i just liked the lines

i did a lot of color fiddling to take what was a very flat image and give it some pop while keeping the overall saturation nice and subtle

featuring some real strong chromatic aberration on the shorter one

at this point im beginning to feel my pictures of powerlines are getting derivative >.>
yet still im drawn to them

iri informed me that this is whats called bokeh balls and that they have 7 sides due to the 7 aperture blades in the nikon lenses! oh also check out the freak flares in the top, i think its the result of the old lens having no anti-reflective coating?

The Tamron 80-210mm F3.8(4?) is nuts! Another $5 bargain bin lens! Why is the bokeh like that????

the 28mm f2 is nice

maaaaaaany photos to go through, the trip was a great way to dive into the deep end and learn how to use this camera and these vintage lenses! (i've learned that I have MUCH to learn).

The following photos are from a concert I wound up at thru sheer coincidence. These are all shot on a pre-AI (Aperture Index) Nikon 50mm f1.4.

I realized after the fact I was shooting at way too low a shutter speed and way too thin an aperture (manual focus in the dark is a CHALLENGE). I could've closed down a stop and shot a stop faster and still woulda been within acceptable ISO range. Learning!

That said, I actually really like the blurriness and unfocus in these, they match the band's unnerving and theatrical noise performance quite well.

sigma 100mm-200mm f3.5-f4.5 with all sorts of fun fungi friends inside :)

I had the raw selected in digikam and Bouba stepped onto my keyboard, opening the editor and doing some tweaks. I immediately saved the result when she left (oh also this miiiiight be a shot from a new camera! i got paidddddd)

its so old it lost all its red and developed deep crackles and wrinkles