Green, cool and damp

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I did some more playing with my new(er) lens to see what quality of bokeh I could get out of it. Thought I'd share the results.

First, some shots of iris leaves in my garden. The wind was blowing fairly steadily and rain was threatening, so I just focused blindly and shot, hoping I'd get something in focus--or at least an interesting abstract.





And a shot through my front window after the rain started in earnest:



Odd shot, I know...but I have to say, it looks really cool as a desktop background...makes my 30" monitor look sopping wet!

Comments are always welcome!!

bgarland

Nice shots and I had to chuckle when I noticed your location. Green, cool and damp sums it up perfectly.

Richard

Love the last one.

Dogdots

I bet your monitor looks sopping wet with the last one

Like all three of them ... what lens were you playing around with?

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bgarland wrote: »

Nice shots and I had to chuckle when I noticed your location. Green, cool and damp sums it up perfectly.

Thanks! The funny thing is that I actually live on the sunny side of the Cascades...although I spent well over a decade in Portland and whenever I see shots like this, that's what I think of. I was surprised by how I was able to isolate the same lush green in these shots...most of our property is blue-green (juniper, pine and sage) and lots of shades of gold and brown.

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Richard wrote: »

Love the last one.

Thanks, Richard! I was kind of tickled that it turned out so interesting!

Azzaro

My favorite is the last one........ gary:D

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Dogdots wrote: »

I bet your monitor looks sopping wet with the last one

Like all three of them ... what lens were you playing around with?

I'm sorry...I meant to include that. I bought an m4/3 camera (Olympus EP1) this summer so that I'd have decent camera with interchangeable lenses which I could slip in my bag and have with me no matter where I'm traveling (sometimes my other kit is just too large to take with me). Anyway....I bought a Panasonic 20mm/1.7 lens to go with it. I'm really happy with it so far!

Now my next experiment is going to be the purchase of some adapter rings so that I can use my old FD lenses with the camera. I have no idea how that will work...but it will be fun to play around.

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Azzaro wrote: »

My favorite is the last one........ gary:D

Thanks, Gary!

Dogdots

StueveShots wrote: »

I'm sorry...I meant to include that. I bought an m4/3 camera (Olympus EP1) this summer so that I'd have decent camera with interchangeable lenses which I could slip in my bag and have with me no matter where I'm traveling (sometimes my other kit is just too large to take with me). Anyway....I bought a Panasonic 20mm/1.7 lens to go with it. I'm really happy with it so far!

Now my next experiment is going to be the purchase of some adapter rings so that I can use my old FD lenses with the camera. I have no idea how that will work...but it will be fun to play around.

That lens sure takes good photo, but it's the photographer that makes it work

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Dogdots wrote: »

That lens sure takes good photo, but it's the photographer that makes it work

Thanks, Mary! I have a good time...and it is fun to share the experiments! :giggle

silvereye

Ha... I know that wet and damp all too well... Actaully a very nice day today in Seattle! .. nice images