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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: Black Flying Fox
« Last post by Dr Klaus Schmitt on April 19, 2026, 08:14:29 »Cool and cute!
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: [Theme] Trees
« Last post by Dr Klaus Schmitt on April 19, 2026, 08:13:36 »Nice works - love being outside within trees and in the forest - reminds me of long walks with my grandpa!
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: Cartierheide landscapes
« Last post by Dr Klaus Schmitt on April 19, 2026, 08:12:30 »Beautiful landscape, well captured!
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: Death Adder
« Last post by Dr Klaus Schmitt on April 19, 2026, 08:11:14 »Beautiful snake!
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: [Theme] Li'l Flowers
« Last post by Dr Klaus Schmitt on April 19, 2026, 08:10:24 »Beauitiful works!
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: Color worlds
« Last post by Dr Klaus Schmitt on April 19, 2026, 08:09:32 »Beautiful series - very special (use of) bokeh!
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Re: Kancamagus Hwy, Lincoln Woods Trailhead, New Hampshire
« Last post by Dr Klaus Schmitt on April 19, 2026, 08:08:12 »Very well done Bob!
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Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes / Bitterroot / Lewisia multispectral
« Last post by Dr Klaus Schmitt on April 19, 2026, 08:05:55 »
Bitterroot in humans vision, reflected UV, simulated bee and butterfly vision (both see UV), legft to right, top to bottom.
Been in "hiatus mode" for nearly two years due to a move to the French border, but haven't forgotten "how that works" luckily enough ;-)
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: April 2026
« Last post by Akira on April 19, 2026, 07:47:12 »My contribution for a portrait exhibition in Bonn
Title: "WHO ARE YOU?"
Excellent collection!
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Lens Talk / Re: What Vintage Nikkor Lenses Render "Eye Candy" Colors?
« Last post by pluton on April 19, 2026, 07:29:08 »It is my belief that the main way to get high color saturation is to photograph objects and scenes that have high color saturation.
I agree with Les: If you are limiting the choices to vintage Nikkors, the ones that have fewer lens elements (plus multi-layer AR coating, which happened in the early-to-mid 1970's) might be the best direction to head towards. Example: It is my observation that the Nikkor 28/2.8 K/Ai (7 elements) has slightly more saturated (less washed-out) color than the 8 element 28/2.8 AiS that replaced it in the lineup.
The only lenses I've used that seem to deliver greater color saturation compared to vintage Nikon, modern Zeiss, and modern Nikon lenses are the recent Voigtlander Apo Lanthar lenses. I've got the 35/2 and 28/2 in that series. I think they give the impression of greater color saturation because they have greater contrast...the two qualities are related. However: No lenses can, by themselves, significantly flip pale or dull colors into bright saturated colors.
Remember film? You could buy a color film that provided "normal" contrast and normal color saturation, or you could get a film that was known to "punch up' color saturation and contrast, like Fuji Velvia.
Well, here we are in th digital age, and what we used to do by selecting the type of film, most of us now do with processing raw files.
But you want to accomplish it with JPEG files. OK.
Some Nikons have a way to jack up the saturation in the JPEGs that the camera produces.
My oldest Nikon is a D800E camera, which has adjustments for brightness, contrast, saturation and hue in the in the JPEG rendering engine that Nikon calls "Picture Controls". I don't know if the earlier Nikons have these adjustments. I would suggest increasing color saturation and contrast if those adjustments are available on your cameras.
I agree with Les: If you are limiting the choices to vintage Nikkors, the ones that have fewer lens elements (plus multi-layer AR coating, which happened in the early-to-mid 1970's) might be the best direction to head towards. Example: It is my observation that the Nikkor 28/2.8 K/Ai (7 elements) has slightly more saturated (less washed-out) color than the 8 element 28/2.8 AiS that replaced it in the lineup.
The only lenses I've used that seem to deliver greater color saturation compared to vintage Nikon, modern Zeiss, and modern Nikon lenses are the recent Voigtlander Apo Lanthar lenses. I've got the 35/2 and 28/2 in that series. I think they give the impression of greater color saturation because they have greater contrast...the two qualities are related. However: No lenses can, by themselves, significantly flip pale or dull colors into bright saturated colors.
Remember film? You could buy a color film that provided "normal" contrast and normal color saturation, or you could get a film that was known to "punch up' color saturation and contrast, like Fuji Velvia.
Well, here we are in th digital age, and what we used to do by selecting the type of film, most of us now do with processing raw files.
But you want to accomplish it with JPEG files. OK.
Some Nikons have a way to jack up the saturation in the JPEGs that the camera produces.
My oldest Nikon is a D800E camera, which has adjustments for brightness, contrast, saturation and hue in the in the JPEG rendering engine that Nikon calls "Picture Controls". I don't know if the earlier Nikons have these adjustments. I would suggest increasing color saturation and contrast if those adjustments are available on your cameras.