I like the flower pics. I have been bored to death lately. I have a new camera and a few lenses and nothing to photograph. So, I go in my garden and photograph the same flower over and over :)
https://www.leicaimages.com/album/100020
Beautiful. It just confirms my high opinion of the quality of images the 100mm Zeiss Makro Planar is capable of, and this is a perfect subject for showing that.
I really like this shot. Love the warmth under the portico and the overall balance. However, there is one minor thing that puts me off a little. It looks tilted to the right. A simple fix :)
Thank you photosphere42 - once you get used to AF-lenses there is "no way back" - and you will discover a whole new world out there with new applications for motives you earlier did not get ...
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Thank you, Terence!
Its a beast of a lens, sharp like non other I have tried, but heavy and cumbersome, as the small aperture-ring is right by the mount, and with thick fingers, a bit too close to the camera for my taste. It takes time to use this lens, as the manual focus is something I almost have forgotten about in the last 10 years of only AF-lenses. In the old days (when I started out in photography) all lenses were manual focus and one did not think about it so much, but most lenses had f/3.5 to start with, and we all closed down a few notches anyway. But this lens has a small DOF and perfect focus is crucial!
B.T.W.: It is also an expensive pice of glass, and I use it only occasional (when I'm in a special mood!).I have had it for 3 years and I will pass it on to sombody new in the future, because I cannot afford to have it staying in the cupboard all the time :o)
