RetroCamera » Nature http://www.retrocamera.net Old retrocamera equipment in a digital photography world. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:13:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Garden roses with Preset Takumar 135mm http://www.retrocamera.net/garden-roses-with-preset-takumar-135mm.html http://www.retrocamera.net/garden-roses-with-preset-takumar-135mm.html#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:10:43 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=1039 Opportunities to photography can be close, like with these garden roses shot with my old nice preset Takumar 135mm lens. Late one day in sunset I wanted to use the light with the old lens.

Henry Hudson Rose

Rose hip

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Anemone nemorosa
Anemone nemorosa
Similar Posts:]]> http://www.retrocamera.net/wood-anemones-and-sun-with-yashica-ml-35mm2-8.html/feed 0 Anemone nemorosa with the solid Pentacon 50/1.8 http://www.retrocamera.net/anemone-nemorosa-with-the-solid-pentacon-501-8.html http://www.retrocamera.net/anemone-nemorosa-with-the-solid-pentacon-501-8.html#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:55:10 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=1025 Another Anomone Nemorosa (wood anemone), this time photographed with Pentacon 50mm/1.8 on Canon EOS 350D. A lens I use bicycling when I wnat an allround that can be used for closeups. Wood anemones are everywhere now. With some blue spots of Hepatica nobilis.

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Similar Posts:]]> http://www.retrocamera.net/preset-asahi-lens-and-flowers.html/feed 0 Early spring flower with preset Takumar lens http://www.retrocamera.net/early-spring-flower-with-preset-takumar-lens.html http://www.retrocamera.net/early-spring-flower-with-preset-takumar-lens.html#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:26:37 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=1015 So, finally spring is coming here in my part of Sweden. These flowers (Hepatica nobilis, kdineywort, “blåsippa” in swedish) are fighting their way up. This is the first image I like from the early, preset Asahi Takumar 135mm/3.5 I showed my earlier post. Havent had a chance to test it very much yet, but it looks promising.

pennywort
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Ice thing
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Rising 1
Rising 2
Similar Posts:]]> http://www.retrocamera.net/helios-bubbles-in-blue.html/feed 0 A day with Tele-Tokina 105mm/2.8 http://www.retrocamera.net/a-day-with-tele-tokina-105mm2-8.html http://www.retrocamera.net/a-day-with-tele-tokina-105mm2-8.html#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:02:48 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=988 Just before the snowstorm we have here, I took a day with Tele-Tokina 105mm/2.8 (old, rare, dented lens I got for free when I bought a package). I hiked up near my home, to the lake. A short walk through the village and up the hillside. It is a neat, slender lens. Sometimes I have to struggle to make the best use of it. The dark time of year doesn’t make it easier. But sometimes I succeed… I think…

Frozen leafs
First ice The factory
Fallen with morninglight The stairs
Lonely leaf

Wanna see more of this lens? Check out my Flickr-set for Tele-Tokina 105mm/2.8. It looks quit nice doesn’t it?

tele-tokina-105_1 tele-tokina-105_2 tele-tokina-105_3 Similar Posts:]]> http://www.retrocamera.net/a-day-with-tele-tokina-105mm2-8.html/feed 2 A day with Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7 http://www.retrocamera.net/a-day-with-yashinon-dx-50mm1-7.html http://www.retrocamera.net/a-day-with-yashinon-dx-50mm1-7.html#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:55:48 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=967 Inspired by A lens a week, I use only one lens each day. Last week I took a small hike with the Auto Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7. I choose to photograph only fallen leafs in different forms. Here are some of my favorites from the day.

Fallen 1
Fallen 2
Fallen 3
Fallen 4
Fallen 5
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I like the contrast of sharp leafs to soft bokeh. The autumn colors I love, but sometimes it pays to go black and white I think. Do the opposit to the common way, our your own routine.

BW autumn

Caught

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