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05-21-2018, 03:03 PM   #16336
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Lovely colours Bruce.
Thanks pschlute

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With the A 70-210mm f/4 Macro.
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Twin stars on an orange rose

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Twin stars on an orange rose

Nice! Which lens was used to get the effect?

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Nice! Which lens was used to get the effect?
The Sigma 180mm F3.5 FG Macro Lens
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BruceBanner, awesome Aussie Autumn photos, especially that last one.
Eric, thank you for the inspiration, never gave a thought to experimenting with different bokeh effects...just simply a bokeh.
Frederic, that second flower looks like something from outer space...
eaglem, many of your photos are totally amazing, that twin star shot is superb.

Best Regards, Bob
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Did a brick wall test of my FA 43 today.... made a real Galah of it.



After that, I just went birding around Gulargambone (western NSW)





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Did a brick wall test of my FA 43 today.... made a real Galah of it.



After that, I just went birding around Gulargambone (western NSW)


Noel.....your Galah shots are really pixelated …..
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Mont Ventoux in the back
That's how you will see it if you have too much of this stuff
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Peony Bloom and Ants (DFA 100 with pixel shift)

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Peony Bloom and Ants (DFA 100 with pixel shift)

Not sure what it is between ants and peonies, but the ants always seem to be present on that particular flower. Of course, there's hardly anywhere you can go, or anything you can investigate that does not have an ant somewhere.
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Not sure what it is between ants and peonies, but the ants always seem to be present on that particular flower. Of course, there's hardly anywhere you can go, or anything you can investigate that does not have an ant somewhere.
The bud of the flower produces a sap that attracts the ants. They also munch on other insects that may be harmful to the flower.
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Sunset in Herastrau Park (DFA 24-70).


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WR?

We often talk here about the WR capabilities of our fine Pentax lenses (well not in this particular "Ladies" case).

But did we ever discuss shrinkage?


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Sometimes, square is where it's at when looking a-round...

35.0 mm f2.0 1/3200 iso100

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QuoteOriginally posted by jabobby Quote
Eric, thank you for the inspiration, never gave a thought to experimenting with different bokeh effects...just simply a bokeh.
Best Regards, Bob
Thanks Bobby! I am just having too much fun. It is nice to know there are positive side effects for other people too. Heh.
Lately, I have become all too aware of backgrounds, and not just from the standpoint of not having a discarded fast food container ruining a landscape, or telephone pole sticking out of someone's head, but also from the standpoint of enhancing the subject, colors, brightness of background etc. Like the above shot, while provoking bubble bokeh, I could have shot the purple flower against a more plane green foliage background by shifting to the right, but chose to shift left instead, to get more colorful flowers in the background, so as to get the colorful bokeh and bubbles. You need some filtered light to help too, and then it goes nuts. I find even my DA *300 does nice bubbles and smooth bokeh if I open it up. The other trick is having a lens that is naturally sharp enough at least in the center with decent contrast to shoot it wide open, so you don't just get mush plus bubbles, you want the subject to pop then transition to the smooth area's. Like I said, I've been having way too much fun and probably over-thinking this, heh.
Eric

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QuoteOriginally posted by fs999 Quote
Thank you Eric and Bob !

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax FA 35mm F2 AL
Mont Ventoux in the back
Looks like the FA 35 f2 has some similar character to the old Super Tak 35 f2... Nice wine and bokeh! I am guessing the modern coatings repress the bubbles just a little bit, making them just a little harder to provoke into a shot, but it still renders beautiful bokeh and tasteful bubbles!!!
Eric
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