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Michael Erlewine

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Today's Reason for Photography
« on: February 17, 2017, 23:43:35 »
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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2017, 00:25:47 »
do you think the tulip is distracting??
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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2017, 00:34:37 »
So delicate. The quality is fantastic too.

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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2017, 00:45:49 »
do you think the tulip is distracting??

Obviously not.

Did you ever have the AM-ED 210mm? If so, how can I mount it?
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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2017, 01:11:30 »
For me the tulip is an essential part of the composition.

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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2017, 01:56:52 »
I would see it as a color composition rather than a closeup of flowers, and I think it nice!
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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2017, 04:19:09 »
I like it too and I usually pay little attention to flower photos. I am a twig man.

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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2017, 09:31:51 »
The lighting, texture, detail and colour are just exquisite in this. Framing is a matter of taste

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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2017, 10:47:33 »
Very nice.  Have you tried a somewhat brighter variant ? For me it's just seems to just lack some brillance, but I can be wrong, and this might be the right approach.
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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2017, 11:19:49 »
Did you ever have the AM-ED 210mm? If so, how can I mount it?

I have the 120mm.. i used a lens board with the a Horseman 4x5 modified with nikon F-mount bellows.
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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2017, 12:07:34 »
I need to look into the cambo actus. The sinars are not very transportable.
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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2017, 16:35:48 »
Technically and aesthetically marvelous.

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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2017, 08:15:09 »
..

Did you ever have the AM-ED 210mm? If so, how can I mount it?

Michael, Mongo has two of these lenses and has one constantly mounted on some simple bellows. You could get very fancy or if you are handy, you could do some simple modifications and mount it on a Nikon or simple after market bellows (as in the attached images). Then, just bayonet mount the whole rig from the back of the bellows straight onto the nikon body.

cheers.

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Re: Today's Reason for Photography
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2017, 09:19:19 »
Michael, Mongo has two of these lenses and has one constantly mounted on some simple bellows. You could get very fancy or if you are handy, you could do some simple modifications and mount it on a Nikon or simple after market bellows (as in the attached images). Then, just bayonet mount the whole rig from the back of the bellows straight onto the nikon body.

cheers.

Thanks Mongo. I am working on something similar for the AM-ED 210mm lense. How long a bellows between your camera and the lens do you use? What type of shot are you shooting with this? I will show what I am doing as soon as a part arrives. I am looking to use the Novoflex BALPRO with a Copal #1 lens board.
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« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2017, 06:24:50 »
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