25mm

First few shots, taken with my E-M5 mk II. All shot at f2.8 or f4 and SOOC jpegs.

I could not find a showcase for this one, so made one. All at f0.95 or slightly bumped the aperture ring to f1.1 ish. Went to my hometown for a small trip. I think the lens really fit the vibe there.

All SOOC. Cheers, Jock

A week or so ago, I bought a lightly-used Olympus E-P3 on a whim - I'd always wanted one - and the gentleman who sold it to me included a very inexpensive lens which he said he had no need for, but claimed was rather decent. The lens is made by Pergear - a Chinese company I know nothing about -...

The Oly 25 is really nice and I might buy another. I have the PanLeica 25mm f/1.4 now, but Oly would be a better fit on my Pen F.

A few samples:

A really heavy crop from a quick grab shot! G9 + PLeica 25mm Summilux Mk 2 After a very brief intro to this lens I am impressed by the quality of the images this quicky is a really heavy crop

Taken with the Panasonic G7...

The Meike 25mm f1.8 arrived about an hour ago, and the first thing was to test it to see how well it did infrared photography. The answer is not perfectly but well enough to be entirely usable. The short version: it's just fine in infrared color up to f5.6, and in black-and-white up to f8 and...

ZEISSDistagon T* 25mm f/2 ZE Lens for Canon EF $950 off - only $749.

A friend of mine needed some publicity shots for her new book, so I grabbed the GX7 and the Oly 25/45/75 lenses and headed into downtown Seattle on what could easily be described as the crappiest day of weather I've seen in years. Cold, rainy, windy. Ugh. Anyway, we shot a bit in the massive...

Our nieces and nephew during a ski (okay, tubing) break this past weekend.

Dead tractor on an abandoned farm.

Saturday night special @ Chet's Lakeside in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota - "Swedish" recipe fried chicken, stuffed shrimp, and mashed potatos/gravy. Oh yeah, and a trip to the salad bar (hello iceberg lettuce and thousand island dressing!). My mother-in-law's family has been coming...

Everything but the kitchen sink? Found at my mother-in-law's old family farm today.

Light above my father-in-law's fish cleaning table. It was opening of fishing season today, but Lake Carlos was quiet. It is deeper and colder than nearby lakes and so, apparently, the walleye and northern pikes are not biting here.

Fire Engine Red =D (cropped)

A scanned negative from Voigtlander Bessa R with 25mm f/4 Snapshot Skopar, HP5 film

Did someone say "selfie?" I figured I would do one with one of my favorite subjects for the month.

Dogs looking like their 'masters' Well I wish I had his Steiff-brand cuteness, but alas I work with what I have...and what both time and I have done to myself.:blush: But Dougal well and truly symbolises me at this point in the challenge. A little tired, a little dishevelled and with...

Finish lines.

Snow Driven.

Sitting on a Park Bench (with apologies to Jethro Tull) Plaza Palmer, Caguas, Puerto Rico.

A fragment of my Canberra postcard I was going to treat you all to a postcard of my home city...well the city I have to go to daily to win our bread. The 180 degree panorama came out quite OK, but far too small to share, so here is a snippet - of a little less than 90 degrees that takes in...

A moment's reflection Thought I'd try a pretty iconic image of mornings on my property - and I do apologise for the emphasis on my place this month.:blush: This is a pretty typical Summer's morning, low lying cloud - well comparatively as we are well over 900 metres above sea level - with a...

The carrousel at Plaza Palmer in Caguas.

North Pole.

Shapes.

Light Crush I clock the 28th up to being quite a good day photographically. Had three sessions with a total of about 400 frames with about 60% keepers and another 20% potential from the rest. Not saying this is the best of the day - far from it - but it was the biggest surprise for me from...

Dereliction Too much prettiness in the SIJ. Time to get a little dirty. This is a derelict property very close to where we live. In its heyday it must have been a gorgeous piece of property.

Meeting center waiting for some action.

Asparagus field waiting for some action.

Somebody Santurce, Puerto Rico.

Cracks to the sky Sorry folks. Slim pickings yesterday I'm afraid. Weather was miserable as was my humour...especially after I saw what was on offer on my card. So you'll have to indulge what small excitement I had in examining the form of this budding Gladioli - having said that I do enjoy...

Recinto Sur Street, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Drove to Old San Juan for a slightly extended lunch break. This was shot from the parking garage across the street.

The real deal A few days back I showed off my little boy, Sebastian, who fancies himself to be a bull, but here is the real deal. This is a new addition to the area. He's not ours but our neighbours, who has kindly offered his services. Well I liked the look for him from the safety of the...

While waiting for family, I walked by this stairway. HDR, Color Efex: Lens (mm): 7.1 ISO: 1600 Aperture: 2.5 Shutter: 1/220 Exp. Comp.: -1.7

Yet another Caguas urban night scene.

Sunrise over the range I warned you all that with my limited windows of opportunity to shoot that there would be a few sunrises for y'all to contend with. Well here's the sight I sipped my coffee to yesterday morning.

Broadside strokes Just the single frame so this had to be it I'm afraid. Am I happy with it? Well not completely. But having recently re-read Freeman Patterson's "Photography and the Art of Seeing" I thought I'd try one of his Exercises in Thinking Sideways - so I intentionally broke...

Shadow of a budding bull Well I suppose Sebastian can wish as much as he likes but a very tight elastic ring applied when he was much younger has precluded the fact that he'll never quite be a bull. Though it appears so though someone has neglected to tell him as he acts more bullish by the...

No milk today.

A panorama roof in winter.

Diptych Plaza Palmer, Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Guard house at Caguas Botanical Gardens. The night guard was actually quite perplexed at the sight of a guy wearing a tie (came straight from work) pulling a camera, tripod and flashlight in the darkness to take a photograph. Didn't dare asking him to pose for fear he would ask me to leave...

Maastricht Court

Time Still feeling lousy, so I figured I would take care of today's shot early and put it out of mind. Shot through a Canon TX body and 50mm 1.8nFD.

Danger

Bell #11

Temptation in the wilderness Ironic isn't it? We have an orchard near the house which we prune, feed and generally tend very carefully the yield of fruit again this year approximates...well zero!!! Now today we head down to the creek - about 1/2 a mile from the house and what do we find...