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It's not so pronounced but here one can see a bit of that famous defect which this lens is known for. What do you think Simon : ) ?
Pentax K-5
Helios 44-2 58mm F/2
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Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris | Lamiaceae
Samsung NX1 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8
10mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Silver Y | Autographa gamma | Noctuidae
Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2021.
My tiny little helpers from little world gave me once more a helping hand. They did the presets for my last manual focus shooting. :)
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Die kleinen Helferlein aus little world haben mir ein weiteres Male geholfen. Diesesmal stellten Sie für mich die Blende an einer MF Linse ein. :)
#macromondays #numbers
in my garden...
I love this plant and have it growing everywhere... but when I found these at a nursery, in bloom, I had to pick up four more to add to my collection!!
Sorry... just been enjoying myself! I manually focussed to try and emphasise the light reflecting off the water. I've never actually intentionally done this before, it's just maybe happened if I've been focussing on something floating/swimming on the surface. It was quite tricky as I was shooting into the sun that although was low-ish in the sky was still very bright, probably not a great idea as I was seeing stars for a while after!
Canon EOS 550D EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
ƒ/5.6 300.0 mm 1/4000 ISO 100
Though I do have technologically advanced cameras, I tend to prefer older cameras (all these are second-hand cameras with a 16MP sensor) and use them manually. I am not rejecting technological excellence and sophisticated algorithms. All I am saying is that I have more joy when working manually and that Fuji's old 16MP sensor is really good enough for my purposes. This shot was done with my new (ten year old) Fuji X-Pro1.
♫ Alessandra Amoroso, DB Boulevard - Camera 209
♫ Olivia Ruiz - My Lomo & Me (Jacqueline)
♫ Depeche Mode - Photographic (Paco)
The sun after the rain is much beautiful than the sun before the rain.
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Japanese maple leaves from our tree fallen on the fence between our and the neighbour's yard. HFF!
Shot with Pentacon AV 80mm and 12mm Kenko extension tube.
When i was grovelling in the woods over a week ago for my first Bluebell shot of the season I have to admit age and some limitations didn't help but I do love vintage bokeh though was finding it extra difficult.. Jonathan bought this lens for my birthday which incidentally is today, because I had looked at many reviews and thought the auto focus might help in this new lens, length 135mm f/1.8.. It was ordered one day and delivered the next and in time for me to test that is was fine. So the other day when i went the first of two short walks. I was able with the Sony A7RM3 to auto focus on the flower I wished, I then had the facility to override the auto focus using manual focus DMF in the camera settings and also bought up the focus magnifier to tweak where I wanted it sharp. It definitely is not vintage but I personally still loved the painterly bokeh I was able to get but with a little help initially from the auto focus ability of the lens. The new lens is a Samyang 135mm f1.8 and I will hopefully get some portrait shots too which is one of its main strengths but I don’t use any lens conventionally tbh….
Samsung NX300 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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Lübeck: Castle Monastery
Einen Teil des Klosters in der Außenansicht.
Objektivtest
Zeiss Flektogon 20mmf/4
Erste Version
This Image was taken with an vintage lens called Pentacon 50mm F1.8 made by Meyer-Optik Görlitz - Those old lenses do have their own caracters and most of the times you gotta focus manually. They do have their own special look. The 50mm Pentacon Lens got produced fromn 1971 - 1978.
Meyer Optik Görlitz Pentacon 50 mm F1.8
Another attempt with this old manual lens. There are some C/A tracks on contours, but the total result is good. (Small white points are by light rain drops, not lens fault)
{35 mm: ƒ/14 | 1/500 s | ISO 250 | manual White Balance | manual exposure | manual focus | slightly cropped}
Comparto un apilado realizado a partir de una selección de 47 fotos. Probé a montarlo automáticamente con PS, pero el resultado no me gustaba, así que he cogido foto a foto y he ido aplicando una máscara de capa una a una sobre las zonas con más detalle. Para realizarlo dejo invisibles todas las capas menos la de más abajo, entonces cojo la inmendiatamente superior y le aplico una máscara de capa (blanca), a continuación pinto en negro sobre las zonas enfocadas y después invierto la selección de la máscara (comando+I en Mac), así sucesivamente hasta la capa superior. En el trayecto dejo algunas capas sin utilizar si no me aportan información. No es todo lo perfecta que yo quisiera, pero... (_3120280-a-26-APIL-MANUAL-VP)
I share a stack made from a selection of 47 photos. I tried to assemble it automatically with PS, but I didn't like the result, so I took photo by photo and applied a layer mask one by one on the areas with more detail. To do this I make all the layers invisible except the bottom one, then I take the one immediately above it and apply a layer mask (white) to it, then paint black over the focused areas and then invert the mask selection (command+I on Mac), so on up to the top layer. Along the way I leave some layers unused if they don't give me information. It is not as perfect as I would like, but... (_3120280-a-26-APIL-MANUAL-VP)
{35 mm: ƒ/13 | 1/40 s | ISO 800 | manual White Balance | manual exposure | manual focus | Composite Raw Noise Reduction shooting of 8 images}
Hola a tod@s!
Buen tema el elegido por José Luis para esta semana. Ahí va mi aportación, el majestuoso vuelo del leonado pasando a mi altura en el barranco en el que solía fotografiarlos. Tras una buena espera tumbado en la repisa, pasando frío, esperando que se presentara la ocasión. A pulso y en manual, como siempre. Saludos y gracias por pasaros.
You can ski clearly now ,
the rain has gone, ♫
that's what fashionable thistles wear,
... a snow cap ;-)
and that's what winter makes awesome!
;-)
If you compare this shot and my last one, you can see the benefits of taking control of a shot.
In Auto the camera used ISO 6400 and 1/5 of a second with f4; the result is OK but grainy and smoothing the noise makes it look out of focus.
In manual I used ISO 200, 2.5 seconds, f4 . The difference is noticeable - but you do need a steady hand even with the image stabilisation in the camera.
I have put a link to the other shot in the comments.