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For Ian here two pictures of daisy flowers with Macro Elmar 90 (ME 90) and its macro adapter (MA)

pictures uncropped and uncorrected

 

 

Fuji Superia 100 (for Wayne)

M7-ME 90+ MA-Tripod

 

I'm literally lying in the grass for these pictures :D

 

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Henry

 

I have also take with my M8 and the same ME 90 but you guess the difference  > hypersharp edge of daisy petals  but color is correct  !

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Barn swallow. Tiny, golden breast glistening in last rays of a beautiful evening. Master of flight. I have seen them flying several inches above waves of the Mississippi, matching perfectly the undulations of wave crests and troughs. This time of year they swirl around you as you walk across the grass of your lawn, inadvertently kicking up tasty insects. You think, If I had a net I could catch one......But you could not.

 

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Yes, swallows (and martins and swifts) are remarkable flyers and always a pleasure to see. During even the bleakest days of February, I am often moved to think how, at that moment, somewhere high above the Sahara desert, a stream of these small birds are making the perilous journey home, almost as if they are bringing spring with them.

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Almost concealed from view. I am not certain what they are, but they are magnificent.

 

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CL, 40 Summicron C, Arista 200

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Almost concealed from view. I am not certain what they are, but they are magnificent.

 

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CL, 40 Summicron C, Arista 200

 

 

Looks like Bittersweet, a member of the nightshade family. Not as poisonous as Deadly Nightshade but not something you'd want to eat much of.

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Almost concealed from view. I am not certain what they are, but they are magnificent.

 

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CL, 40 Summicron C, Arista 200

 

Nice purple color Wayne :)

 

Looks like Bittersweet, a member of the nightshade family. Not as poisonous as Deadly Nightshade but not something you'd want to eat much of.

 

Ian and Wayne with purple flowers it's not wild Atropa belladona used in medicine ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna

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Whitby Harbour and a returning fishing boat.  Where whales are served in batter.

 

Agfa Isolette iii

Solinar 75mm f3.5

Acros 100 in APH09

 

Steve absolutely superb.

Nice geometry and nice effect of invitation to escape :)

Thank you Steve for posting

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A view from Keith's neck of the woods. On the Pewsey Downs above Oare in Wiltshire. 28 Summaron-M and Portra 400.

 

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SUPERB !  and "I weigh my words" (french expression to say that it is well thoughtful) :) 

Wow , this green and this blue color

Relaxing landscape when watching

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Henry

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It's from the same family (as is the humble potato) but the plant in Wayne's photo is Bittersweet or Woody Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara). Moderately toxic.

 

Toxic Wayne ?

You scared me, Wayne is a sweet gentleman  :D

Thanks for the precision Ian

Henry

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Yes, swallows (and martins and swifts) are remarkable flyers and always a pleasure to see. During even the bleakest days of February, I am often moved to think how, at that moment, somewhere high above the Sahara desert, a stream of these small birds are making the perilous journey home, almost as if they are bringing spring with them.

Thanks for the comment and reflection. They do seem apart from all other birds. When I watch a group of them in active flight, I always think "squadron," rather than flock. We have annual Martins nest in our back yard/garden. Their kinship to the swift and swallow is apparent, but the swift and swallow seem so much more agile in flight.

 

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Wayne

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Phil - many thanks for your opinion, which is always so patiently articulate.

Never a truer word spoken, Coogee! Lovely pictures of the English countryside, too.

 

Adam - you make it look easy, and I know it's not. These are beautiful, these scenes from New Jersey. Just stunning.

 

Thanks, Henry. :)

I agree with Wayne notice a bit "surreal" like in another planet ... but real because of NYC

Very nice composition and color of Ektar Adam

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Henry

 

Amazing, Ian. Never saw a green butterfly before. And the others are wonderful as well. That professional stock film was the right choice :)

 

A Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) enjoying Hawthorn blossom last month. Portra 400 and 90 Macro Elmar-M.

 

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And a Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi). Even smaller than a Holly Blue so I guess this is probably at closest focussing distance (0.5m). The remarkable thing about the 90 Elmar and Macro adaptor combination is that, when properly calibrated, it is very accurate and an ingenious way of obtaining "macro" reproduction with a RF.

 

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Nice, Henry. Especially the second, love how the pink bud pops out of the bokeh

For Ian here two pictures of daisy flowers with Macro Elmar 90 (ME 90) and its macro adapter (MA)

pictures uncropped and uncorrected

 

 

Fuji Superia 100 (for Wayne)

M7-ME 90+ MA-Tripod

 

I'm literally lying in the grass for these pictures :D

 

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Rg

Henry

 

I have also take with my M8 and the same ME 90 but you guess the difference > hypersharp edge of daisy petals but color is correct !

Nice, Steve

Whitby Harbour and a returning fishing boat. Where whales are served in batter.

 

Agfa Isolette iii

Solinar 75mm f3.5

Acros 100 in APH09

 

Lovely, and with clouds, to boot. Where is Keith, anyway. The last i heard of him he was posting iphone photos on FB

A view from Keith's neck of the woods. On the Pewsey Downs above Oare in Wiltshire. 28 Summaron-M and Portra 400.

 

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Cheers mate.

Patience has never been my vulture, but I can really see where I need to get that patience bit right. Strting from today I'm going to stick to one method of taking the picture and capturing the negative. I will do the same in the darkroom until I can learn what does what and what not to do ( like forgetting to turn the enlarger off, after putting the print in the developer and turning the clock on for two minutes....done that twice now).

 

Last night was another nightmare. That pot of lily that I bought had one open up and it was sos os pretty. I wanted a small single flower vase so that I could shoot that. I drove over to Publika and in Big shopping they have a flower shop, they had a really cute white antique vase with a note on it to ask the staff........but no staff. I walked around for 20 minutes and then this lady shows up, I asked her if I could buy the vase and she said no, it belonged to her boss....... Pissed off I continued to walk around Publika looking for a vase. On the second floor I found one but it was RM69 ~$18........I kept saying to myself are they serious. I walked out, got into my car, then went back again and bought it. When I got home, I put the flower in the vase and it looked so so pretty, even Nuk said that looks nice. I set up the lights (I have an A2 B&W background that I shot just for this kind of picture) . Anyway I was struggling to get the close focus with my only 360mm lens (135 equivalent 50mm) but after realising I was to close I got everything perfect, I went back to get the film holder that I keep in the fridge and as I put the film holder in the camera the background feller and knocked the frigging vase on the floor, breaking it into 3 million pieces............. Nuk wasn't too happy at the next 2 minutes conversation that i was having with myself.

I guess that flower dint want to get it picture taken after all.

 

If your in KL give me a shout and we can meet up for a coffee, Im here for a month :) :)

 

Later

 

Neil

I love your tales, Neil. Just remember, in hindsight, bad experiences are some of the best ones!

 

I'm in KL at the moment, but heading up to Bangkok tomorrow for some meetings. I've decided to catch the train back down to Sungai Golok and fly back from Kota Bharu this time - I used to catch that train every month when I was working off Terengganu, and living up in Lampang, but it's about 15 years since I last did that.

I'll take my SWC and F1 New w/ FD 17mm with me, so it's all gonna be wide, wide, wide...

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And I'll put money on the fact that most prefer the au natural way your spell-checker spits the words out Neil, all part of the fun.

Gary

Yep, it opens my mind to new perspectives - Has patience ever been my vulture? - The World is a better place since Neil's spell-checker hit the airwaves.

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