[kernos]

Yes the Formula 5 135mm 1.8 incorporating every aberration known to optical science. Nonetheless, MFD and wide open it produces dreamy impressionistic photos

[WPRESTO]

Yes the Formula 5 135mm 1.8 incorporating every aberration known to optical science. Nonetheless, MFD and wide open it produces dreamy impressionistic photos

That's a delight image. Love the pastel colors and rendering.

[Pepe_]

Signs of warmer days

[kernos]

That's a delight image. Love the pastel colors and rendering.

Thanks WPresto. It is a tough but very amusing lens to work with. Here's another from last Fall.

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[wtlwdwgn]

Budding tree limb with clouds in the background. K-1, Tamron 70-200, 70 mm, 1/250 @ f/8, ISO 400.

[acoufap]

[pepperberry farm]

[CharLac]

I really like these shots....any chance you could talk about how you ended up with that result?

[acoufap]

I really like these shots....any chance you could talk about how you ended up with that result?

Thank you very much! - Yes, I can talk about it.

First of all you need to visit a garden with nice flowers.

Sitting on a retracted Walkstool to get down near earth using my travel tripod with ballhead and macro rail more like a monopod, I made a serie with the following setup: K-1 • Square mode • DFA100WR • DA TC1.4x • Marumi Achromat +3 • CPL.

Very much light but the apple tree above me gave slight shadow. There was a little bit wind. So I had to look at the exposure time. My choice was ISO400 and slight underexposure. At this magnification low distance focusing and composing is a critical part. Tripod, ball head, macro rail and body movement help to get it right depending on the special situation.

In post I mainly pushed exposure and gave the images slight Curves. For fine tuning according my liking I use different tools of Capture One Pro.

Another image. Monopoded travel tripod sitting on my waist belt - very close distance made with same setup:

This time only a slight push of exposure in post but a little more downgrade of lightness.

[WPRESTO]

Modest bokeh and really OOF bokeh. Playing with the aperture.

[zzeitg]

Samyang 24mm

[CharLac]

Bokeh Beads

[cyberjunkie]

Samyang 24mm

Nice flower pics. As always
This lens is the best in its class, among those available in Pentax mount.
It's the last expensive glass I bought. I still have to properly test its qualities, but the first shots look very promising.
I have been fortunate enough to find one second hand, boxed and like new, for a decent price. Also found a used Sammy 2/135mm, but my bid wasn't high enough to win the auction. Recent Samyang lenses are of great quality, and of terrific value. Unfortunately second hand ones are rare. It seems that most people stick to them, I guess because of lack of alternatives.

Btw, the bokeh in your photos look excellent, and shows that there is a use for fast super wides.

Cheers

Paolo

[LeRolls]

[D1N0]

Tair 11 (silver 133mm m39) on K-1 Blossom bokeh: