View allAll Photos Tagged manual_focus

Pentacon AV 80mm f2.8

Between Rödigen and Jena, Thuringia, Germany. An "available light"—"available night" shot.

 

{40 mm: ƒ/4.0 | 10 s | ISO 640 | manual focus | slightly cropped}

 

For MacroMondays#Triangle

It was easier for me to make than to find them in the house.

Taken with Super Takumar 2/55 manual focus, f 2.0 and extended tube 21mm.

Have a great week ahead and thank you for visiting.

HMM!

For Crazy Tuesday#Guess whay this is

(In fact it's the angle of my little bag-notebook, I just folded the pages)

HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday!

manual focus, Zuiko 50mm f:1.8 plus Vivitar 2X macro focusing-tele converter- no crop

Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 lens -manual focus.

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

16mm Macro Tube | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2017.

The Irises have all faded away and now I am left with the remains and leaves that have to stay until they brown...

. . . of a Welsh Poppy | Papaver cambricum | Papaveraceae

 

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

10mm Macro Tube | f/2.8 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2020.

 

Arum Lily | Arum maculatum | Araceae

 

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

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2022.

 

Erythronium 'Pagoda' | Erythronium tuolumnense x Erythronium 'White Beauty' | Liliaceae

 

Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4

8 Elements | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2020.

 

"Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn’t even know we had, and we carry on." - Barack Obama

 

I actually wanted to delete this image, but after cropping it and doing a few edits, I really like it. I hope you like it too!

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 2017.

1

Balkan Anemone | Anemone Blanda | Ranunculaceae

 

Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4

10mm Macro Tube | 8 Elements | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2020.

Poached Egg Plant | Limnanthes douglasii | Limnanthaceae

 

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

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

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2019.

shot with a fuji x-s10 and a laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x macro lens

lens review: www.aarondesigns.org/Laowa-65mm-f28-2x-2to1-SuperMacroLens/

Shaggy Parasol | Chlorophyllum rachodes | Agaricaceae

 

Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4

8 Elements | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2022.

 

shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a venus optics laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x macro lens

Today I have picked up a full basket of this beauty and I will dry them, it will be such a delicious rosehip tea.

Taken with Super Takumar 2/55 manual focus.

 

Have a great weekend and thank you for visiting!

Hydrangea sp. | Hydrangeaceae

 

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2020.

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

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

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.

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

of my orchids with a different lens.

 

Thank you for looking and I hope you like this image....

Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | Hesperiidae

 

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

10mm Macro Tube | 15 Aperture Blades | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2022.

 

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.

Thank you for your visit and I hope you like my image of my buddy.... Buster is my shadow and follows me everywhere!!

Helios 44-M 58mm f2 lens with a 12mm extension ring, manual focus, wide open

shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a venus optics laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x macro lens

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

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2016.

shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a 7artisans 35mm f1.2 mark i lens

shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a venus optics laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x macro lens

The petunia petals so weighed down with raindrops reflect the trees surrounding our back yard. I love this tint of red.

 

more Flowers

more Best Shots

 

Pentax K-3 - SMC Pentax DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED

(IMG35682ec2a)

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2017.

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

10mm Macro Tube | f/3.2 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

 

All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.

Forget-Me-Not | Myosotis sp. | Boraginaceae

 

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 2020.

 

Rokkor 1,7 / 50mm

cherries in backlight

Kirschen im Gegenlicht

1 3 5 6 7 ••• 79 80