Wonderful work, (even if you don't know what it's called).

The dark ones are brilliant - no argument - but the one I'd wish I had taken is the sunrise. Superb.

A slime mold known as wolf's blood, I believe (I will stand corrected on that if necessary). They are related more closely to amoebas than to fungi. These are phenomenally well detailed. Great pictures.

Do keep testing. There are some really nice ones in there.

That's why I'm glad I don't use flash!

Well, almost wide open in some cases at f5.6 instead of 3.5. You always hear about Trioplans and their signature bubble bokeh but not so often its big cousin, the Primotar - which comes in 50, 135 and 180mm. (The 50mm can be very expensive because it was only produced for two years). When handled appropriately, they can produce a bokeh every bit as interesting as a Trioplan. We got a bit of sunshine today so I put mine on the K1 and and just used a wide aperture.

1. My wife decorates an Easter tree every year



2. Good thing she doesn't try it with this Berberis. This one doesn't take prisoners!



3. Lots of catkins on the silver birch - both male (droopy ones) and female (short erect ones).



4. Aspen catkins photographed against the light. The bokeh is a huge bare branched oak tree about 100feet distant.



5. A dreadful photograph (?) but certainly some of the wildest bokeh I have ever produced.



6. Slightly more pedestrian cherry blossom.



7. And finally, one that is pure and simple bubble bokeh alongside the brook.



Not the easiest of lenses to use but it does make interesting images.

They are quite excellent and the colour rendering of that lens is beautiful.

Just been looking at their web site. If the reality matches the descriptions then this looks good.

The urn at the start of the IR section and the golden start to the colour section are quite wonderful. I don't usually go for IR but some of these are excellent.

You've got the hang of that alright. Now you need to wait for the knapweed and the ants that rush out to defend the flowerhead whenever a bee arrives.