April 2023 Part 1 — This Month Through Your Adapted Lens

Just snagged his Lens Baby Spark and I'm kinda digging it on m43. Lumix G9, Viltrox Adapter, Lens Baby Spark.

Looks great! What does the lens baby spark do?

I love how you make the color, composition, and the defocus work to draw our attention to the hood ornament.

Regards,

Alan

Don’t worry, there’s absolutely no requirement that photographs be taken the same month that they are posted.

The first portrait photo from April is my favorite.

Regards,

Alan

Thanks Alan! =)

April 7th:

Walking The Dog.

(Z5, Canon FL 55 1.2 @ f/1.2)

(Z5, Canon FL 55 1.2 @ f/4.0)

Posted mostly to exhibit the lens characteristics, composition wasn't great, but I like how it shows the OOF rendering:

Sigma fp, Kiron 70-150/4

(Alan: this one's a lot easier to hand-hold than the Series 1 70-210. :) Might even work for you on your EOS M.)

Sony a6300 with a 40 year old Olympus 10x microscope objective . helicon tube and 90 mm cone end for objective total cost of lens setup $150 AUD

this is a live mosquito head, i emphasize "live" because i shoot at 10 frames per sec and stack 70 images to get this shot , only need 7 secs of still motion.

A Solitaire is an extinct bird similar to a Dodo.
Don

From ACS Helsinki yesterday, I shot the whole show with this old Canon lens (FL 55 1.2). Also carried 28/3.5 Pentax K and 17/4 FE Takumar, but didn´t bother to change lenses.

(Z5, Canon FL 55 1.2)

The guy hanging from the mirror was The President of Finland from 1956 to 1982. U.K. Kekkonen

Very nice! Interesting bokeh in the first one… do you remember what aperture you were using?

What was ACS Helsinki - a museum or a temporary show?

Thanks =) . F/1.4 maybe.. American Car Show. Yearly Happening on Easter weekend (if there is no pandemic.. :D )

A great thanks.
60 days I'm back with a camera in my hands after a hiatus that lasted 24 years.
§ You are the first to make me blush in 25 years!!!

'😂'

BTW You impressed me with you bottle top picture!!
What a wonderful pic using a common object everybody have seen a thousand and thousand times in his life.
You've seen it completely as an art object.
You're great.

Hmm, thanks, didn't knew that, but I was thinking about cards, check Microsoft Solitaire.
.... Solitaire card games are really common across all UE

Really, maybe I'm pushing a little...
..... adapting an adapter...
It's two hours I'm out of surgery <two tendons + Dupuytren>

I have a log without any control attached to my shoulder more then 6 hours before I will get some control.

I used one foot to help the hand change lenses.
Quality is what is is ... but for fun ....

and yes, I'm used to writing single-hand lying in bed !!

As per usual: full manual <Film-NE>

Love the look and bokeh - beautiful shot!

Thanks a lot - I'm happy to hear you like it. I actually did quite a few different macro-shots of bottles and it's always interesting to experiment with those:

You're a light collector as well? by simple.joy, on Flickr

Open fire! by simple.joy, on Flickr

Respect - that's some real dedication. All the best wishes for a good recovery!

Steinheil Repro-Objektiv 80 mm f/4.5

I've mentioned this interesting lens once in one of the dpreview threads. It's a simple lens (4 elements in 2 groups, if my observations are correct) and my particular sample afflicted by severe separation. I find its performance quite impressive in the center though and the added blur and flaws outside of it give it a unique look.

It actually seems to be faster than f/4.5 so I assume that the inscription is meant as the value the manufacturer deemed it usable at, for its intended repro-application.

No questions asked by simple.joy, on Flickr

Far from well rounded… by simple.joy, on Flickr

Water weighs by simple.joy, on Flickr

Splashes to splashes by simple.joy, on Flickr

Incoming Geese and Godwits at Haastrecht, NL.

Hi all,

I was hoping for some closer shots of the godwits but no such luck today.
They're the Dutch national bird because they are the harbingers of Spring.
You can see a flight of some 30 of them in the middle of the picture.
They arrive in the Dutch polder each Spring to breed, coming all the way
from Spain and Portugal.

Nikon Z5 and Series E 3.5 75-150mm at 75mm f8 + Kipon NIK-N/Z adapter.

André

PS - Posted in the Adapted Lens Talk earlier but it belongs here in the April thread.
Apologies to kohinoor and Deb789 who gave it a 👍 before. Thanks!

(Z5, Canon FL 55 1.2 @ f/2.8?, ISO 400, 1/60-1/250s..)

Two Nikkor lenses on Fujifilm GFX 100s MF camera -

Quarters Only, Nikkor 50mm AF-S f/1.8, wide open

Assault Fitness, Nikkor 180mm f/2.8, wide open