Lords and Ladies...

[Rense Haveman]

Shot today...


April 20th - Arum maculatum by Rense Haveman, on Flickr

 

[Paul Lange]

What a strange looking plant, flower, green thingy. As you can see I am well versed in all things vegetable! The DOF you have chosen is just right I think for this Rense.

 

[Pete Askew]

What a striking image of this woodland plant. And a great idea to capture the light diffusing through the hood. I like fine texture this reveals and the way it lights the spadix - like a miniature light tent. Wonderful image.

Paul, I am sure you have seen this plant before but maybe not the flowers - look it up and you will surely recognise the clusters of orange fruits.

 

[Paul Lange]

I looked it up Pete but didn't recognise the orange fruit. May have seen then before but it doesn't ring a bell at the moment.

 

[Rense Haveman]

Paul and Pete, thanks a lot for stopping by and commenting!

Paul, I think this plant is rather abundant in the English countryside......

 

[Pete Askew]

I even have it in the wilder (read most) parts of the garden.

 

[Rense Haveman]

We have one plant, spontaneous, since last year... But there are no flowers yet....

 

[Pete Askew]

I was just in the garden and there are several at the moment but, like you. no flowers yet.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Lovely shot!
I like how the lighter green is echoed in the oof areas
It's also framed by te forgeound nicely!
Int it funny how a seemingly simple shot of a plant can have so many elements that add up to such an aesthetically pleasing image...
Is this the Helios again is somehow has that feel I recognise from your past Helios shots ... But maybe I'm just recognising your process?? It might be a bit sharp for Helios too??

 

[Rense Haveman]

Lovely shot!
I like how the lighter green is echoed in the oof areas
It's also framed by te forgeound nicely!
Int it funny how a seemingly simple shot of a plant can have so many elements that add up to such an aesthetically pleasing image...
Is this the Helios again is somehow has that feel I recognise from your past Helios shots ... But maybe I'm just recognising your process?? It might be a bit sharp for Helios too??

Thanks Hamish... Yes, it is the Helios 44K-4, at f/2 or f/2.8....

 

[Hamish Gill]

im getting more nd more annoyed at my self for selling mine now!

 

[alfie Wright]

That's a lovely image! It's seems quite a bit sharper than anything I've managed to get out of the Helios yet, more practice needed here I think. It does seem to have a way with colour depth that I like though.

 

[Rense Haveman]

im getting more nd more annoyed at my self for selling mine now!

Preparing the market for selling mine...
Well, they cost next to nothing.....

Thanks!

 

[Rense Haveman]

That's a lovely image! It's seems quite a bit sharper than anything I've managed to get out of the Helios yet, more practice needed here I think. It does seem to have a way with colour depth that I like though.

Thank you Alfie! I see you have exactly the same version as I used for this photo!
Do you use a split prism screen in your K-5, of do you have the original focussing screen? I had a split prism in my K20d, and with that one I learned focussing, I guess....

 

[Hamish Gill]

Pentax DSLRs - KatzEye Optics

 

[alfie Wright]

Hi Rense,

It was some of your lovely images here & Hamish's praise of the Helios, & of course the cheap price, that led to me finding a copy of the 44K. I'm still using the original focussing screen with the 44K. The Helios & a Pentax-A 50mm are my first manual focus lenes so I am still very much a learner with them. I will have a look into a split prism screen, not really sure what one even is atm though... Thanks for the advice & keep up the great images!

Edit: Thanks for the link, Hamish.

 

[Rense Haveman]

Alfie, I don't know about the K-5 - you'll have to get into that - but on the K20d the split prism screens caused some trouble with the centre exposure measurement. I learned to work around, but it is a pain in the *ss anyhow... But I've read somewhere that on the K-7 - and I guess the same holds for the K-5 then - this problem is not existing...

 

[alfie Wright]

Thanks Rense. I will have a good read around the web bafore even thinking of making a purchase, but after reading a little on Hamish's link the Katzeye looks very good.

I now remember my Fathers old Werra(?) film camera had a bar across the centre of the view finder that you had to line up to focus, I suspect this is the same split prism type screen.

 

[Rense Haveman]

Thanks Rense. I will have a good read around the web bafore even thinking of making a purchase, but after reading a little on Hamish's link the Katzeye looks very good.

I now remember my Fathers old Werra(?) film camera had a bar across the centre of the view finder that you had to line up to focus, I suspect this is the same split prism type screen.

Exactly! It helped me a lot with for instance macro photography!