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Another journey into the world of manual focus — this time with the TTArtisan 100mm f/2.8 Macro X2 lens on the Canon EOS R7. Handheld shot, using natural light.
Aperture f/5.6, shutter speed 1/320 s.
The star: likely Hycleus polymorphus, exploring a flower dusted with pollen — like a child smeared with biscuits. A second beetle peeks from the top right, but neither was in the mood for a double portrait. 😉
Technical challenges:
Even the lightest breeze can nudge the subject out of focus.
Nature is always moving — insects don’t pose for long.
Distance estimation must be done instantly — no time for refocus.
Aperture selection is crucial to balance sharpness and dreamy blur.
Despite all this, the experience was excellent. The lens feels solid in hand, responds well to light, manual settings are intuitive, and the images are sharp. In tandem with the R7, this manual lens has become my go-to companion for walks in nature.
Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Backlit wild grass shot with a 10mm extension tube at Wonderland Lake in Boulder, Colorado. HMM!
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Technical Info:
Canon FD 50mm f1.4
f/1.4
1/1000 sec.
ISO 200
Manual focus
Grecian Windflower | Anemone Blanda | Ranunculaceae
Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
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 | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4
8 Elements | f/2 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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from my garden.
I have disabled the comments since I have posted similar images... only this time I used a different lensbaby.
I thank everyone that came in for a closer look!
Wishing you all a great day and happy weekend!!
close-up crop of a previous image using an Asahi Pentax SMC Takumar 55mm f2, with manual focus and aperture...love the sharpness of this lens, with the details in the web beautifully defined...amazing for forty year old + optics and manual focus (AF confirm adapter though) #51 16-9-24E
Common Milkweed flower...
If you have the space in your garden, please plant milkweed.... it is the only plant that the Monarch butterflies will leave their eggs and the only plant the caterpillars will eat...
They are endangered and need our help to survive...
Last year they arrived the beginning May... so far I haven't seen any.... :(
Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
f/8 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Floor Rested
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1am
Meadow Brown | Maniola jurtina | Nymphalidae
Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8
10mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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in my garden...
I was given a small piece of this plant almost 30 years ago.... it has spread all over and it's indestructible.... I love the added color it brings to the garden...
Thank you for your visit and I hope you like my image of my buddy.... Buster is my shadow and follows me everywhere!!
Basalt formations near Mt. Baker. This was taken with a 25 second exposure by the light of the moon. Finding the right focus was a challenge. There was not enough light for autofocus and not enough light for me to see clearly for manual focus. I shot a dozen and hoped for the best. The rest were deleted due to the focus issue.
Explored on 16th October 2016 #16
Harlequin | Harmonia axyridis | Coccinellidae
Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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handheld - manually focused
such a tiny amazing insect that you often don't notice unless you are looking for them. this little critter was quite co-operative
Gorse | Ulex europaeus | Fabaceae
Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4
10mm Macro Tube | 8 Elements | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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my Passion Flower plant that I took inside after summer is till alive and well and gave me another beautiful flower...
so of course I had to photograph it to death!!
Another beautiful morning at the Wollny-See. I was late for work, but luckily the two ducks decided to take off just as I stood there manually focussing on the trees.
Tamron manual focus lens on crop camera @ ca. 40 mm and f/11.
Have I used the title before?
Echeveria 'Blue Wave'
Panasonic GX85 / A. Schacht Ulm Travenon R 135mm f4.5
Sincere thanks for your views, faves and comments.
lens used - helios-44m
guess it was too much of yellow lines in a row already, so - ''now something completely different'' for a while. the yl series will return one day!
Heuchera sp. | Saxifragaceae
Explored on 17th August 2020 #480
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 58mm f/2
16mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Butter Cap | Rhodocollybia butyracea | Marasmiaceae
Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4
8 Elements | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Forget-Me-Not | Myosotis sp. | Boraginaceae
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 - 58mm f/2
f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Large Skipper | Ochlodes sylvanus | Hesperiidae
Samsung NX1 & Helios 44-2 58mm f/2
10mm Macro Tube | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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