Flowers and other Flora

[reef58]

Working on my focus stacking

 

[dpc]

Working on my focus stacking

Nice picture!

 

[dpc]

8)

 

[Click]

Working on my focus stacking

Nicely done, reef58.

 

[dpc]

8)

 

[reef58]

Thanks DPC & Click

 

[npdien]

npdien,
Very nice photos. Reminds me of the time we visited Hanoi.
It certainly is a motorcycle country. We experienced such a ride ourselves --- as tourists, we were totally not expecting such a wild ride over country roads in Sapa carrying our travelling gear, (my camera/bag etc.,) hanging on for dear lives! We saw drives carrying doors or other wares full to the hilt on their bikes. We couldn't carry so much walking, let alone driving a bike with that much. It is really a juggler in the making!
I see your photos with people with smiling. They may be poor by our standards, but I think in their way, they are contended and happy with their lives. I visited Bhutan and saw poor people, too, but those we interacted with seemed to be happy. The more well-to-do ones there were the ones that wanted more!
Thanks for posting your lovely country and florals. Let's get back to beautiful flowers.
Thanks.
-r

Thanks for sharing your experience of the trip, Lion Rock.

 

[npdien]

npdien,

During the war I was stationed in Da Nang and Phu Bai. A very long story but in 1997 I went back to Vietnam and married a lovely woman from Cu Chi. While I was waiting for her immigration papers to be approved, I made a couple of more trips back to visit her and finally in 2000 I went back to bring her to America. We have been married 20 years this year and she has been a wonderful wife to me. Due to health issues I have not been able to travel back there anymore, but she goes back often to visit her family, usually during the Vietnamese New Year. She takes lots of pictures, but only on her iPhone.

Keep up the nice pictures. They bring back a lot of good memories.

Brian

It's interesting to know your wife is Vietnamese and looks like you have a happy married life with her, Brian.

 

[npdien]

Very nice to get context on where your photo originate from, Dien. As sometimes happens my "notify" hasn't been notifying and so I was out of the loop for a while. Here is a raspberry waiting to be unlocked from the rigor mortise of winter.

Jack

Lovely shot, Jack. Given your absence from this thread, I've thought you had been getting into internet hibernation.

 

[npdien]

The crocuses are really beginning to pop; Beacon Hill Park, Victoria BC, yesterday afternoon...

Nice landscape, Dpc.

 

[npdien]

Working on my focus stacking

Lovely shot, reef58.

 

[npdien]

Shooting in the shade under a Rangoon Creeper/Burma Creeper/Chinese Honeysuckle tree.

 

[Click]

Shooting in the shade under a Rangoon Creeper/Burma Creeper/Chinese Honeysuckle tree.

Lovely. Nicely done, npdien.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Very nice to get context on where your photo originate from, Dien. As sometimes happens my "notify" hasn't been notifying and so I was out of the loop for a while. Here is a raspberry waiting to be unlocked from the rigor mortise of winter.

Jack

Lovely shot, Jack. Given your absence from this thread, I've thought you had been getting into internet hibernation.

Photo hibernation, yes. You recall a granite saw ... well it got modified/redone a bit so I could use it for ripping some oak and mitering using a 14" carbide wood blade I bought. Necessary trim required to complete the botched tiling job of one year ago in my home (after extensive floor leveling) that I will now be attempting, never having tiled in my life.

The photo related to shots trying to confirm AFMA with the 1DX2, which I'm close to concluding has erratic focus with 400 DO II X2 III. That combo must work for me since it'll be my workhorse wildlife setup and so far it's been frustration. Thus, that photo was 800mm.

While focus is quick and appears OK on close inspection it's often significantly off. One day a series of shots says AFMA =9 another it's 4. You'd expect a clear pattern of front to back focus from -20 to +20 but I'll have shots at -5 looking better than +2.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Shooting in the shade under a Rangoon Creeper/Burma Creeper/Chinese Honeysuckle tree.

You should be employed by Vietnamese tourism - I'm almost compelled to visit!

Jack

 

[dpc]

The crocuses are really beginning to pop; Beacon Hill Park, Victoria BC, yesterday afternoon...

Nice landscape, Dpc.

Thanks!

 

[Jack Douglas]

The crocuses are really beginning to pop; Beacon Hill Park, Victoria BC, yesterday afternoon...

You lucky guy!

Jack

 

[dpc]

The crocuses are really beginning to pop; Beacon Hill Park, Victoria BC, yesterday afternoon...

You lucky guy!

Jack

Yes, it's great to see signs of spring. Unfortunately I'm returning to my usual winter haunts on Friday. Even at home, though, spring can't be long in coming.

 

[dpc]

It's about time.

 

[npdien]

Very nice to get context on where your photo originate from, Dien. As sometimes happens my "notify" hasn't been notifying and so I was out of the loop for a while. Here is a raspberry waiting to be unlocked from the rigor mortise of winter.

Jack

Lovely shot, Jack. Given your absence from this thread, I've thought you had been getting into internet hibernation.

Photo hibernation, yes. You recall a granite saw ... well it got modified/redone a bit so I could use it for ripping some oak and mitering using a 14" carbide wood blade I bought. Necessary trim required to complete the botched tiling job of one year ago in my home (after extensive floor leveling) that I will now be attempting, never having tiled in my life.

The photo related to shots trying to confirm AFMA with the 1DX2, which I'm close to concluding has erratic focus with 400 DO II X2 III. That combo must work for me since it'll be my workhorse wildlife setup and so far it's been frustration. Thus, that photo was 800mm.

While focus is quick and appears OK on close inspection it's often significantly off. One day a series of shots says AFMA =9 another it's 4. You'd expect a clear pattern of front to back focus from -20 to +20 but I'll have shots at -5 looking better than +2.

Jack

Hi Jack. Wow, you have monster 1DX2. I see how frustrated you are, facing the AF problem with the combo of such top gears. Hope a healthy dose of carpentry keeps you active, healthy and fit.