will laugh when the non-bearded Iris propagate rapidly because they were divided. After I got rid of the old dried leaves and stems I still had 2 five gallon buckets of rye-Zomes with small shoots.
We have mucho bearded Iris, but these I left clumped and just transplanted them. In a ways I made an A-B test/demo. One plant was divided, and the other left clumped. It will be interesting in a year or two as which one propagated at a higher rate and which got stunted by remaining clumps.
Moral of the story is don’t argue with a know it all. Have fun and laugh.
BTW the non bearded Iris we both favor, but the bearded Iris are kinda huge and not so delicate.
So I now realize that people recognize some of our standout behavior.
Cal
pyeh
Member of good standing
To PTPD and others (at least one other; I've forgotten who) who have complained about the off-topic nature of this thread, Calzone started it expressly as a vehicle for his non-camera related rambling. See first post.
There is no reason to read it if you don't want to read about matters that are not about photography. People join in when they see a topic they relate to, and others just come along for the excellent adventure.
Please carry on Calzone, like you always do so well.
There is no reason to read it if you don't want to read about matters that are not about photography. People join in when they see a topic they relate to, and others just come along for the excellent adventure.
Please carry on Calzone, like you always do so well.
Tincup
Newbie
I have followed RFF since about 2010, but have only recently joined and this is my first post. After reading the critical comments that were made earlier, I felt a need to respond. I want to say that I enjoy reading Calzone‘s daily comments and always look forward to reading them. Keep it coming, Calzone - Gear Whore #1!!👍
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Pete,
Thanks for the support.
Cal
Thanks for the support.
Cal