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Have been missing my old Volvo and popped on to see what's going on here. Glad to see it's still active. Hope everyone's doing well. RIP to Johann, miss him and will always think fondly of him and of our conversations and friendship till the end there. Life's a bitch.

Not really. I do miss my old V70T5m.

Not much. Just working and living. You?

Still alive. Still have the 142. Sold the 242. Still have the 911. Sold the Lancia Fulvia 1600HF. Bought a Ford Escort RS Cosworth. Sill have the Lotus Cortina.

Ask and ye shall receive! DSC_1520.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_1514.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_1518.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_0350-Edit-Edit.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_0362.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_0354.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_0346.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr

Thanks, but it's a MK1 Ford LOTUS Cortina. :) Sure! Untitled by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr Untitled by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_9507.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr 17x8.5 and 17x9.5 CCW Classic Race 3pc wheels.

Pulled the old girl out and washed her last week and put her right back in the garage. Been busy playing with other cars. Untitled by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr The 142's current sisters. Untitled by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr

Looking great as always, Johann.

As a "portrait", the first shot should just be deleted. Sent to the hopper. It has 0 engagement. Lighting is terrible. It's poorly composed and you never want a portrait where the only thing you can see in the eyes is the whites. The second photo is leaps and bounds better and the lighting is largely improved, although the (yes I know it's a candid photo) lighting is harsh casting a shadow over the eye sockets. Still not a great portrait, but 1000x better than the first. The last shot is great. Lighting is great. Subject engagement is great. Composition is great. Thumbs up. Do more of that. The sigma and tamron lenses are now viable options. They're great lenses, but the nikkor lenses excel over both. The Nikkor 70-200 VRII is just amazing. My new nikkor 24-70 2.8 VR is awesome, but it has a lot of chromatic aberrations, it's the only lens I actually have to fix in post for this. Otherwise, it's amazing and it's so sharp. The VR works great too. DSC_9640.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_5639.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr

Well, wherever you go, you should have BOTH of those lenses. They're standards for every bag in every genre. I need to send my 70-200 out for repair. The aperture blades are sticking. I haven't used it since I got the 200mm f2 VR. BUT, I have a job coming up soon at a location I've shot before with the 200f2 and the 70-200 is the better lens for the job due to distance constraints.

$1200 shipped with caps, hood, box, and lens bag. Only has some slight scuff marks on the body where the 24-70 tag is (gold has rubbed off). Lens has been cleaned by Nikon twice.

$700 shipped, comes with caps and hood.

The only lens like that I have experience with is the 28-300VR which is a great lens. I used it for roller shots for a while. I actually need to sell mine. I picked up the new 24-70 f2.8VR and need to sell 28-300VR and the 24-70 f2.8. Some samples with the 28-300 VR. DSC_3190.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_7647.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_2020-Edit.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr DSC_2292.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr

First one is out of focus.

With wife's permission of course.