Moorhen a la orange
Taken with a Tamron Adaptall II 500mm f8 lens with an orange filter...the lens comes with 4 rear fitting filters (one neutral density, one yellow, one orange and one red), largely, I think, for use with B&W film to increase contrast while the ND filter could be used to reduce shutter speed. The lens has inherently low contrast, a fixed aperture of f8 and older cameras with mechanical shutters didn't always have super fast shutters...my oldest, an Olympus OM1n went to 1/1000.
Anyway, I used to use one of these lenses 30 plus years ago and found it was great for silhouettes and additional fun was to be had using the filters: as here. This is a moorhen on a rock in a pond...you had to be there...
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Moorhen a la orange
Taken with a Tamron Adaptall II 500mm f8 lens with an orange filter...the lens comes with 4 rear fitting filters (one neutral density, one yellow, one orange and one red), largely, I think, for use with B&W film to increase contrast while the ND filter could be used to reduce shutter speed. The lens has inherently low contrast, a fixed aperture of f8 and older cameras with mechanical shutters didn't always have super fast shutters...my oldest, an Olympus OM1n went to 1/1000.
Anyway, I used to use one of these lenses 30 plus years ago and found it was great for silhouettes and additional fun was to be had using the filters: as here. This is a moorhen on a rock in a pond...you had to be there...
[DSC_4207b]