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Miscellany

20/5/2020

 

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A little bit of everything...

Orange and Black

6/6/2019

 

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Taken with my nice old Panasonic GF1 & it's lovely little 20mm lens.

Monochrome Conversions

29/3/2019

 
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Dahlia & Daisies

19/1/2019

 

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Iris' from this summer.

10/3/2018

 
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Taken with my old GH1 Panasonic and adapted Tamron lenses.

Martagon Lily

14/12/2017

 
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Adapted Tokina AT-X 90mm Macro lens on Panasonic GH1.

Rose; 'Darcey Bussell'

5/11/2017

 
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Shasta Daisy

16/6/2017

 

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Bombus terrestris & Dahlia

5/6/2017

 
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Rebutia Cactus Flowers

17/1/2017

 
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Roses after the Rain

24/12/2016

 
Pictures taken after a cold wet night with a Tamron 24mm Adaptall lens (that cost a whole $11 including post) on my old Panasonic GH1.

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Yellow Datura

13/11/2016

 
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One of the last shots I took with my old D200 Nikon.
This was with the Tokina 90mm macro lens.
A great older DSLR that can be bought very cheaply nowadays.

Geum

26/10/2016

 
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Calendula

22/10/2016

 
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Magnolia 'Shirazz' after the rain

19/9/2016

 
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Taken with a 40 year old manual focus Nikkor 50mm f1.4 lens on my super cheap GH1 Panasonic micro four thirds camera body via a $20 adapter. At f2.8, plenty of detail and a stunningly smooth rendering.
You can get adapters for nearly all the old Slr and interchangeable lens rangefinder film lenses on m4/3 (strictly manual focus and they multiply the focal length 2x). The prime lenses from the better brands (and some surprisingly cheap makers) can be lovely and full of character.

Sharifa Asma Rose

19/5/2016

 
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A truly lovely rose.

Datura with my new-old GF1 Panasonic

16/5/2016

 
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I've just done something I never thought I'd do; sell my lovely old D200 Nikon.
Don't get me wrong; I think it's still a superb camera and probably one of the best options for a serious but seriously financially challenged photographer, but I have a D300 and I love it just as much and I was thinking 'well do I need 2 Dslrs and should I get instead another better compact camera (than our S95 Canon) that I'll take with me more?'
This little Panasonic was listed with it's famous 20mm 'pancake' lens for a bargain price, that I knew I'd more than recoup on the lens alone, so I snapped it up. I took a few test shots while pretty much set on selling it as I needed the money but...WOW! See above. The wee Gf1 is a pleasure to use; just like a classic film rangefinder and the 20mm f1.7 lens is solid gold. I don't think it optically gives up anything to my Tokina 90mm macro; fabulous!
What a combination, I'm keeping it.

The Perfect Goth Rose

20/2/2016

 
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A bud from Astrid Grafin von Hardenberg.

Rosa 'Veilchenblau', a near-blue rose.

8/1/2016

 
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A lot of the reference photos you'll see of this lovely violaceous single rose tend to be blown-out magenta in tone.
I suppose it's because so many photographers (myself included) love late-in-the-day angled light with its associated warm colour shift.
This is I think a much better representation of this rose (captured here under bright hazy light); it really is near-blue.
Nice scent too.

Parodia Rutilans

4/1/2016

 
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Thriving in our warm sheltered little annex.
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