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mike reid

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great shots everyone....first few shots with my new CY Zeiss 50/1.4 on the 1Ds2

Aug 15, 2011 at 10:29 PM

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This thread ought to become enormous - I mean just about everyone shoots flowers.

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Aug 15, 2011 at 11:58 PM

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.. well, it is a tree, not a flower ... however ...

porst 55mm 1.2 at 1.2:


	http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2504/5844994328_79723935c7_b.jpg

- L.

Aug 16, 2011 at 01:13 AM

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Tree flowers are still flowers.

Aug 16, 2011 at 01:56 AM

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Strange bokeh, LeadyGonzales. Is this what attracts you to this lens?

Aug 16, 2011 at 02:40 AM

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I like that Porst 55/1.2 bokeh in this image.

Here two tulip images, EOS 5D and Zeiss 85/1.4 (C/Y) wideopen, I think with extension tube.


	http://www.4photos.de/galerie/Natur/slides/Tulpe.jpg


	http://www.4photos.de/galerie/Natur/slides/Blume.jpg

Aug 16, 2011 at 03:32 AM

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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.

Aug 16, 2011 at 03:38 AM

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

Aug 16, 2011 at 04:21 AM

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philber wrote:
Strange bokeh, LeadyGonzales. Is this what attracts you to this lens?

the porst was my first 1.2 lens. since i have rokkor 58 1.2 and 50 1,2 i do not use the porst anymore, but it has such a full bokeh, which is great for dreamy flower pictures (only). compared to rokkors it is less sharp - but this extremely busy bokeh i find attractive. not always, but sometime

ZoneV, the zeiss 85 pictures are fantastic !!

Aug 16, 2011 at 05:09 AM

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

Aug 16, 2011 at 06:16 AM

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@Bif: The 300/2.8 seems to do flowers very well.
@ZoneV: Love the pastels in the 2nd one!

Aug 16, 2011 at 07:06 AM

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Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50 mm f/2.8...

Yashica 50 mm f/1.4 ML...

Brgds,

Chris......

Aug 16, 2011 at 07:18 AM

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Aug 16, 2011 at 07:34 AM

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Damn! Some absolutely beautiful shots, Bifur and Denoir!!

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

Aug 16, 2011 at 08:14 AM

LeadyGonzales

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wow, what perfect pictures

Aug 16, 2011 at 08:31 AM

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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!!

Aug 16, 2011 at 08:47 AM

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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"

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c80/gunzorro/036N0329.jpg

"Orchid Looks With Suspicion on Fabric Orchid"

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c80/gunzorro/036N0337.jpg

Aug 16, 2011 at 09:31 AM

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1. Distagon 35/1.4
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5605375742_67dd3d05ac_o.jpg

2. Makro-Planar 100
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5657079400_11e251a0dc_o.jpg

3. Distagon 35/1.4
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5633542735_e8560544ea_b.jpg

4. Makro-Planar 100
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4628146157_12018a3775_o.jpg

5. Makro-Planar 100
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4464460936_4cf7647be3_o.jpg

6. One more MP 100 (this was published in a California nature magazine)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4471920685_21c43f0519_z.jpg

Aug 16, 2011 at 11:29 AM

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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.

Aug 16, 2011 at 11:45 AM

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some flower shots with rokkor 24/2.8:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5285170070_12689728e2_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4888289456_fdb9cebfd0_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5046/5263256624_91789f3c7e_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5284571743_ca148cdb3b_o.jpg

Aug 16, 2011 at 11:45 AM

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