Psychedelic bubbles

We got an interesting flower pot at the farmer's market in Saratoga, California. It looks like the flower pot is on fire with the lotus berthelotii, also called parrot's beak, and lotus vine flower.

 

I took this backlight shot with a vintage Elgeet 2 Inch f1.5 Cine-Navitar lens. This C Mount 16mm movie camera lens has extremely swirly bokeh, and is tack sharp in the center. This is the first shot of the lens that arrived a few days ago. I first tried it on the full frame A7, and got an almost perfect circle, so I used the A6000 crop sensor camera. You still see heavy vignetting, but I think it adds to the character of this lens.

 

I processed a balanced and a paintery HDR photo from three RAW exposures, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

 

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-- ƒ/1.5, 50 mm, 1/1600 sec, ISO 100, Sony A6000, Elgeet 2 Inch f1.5 Cine-Navitar, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC0152_hdr1bal1pai5g.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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