The color of Lake Biwa is called Biwako Blue.

Road to Sagres

Black-Eyed Susan at Sunset - Sigma FP, Mamiya/Sekor 55mm f1.4

He had a friendly face!

Place of photography, Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine.

Place of photography, Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine.

seed

Sigma fp/Summilux-R 80/1.4

fern

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art

See the same beetle in motion, recorded in CinemaDNG at 100 fps, slowed down 3x, interpreted using the same RawTherapee preset: vimeo.com/709917172

gerbera

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

or:How i stopped worrying and loved 2020

Merry Christmas to you all.

2020 all rights reserved

Macao June 2023

Olympus Auto-T MC Zuiko 100mm f2.8 via OM-L adapter

Innocent alone,

In the first warm light.

Gently underway.

Winter’s shadows fading.

New to the world.

Will you … ?

Can you … ?

Whispering to the woods,

Listening,

Wondering,

Watching.

Gently underway ...

Leucojum vernum / Spring Snowflake

SIGMA fp

SIGMA APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM

F4.5, 1/5 sec., ISO 200

2022, Tokyo

hosta

barberry

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

helenium

View 4K footage processed from CinemaDNG: vimeo.com/531227072/191f92606c

drop

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

to the light

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

after flowering

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

www.instagram.com/joeproosen/

grass

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

2023 Summer, Kanazawa-city

morning frost

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

for lovely ladies

Ishiura Shrine, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Pref 2023

www.instagram.com/joeproosen/

end of season

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

Sigma FP + Sigma 35mm f2

daisy

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

in yellow

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

lily of the valley

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art_

roses

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

dahlia

Sigma fp/Sigma 70/2.8 Art L_Mount

fresh flowers

Sigma fp/Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100/2.8

~ RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT ~

"Retina detachment" are not words that any photographer wishes to hear …

Two emergency operations in December on what I would have considered to be my “better” eye,

puts a certain perspective on how one considers one’s place in the world …

Even in such times, where our lives are anything other than normal,

the fragility of one’s own existence is suddenly very present …

It is no Covid induced “brush with death” that many face for themselves or loved ones,

but nonetheless a time to reflect …

The world is a beautiful place ...

~

Pulsatilla vulgaris

SIGMA fp

SIGMA APO 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

F22, 1/10 sec., ISO 200

after flowering

Sigma fp/Summilux-R 80/1.4