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Took this last week when the weather was cold but bright - oh but it was beautiful. Very bored with the dull damp days - 2 days until Spring starts...
Happy Bokeh Wednesday
This photo is a little surprise. It was not the view initially sought, but I was impressed by the bokeh generated by chains! This is the kind of unexpected that I particularly like in the photograph !
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
as I have seen in one autumnal face
John Donne
This is a tree which is opposite my house. I hadn't taken much notice of it before but it's gone such beautiful colours that I had to go out (and stand in the road!) to photograph it. Given that, I thought the quote was rather apt.
Thankfully my wireless is now fully functioning so normal service should be resumed from now on!
This little feather measures only 1 cm long. I placed it on a mirror with a multicoloured globe behind it.
or man’s reaction to the life around him. Here is one province where it can be said with some certainty that the camera does not lie. It cannot afford to try :-)
Norman Hall
HBW! Peace Now!
aster?, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
San Francisco, California
Pentax MX / Helios 44-2 with reversed front element / Ultramax 400
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This photo seems to fit today's rainy day, at least here in NY. Where's the sun?! :p
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This is a version for Retina cameras but not named Retina-Xenon. It has short MFD of 0.5m compared to 0.9 of more common Retina-Xenon. Obviously it has longer barel but other than that it is the same lens optically.
As all Xenons it is a beautiful and precisely made. It is similar optical design to Biotar so it is not surprise that it swirl in right conditions. But it is also capable of creating very smooth aquarelish bokeh too.
If I do not want to exaggerate a bit bokeh affect, no post processing is really needed. Colors are rich and natural. Here I worked hard to restaure the details and some colours in peony flower. It is almost impossible to get right this kind of composition straight out of camera. Something has to give up. Or flower is burnt or background is too dark. Lot of pushing and pulling is needed to make it right in the post. Xenon will render enough informations in RAW file to make it possible. I did not try to remove artifacts and as you may see there is not much of them
Grido
Giunta la sera
Riposavo sopra l’erba monotona
E presi gusto
A quella brama senza fine,
Grido torbido e alato
Che la luce quando muore trattiene.
(Giuseppe Ungaretti)
This image is constructed from a macro picture of an out of focus glove that has a metal material woven into the fabric. The metal created some spectral highlights. For this version, the bokeh is smaller and sharper.