Here are a few more I found. The first is with an Olympus OM 24 f/2.8, the second is with a Minolta Rokkor 28 f/2, the third with a Leica R 90 f/2, and the last with a Zeiss Jena 135 f/3.5

Thanks all. I can't say I feel like I deserve the strokes tho. God did most of the work. Besides, flower shots look so much better from someone like Denoir or others who actually know how to use a camera! I just click around.



Peire wrote:
Many beautiful shots Bif.I esp. like 7,12,13,those from Nikon microscope,first three from Oly 70-150 and the last one with Rodagon.

DocsPics wrote:
Bifurcator thanks for the inspiring images. Talk about "raising the bar"... Oh my

FlyPenFly wrote:
Great shots bifur.... that Oly 70-150 looks great and so does the Canon FD for close focus.

AhamB wrote:
@Bif: The 300/2.8 seems to do flowers very well.

Yup! I think that lens can do anything well. Seriously a superb piece of glass! Well worth lugging around!


Smridevan wrote:
Damn! Some absolutely beautiful shots, Bifur and Denoir!!

Great stuff! Especially denoir's posting.

What is an Alt Flower? Here are some real Alt flower shots. Zeiss Contax 80-200/4 on 1Ds2.

"Fabric Flowers Muscle-in on Photo-Op"

Leica 100 f4 macro bellows. No focusing helicoid on this lens.

1. Distagon 35/1.4

Thanks for the kind words guys. I'm afraid I can't take too much credit though except perhaps in making a good choice when it comes to lenses. Most of my flower shots look as they do because of the rendering style of the lenses that I used.

Smridevan wrote:
Denoir, do you use a different sharpening technique for flowers vs other scenes? 2 and 4 look incredibly sharp.

Probably my standard method, but those are old shots so I can't be 100% sure.


Ajay, that last one is superb. That's precisely the rendering style of the 100 MP that I really love.

some flower shots with rokkor 24/2.8:

Great stuff, people! Much too much of it to name every one or critique every shot. But I can't not mention sebboh, denoir, Ajay, David, gunzorro, Steve, and, of course, bifurcator. You guys turn flowers into pure poetry. My hat off to all of you!

So many good shots here it is hard to comment on all the good ones, but I want to at least say how much I like the following shots even though I am sure I am leaving out others deserving attention:

Mike Reid - I love the backlit orchid
BIF - so many nice shots, but I especially like those with the OM 38, Nikkor 55, and Minolta 50 macros, the phlox shot with the Nikkor 35-70, and the iris shots with the FD 300
Luka (denior) - Loved #2 of the dandelion out to seed, #7 of the black-eyed susans, and #10 of the blanket flower with the moth
davidearls - the phlox shot was terrific
sebboh - #2 of the water lily was especially nice
Ajay - loved #2 of the clematis on the mailbox and it is not surprising at all that #6 of the california poppy was published. It is phenomenal and really shows why I want to get the MP 100.

hi,

i took some shots today with the Helios 40, 85mm 1.5 with 2cm extension tubes M42:

-L.


f=1.5


f=1.5


f=4.0

and the distagon 35mm 1.4 (Rollei) wide open ...

Going a bit back further in the archives. I don't know why, but there always seems to be some bug in the way when I try to take a picture of a flower

Zuiko 50/1.4, OM4 by debuggerus, on Flickr


Olympus XA by debuggerus, on Flickr


MC Rokkor 50mm f1.7, XE-7, Kodak P160 by debuggerus, on Flickr


Rokkor 58mm f1.4 by debuggerus, on Flickr


Mamiya 80/4 Macro by debuggerus, on Flickr


MD 100mm f4 Macro by debuggerus, on Flickr

More lovely stuff, Luka!

Here is one with the C/Y 35-70

a double post from the helios 40 thread. open at f/1.5, 2cm extension rings

- L.

Thanks everyone. Yes, some wonderful images here. I can see this thread go ballistic .

Lots of wonderful images here.

this one is with MC Rokkor PF 85mm 1.7 and +3 Achromat:

5D & Contax N 100 Makro

Carl zeiss T* on foveon:

Nice shots - hope you don't mind a few rocks with the flowers - C/Y 35-70