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  1. Was hoping to get the downed tree debris cut up, loaded and hauled of to the green waste site today, but ran out of time/energy. Temps were in the 'nice//normal July range this morning but the Wet Bulb Glove Heat Risk crept up to my current limit zone of 88℉ before I could haul the limbs off - they will have to wait till Thursday. Still in PT for the knee replacement - 2 weeks left, 3 times a week, and that takes precedence over yard, garden, ...

    After PT, hoping to rejoin the volunteer trail crew at the Nature Center (easy at first). This is what a portion of the Center looks like during these wet summers. There are trails, just well hidden in the vegetation.

    #LandscapePhotography #Wetlands #NatureCenter #DarkTable #200mm

  2. Was hoping to get the downed tree debris cut up, loaded and hauled of to the green waste site today, but ran out of time/energy. Temps were in the 'nice//normal July range this morning but the Wet Bulb Glove Heat Risk crept up to my current limit zone of 88℉ before I could haul the limbs off - they will have to wait till Thursday. Still in PT for the knee replacement - 2 weeks left, 3 times a week, and that takes precedence over yard, garden, ...

    After PT, hoping to rejoin the volunteer trail crew at the Nature Center (easy at first). This is what a portion of the Center looks like during these wet summers. There are trails, just well hidden in the vegetation.

  3. I’m a big fan of old #Nikon #NIKKOR lenses. I just love the way video and photos look on new digital cameras …

    and I can still use them on my vintage Nikon #F2as film camera!

    When used with an APS-C camera like my #Fujifilm X-T5, the cropped sensor gives you a few benefits …

    • a #200mm lens has the same FOV as a #300mm on a full-frame camera, and

    • you get great results from the glass, since you’re using the center of the lens. This minimizes chromatic aberration, vignetting, distortion, and other factors that can be their worst at the edges of the lens.

    • I just happen to like manual focusing; it’s meditative.

    And best of all – you can get them for a song on eBay!

    I’ve found that many of the best lenses and deals come when ordering directly from Japan. For example, right now I have one of those 200mm teles coming all the way from Tokyo …

    and it cost ~$70, shipping included. Can’t beat that.

    For me, there’s an extra benefit; packages from #Japan are often routed through Anchorage, Alaska – where I was born many years ago.

    I don’t remember Alaska, since my parents relocated when I was a baby … but I still get a little wistful when I’m tracking, and see that a lens is coming to me from my birthplace.

    My new (to me) lens left Anchorage early this morning, and is on its way to Rhode Island …

    I know I’m projecting a little, but it personalizes it for me. I doubt I’ll ever return to #Alaska myself, so I get a little vicarious frisson knowing that the lens made a visit.

  4. I’m a big fan of old #Nikon #NIKKOR lenses. I just love the way video and photos look on new digital cameras …

    and I can still use them on my vintage Nikon #F2as film camera!

    When used with an APS-C camera like my #Fujifilm X-T5, the cropped sensor gives you a few benefits …

    • a #200mm lens has the same FOV as a #300mm on a full-frame camera, and

    • you get great results from the glass, since you’re using the center of the lens. This minimizes chromatic aberration, vignetting, distortion, and other factors that can be their worst at the edges of the lens.

    • I just happen to like manual focusing; it’s meditative.

    And best of all – you can get them for a song on eBay!

    I’ve found that many of the best lenses and deals come when ordering directly from Japan. For example, right now I have one of those 200mm teles coming all the way from Tokyo …

    and it cost ~$70, shipping included. Can’t beat that.

    For me, there’s an extra benefit; packages from #Japan are often routed through Anchorage, Alaska – where I was born many years ago.

    I don’t remember Alaska, since my parents relocated when I was a baby … but I still get a little wistful when I’m tracking, and see that a lens is coming to me from my birthplace.

    My new (to me) lens left Anchorage early this morning, and is on its way to Rhode Island …

    I know I’m projecting a little, but it personalizes it for me. I doubt I’ll ever return to #Alaska myself, so I get a little vicarious frisson knowing that the lens made a visit.

  5. A blue tit gathers old Samoyed (dog) wool from a bird feeder. It's using this wool to line its nest in the bird house just out of shot.

    #bird #bluetit #pentax #200mm

  6. A blue tit gathers old Samoyed (dog) wool from a bird feeder. It's using this wool to line its nest in the bird house just out of shot.

    #bird #bluetit #pentax #200mm

  7. Man sollte besser vorbereitet losziehen!
    OK, Wecker war richtig gestellt - UTC Angabe berücksichtigt: Aufgang also 7:09 und Ausschau gehalten...
    Aber ohne Kompass anhand des Monds 101° abzuschätzen ...
    Wollte schon die aufziehenden Wolken verantwortlich machen, dann aber doch noch weiter rechts geschaut. Da war dann was...

    EDIT:
    War doch nur ein Flugzeug, Wäre auch zu schön gewesen.
    Also bis Mitte Oktober warten.

    #foto #mywork #Flugzeug #200mm