Photography place: Kosei area,Shiga,Japan.

Road to Sagres

Place of photography, Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine.

He had a friendly face!

Place of photography, Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine.

2023, Ameyoko

seed

Sigma fp/Summilux-R 80/1.4

fern

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art

gerbera

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

See the same beetle in motion, recorded in CinemaDNG at 100 fps, slowed down 3x, interpreted using the same RawTherapee preset: vimeo.com/709917172

Macao June 2023

Olympus Auto-T MC Zuiko 100mm f2.8 via OM-L adapter

or:How i stopped worrying and loved 2020

Merry Christmas to you all.

2020 all rights reserved

Innocent alone,

In the first warm light.

Gently underway.

Winter’s shadows fading.

New to the world.

Will you … ?

Can you … ?

Whispering to the woods,

Listening,

Wondering,

Watching.

Gently underway ...

Leucojum vernum / Spring Snowflake

SIGMA fp

SIGMA APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM

F4.5, 1/5 sec., ISO 200

hosta

barberry

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

helenium

I haven't been posting for a while because my laptop started to become unreliable, then the screen turned green, then it turned purple. I spent ages agonising over which laptop to replace it with before choosing the wrong one. The screen was lovely and bright but the colours were nowhere near accurate. I have a screen calibrator on Skye which hopefully will deal with the issue but we're still in South Lanarkshire.

I then decided to try to temporarily use an old Mac which I bought secondhand ages ago but had never used. There are many things I like about it but for photography it doesn't work the way I'm used to so I'm tearing my hair out. One of the many annoyances is that it won't allow me to save images I've worked on to Photos so I save them to Downloads, then after a few days they disappear completely. I've just come across these in Recents so I'm posting them before they disappear again!

Here is Durisdeer Church, an impressive building for such a small village.

View 4K footage processed from CinemaDNG: vimeo.com/531227072/191f92606c

dill blooms

Sigma fp/Summilux-R 80/1.4

drop

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

to the light

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

after flowering

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

2023 Summer, Kanazawa-city

grass

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

Ishiura Shrine, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Pref 2023

for lovely ladies

morning frost

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

www.instagram.com/joeproosen/

Sigma FP + Sigma 35mm f2

end of season

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

daisy

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

lily of the valley

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art_

in yellow

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

fresh flowers

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

dahlia

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

roses

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

~ RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT ~

"Retina detachment" are not words that any photographer wishes to hear …

Two emergency operations in December on what I would have considered to be my “better” eye,

puts a certain perspective on how one considers one’s place in the world …

Even in such times, where our lives are anything other than normal,

the fragility of one’s own existence is suddenly very present …

It is no Covid induced “brush with death” that many face for themselves or loved ones,

but nonetheless a time to reflect …

The world is a beautiful place ...

~

Pulsatilla vulgaris

SIGMA fp

SIGMA APO 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

F22, 1/10 sec., ISO 200

in white

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount