Really good!!!
Especially No. 3.

Roger.

Thanks, Gavin & Mike.

In live view, with the R72 filter on, it's too dark to focus, surely?

Isn't it?

Roger.

Does anyone know, would the little red points on man. focus (older) lenses still work on/for digital?
E.g., Pentax 200mm f4 m, 50mm f1.7m, Kiron 28mm f2.....?

Thanks,

Roger.

Today, with K5, 18-55.
Hoya IR72 filter.
Tripod, 3 sec delay.
20secs @ f16.
Elements 11.


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3).




Thanks for looking.

Hope you like them.....

Roger.

Thank you all, for your most generous, encouraging remarks.
They are appreciated.

Roger.

From a bouquet brought to & for my wife yesterday.

All K5, 100mm. D FA Macro. Tipod, 3 sec delay.
1sec @ f16.
No. 5, a stack of 16, combine ZP.
Elements 11.





















All & any thoughts welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Roger.

Thanks, Nigel, i'd forgotten that....!

I suppose my photography motto could be "Art & Science, not mutually exclusive"! This image, "Found", is just a continuation, an evolution of my Art & my interest in Science.
I've been thinking, prompted by the comments expressed in this thread, of the influences & my experiences that have, as it were, led me to make images such as this particular one. Let me emphasize, however, that nearly all in this list were/are subliminal. I'm not (usually!) sitting waiting to press the shutter until the necessary period of self-examination is over...
So, influences.
Some posters on the primary school classroom wall. Published by Shell, they depicted scenes from nature, of all the differing forms of life, particularly in this country.A lot of these scenes can still be Googled,. And found.
A little more recently, I have developed an interest in chiaroscuro & how it can be applied to photography, following examples in classical art. I've been making images thus guided for a while now.
This has led to making still life images in a more traditional manner, onto using flowers & leaves, some in various states of decay, And then an interest in seedpods, their forms, colours & textures.
And then, I happened across the work of Ellen Hoverkamp,,,
! would heartily encourage anyone/everyone to Google her name & experience the images she produces, using a flatbed scanner! They are very different & very beautiful, imho!

So, none of the above was a conscious line of logic or anything like that. I'm just trying to outline how I came to be here, posting an image like this.
So this snap is not an exercise in any one discipline, it's just made by me, today. Tomorrow will be different. Not better. Not worse. But it will still be mine. And me.
Take me as you find me!

I thank you all so much for taking the time to look & comment. I'm pleased when you like what I do. I don't really mind if you disagree with what I do. I, for one, know that I'll be different next time!


Bill, none of my stuff is a "one off", but a Project.....? Dunno!

Good idea Nigelk, go for it.

Nigel, please excuse any image I post from now on NOT taken with flash!!,
& any image that requires those frustrating 1/3 stop over-exposure adjustments. I am trying!

Roger.
aka coker

Very, very good shots, Derek!

Could you just run down your set-up for these, please?
How quickly does your flash recharge!!?

Thanks for letting us see.

Roger.

Before a full response to all your interesting comments, could I ask Nigel to give me a nudge in the direction of the comments from Gareth, in "the other thread", to which he refers?

Many thanks,

Roger.

Cheers, Martin!
Didn't' realise you were looking.......

Roger.