I made an inspired trip with the Helios 44-3 the other day, after I got some questions from Ali in the comments to my review of the lens (one of my first manual lenses and reviews by the way). I got out early one morning, but the result was … ok. Since I have not photographed for a while I guess I need to work some to get mojo back. But I’m quite happy with this shot, into the dawn with the MC Helios 44-3 58mm/2. It also made me photographer of the day at twitter.com/photoandpicture.

I’m back after an accident with my bike, a trip with ambulance and some stitches in my thigh. Last weekend I took a walk and went back to fetch my bicycle and shoot some images during the walk. The first one is shot with Yashica MC Zoom 35-70mm/3.5-4.5 (like the bokeh of this lens, however you must have good light to focus it right), the other one with S-M-C Takumar 55mm/1.8. Edited with GIMP, since I’m using Linux at the moment. Swedish summer is here, and vacations soon. My leg is starting to work again so I can’t wait to get out in nature and make more images!

It’s quite fantastic what photos can be done in the artistic range of a lens. My Yashica ML 35mm/2.8 is a nice landscape lens but also very good for closeups, sometimes soft but in the picture below sparkling. In the springtime it nice for catching the flowers without that exaggerated wideangle that is so trendy now.

I like the small, unripe fruits that grow to berries. The light shines through them almost. Here photographed with Asahi Super-Takumar 85mm/1.9.

The flowers are starting to grow, and I wanted to portrait the spring with Pentacon 50/1.8. This is the years first flowershot, a hepatica nobilis. Not to sharp, could be due to my bicycling 30km before shooting it ;)

Yesterday I bicycled round lake Tysslingen and made this image of whooper swans with Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5 M42-lens on Canon EOS 350D. The swans here are an attraction for wildlifephotographers every year, and they were lined up at the fence with their big tele AF-lenses… all getting the same image I guess, of the same birds and with the same weird look on their faces when they looked upon my little Takumar ;)

Today we had a spring setback. It felt like the warming sun had a grip and nature was waking up.

Today the snow came back.

On the other hand I got a “new”, old camera I got from my father. More info soon :)

First image shot with Pentacon 50mm/1.8, next one shot with Super-Takumar 85mm/1.9 and plastic bag.

On film photography
A while back a got a mail from Brian where he told me about a new blog, a film photography blog. I think it looks god, but overwhelmed with work I have not had time to check it out thouroughly. A task for this weekend. Hope you’ll pay Feeling Negative? a visit too.

And more…
I have a new site in production myself, a place where you’ll be able to create a blog of your own :) But it’s not quite finished for viewing yet.