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Edited February 5, 201511 yr by Goompa

Love Knot

^^^ Tough Love man....

P2090299-Edit by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

MBK

Abstract? A Koh Phangan Nut head!

Love bokeh

Lights in the dark

123Scan-150212-0024 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

1950 Leica IIIC with Summitar 50mm

Sacred ground

eye spy . . .

https://www.flickr.com/photos/moonboots69/16836351482/in/photostream/lightbox/

^^^Wow! Nice

eye spy . . .

Cool....like the way the lens doubles up as a pupil

Chiang Rai, Bahn Dam:

eye spy . . .

Cool....like the way the lens doubles up as a pupil

if you squint at it (on the bigger linked 'lightbox' image helps) you can make out the pupil as a slightly darker ring around the 'lens'. What i wanted with this shot was to have the reflection of the river & mountain alone, in the back of her eye, in as sharp a focus as i could get . . . trade off = skin around the eye blurs out. I think this was f/22+ without checking.

eye spy . . .

Cool....like the way the lens doubles up as a pupil

if you squint at it (on the bigger linked 'lightbox' image helps) you can make out the pupil as a slightly darker ring around the 'lens'. What i wanted with this shot was to have the reflection of the river & mountain alone, in the back of her eye, in as sharp a focus as i could get . . . trade off = skin around the eye blurs out. I think this was f/22+ without checking.

I know it's pretty tricky with such a close subject but have a go at focus stacking.

I think this was f/22+ without checking.

just looked again . . . it was f/18 on the Tammy 90 macro.

I know it's pretty tricky with such a close subject but have a go at focus stacking.

a fine technique if your subject is dead bugs, pen nibs or anything else inanimate & you have a focus rail . . . but this was Mrs G, in a busy restaurant full of folk glaring at us both (me, not bothered...but you know what some Thai's are like) and there is no way she would have sat motionless without blinking or flinching with that lens just a few cm's from her eyeball under such public scrutiny for more than 1.5 seconds . . . .

but i see what you're saying.

Chiang Rai, Bahn Dam:

That's a real Wok-tacle...

^^^ Shades of H. G. Wells to me.

^^^ Shades of H. G. Wells to me.

Bingo!

just messing around while the gf was shopping at discovery centre. came out better than i hoped but i wasnt really concentrating and fluffed the top right of the composition. we live and learn.

Edited March 29, 201511 yr by samsensam

Nice shots samsensam and jamesjohnsonthird and welcome to the photography forum.

Abstract?

Samui, the land of golden Coconuts.... I fiddled with it a bit.....

While not 'too' abstract, I was drawn to the splendid colors in this chard garden.