So, having successfully opened up a Helios 44-2 and reversed the front element using a newly purchased lens spanner (blogged here), I decided to attack another couple of lenses this week. Things went pretty well initially but, I learnt a tough lesson through inexperience with these older lenses.
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Anne hosts this weeks challenge which is themed on ‘Time to relax’. My personal routines for relaxing revolve around photography, walking and visiting new places. Nothing particularly special to share with you all so I thought I’d post a few images that fit the theme. You can view Annes original post here.
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Having scoured so many vintage lens blogs and watched hours of vintage lens YouTube videos over the last few months, I was aware that lens elements could be reversed to achieve some quirky effects. It was something I hadn’t considered trying until I stumbled across Nadin Thomsons wonderful photography blog site. Here’s a link to Nadins site, it’s well worth making a visit – nadinthomson.co.uk
Continue readingI’ve written recently about my interest in vintage lenses and how much I’ve enjoyed using them. It’s very rare that I use my modern Fuji lenses these days. So, having convinced myself that using vintage lenses is not just a passing fad I decided to enhance my use of them by investing in a full frame camera.
Continue readingPatti sets this weeks Lens-Artist Challenge – The power of juxtaposition. Her original challenge post can be found here. I’m glad Patti included a definition of juxtaposition because I had no idea what the term meant. My initial thoughts were ‘I do this a lot’ but when I went looking through my images I realised I don’t !
Continue readingRitva hosts this weeks Lens-Artist Challenge and has asked us to provide image examples of unusual or extreme cropping – ‘This week, we encourage you to deliberately defy traditional framing conventions.‘ Ritvas original challenge post can he found here.
Continue readingTina hosts this weeks ‘looking back’ challenge – Shapes and Designs. You can read her original challenge post here
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Yesterday, 28th January, was ‘International Lego Day’. I didn’t know, or realise, this until late in the day when I saw a related Lego post on Flickr. So, although I started writing my article yesterday I’m a day late posting as I didn’t have my Lego images available to upload.
Continue readingEgidio has set this weeks challenge. He asks us to find a few rejected photos. Images that didn’t make the cut for some reason and see if we could fix them using photo editing software. You can find Egidio’s original post here.
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I bought, yet another, vintage lens from Ebay last week. I’d read a favourable review of the Nikon NIKKOR-S.C Auto 50mm f1.4, a 1970’s classic and decided I’d like one. It’s still widely available and I bought a copy, in mint condition, for £100. I’ve never owned, or used, a Nikon lens before but I’m suitably impressed. The build quality is superb and it’s a dream to use.
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Steve Hyde 