In the garden (ten images)

All but one shot with my SMC-M 100mm f/2.8 lens, mostly with extension tubes, all using my K20D.

1. Rosehips and cobwebs



2. Dewy web



3. Cobweb



4. This is an ex rose...



5. Leaf and pondweed (SMC-M 50mm f/2)



6. Hollyhock



7. Fly



8. Petal (1)



9. Petal (2)



10. Hollyhock bud



Best wishes, Kris.

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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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Well shot sir.

My favourite? The Fly.

All those webs and it's still chillin....

very good images Kris, very good. No. 8 is the not needed IMO as No. 9 nails it much better.

Best regards

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When something goes wrong in the circus, they send clowns into the arena to distract the audience.

Nice set Kris! I have been out taking shots of cobwebs this morning too but not sure if they'll turn out well... I really like the webs in shots 2 and 3 here, especially the way the web is constructed with some little triangles at the junctions of the web silk. And I particularly like leaf and pondweed, think that it my favourite of the bunch! you must have had the camera perfectly perpendicular at f2 to get that all in sharp focus. Nice one!

Regards

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Mat W

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Thank you. By the way, the lens is an f/2 lens, I think it was at about f/5.6. I was a bit worried about dropping the lot in the pond! This lens is my original from 1982. I didn't use it for years as I got a f/1.7 version and someone poured beer on it and made it sticky. Recently I decided to treat it to a CLA from Alan and now it is working wonderfully once more.

K.

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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website

Many thanks. No 9 was my favourite too, probably of the whole set. K.

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Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website

Nice feeling of dank autumn weather, I've been trying something similar but without much success.

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Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -

An interesting and effective series of shots, Kris. What this shows is that, with the right eye, one can find a wealth of photographic opportunities (literally) in one's own back yard. No need to travel to Romani, New York, Colorado... O.K. I'd like to go to these places as well!

And what a fantastic lens!

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Best wishes,

Andrew

"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference.  All of them can record what you are seeing.  But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
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Cracking set of prints number 2 for me that looks to be a very nice lens you have there.
Ian

I'm with Gareth - my favourites are the cobweb shots. The first has a '3-D' feel to it, due to the composition.

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Lovely set Kris - if it stops raining I`ll be out there too.

2/3/10 stand out for me

Tony

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K20D,*istD ( now a dedicated M42 digital ),K100D,MZ5N,P50,ME Super,Spotmatic 1000,Spotmatic,ESII,ES,H2.18-55 II,18-55,75-300 FAJ,35-80 FA,80-200 F,28-105 FA,Sigma 24-70 AF Aspherical,Sigma 28-300 Hyperzoom , Praotor II 500 M42,Centon 500mm mirror,and a few Pentax M42 Taks,super-Taks,smc Taks,A and M lenses.Benbo trekker,7dayshop monopod and a Lowepro rucksack.

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