Author Topic: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip  (Read 3089 times)

Jakov Minić

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180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« on: April 11, 2018, 23:35:14 »
Today I after work got home and noticed there was mellow overcast sky. Tulip growing on the balcony.
Don't know why I decided to mount the 180/2.8 and PN-11 but I thought I should give it a shot.
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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2018, 00:00:40 »
Very nice,  ethereal.

I have to scroll down to see the full image on my laptop. The top half (landscape) looks particularly appealing if you intend to reshoot.

How many images did you stack to get it so blurred?  :)

Cheers
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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2018, 00:26:43 »
Nicely diffused color composition, Jakov!

Is this the sharpest image you can get with PN-11, or did you intentionally make it out of focus?
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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2018, 01:02:53 »
Dear Bez, thank you so much for your words!
I will revisit the landscape idea, very good.
I used a total of 0.5 stacks for this one :D

Dear Akira, I always make the blurry ones.
First, I start making it in focus, then I deliberately move the focus a bit to make it creamy.
Then, when I review the images on the big screen, well, I get attracted to the blurry ones.
The 180/2.8 AIS is extremely sharp even with an extension ring.
Thanks!
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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2018, 01:31:52 »
Thank you for sharing your experience, Jakov!  The second image feels as warm and pleasing as the first one.
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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2018, 02:35:39 »
Then, when I review the images on the big screen, well, I get attracted to the blurry ones.

"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept" - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2018, 05:57:51 »
Beautiful with “Jakov” stamp on it.

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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2018, 14:35:10 »
Jakov

I've always thought your blurry colorful images would make fantastic decorations for upscale boutique hotels, they have this elegant feeling one gets when entering one of this places

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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2018, 14:52:50 »
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept" - Henri Cartier-Bresson

I love you, BEZ!
You are out there. You and your camera. You can shoot or not shoot as you please. Discover the world, Your world. Show it to us. Or we might never see it.

Me: https://youpic.com/photographer/frankfremerey/

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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2018, 20:14:14 »
Tulip growing on the balcony.

What? They are tulips in Netherland !!!

I didn't know that ! ;D ;D

Nice ones BTW...Very colorful.

I have the feeling you'll get the heligon soon... ;)

Cheers, Francis.
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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2018, 23:21:34 »
Thank you Akira, I feel warm and pleasing at the moment :)

Paco, if it doesn't have a stamp it is not valid, at least that is what they say in Serbia :)

Armando, your words are too kind! I would love to see my photos in a fancy hotel, large!

Frank, I love BEZ too!

Francis, not to believe that we have tulips. I smuggled a few and planted on my balcony :) Thank you!!!

Here is another example.
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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2018, 00:55:15 »
I need some oof color.  Thanks for the hit.

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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2018, 08:22:23 »
Jakov, you're back and shooting!

Great images and good to see them now spring is really starting to take off here in NL.
Hans Cremers

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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2018, 13:57:04 »
Good to see you back shooting, Jakov.  Lovely !!   

A technical question:  What focus distance gives the PN-11 with the 180?

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Re: 180/2.8 AIS + PN-11 tulip
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2018, 23:17:49 »
Thanks Ron, I am glad you like the color hit!

Hans, spring has arrived, flowers are blooming, how can I miss it, thanks!

John, it's good to be back. The focus distance drops from 1.8 meters to approximately 0.9m. Still a lot of distance to the subject.

Tomorrow, I will give the 85/1.5 Zenit a go :)
Free your mind and your ass will follow. - George Clinton
Before I jump like monkey give me banana. - Fela Kuti
Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem. - Woody Allen