...yet so far away

[derevaun]

I got out into the flower garden with the Vivitar 200mm lens I got from Craig, on the Spotmatic. Some shots have the 2x Craig sent as lagniappe. I'm surprised there's not more visible camera shake--my tripod wasn't accustomed to having such a heavy proboscis to support.

I grew a lot of these from seed, starting last Winter. I'm glad I got to see some bloom before we move to Illinois for the upcoming year, but I'm looking forward to seeing the rest come to fruition next summer when I return.

All on 400UC. Looks like I have a capping issue on the Spotmatic?

     

[cenelson]

3rd shot is art, as if painted.

[Dean Williams]

Yes, that third one is special.  All very colorful.

I don't know if these are all full frame, But I assume the one with the dark edge is.  If that one is typical of what you get from this camera, it looks like you need to speed up the 1st curtain a tad.  In other words, first curtain is running a bit slow.

[derevaun]

Thanks guys. That Dahlia flower is definitely a knockout in person. I wonder if its tubers will survive as long as the film I shot

Thanks for the tech tip, Dean. I got the dark edge on about half the frames. A test roll will show what speeds are affected, though my recollection doesn't point to a correlation to any particular speed.