Canon FD Photo of the Month: June 2016

[Alex_Es]

<p>June and half a year has shot by. Okay FD shooters: Go to it. Make June shine.</p>

<p>I'll start with a another cat. Leica M 240 + Canon FDn 70-150/4.5. A great lens!</p><div></div>

[gabriel_gerena]

<p>Nice Alex! :)</p>

[ed_lutz]

<p>I'm in.</p>

<p>Lets go to Reno. The 1990 Reno Air Races to be exact.</p>

<p>First up, Lefty Gardner in the P-38, "White Lightning" Shot on Fuji transparency film with my T-90 and 400mm f4.5 S.S.C.<br /> Lefty is gone now but he was one of the greats of the airshow world.</p>

<p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1674/25060775764_411e179f68_b.jpg" alt="" width="692" height="1024" /></p>

<p>Next is the a Lockheed T-33, "The Red Knight". Something about this plane really caught my attention that day. The way it looked, and was flown, it was absolutely elegant. It was a long time back, but I can still remember it quite vividly. The pilot is the late Rick Brickert who was killed at Reno in a different plane in 1993. This plane is now being flown, still under the Red Knight name, by a different pilot.<br>

<br /> Same film, camera, and lens as above.</p>

<p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1608/25598607541_f5c22db458_b.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="672" /></p>

<p>Last one for now, a lovely P-40 on the flight line. Shot with the T-90 on Fuji transparency film, but I really don't know for sure about the lens anymore. I'm thinking this was too close for the 400mm so it would have been the Tamron 80-200mm F2.8 SP. A killer lens that I still have and would recommend to anyone wanting something in that range.</p>

<p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1689/24941912994_df588c763e_b.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="634" /></p>

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[Alex_Es]

Ed, these are absolutely fantastic shots! A perfect start for June!

[ashbrown]

<p>Thanks for the classic air shots Ed, they are great - we'd love to see more.<br>

Here are a few from a trip to Nagoya last month. This is the view up the stairwell at Nagoya Castle, 3 second exposure, camera sitting on a ledge:</p><div></div>

[ashbrown]

<p>Flowers in the Castle gardens:</p><div></div>

[ashbrown]

<p>Lanterns at a nearby shrine:</p><div></div>

[ed_lutz]

<p>Thanks Alex! I have quite a few from that weekend, I just have to find them and work a bit on my scanning skills. Some others that I scanned just don't look like I think they should... in fact they look pretty bad. I'll work on some when I get a chance and get some more posted.</p>

<p>Thank you too Ashley! Lovely shots there, I especially like the stairwell and the birdhouses. Wonderful colors!</p>

[Alex_Es]

Ashley, iI lived in Nagoya and you reminded me that there is much beauty in that city.

 

Ed, would to see more images and commentary.

 

And the rest of you in FD, FL, R land, don't be shy. Post them.

[steve_mareno1]

<p>You can never have too many cat photos :}</p>

<p>Canon FL 50 1.8 on FT QL</p>

<p>http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg514/stevemareno/mmm/n11_zps90c388ed.jpg</p>

<p>oh well, can't seem to get the image to show here</p>

[gary_d1]

Ashley. I love the staircase shot....

[Bill C1664885404]

<p><strong>Some excellent shots all...<br /></strong><br /> <strong>M</strong><strong>ale Rufous Sided Towhee dropped by today, one of Nature's prettiest...had to shoot him.<br /></strong><strong>Canon FDn 400/4.5</strong><br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7467/27431253476_d31a5d3c72_c.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></p>

[ashbrown]

<p>Thank very much Gary - it was a pretty interesting stair; to cope with the crowds, the entry and exit for each floor are on opposite sides of the stair well, and so there are actually two stairs packed into a double helix, one "up" and one "down"...which thankfully makes for an interesting photo!</p>

[ed_lutz]

<p>Nice Towhee Bill! It's good to see someone else enjoying the 400 4.5, its such a wonderful lens.</p>

[ed_lutz]

<p>Got some more from the Reno Air Races</p>

<p>The Thunderbird's are always exciting. And loud... they are always loud...</p>

<p>Considering how low and close these guys were, I'm pretty sure I shot these with my Tamron SP 80-200 f2.8. With the T-90 of course, and on Fuji transparency film.<br /> <img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1605/24945712863_c8a5de7c38_c.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="541" /></p>

<p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1515/25453816752_64d6d583f2_c.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="519" /></p>

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[gary_d1]

Ed. Spectacular shots. Cant beat the T90. I hope you have the top thunderbird shot

framed. Very nice.

[ed_kubacki]

<p>Nice shots everyone!</p>

<p>I especially appreciate Ed's aerophile photos! Nice to see them, I saw the Red Knight at the Winston-Salem Airshow sometime around 04-08. <br>

For me, from June 2013 New F-1 35-105mm nFD.<br>

Ed K.</p>

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[ed_lutz]

<p>Thanks for your nice comments Ed, much appreciated.</p>

<p>I always like train shots, I guess cause I really like trains. Here in Colorado we have a few nice excursion railroads like the Durango and Silverton line. I've ridden it a few times and have shot some pictures, none of which come to mind as sharable... Its always a challenge to get the lighting correct. All that deep deep flat black. Its something I want to work on more.</p>

[Bill C1664885404]

<p><em><strong>Some great shots all !!</strong></em></p>

[graham_evans2]

<p>You shrink a bit as you get older</p><div></div>

[Bill C1664885404]

<p><strong>Canon FDn 400/4.5.....Whitetail Doe on Full Alert<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7059/27599893305_556bc2c8c7_z.jpg[/img]" alt="" /></strong></p>

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[Alex_Es]

Wow! I am blown away. Great shots. Everyone.

[Bill C1664885404]

<p><strong>I just realized something with the eye of the Doe in my photo above. She was about 100' away, just inside the woods-line...if you look close at the reflection in her eye, you can see some trees surrounding an opening, and through that opening our white house / black roof with blue sky above it. </strong><strong>:)</strong></p>

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[ed_lutz]

<p>Very nice shot Bill!</p>

[Bill C1664885404]

<p><strong><strong>Canon FDn 200/4.0 Macro</strong><br /><br />"Raintree Flower"<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7406/27684611606_fafd04c645_z.jpg[/img]" alt="" /><br /></strong></p>