Pentacon 1.8/50 + 11mm extension tube

Leu Gardens.

- Lumix G2 + M42 mount Helios 44M-6 F2.0 58mm

Test with a55 and chinon 55mm

i went way out on a limb here (pun intended) because for the first time, i used manual focus. i'm probably the last person to realize that you can get much closer shots using manual focus instead of auto focus. i did use auto exposure because truthfullly, it was all a little overwhelming at first :) this learning curve is huge for me...lots of trial and error :) he must have sensed my need for practice, because he would sit there, then fly away and come right back so i could get another shot....over and over again :)

Some manual focusing - turn off IBIS and it all becomes a lot clearer!?

richmond, orlando florida

blondio

Quick snap with my very old Olympus Zuiko 50mm at f1.8 and Sony Nex3n.

directly scanned negative

Pentax 110 24mm [m4/3]

Trying out the Nikon Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 AIS MF

Manresa, 2010

Grauwe gans

Cumberland River Pedestrian Bridge, Nashville.

This photo taken using a Voigtlander 40mm SL II mounted on a Canon 7D, taken handled shot at F/4.0.

Obligatory "Hey Ma, lookit the tall buildings!" shot, downtown Atlanta.

Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar in the butterfly garden. This guy was huge, gotta be just about ready to go into a chrysalis. And the yellow things are eggs for more of these!

Mt. Hope Cemetary, Rochester, New York

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Melanie & Holden.

Shot with manual Canon FD 100mm macro lens.

OM Zuiko 75-150/4

Connaught Place, New Delhi, India

Plantaardig

Neat bugs at Lake Lotus Park. Not much depth of field, I know!

optic ЗМ-5А, f/8 500mm, manual focus

Taken using my 10D with a Polaris Auto Zoom 80-200mm f3.5. This is an old Japanese manual-focus Pentax-mount (M42) telephoto that belonged to my Dad. It's attached using an EOS-to-M42 lens mount adapter. It's all manual, so the focus is only as good as my eyesight. I used a tripod.

Flowers at Lake Lotus Park.

The Senator, a 3,500-year-old cypress tree and the namesake of Big Tree Park.

x-700 + rokkor 24-50mm f4