Depending on the date they may be transfer-printed, but hand colouring was also fairly common.

There's a fascinating article here: http://www.magiclanternsociety.org/about-magic-lanterns/lantern-slides/

Those are lovely slides - I presume all hand-coloured.

When my father-in-law died and we cleared out the shed we found two or three boxes of magic lantern slides, though these were nowhere near as exotic subjects - just general family scenery, holidays picking hops and flooding in Norfolk (UK, not Virginia), etc. How I wish we had found these before and had the chance to understand who the people were who featured in the slides.

I'm always amazed at the level of detail (providing the subject stayed still of course!).

Thank you so much for posting these.

Thank you to all for the kind comments. They really offer encouragement, and I thank you profoundly for that.

Bud, we gave the same here in the UK that we call Mountain hares, as we typically only find them in the uplands. They change into white in the winter, and back to brown in the summer. In the transition period they can really stand out!

Many thanks Angela.

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

Bob

Thanks - they are like a rabbit but quicker.

They live in "forms" which are above ground, so they have had centuries of dodging predators to sharpen their running skills

Thanks Jerry - appreciate the comment!

It's been a while since I've posted, as work has kept me busy.

This hare came and stopped close by me late yesterday evening when I was out with the camera looking for deer.

I thought black and white made for a more powerful image.

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Thank you Sue

Earnest, many thanks for stopping by and posting your comments.

Carol, glad you took a look and thank you for your comments. Much appreciated

And this from the Nikon site:

If lens data is specified using the Non-CPU lens data option in the shooting menu, many of the features available with CPU lenses can also be used with non-CPU lenses. If lens data is not specified color matrix metering can not be used, and center-weighted metering is used when matrix metering is selected.

Non-CPU lenses can only be used in exposure modes A and M, when aperture must be set using the lens aperture ring. If the maximum aperture has not been specified using Non-CPU lens data, the camera aperture display will show the number of stops from maximum aperture(0, 1, 2, etc.); the actual aperture value must be read off the lens aperture ring. Aperture-priority auto will be selected automatically in exposure modes P and S. The exposure-mode indicator in the control panel will blink, and A will be displayed in the viewfinder.

https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13867/~/what-lenses-can-i-use-with-the-d700%2F-d300s%2F-d300%2F-d200-%3F

It won't make a lot of difference, other than for the EXIF data. You could set it to the focal length/aperture you most often use....or the minimum....or the maximum!

This is what the manual says - or at least used to say:

"Zoom Lenses - Lens data are not adjusted when non-CPU lenses are zoomed in or out. After changing the zoom position, select new values for lens focal length and maximum aperture"

Having been travelling for work there's not been much chance to get out with the camera, but this morning made up for it.

A roe doe and buck, enjoying an early morning stroll through a hay meadow.

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Super photo.

I do love their iridescent feathers!

I've seen them in the wild in Connecticut and they are impressive birds - pretty wary too? Not quite sure where the expression "turkey shoot" came from!