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25-Mar-2012 Cindy Flood

Pink Tulips

Wisconsin

Sony Alpha NEX-7,Contax Carl Zeiss 5 cm f/1.5 Sonnar
1/160s iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time25-Mar-2012 14:38:16
MakeSony
ModelNEX-7
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length
Exposure Time1/160 sec
Aperture
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias0.00
White Balancedaylight (1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

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Lennart Waara31-Mar-2012 08:08
A very beautiful and striking b&w photo! Great work Cindy!
Guest 29-Mar-2012 00:46
Thanks for sharing all of the other versions... all are superb, but I like the orginal post the best.
Pete Hemington28-Mar-2012 14:58
Converts well into B&W - lots of texture and good tones
Guest 28-Mar-2012 06:40
Good image! Wonderful composition...
Guest 28-Mar-2012 01:11
Love the movement (even knowing that is a still shot). DOF perfect and composition is lovely.
Guest 28-Mar-2012 01:04
LOvely Cindi, beautiful composition and tones!!!
hal 27-Mar-2012 07:37
Hi Cindy,
This is one of those rare photos that is brilliant whatever one does to it.
Color, B&W or toned, it is simply glorious.
Very many thanks for going to the trouble of adding the red for me.
Cindy Flood26-Mar-2012 21:00
My friend, Heidi, asked me to show it to her in color. [img][/img]
Cindy Flood26-Mar-2012 20:53
Thanks, Bob, Terry, Hal and Lennart.
Terry, I have a background curtain about 5 feet behind the tulips, which gives the mottled background. The lens shot wide open has a beautiful OOF rendering, which is why I love it. Do you know that Contax/Yashica Carl Zeiss N lenses can be adapted to Canon bodies. You have to shoot them in manual focus (which is what I do with almost all of my lenses). I used a Canon 5D for a couple of years with the C/Y 50 f/1.4 lens on it most of the time. Lovely!
Hal, Yes, uncoated. I do have to watch for flare. Here is the photo with a red filter (for you!).
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Lennart Waara26-Mar-2012 16:45
A real beauty in b&w!
hal 26-Mar-2012 06:49
Classic beauty, Cindy.
And l presume that the lens is uncoated.
l wonder how it would look with a touch of red tone.
(l prefer to leave out the yellow in mild sepia toning.)
Terry_O26-Mar-2012 05:28
And with your 1937 lens!!
Terry_O26-Mar-2012 05:18
Yep, that's the only word for it 'Stunning,' Cindy.
So crisp yet softened with that delicious background. Makes those
tulips look so three dimensional.

As an aside, a professional photographer was trying out some Zeiss lenses adapted for
a Canon SLR at our local camera shop. He does videos full time and showed me what
these lenses can do with bokeh. Incredible - this is such a nice example.
Guest 26-Mar-2012 01:45
Stunning! The tones and textures are wonderful!