Great pictures and a nice condensed history of the Great Plains and prairies of Chicago and West. Yep clearing forest land to grow crops out East was a bad way to make a living. Plowing the fertile prairie was such a better deal , that farms in Connecticut et al. were often abandoned when the Western Territories opened up.

Just a neighborhood car show. Most of these cars 'live' in the area.

Air cooled


Lovely lines - still pretty after all these years

When the Cubs won the World Series we got an interesting comparison. The Tribune who has a staff of very qualified and outfitted photographers captured a front page picture with a fast telephoto of the players - The Sun Times who had decided to fire their photographers and crowd source pictures from fans printed theirs. These are the differences

https://petapixel.com/2016/11/03/chicago-tribune-sun-times-covers-world-series/

Hi everyone - long time lurker, but I do read these....and I have a question. Shooting a Canon 750D also labeled as the T6i. A year or so ago I bought an adaptor and was able to use my vintage Nikkor 35mm f2 lens. Obliviously manual only, but I liked the shallow depth of field and that I could really get close to the subject and the old glass has some nice characteristics.

Fast forward and a few weeks ago I bought a new Canon 50mm 1.8. Nice lens, but on a crop sensor camera it actually shoots like an 80mm lens.

Why does the ancient Nikkor glass permit me to get close up (within 6 inches) but the Canon require me to be feet away from the subject? Am I just imagining this?

What a nicely framed shot!

Nice lens...I use mine on my Canon.

Cloudy, rainy day in Canada's Quetico Wilderness. Actually shot with an Olympus point and shoot, which had the Zeiss glass.

Good question, and I'll have to check when I have my camera handy. I tend to use it for very shallow depth of field pictures, so I'm quite close with the Aperture wide open.

I've converted a 50mm vintage lens to my Canon DSLR - fully manual as noted, but I like the results. I used an inexpensive adaptor I bought on Amazon.

I love the Yellow house with the maple leaves on the yard. Nice composition!

Taken in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

Shot with a Canon DSLR, Tamron lens with a CPF, ISO 1600, f22. I liked it, but looking for feedback on how it could have been improved

Alaska is a vast and almost endless opportunity for adventure. I found the region north of the arctic circle on the Dalton (for that matter north of the Brooks Range) to be fascinating. Herds of Caribou, clumps of Musk Oxen, and the occasional bear are not hard to find. If you do Denali drive the Denali Highway and you can avoid the crowds of plastic bag clutching tourists. Many feel that this highway, in reality a rugged dirt road, is essential Alaska .

H- 453 pixels W- 604 pixels

Thanks for the tip!

I don't know - shot with an Olympus point and shoot.

Sorry -