yep I knew you rated it highly Don ... it's another of those lenses that I bought because of that fact ... this is the "original" one with the metal mount ... funnily enough, two or three of my favourite images of my own have been shot with this lens (hmmmm .... I better not think about that fact too much, given what I've shelled out for posh glass the past year ...)
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christilou
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- Sunny Frimley
Fuji X100 Tulips
summerkl
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- Vancouver, Canada
- Name
- Kevin
Streetshooter
Administrator Emeritus
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- Philly, Pa
This image I made to demonstrate eye travel to a group of shooters I work with. The flower is mostly dead center, very dangerous, we all know that. So, I shifted the focus to the right. Now what happens is that the eye searches for the sharp point of focus. It fights from being in the center that is also uncomfortable as the the position of the flower is almost stagnant. The eye then finds the point of focus on the right and some on the upper part. This creates eye travel in an otherwise boring position. It works I tell ya it works....
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grebeman
Old Codgers Group
- Name
- Barrie
I'm not really into flowers, but between insects this morning I took a few, all were with a Panasonic G1 and 105mm, f/2.8 Sigma DG Macro, minimal post processing of the raw file in Bibble Pro 5, no cropping of the image from the camera.
Foxglove
Ox-eye Daisy, with a flower eating beetle, no common English name, Oedemera nobilis
Yellow Iris
Water forget me not
Bindweed, I think it's the Greater Bindweed
Barrie
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Foxglove
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Ox-eye Daisy, with a flower eating beetle, no common English name, Oedemera nobilis
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Yellow Iris
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Water forget me not
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Bindweed, I think it's the Greater Bindweed
Barrie
davect01
Hall of Famer
Wow, a lot of flowers I have never seen before. Nicely shot.
Lili
Hall of Famer
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- Dallas, TX
- Name
- Lili
Dark and Lovely, sigh
andrewh973
Regular
- Location
- NYC metro are
Thought I'd add in my "2 cents"... A family outing this past weekend to the Presby Iris Gardens proved fruitful (and hot!) with the use of my recently purchased LX5.
The history of the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens is one that's entrenched in the history of Montclair, NJ. The Gardens were started as a memorial to Frank H. Presby, one of the founders of the American Iris Society and a leading citizen of Montclair. Frank Presby was an iris hybridizer and owned a fine iris collection. It was his expressed wish to give a collection of his favorite flower, the iris, to Montclair’s newly acquired Mountainside Park. Unfortunately, before he could carry out his plans, he passed away in 1924. Long story short, the gardens flourished through later decades, mostly with the sustained donation of private funds. In 2009, Essex County purchased the historic Walther House and grounds from the Citizens Committee -- about 5 acres -- saving the gardens from an uncertain future. The Citizens Committee leases the house and grounds for special events, and continues to fundraise the cost of operating the gardens.
I can see why some people are almost fanatical when it comes to the gardens' upkeep. Upon closer examination, these exotic flowers are truly beautiful, and if I didn't know any better, take on a personality of their own.
All photos shot with LX5
close-up/focus setting
1:1 aspect ratio
Thanks for looking.
More irises on my SC gallery page.
The history of the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens is one that's entrenched in the history of Montclair, NJ. The Gardens were started as a memorial to Frank H. Presby, one of the founders of the American Iris Society and a leading citizen of Montclair. Frank Presby was an iris hybridizer and owned a fine iris collection. It was his expressed wish to give a collection of his favorite flower, the iris, to Montclair’s newly acquired Mountainside Park. Unfortunately, before he could carry out his plans, he passed away in 1924. Long story short, the gardens flourished through later decades, mostly with the sustained donation of private funds. In 2009, Essex County purchased the historic Walther House and grounds from the Citizens Committee -- about 5 acres -- saving the gardens from an uncertain future. The Citizens Committee leases the house and grounds for special events, and continues to fundraise the cost of operating the gardens.
I can see why some people are almost fanatical when it comes to the gardens' upkeep. Upon closer examination, these exotic flowers are truly beautiful, and if I didn't know any better, take on a personality of their own.
All photos shot with LX5
close-up/focus setting
1:1 aspect ratio
Thanks for looking.
More irises on my SC gallery page.
davect01
Hall of Famer
Continue to see impressive shots, nice work all.
grebeman
Old Codgers Group
- Name
- Barrie
summerkl
Veteran
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- Vancouver, Canada
- Name
- Kevin
I'm loving the weather - I've been giving my macro lens a workout. I also took along my gorillapod to stabilize the shots even more.
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BBW
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- betwixt and between
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- BB
It is confusing. I think Herman will be very understanding if we merge the two Flowers thread into one.
BBW
Legend
- Location
- betwixt and between
- Name
- BB
There was this one in the Nature forum and there was also one in Herman's Genres...now they have been melded seamlessly into one.
