[Theme] In search of spring, 2016

[HCS]

My photos, parents' garden

[the solitaire]

DSC_7575 by b j, on Flickr

Taken with 28mm f3,5 PC Nikkor

Same lens, going for a somewhat more graphic style in post processing

DSC_7667-Edit by b j, on Flickr

[John Geerts]

Nice one's Hans and Buddy.

Also candidates for the Lens-Flare topic, Buddy     http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,1562.0.html   

A bit strong flare, or intentional? Don't think the 28/4 PC flares that much...

[John Geerts]

Pink Tulips

[the solitaire]

Nice one's Hans and Buddy.

Also candidates for the Lens-Flare topic, Buddy     http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,1562.0.html   

A bit strong flare, or intentional? Don't think the 28/4 PC flares that much...

Very much intentional. I made certain to have the sun point right at the lens instead of being blocked by the beams and stopped down to f11 to get the nice sunstar in there.
The 28mm f3,5 PC Nikkor makes beautiful sunstars! Just as lovely as the ones the 16mm f3,5 Fish-eye Nikkor makes

[Fons Baerken]

[Fons Baerken]

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[Anirban Halder]

Beautiful spring photos Fons. It feels good to just even look at them. Like the lavender one especially.

[Thomas G]

Wow, those tulips you are showing.

[Fons Baerken]

Beautiful spring photos Fons. It feels good to just even look at them. Like the lavender one especially.

Anirban, i think you mean Wisteria sinensis about ready to flower

[Anirban Halder]

Pardon my ignorance, Fons. 

Another Sunny afternoon of Spring.

[Lars Hansen]

Searching for signs of spring in the forest.
 

[John Geerts]

A revisit to the pink tulips, before they are gone due to the warm weather...

[Matthew Currie]

Spring sneaks up.  The trilliums are trilling.

For this kind of shrinkage, we don't worry so much about diffraction so here's the 85/2.8 at F32.