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The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. Ixobrychus is from Ancient Greek ixias, a reed-like plant and brukhomai, to bellow, and minutus is Latin for "small".

This bittern is native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar. Birds from temperate regions in Europe and western Asia are migratory, wintering in Africa and further south in Asia, while those nesting in the tropics are sedentary. It is rare north of its breeding range.

It is a very small bittern; measuring 25–36 cm (9.8–14.2 in) in length, 40–58 cm (16–23 in) across the wings and weighing 59–150 g (2.1–5.3 oz). It is among the smallest heron species. It has a short neck, longish bill and buff underparts. The male's back and crown are black, and the wings are black with a large white patch on each wing. The female has a browner back and a buff-brown wing patch.

Pink by Violet aka vbd

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Lovely pink flowers seen near the lake edge on the way to the ferry for Lake Como.

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Pentax K-1 II - HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE

(IMGP1657ec4a)

Autumn by Wouter van Wijngaarden

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Baarn

The Netherlands

Manual focus

Canon FD 50 f1,4

Music Man by Chris Toombes

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Music Man (Vintage manual focus lens)

Bursting in Air by 11Jewels

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The last couple years the neighborhood fireworks have been pretty spectacular for an amateur backyard show. I decided to capture them this year and was very pleased with my camera. I used the bulb setting and manual focusing. I hope you enjoy some of the show!

Good Golly Miss Holly! by Nick Cowling

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

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

1am

Illusory by Nick Cowling

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The Deceiver | Laccaria laccata | Hydnangiaceae

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

f/3.2 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

Candle Snuff Fungus | Xylaria hypoxylon | Xylariaceae by Nick Cowling

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

amazing example of the focus pull technique by Tom Clark

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Focus Pulling is a technique of adjusting focus from out of focus to tack sharp during a firework explosion over 1 to 3 seconds. similar physical operation as zooming during exposure only you use the manual focus ring instead of the zoom ring.

www.tom-clark.net/fireworks

218c 7 - TAC_6041-Edit - lr-ps-wm

Today I switched to manual focus by Carol Berney

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Too many swear words

When autofocus freezes

And I miss the shot

... nobody knows, where the wind comes from, where the wind goes ... by Dag.Ban

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(poem by A. A. Milne: www.goodreads.com)

Last sunday my hubby and I drove into the country to get some fresh air since I had been working from home and hence staying inside (as requested) for the most part of that week (now it's already end of week 2 of home office and self distancing).

Spring blossoms blown in the wind and with manual focus - so not completely sharp ... but I like the atmosphere !

Taken with my 'old' analogue Nikkor 50mm AI f/1.8 - wide open:

I finally got an adapter for my Pentax body! So I've got even one more Nifty Fifty, lol ... and was very surprised about the 'cheerful' bokeh character of this one : ))

As always these days: Please stay safe and healthy !!

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Ein ziemlich windiger Sonntag - dazu ein manuelles Objektiv: Also nicht ganz scharf, diese Frühlingsblüten ... aber ich mag die Atmosphäre !

Aufgenommen mit meinem 'alten' analogen Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 - Offenblende:

Ich habe endlich einen Adapter für meinen Pentax-Body bekommen! Also habe ich noch ein 50mm mehr zum Spielen ... und war sehr überrascht über den 'fröhlichen' Bokeh-Charakter dieses Exemplars : ))

Wie immer in dieser besonderen Zeit:

Bitte bleibt gesund !

Zwetschge 'Manual Focus Lens' by Klaus Sinuett

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Leica R 2,8/135mm

Bokeh 'Manual Focus Lens' by Klaus Sinuett

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Helios 2,0/58mm

Little bittern - Čapljica 2 by Bojan Žavcer

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- manual focus

The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. Ixobrychus is from Ancient Greek ixias, a reed-like plant and brukhomai, to bellow, and minutus is Latin for "small".

This bittern is native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar. Birds from temperate regions in Europe and western Asia are migratory, wintering in Africa and further south in Asia, while those nesting in the tropics are sedentary. It is rare north of its breeding range.

It is a very small bittern; measuring 25–36 cm (9.8–14.2 in) in length, 40–58 cm (16–23 in) across the wings and weighing 59–150 g (2.1–5.3 oz). It is among the smallest heron species. It has a short neck, longish bill and buff underparts. The male's back and crown are black, and the wings are black with a large white patch on each wing. The female has a browner back and a buff-brown wing patch.

Evening Jewel . . . by Nick Cowling

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Rosemary Beetle | Chrysolina americana | Chrysomelidae enjoying Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia | Lamiaceae

Explored on 20th July 2021 #463

Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro

Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

34 by Miguel

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Forêt hivernale by Siv Domeij

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Daffodils in daylight by Amanda Creamer

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