Backlit moss through a Leitz Wetzlar 50mm f2.8 Photar

e6filmuser

These images were never intended for publication. They are a by-product of a method development project. As some of them turned out quite well I decided to share them.

I believe the lens was set at f11, possibly f8, with 215mm of extension (effective aperture for the f11 option around f45 or so) with open flash technique on E-P2. Essentially, the flash was fired and metered by my OM4 film camera. In effect, this was manual flash with the E-P2 but with it not having any part in firing or metering the flash.

This is from the time when I was not yet convinced that it was safe to use my legacy, T-Series, Olympus film flash units on the E-P2 hot shoe.

This is the background to the session:

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=107453#107453

This gives more specific details of the moss shoot, two images of which are omiitted here:

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=107593#107593

The images all had the same blue background, except the last, which had matt black.

Two example images (one blue, one black background) are posted below.

Harold

Lord Vetinari

Like both shots
Brian v.

e6filmuser

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Like both shots
Brian v.

Thanks, Brian.

I planned to shoot quite a few of the variety of mosses in my garden, and then move on to search in other localities. When I searched, earlier this year, not many had fruiting bodies. The leaves are a bit boring.

Harold