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To continue the theme of photographic experimentation; this is a portrait of Margaret who runs our local corner shop, and has done for her whole working life. It's a bit of a landmark pic for me as it's the first time I've actually managed to ask a stranger if I can take their picture. I'm really pleased with the result and hope to maybe do a series on local people and services and the degree to which they are being squeezed out by mass-market capitalism.
Many thanks for taking the time to look :)
Samsung NX1 & LZOS Jupiter 9 - 85mm f/2
10mm Macro Tube | 15 Aperture Blades | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Keeping this bird in focus by manually focusing the scope, keeping him in the frame, and getting the exposure right can be quite a challenge, but occasionally it all works out! I was testing a new camera today that made it a lot harder to keep the correct exposure when the bird would spread his wings, suddenly throwing the histogram even farther right than I'm used to..
Image captured through the 1980-era Olympus G.Zuiko 28mm Auto-W f/3.5 lens mounted on the E-M5 II. This lens was salvaged from a scrap bin and suffers from dents, scratches, dust and a grinding focus ring, but it still produces beautiful results.
Spent the weekend photographing birds at a heronry (rookery) in Southern New Jersey. Had a great two days with some nice images of primarily Black Crowned and Yellow Crowned Night Herons with a few other species mixed in for variety.
Yellow Crowned Night Herons are a "Threatened Species" in New Jersey due to over development and habitat loss.
Painting: Rome, from the Vatican. Raffaelle, Accompanied by La Fornarina, Preparing his Pictures for the Decoration of the Loggia, Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1820
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SLR Magic 8mm 1:4 rectilinear ultra-wide-angle manual-focus lens
P4064258 Anx2 Q90 1200h 0.5k-2k f25
After some busy last two months I finally found some time to get out and take some pictures of the first snowdrops. And like these snowdrops see the light after a long and cold period, I'm sure there will soon be lots of light in the life of my dear Flickr friend Katja to whom I dedicate this image :)
Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8
10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Camera: Minolta X-300
Lens: Minolta 50mm F1.7 manual focus
Film: Kodak Ultramax 400
Processing and scanning: Gulabi Photo Lab Glasgow
Post Processing: Photoscape X
my new collection
Explore # 438 on Monday, April 01. 2024
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Shot using a manual focus Thorium dioxide-infused (M42-mount) Auto Sears 55mm f/1.4 lens.
When added to glass, thorium dioxide helps increase its refractive index and decrease dispersion. Such glass finds application in high-quality lenses for cameras and scientific instruments. The radiation from these lenses can darken them and turn them yellow over a period of years and it degrades film, but the health risks are minimal. Yellowed lenses may be restored to their original colourless state by lengthy exposure to intense ultraviolet radiation. Thorium dioxide has since been replaced by rare-earth oxides in this application, as they provide similar effects and are not radioactive.
Taken yesterday on the Dorset Coast Path near Ringstead Bay. This is the first post from the lens that I have just acquired all the way from Australia - a Zeiss 35-70 F3.4. It comes hard getting used to a manual focus lens again but the quality is great. This was taken during a fantastic 13 mile walk on what was probably the first sunny day for several weeks!
Zeiss 35-70 F3.4 at 70mm 1/6400sec at F8
Better on Black!