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A7r, A7r2 - and why I'm keeping both ...
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k-hawinkler
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Thank you Bart. I am fine. Haven't gotten around to photography lately.
k-hawinkler
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A friend of mine on another forum got one and uses it on an A1. Only one photo posted so far but it seems OK (understatement of the week)
See here
Here are more pictures taken with that lens.
Knorp
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Hi there K-H,
good to see you’re still around !
But it’s really too bad you’re photography is on the back burner.
I for one am missing your hummingbird shots.
Hope you soon find the inspiration and strength (?) to pick up your gear again.
It’s said GAS is a fine remedy for almost every ailment …
Take care and all the best.
k-hawinkler
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Lizard
A9 III + FE 35/1.4 GM
A9 III + FE 35/1.4 GM
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k-hawinkler
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Tree down
A9 III + FE 35/1.4 GM
A9 III + FE 35/1.4 GM
k-hawinkler
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Another one
A9 III + FE 35/1.4 GM
A9 III + FE 35/1.4 GM
k-hawinkler
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Well Bart, not enough water, old dying trees, just removing a safety hazard before they fall on somebody.
Here is another one that needs completely removing.
A9 III + FE 35/1.4 GM.
This Acacia tree was likely planted in the 1960s when the house was built and lasted until now. Another one like it dried up a few years back and we had to remove it. After all we are here in a very dry climate and rocky sandy sool. They call them the Rocky Mountains for a reason.
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k-hawinkler
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Well Bart, yeah. But what can you do. All the non-native trees need to be watered all the time during most of the year. If I remember correctly during the the last 2 or 3 decades we had a 15 year drought that at our altitude of around 6000 feet killed of 75% of the native Pine Nut trees (New Mexico piñon pine (Pinus edulis)), while the local Juniper trees did just fine. We also lost some hardy Russian Olive trees and a beautiful Crab Apple tree. However will still have a lot of native trees in our yard. We are in the high desert below the mountains. Here in White Rock we are at 6000 to 6500 feet altitude whereas Los Alamos itself is at 7300 feet and higher and fared much better. The mountains on our West side of the Rio Grande reach up to 12,000 feet, whereas on the East side they go up mot 130,00 feet. So those highest peaks have snow on them typically from October through May.
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k-hawinkler
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Weiß Blau wie Bayern
A9 III + FE 1.4/35 GM
A9 III + FE 1.4/35 GM
Knorp
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Weiß Blau wie Bayern
A9 III + FE 1.4/35 GM
What I found:
"Ist der Himmel in Bayern weiß, Blau oder Blau weiß?
Im Jahr 1838 wurde offiziell festgelegt, dass das Hellblau der Flagge einen hellen Ton haben musste.
Allerdings ist bis heute der genaue Farbton nicht festgelegt, daher wird empfohlen die Farbe Himmelblau (RAL 5015), zu verwenden."
Longing to see Bayern once again, K-H ?Kind regards.
k-hawinkler
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Well I lived in the Munich area of Bavaria for around 7 years in the 1970s and 1980s. Munich indeed is my favorite German city. Over here in the United Sates my 2 favorite cities were San Francisco and Boston before their current d4cline. However the "Land of Enchantment" has now been my home state for over 40 years. I think that should answer your question.
Back yo the problem that developed lately with some of our trees - but certainly not all.
Her is an enormous Piñón tree in our back yard that benefitted tremendously from watering an adjacent lawn and garden.
A9 III + FE 35/1.4 GM
Here is a picture of our more than 60 year old Acacia tree that became a safety hazard and we already remove most of its branches.
Before we did that it looked like this.
So it had to be trimmed.
After trimming about a year ago it looks like this.
But as one can see some of the tree branches extending over the roof of our house and potentially could fall down and damage the roof / house. Not a good way to go.
So we decided the tree had to go. I only managed to capture part of the take down from the safety of the inside of the house.
And here is the final result.
No branch fell ever on the roof due to my son's expert skills. Many thanks indeed! Problem solved.
Well, now the sky is also more open for photographing migrating cranes overhead in late winter and fall.
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k-hawinkler
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Well Carl, great question, according to my son, you let the trunk sit there for 2 years and dry out and then saw it into boards.
Right now it just sits there and we have no plans to turn it into firewood.
It’s a solid piece of wood, no sign of any rot.
It wood be a shame not to use it for an appropriate purpose.
Right now it just sits there and we have no plans to turn it into firewood.
It’s a solid piece of wood, no sign of any rot.
It wood be a shame not to use it for an appropriate purpose.
k-hawinkler
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Thanks Carl. Well, not right away.