[Leica] Wednesday Weeds

[Don Dory]

I rather like wandering dude.  I can't tell you which lens this set was
shot with.  It could have been the Canon 0.95, Canon 1.2, 75 1.5 Biotar on
extension tubes, one I am pretty sure was the Nikon 50 F1.2 /crt lens on a
some extension tubes(it's a 39mm thread with no helicals of it's own but
not an enlarging lens.  There have been a lot of early fast lenses come up
for sale around here at attractive prices compared to Sony GM pricing so I
am sampling.

I have been looking at some of the PS tutorials on masking which appear to
have far more control over blending and feathering.  That might let me use
the better lens and then creatively manipulate them.  Good times.

In a week or two I will post some images from a 150mm Kilfit Kilar that is
a three element design that creates interesting effects.

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 9:47 AM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> It's a really nice set.  What lens are you using?
>
> By the way, you don't need to call it "succulent" anymore:
>
> *Tradescantia zebrina*, formerly known as *Zebrina pendula*, is a species
> of creeping plant in the Tradescantia genus.
>
> Common names include *Silver Inch Plant* and *Wandering Jew*. The latter
> name is controversial; some now use the alternative: "*Wandering Dude*."
> Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia_zebrina>
>
> ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>
> USA
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 4:46 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Greetings to all.  I must confess to collecting a largish number of fast
> > lenses with serious optical faults specifically to look a bit more
> > impressionistic.  This week is all from my front yard when the moisture
> > still fell out of the sky.  First we have a rose with an unusual bee for
> > us:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/not+your+usual+bee.jpg.html
> >
> > Sometimes the bloom isn't the main course:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/leaf+takes+the+limelight.jpg.html
> >
> > This rose had seen a bit of wear:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/Knock+out+rose+with+water+drops.jpg.html
> >
> > A tight view of just a blossom:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/full+frontal+rose.jpg.html
> >
> > Slightly askew view:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/rose+bud+with+a+better+bad+lens.jpg.html
> >
> > A bit of spherical aberration to go:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/purple+bud+with+spherical+aberation.jpg.html
> >
> > All the best.
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
> >
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Don
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