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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Delicate and Creamy
but just a little edgy

So, last week with “Revisiting Imabari's Colorful Towel Museum” I was wrapping up a series of posts (part: one and two) about the oddly-interesting Towel Museum in Imabari, Japan, and I ended with a shot of the flowers on our table at the museum's cafe.

For context, here's our table...

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f/1.4 @ 24 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.5, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
Waiting for Mommy

... and here's the little shot-glass of flowers on the table...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Unassuming

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/1000 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

But the little unassuming collection of flowers becomes great fodder for exploration with the creamy goodness of the Cosina Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5, so while waiting for our food, I took a few minutes to try different compositions. I was working handheld as I always do (almost), and just putzing around until the food came.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/320 sec, f/2.5, ISO 450 — map & image data — nearby photos
Too Much Going On
but the drop of water is a nice detail, I suppose

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sliver of Focus
I like the abstract feeling, as with this shot

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Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/400 sec, f/11, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Posterized
the big version razzle-dazzles the retinas

I almost always use the Voigtländer wide open, for obvious reasons, but I shot at the one above at f/11 to increase depths of field. The result turned out to be boring and clinical, so in Lightroom I blasted most of the frame with the negative-clarity funky joy technique.

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Ultra Thin

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/640 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1600 — map & image data — nearby photos
Violently Violet
( I don't know what that means, but it sounds cool, sort of )

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pollen

Really, this lens opens up such opportunities, you're just limited by your own skill and artistic sense. This doesn't bode well for me, but it's fun to putz around.

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