Tag: Nikon N2000
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In St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin Nikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor Kodak T-Max 400 2016 I shot a bunch of black and white in this lovely park, but the results were a mixed bag. I guess such a colorful place just needs to be shot in color. I thought the contrasts in this photo worked…
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House in St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin Nikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor Kodak T-Max 400 2016 It sure is taking me a while to share all of my photos and stories from Ireland! I’m a little more than halfway through our two-week trip now. Here’s a photo from near the end of the trip, in…
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Rosses Point Beach in black and white
Why is it that beaches look so good in black and white? I never would have guessed until I saw J. R. Smith’s photostream on Flickr. He lives on the northern California coast and photographs the beach in black and white all the time. This beach isn’t in California — it’s in northwest Ireland. on…
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Touring the medieval abbey in Sligo
We found Sligo Abbey to be fascinating, but challenging to photograph. A ruin dating to the 13th century in the northwest Irish city of Sligo, it was full of interesting scenes and details. We could frame any of them with little trouble. But it was hard to create a sense of the whole in our lenses. You can’t…
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The view from the castle at Kylemore Abbey Nikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor Kodak T-Max 400 2016 I’ll write about Kylemore Abbey eventually. It’s stunning. As is this view from the front door of the castle on the property.
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Arnott’s of DublinNikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI NikkorKodak T-Max 4002016 We strolled through the shopping district in Dublin at the end of our trip to Ireland. Arnott’s is a department store.
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Experience report: The Nikon N2000 on vacation
With your help and advice, I elected to take my Nikon N2000 along to Ireland. And it worked out fine. It would have been very nice, even preferable in some ways, to take a film camera I could slip into my pocket. But several of you convinced me that I would appreciate the precise control…
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St. James’ GateNikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI NikkorKodak T-Max 4002016 We went to the Guinness Storehouse while we were in Dublin. Meh.
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River scene in Donegal TownNikon N2000, 35mm f/3.5 AI NikkorKodak T-Max 4002016 We visited Donegal Abbey, a ruin and cemetery. This shot from the riverbank there was my favorite from our visit.
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Always meet a fellow blogger when you get the chance
Our day along Northern Ireland’s Atlantic coast brought us near the home of fellow film photography blogger Michael McNeill. He writes the North East Liberties blog, which is named for the area of Northern Ireland that Michael calls home. When he read here that we were coming to Ireland, he wrote to offer a meetup. We…
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The Giant’s Causeway
When lava cools rapidly, it creates a dark gray rock called basalt. In some places around the world, ancient volcanic activity led to basalt in perfect hexagonal columns. One of those places is on the North Atlantic coast of Northern Ireland, a place called The Giant’s Causeway. It’s thought that volcanic activity here more than 50…
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The house at Maple and PoplarNikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI NikkorKodak T-Max 4002016 Just a snap from a stroll through Zionsville.