RetroCamera » flowers http://www.retrocamera.net Old retrocamera equipment in a digital photography world. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:00:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Stuck on flowers http://www.retrocamera.net/stuck-on-flowers.html http://www.retrocamera.net/stuck-on-flowers.html#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:23:36 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=746 This time of year the flower is a motif easy to get stuck on. There are so many, so nice with bokeh. We miss them during the winter in Sweden. Then comes the autumn and a lot of images show autumn leafs ;) Well, here are some more flowers I portraied in the City park in Örebro. They are made with Helios 44-3 and S-M-C Takumar 55mm/1.8 lenses and Canon EOS 350D (and a M42->EOS adapter of course). Guess which is which?

Flower with Helios 44-3
Oxeye daisy
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Helios rose
Helios rose 2
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Geum rivale L / Humleblomster
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Akleja
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The images was created with Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7 on Canon EOS 350D.

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Gullviva med droppe

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Leberblümchen

Leberblümchen

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More anemone hepatica

More anemone hepatica

Shot with Super-Takumar 28mm/3.5 or Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7 with some ring.

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Kidneywort

Kidneywort

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Pentacon tulip

Pentacon tulip

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