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Ongoing studies of selective focus and picture stories.

Holly Blue | Celastrina argiolus | Lycaenidae

 

Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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Samsung NX300 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2 Lens

Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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"Now the flowers in your garden

They don't smell so sweet

Maybe you've forgotten

The heaven lying at your feet..."

 

by the Eagles

  

I shot this last time around with my Nikon and 105mm DC... I reckon the Olympus and 75mm F1.8 nailed the focus a lot better.

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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Greater flamingo

Bird

The greater flamingo is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and southern Europe

Pakistan 2016

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seed pods on lake bank

Meyer Lake

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Original photo edited with Topaz Photo AI 4.

 

(from the archives :-)

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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Rarely do we find a butterfly in its last moments of life, its colors faded, it's abdomen cut from a bird attack. I imaged this small butterfly clinging to life, still able to fly, but no longer trying to evade capture. It was at the end of a dead branch as if willing some predator to come and take its life.

Samsung NX300 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8 Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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Samsung NX1 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8

10mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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Pelargonium | Geraniaceae

 

Samsung NX1 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8

10mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.

Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.

 

This Fly, is collecting last nights Rain, and storing it for later.. Cool Macro.

Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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We adopted a Bengal/Tabby mix. He’s large boy, but he is just a baby—17 weeks old.

Samsung NX1 & LZOS Jupiter 9 - 85mm f/2

15 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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Asian Water Monitor, Chatuchak Park, Bangkok

 

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 400, f/6.0, 110mm, 1/100s

 

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Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.

My contribution to Sliders Sunday, a tad late in the day! Hope you have all had a good weekend! HSS"

Selective focus and selective focus techniques in my Digital Photography class at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in Washington, D.C.

Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8

10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2017.

 

These Hyacinths are putting on quite a display at the bottom of my garden. Their fragrance is Heavenly!!

Lensbaby Sol 45

 

Samsung NX1 & Helios 44M - 58mm f/2

10mm Macro Tube | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

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I still have some of these left to process. I could have stayed out here all day with just the dog and the snow-covered trees for company. The only problem here is that Holcombe Lane is a back road connecting the top of Teignmouth and the back of Dawlish. Cars flashed past me every few seconds, and this was taken standing in the middle of the road!

I've applied a slight selenium tone, and the focus on the foreground tree is intentionally selective.

Common Daisy | Bellis perennis | Asteraceae

 

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.

Samsung NX1 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8

16mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Kunming | Yunnan Province | China

 

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Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.

Close up of a place-mat on a dining table taken from a low, oblique angle and converted to black and white.

Samsung NX300 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2 Lens

Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2016.

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