Where's Heidi?

[Redstone]

I haven't seen her for a while. Has she not been around, or am I being oblivious again?

Redstone

[Heidi]

1. I am here!

Hi, Redstone. :hi:

[Redstone]

2. Hey, kiddo, good to know you're still around. Must have been me,

being oblivious. As I tend to be.

Redstone

[Heidi]

4. Nah, it wasn't you.

I've been scarce. It's a busy time of year for me. Thank you for checking, my friend. :pals:

Guess what Call Me Wesley brought home Friday? A brand-spankin'-new Nikon D50. I'm a happy Heidi this weekend. :)

[Redstone]

6. Shoot away, and have fun.

The magazines say that's a helluva camera. Now you need the legendary Nikkor 105 lens.

Redstone

[Heidi]

8. CMW has so much Nikkor glass already

that he's now going through the process of seeing what fits and what doesn't. (The D50 light-metering system doesn't work for any of our older lenses, though.) CMW's oldest Nikon body and Nikkor lenses are from about 1972 (inherited from his uncle) and the freshest are circa mid-80s. (His first apprenticeship was as a fashion photographer, hence the nice "tools." :D )

I just wanted a decent camera for making good photos of my paintings. :blush:

[Redstone]

9. The older lenses should mount, but you might have to use manual

metering. I mentioned the 105 mm lens, because I understand that Nikon has a new version of it with an image-stabilizer, and the reports say it's as sharp as the legendary old 105.

I have never, in over 30 years of being a photographer, seen a lens as sharp as the Nikkor 105.

Unless, maybe the Pentax SMC Takumar 1.4 50 mm. That was my workhorse for many years.

Redstone

[Heidi]

10. No doubt,

when CMW reads this, we'll have a 105 by the end of the month. I personally was very impressed with the test photos he made of some of my paintings with the kit lens. It was astonishing to me to see the difference in quality between photos made with an ancient, cheap Olympus C-820L and the D50.

The lack of metering with the old lenses isn't a problem for CMW, but it would be an enormous problem for me. :blush:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Call Me Wesley bought you a Nikon D50?

That's what I have!

And you know how much I love mine!

I'm using my old Tamron 35-200mm lens.......and I'm happy with it!

Enjoy your new camera! It is fabulous!

:hug:

[Heidi]

12. CMW bought _himself_ a D50.

:rofl: But he'll let me use it, under close supervision. ;)

Your recommendation is one of the reasons we chose the D50. Also, we have about 10 older Nikkor lenses that work with it.

:hug: :loveya:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

13. Has he downloaded the GIMP for you yet?

I made this to compliment the leaf photo. I plan on heading out to the woods and making a 3rd photo like this and framing them together.

[Heidi]

14. I asked him to download it while he was fiddling around

with the new camera, and he says, "You already have Photoshop CS2. Why do you need GIMP, too?" I said, "Well, haruka has it." ;) So, no, I don't expect to get GIMP until the new wears off of the D50 and frees up a chunk of CMW's time. :eyes:

I love that image! :thumbsup:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. It was such a pain in the ass to do.

I had way less contrast than I did when I worked on the leaf, which made it hard to color within the lines of the mushroom. I spent a lot of time cursing.

One photo project that I really want to do is photographs of a stone foundation of an old cabin in the woods behind my house. The whole cabin is probably only about the size of my bedroom and it's just a stone foundation & chimney in the middle of the woods. I think it'd be cool to do a collection of photos of it from each season.

Just download GIMP yourself. I'm sure you can handle simply downloading it.

[Heidi]

17. That'd be a beautiful collection.

Obviously, you're a much better photographer than I am, and more experienced with post work, too. I spent part of my journalism career as a photographer, but that's a whole _other_ kind of photography. :thumbsup:

[AirmensMom]

3. Heidi!

:hi: :pals:

[Heidi]

5. Hi, my friend!

I'm so glad to see that you and our mutual girlfriends have having such a good time together. No butts about it. :D

:hug: :loveya:

[AirmensMom]

7. lol!

:rofl: No butts? There are plenty of butts over there. :rofl:

:loveya: :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

16. Heidi, gf!!!!

Smoochies!!!! :* :* :* :hug: :loveya:

[Heidi]

18. Hi, honey!

:hug: :loveya: :*SMOOCH!*

How ya been? How's your mom? :pals:

[SeattleGirl]

22. I'm doing well, and mom is too!

She's going to be flying from Oregon to North Carolina in a couple of weeks to visit her brother and SIL. I'm so glad she's able to do that! Thank you so much for asking about her. :loveya:

[Heidi]

24. That's wonderful!

Call Me Wesley's grandmother just returned to Zurich after spending most of the summer here. She's 93 and in very, very good health, and we're glad she's still able to travel here every summer and spend time with our goddaughters (her great-granddaughters). :loveya:

[texanwitch]

19. Hello Heidi

:hug: :pals:

[Heidi]

20. gf!!!!

:hug: :loveya:

How're you and the crew? :hug:

[texanwitch]

25. We are doing fine.

The cats are back in Houston, and I am at my Aunt's house for the weekend.

I had great Harvest Weekend, the moon was beautiful.

I have ate so much I will have to eat light for the next week or two.

[Rowdyboy]

21. Thankfully, that takes care of that.....

Good that you're around

[Heidi]

23. Hiya, Rowdyboy!

:hi:

[Rowdyboy]

26. I always love to hear from you, Heidi...

Switzerland is such a dream to me. Someday, I promise, someday.....

[Heidi]

27. I'm partial to the Italian-speaking part,

and I highly recommend it. :) Ticino: :thumbsup:

[auntAgonist]

28. hi there Heidi ....

I miss you :(


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:loveya: :hug:

[Heidi]

30. kesha!!!!

I miss you, too, sweetie. Didn't you post a photo of Ella the other day? It seems like I saw it, but then I couldn't find the thread when I went back to reply. :cry:

:loveya: gf! :hug: :*

[auntAgonist]

32. I did !

It's good to see you again :) :loveya:

Hoping to see more of your wonderful Art Work too


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5605095

[billyskank]

29. We have eloped

I wish. ;)

[Heidi]

31. Hahahahahaha!

Thank you, my friend. :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

33. I guess shes here

:) And the place is always better for it.
Hiedi's the bomb!

[Heidi]

34. Thank you, sir.

:hug:

[Guava Jelly]

35. You are very welcome

You are always so nice and sweet
:loveya:

[Heidi]

36. Sickening, isn't it?

Call Me Wesley says that my dark side is "beige." :rofl:

[ForrestGump]

37. We're playing

Heidi-go-seek.... :P

[Heidi]

38. I'm incognito.

:P

[ForrestGump]

39. Cool!

I've heard that Cognito was one of the more picturesque northern Italian villages.

[Heidi]

40. It is, it is!

Here are photos CMW and I took on our walk through the neighborhood this afternoon: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x19949

[ForrestGump]

41. Very nice!!

My current neighborhood doesn't look too much like that. :D

No wonder you like it there! :hug:

[Heidi]

42. Heidi has left the building

for the evening.

I leave you all in the able hands of the one, the only, Call Me Wesley. I will reply to all hate mail in the morning. :D