Oktoberfest 2023 - Talk thread

minolta_mutley wrote: the promissed extra pictures from the WHI site Gunfire (Brasschaat) [...] Addy, had to wait too long - the Tanks!

Ah, some propper tanks! TFS Time makes you hungry, so, the wait was fine

Yesterdayevening i went to the last ever Nocturne at the Gunfire Brasschaat.

You can still visit that location during the opening hours during the week - or the week-ends. It closes down next year (a lot of the collection will be moved to Ypres - but it won't be as mobile as it used to be).

During those Nocturnes you also get a free visit into the airfield tower, nearby. They 'managed' to remake it into a disco show. If you like it - i can post some more psychedilic images for you (in red, blue, green whatever you like). We (me and André) managed to get some descent shots without that crap (putting every hat - and every piece of cover we had to get rid of that light too).

What you also missed where the tanks, artillery with search light demo's (and running motors - without the sound it looses lots of the attraction, it almost smells as good as a steam train - i must admit that)!

There was a us-made tank in the museum that consumed a little bit more than a car, 565 liters of petrol (no fuel for heating - called diesel in europe) for 100km! With a big V12 motor. You can still visit that site - to have a view of that little tank (it's a little bit bigger than that of lt. Grueber).

Be prepared that i'll warn you when the last tank ride will take place next year somewhere around April! If you like tanks/artillery - you need to give it a visit. (on the same site you can also have oldtimer events during the winter season - watch out for that on the Brasschaat event sites).

Back from a three weeks' trip of biking and hiking - which started October 1. I will try to gradually catch up posting - just posted the four first days. My goal is 7/7 - this is my first monthlong challenge here. I am using the long end of the Sony E 18-135mm F/3.5-5.6 OSS APS lens and the Loxia 25mm lens for the challenge (very small kit that fitted into my bike bag).

The biking trip led me from Passau to Vienna along the Danube river - late summer weather except one day when I ended up soaked by the rain. After some days in Vienna (there is currently an impressive exhibition of the photography of Joel Sternfeld at the Albertina) I continued to Rhineland-Palatinate for some days of hiking.

So please accept my apologies for not commenting so far.

Today's shot was an attempt at using my newly hacked Nisi focusing rail. I have attached a small pin which helps rotate the knob using the notches as guide. A rotation from one notch to the next is 25µm. The image was obtained at 2:1 with a step size of 250µm at f/8. My setup is clearly not stable enough, but I have some ideas on how to improve.



This hack was suggested by Allan Walls here, youtube link

Edited by Jonas A-R - 27 October 2023 at 08:38

It always seems to happen that I start off commenting but then get caught up in other stuff. This time I've been having to drive my wife to hospital appointments after she broke her collarbone but she's now been passed fit to swim and is getting a list to the pool so I have a spare evening. I'll skip week 2 which now seems ancient history.

DAY 15
Gregja: I really like the contrast of light and shade and between the horizontals and diagonals.
LAbernethy: Nice idea to use the chequerboard as a base. I've concluded you must own a camera shop
Dopol: Dutch cycling culture, much admired by some of us in UK.
waldo_posth: Pleasing still life in autumnal brown.

DAY 16
Jozioau: The essence of hallowe'en, i.e. not at all scary!
Jonas A-R: Interesting to see the cross section, like from a biology textbook.
pegelli: Took me a while to spot them, nature at its bleak and formidable best.

DAY 17
fennetje: Lovely softness.
Phil Wood: Rich tones accentuated by sunlight,interesting mix of brick sizes.

DAY 18
Snegren: I'm marvelling at the effort that the design and construction must have taken.
Jozioau: Nice little urban cameo.
pegelli: Beautiful view, how did you get up there?

DAY 19
onsplekkie: Nice catch
pegelli: The blurring from the glass creates an unsettling sense of movement, the colour pop is effective here (I don't normally like the technique).

DAY 20
Jozioau: The leaves nicely echo the stamens.
Snegren: Beautiful structure.
onsplekkie: A striking collision of shapes and hues.
addy landzaat: What a great building, focus is off but makes a fine backdrop.
Phil Wood: Elegant terrace, are we also seeing effects of the bizarre 18th century window tax? And is that a dead body on the grass?

DAY 21
Snegren: Great perspective.
onsplekkie: That grabbed my attention, the wet street adding to the show.
minolta_mutley: Another nice dose of colour.
Robbie: Peaceful sylvan scene, I'm impressed by your choice of portrait orientation, which I rarely use.

LAbernethy wrote: alanfrombangor wrote: DAY 15 LAbernethy: Nice idea to use the chequerboard as a base. I've concluded you must own a camera shop Thanks. I don't say anything about my wife's shoes, she doesn't say anything about the cameras; at some point I think something should have been said.

nah, just get a bigger house

alanfrombangor wrote: DAY 17 Phil Wood: Rich tones accentuated by sunlight,interesting mix of brick sizes. DAY 20 Phil Wood: Elegant terrace, are we also seeing effects of the bizarre 18th century window tax? And is that a dead body on the grass?

Thanks for the comments Alan.

The church was built in the 1920s featuring local bricks in a variety of patterns - sadly all the brickworks are gone now.

I suspect The terraced houses are too small to have been subject to the window tax (10+ windows) - the use of the double windows would be insane if not. The dead body is a bike and some coats dumped there by some lads playing football just out of shot.