#spring
#bokeh
#VintageLens

Only a few weeks before it's... tulip time again :) Hooray! As a teaser, here's a sunny tulip from 2019 which I've photographed at the Tulipan flower show at the Britzer Garten, Berlin's most beautiful public park. The lens responsible for this crazy bokeh is my vintage OM Zuiko Auto-S 50mm F1.4 lens. Judging from the "wild" bokeh shapes I must have taken this wide open. Stopped down a little, the bokeh becomes a tad more civilized before the bokeh balls turn into nice-looking "diamonds" at around F4.

Over the past few years, I have collected so many tulip photos from Britz alone that one might say it's enough for a lifetime, but on the other hand, you can't ever photograph too many flowers, tulips included, can you? Right :) So will I visit this year's Tulipan? You bet I will ;)

Have a nice spring (or autumn) week ahead, dear Flickr friends!

Tags:   Berlin Germany Britzer Garten Tulipan spring tulip bokeh bed of tulips wide-open F/1.4 DOF shallow depth of field yellow red green colourful light translucent crazy playful wild sunny beautiful 1:1 square format Tulpe Frühling gelb rot grüne sonnig fröhlich durchscheinend farbenfroh Altglas Offenblende Schärfentiefe OM-D E-M5 Mark II OM Zuiko Auto-S 1:1,4/50mm Micro Four Thirds

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Explored 15 September 2020

No pouch for me this Monday ;-) This is one of the shots I've taken for the MM theme "Pouch", but I won't post it there, because it's way too abstract – after all, all you can see of the black pouch (a cheap fabric thingy that came with my glasses) is that white, swirly bokeh on the left and the one piece of backlit fluff ("Last Fluff Standing"). But since I really like how this turned out, nicely mysterious and minimalist, I thought I'd share it with you nonetheless. All my other attempts at "pouch" were sort of "Meh", with either the light not right, or too much going on, or just plain boring. The thing inside of the pouch is a beautiful bronze pendant, a "Knot of Fate" made by Finnish jewellery manufacturer Kalevala Koru back in the 1990s; it's a present given to me by a dear Finnish friend, and I'd already used it for the MM theme "Copper" back in May 2019. The pendant comes with a lovely bronze necklace with rather big, round links, which provided the golden bokeh. In the unedited RAW file there was more of the pouch's fabric visible, but I found that very distracting, and since I don't post it to MMs anyway, I thought I might as well add a really dark vignette which basically made those fabric spots "invisible".

Have a lovely week ahead, dear Flickr friends, and stay safe and healthy!

Eines der Bilder (bzw. das einzige, das mir am Ende gefallen hat), die ich für das MM-Thema "Pouch" gemacht habe. Für "Pouch" ist es nun definitiv zu abstrakt, denn vom Hauptmotiv, dem Beutel, sieht man in voller Schärfe nur einen Mikrofaser-Fussel und sonst das helle Bokeh-Gewirbel links. Dieses minimalistisch-geheimnisvolle Bild gefällt mir aber doch recht gut, weshalb ich es Euch gerne zeigen wollte, auch wenn ich darauf verzichte, es bei MMs hochzuladen. Für "Pouch" sollte sich ja auch etwas in dem Beutel befinden, und das ist hier ein Bronze-Anhänger, den ich schon im Mai 2019 für das Thema "Copper" verwendet hatte, ein "Knot of Fate" des finnischen Schmuckherstellers Kalevala Koru. Das goldene Bokeh im Bild ist die Kette des Anhängers, die aus recht großen, runden Gliedern besteht, die eben ein besonders schönes Bokeh zaubern. Im Original-Raw-Bild war viel mehr vom Stoff des Beutels (schwarz, dünn, Mikrofaser) zu sehen, was ich aber störend fand; und da ich das Foto eh nicht bei MM zeige, habe ich einfach eine dunkle Vignette darübergelegt.

Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Spätsommer-Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, passt gut auf Euch auf :-)

Tags:   MM outtake Macro Monday Pouch macro bokeh minimalist abstract low-key pendant chain golden black chiaroscuro mysterious light shadows backlit fuzz lint fabric jewellery Kalevala Koru Knot of Fate Hell-dunkel-Malerei Gegenlicht Anhänger Licht Schatten Fussel geheimnisvoll tissu pendentif clair-obscur contre-jour peluche mystérieux contraluz luz sombra borboto colgante pelusa pandantiv lumină umbră scamă luce ombra ciondolo Ко́нтровый свет cветотень Низкий ключ ローキー照明 キアロスクーロ 逆光 Olympus OM-D EM-5 Mark II M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm 1: 2.8 Macro

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#Curves

Curved bokeh à la Milanese

A quick afternoon capture of a stainless steel Milanese-style bracelet. The bracelet's surface has a multicolour ion plating that lets it shimmer in different rainbow colours, depending on the light incidence. And you know how much I love shiny, iridescent, colourful things ;) I know that the actual focus "line" is wafer-thin, so I thought I'd give it another try, but you already know the answer: I couldn't replicate "the wave" exactly. Of course not, so why did I try to do so in the first place) ;) I think we should appreciate our test shots more, not only that, we should embrace them – I certainly should ;) It's a single shot, illuminated with one single light source from the left, processed with the usual suspects (DXO PL6: sharpness and denoising; Analog Efex and Color Efex). The bracelet's width is 1,7 cm / 0,66 inches.

Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!

Tags:   Macro Mondays Curves Milanese macro close-up abstract low-key iridescent colourful rainbow colours rainbow wave wavy mesh mesh watchstrap bracelet watch bracelet watchband ion plating metal stainless steel Casio A1000PRW-1 Armband Milaineseband Regenbogenfarben Regenbogen Welle Kettenwirkware Edelstahl Ionenplattieren İyon kaplama ianphlátáil イオンプレーティング OM-D E-M1 Mark III M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm 1: 2.8 Macro DXO PhotoLab 6 Lightroom Analog Efex Color Efex Nik Collection Micro Four Thirds

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#freitagsblümchen

I've started to collect older, already processed images in a "Flickr waiting line folder" so that they are easier to find than in the depths of my Lightroom Catalogue. I'm sure you know the "problem". We collect so many images on our hard drive, some of which we don't like right away, and we only see their potential much later, others that we like from the start, but somehow there are so many other new photos competing for an upload so that many of these photos are left behind. I often go through LR and flip back to earlier images, and I think "Oh, this one is actually nice, I should process it and post it!", but it's the "wrong" day for that particular image in the Flickr world of theme-related groups; the next day I'll see another image and I'll think the same, and by the end of that (or any other) week I have usually forgotten about any of the archived images I thought "postable". And so on ;-) Hence the special folder, and this is the first one from that folder, captured (with the lovely 45mm F/1.8) back in July 2018 on my Mother's birthday at a nice Café and Restaurant, the "LuLa Deli & Grill", around the corner. Meanwhile I have quite many new images from a visit to the Olympic stadium this week, and I'm busy with processing these and will post a few soon, others later, so stay tuned :-)

So, dear Flickr friends, treat yourself to something nice for the weekend, stay safe and healthy, and take care! And I'd like to send special greetings to my Flickr friends who live on the US West Coast and experience the horrible wildfires. I'm thinking of you, and I hope that the fires can be controlled soon, that it gets colder soon, and also that hopefully there will be rain, really anything that helps. Take extra special care and stay safe!

Ich habe mir jetzt endlich mal einen "Flickr-Warteschlange"-Ordner angelegt, in den alle älteren, eigentlich bereits fix und fertig entwickelten Bilder wandern, die sonst in den Tiefen des Lightroom-Katalogs verschwinden. Zwar schaue ich regelmäßig auch die älteren Bilder durch, aber dann passt ein Bild nicht zum speziellen "Flickr-Tag" bzw. einem Gruppenthema, am nächsten Tag entdecke ich dann schon ein weiteres Bild, von dem ich denke "Das könnte ich ja auch mal zeigen" - und am Ende der Woche habe ich die Bilder nicht mehr auf dem Schirm. Und wieder von vorn. Ihr kennt das sicher ;-) Dieses ist nun das erste Bild aus diesem speziellen Ordner, aufgenommen im Juli 2018 mit dem feinen, kleinen 45mm F1.8 in einem netten Restaurant-Café, dem "LuLa Deli & Grill", bei mir um die Ecke. Nach so vielen Low-Key-Makros und Architektur- bzw. Landschaftsfotos dachte ich, dass es ruhig mal wieder ein nettes Blümchen sein darf. Zumal dann demnächst wieder viel Architektur kommen wird, da ich noch was vom Cube in petto habe und diese Woche auch mal wieder im Olympiastadion war und dort endlich wieder nach Herzenslust fotografieren konnte :-)

Ich wünsche Euch ein sonnig-schönes WE, liebe Flickr-Freunde, passt weiterhin gut auf Euch auf!

Tags:   friday flora Freitagsblümchen close-up bokeh DOF shallow depth of field atmosphere pleasant flower vase glass soft focus Café Restaurant sugar shaker sugar caster salt cellar muffineer wood wood grain patterns table gold soft light yellow Nahaufnahme stimmungsvoll Schärfentiefe weich Glasvase Blume Zuckerstreuer Salzstreuer Holztisch Holsmaserung weiches Licht Unschärfe Olympus OM-D EM-5 Mark II M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 LuLa Deli & Grill

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#mesh

Sunrise over planet Colander. The extremely holey atmosphere of planet Colander, here as seen from its moon Cullander, and its particular surface structure, cause an extreme scattering of the light particles which results in the optical illusion that not one, but thousands of suns are rising not only from behind, but also through the surface of planet Colander. The phenomenon is also known as "bokeh rising". (Source: Meshypedia)

Not the most original choice for "mesh", I know, but I had photographed mesh fabrics for the previous mesh-related MM themes (please see the first comment, or my album, if you like), so this time it had to be something not so different different. Since I also didn't have much time for the photo (which is not per se a bad thing) it had to be a simple set-up. So I placed the small colander against a piece of cardboard with a shiny gold-coloured coating, held the transparent red chocolate box lid in front of the soft light LED lamp that provided light from above (and I'd placed one warm light LED lamp slightly behind the colander), and took a few photos from different angles. The blue hue, which reminds me of our planet's stratosphere, is the last bit of daylight coming in through my living room window.

Image processed in DXO PL5 (sharpening, DeepPRIME denoising, micro and fine contrast adjustments). Final processing touches done in Analog Efex (Classic camera 7, general adjustments, vignette, and Film "subtle", no grain).

HMM Everyone!

I'll catch up with you tonight!

Tags:   Macro Mondays mesh bokeh macro close-up extreme macro 2,5x magnification DOF shallow depth of field sieve colander backlit glow mysterious colourful planet Planet Colander stratosphere Strange Things from my Kitchen Sieb Seiher Makrofotografie zeef tamis colino coador fino cedzak strecurătoare siivilä seula såll kevgir Друшляк コランダー 筲箕 macrophotographie macroforografia lähikuvaus makro fotoğrafçılık Макрофотографія 接写 微距攝影 Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III M.Zuiko Digital ED 30mm F3.5 Macro DXO PhotoLab 5 Nik Collection Analog Efex Micro Four Thirds

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