Grandchildren at the new Marrickville Library

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I did some experimentation with an ultrafast lens on my kitchen counter. These are two crossed forks taken with an ultrafast f/0.75 vintage X-ray lens made by Kowa. This lens was built for X-ray machines, not consumer cameras, and is about three stops below an ƒ/2 lens! Daytime is too bright for this ultrafast lens, which is always fully open since it has no diaphragm.

This lens has a fixed focus distance, e.g. I have to focus with my feet, which can be challenging because the very shallow depth of field is only a few millimeters. The focus peaking feature on the Sony camera helps.

I processed a realistic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

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-- ƒ/0.75, 65 mm, 1/60 sec, ISO 200, Sony A7 II, Kowa 65mm f0.75 XRay Lens, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC2798_hdr1sof2bal1h.jpg

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

Now at We <3 Role-Play till 28th February:

- UNA. LadyElaine DressDown + DressSup

- LORIEN Finger Little Flame - animated finger flame in blue, green, red and yellow color

- .AngelicUs. Stove and oven

- [MoonSha] Bosk Calf - Brown and Black, more versions

- Simply Shelby: Elizabethan Muffin Racks in Maple and Walnut wood - Tarts, Muffin or empty versions

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Other stuff from stores:

- TRUTH Ceres hair

- ::Static:: Mushroomery book left or right

- lassitude & ennui Yrsa necklace - brown

- OW Medieval storehouse v2

- ::ANGELICUS:: Konung plans table

- HISA - Floral Bouquet Vines - B - Burgundy

- HISA - Flora wildflower grass - Mixed Greens

It's been dry lately. We need the rain.

The Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye

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A bad snapshot made better by the fact that two people are pointing at my lens flare...

Website www.vulturelabs.photography

First shot with the Fuji X-T1, very impressed with the camera, auto focus is fast and accurate, it's going to work very well for street photography, unlike my sony RX1 which was way too slow!! I haven't tried any long exposures with it yet. I'll let you know what I think, once I do. Hope everyone is doing well.

This is another photo I took of the fleeting sunrise we had this morning. I hope this doesn't mean we're in for some really bad weather.

Created for the group Smile on Saturday - person, animal, plant, object) that begins with the letter F.

XI

Thoughts flock to me in drowes; they dance about and caper;

Swift rhymes to meet them rush; my fingers, restive grow,

They boldly seek a pen, the pen, a sheet of paper...

A moment and the verse will smoothly, freely flow.

Alexander Pushkin, Autumn

Translated by Irina Zheleznova

"... AND POETRY IS BORN..."

Guitar Fingers

The seeds in my Allium Heads are ready to drop and fingers crossed they will provide more colour and smiles for next year.

( My wife did like this one)

As you can see having a bit of macro time. Still learning.

We all remember those commericals for KFC if we are "well seasoned" in our age.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a Sigma 150-500 f5-6.3 lens.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my little space here on Flickr. We are expecting nasty weather this weekend and possibilities of power outages so if I don't get back to you right away you will understand Mother Nature is playing around.

abstractions @ playground

Stroboscope: METZ Mecablitz 58 AF-2 @ 5 Hz, 2s

A few green leaves survived thus far only to see their fingers go numb with cold.

Somewhere in Japan (Hashiguiiwa Rocks).

A foggy overcast day up on Bodmin Moor, perfect for some nice minimalist images. Here we have a 3min exposure of some flooded tree stumps.

Colchester Park

(My texture)

Hartvormige vingers

Heart-shaped fingers

Herzförmige Finger

أصابع على شكل قلب

心形手指

Dita a forma di cuore

Häerzfërmeg Fanger

A friend of mine from Zambia, Africa, is a real virtuoso on guitar. Whether he plays blues, rock or pop melodies, it is a pleasure to listen to him.

Finger Lakes Sweep Job eastbound at Aurelius, New York.

Just fingers,

Just human's ability.

Sol - Callao - Madrid.

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Our special artist is usually sitting in a street between Callao and Sol (Center of Madrid),

He just needs something about 3 minutes to make one of this fabulous arts.

Ondersporen & Nightwalks/Forests.

www.ccha.be/

A distinctive granite tor among dozens, pushed upwards by incessant freezing and thawing of the ground. Mile 97.5 Dalton Highway.

Sweet & sour and juicy, but give you sticky fingers. Nice translucent meat.

Facebook: Javier Parigini Fotografía

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With fingers accidentally placed in front of the lens, a picture of a neighbour's outdoor Xmas tree blurs in to streaks of coloured light in the shallow depth of field.