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Tomioka Lament

Tomioka Lament
The plastic A/M slider has broken off my venerable Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens dating from circa 1976 (a £10 upgrade when bought with a Chinon CX).
To mark this milestone in its decline I have edited an earlier photograph made with this lens presumably wide open. I ought to take contemporaneous notes but it seems a nerdy thing to be doing for a cool guy like me.

Non-contemporaneous notes (the cool type of notes); The photograph was taken through a gap in a hedge (green bits). Beyond the hedge was (and still is) a busy four-lane road (blurred bits). Beyond that again is an old wool mill, imposing and built of stone (white bits). There is an inexplicable red bit. My best guess is that it was a red lorry.

The leaves in their final days leave me feeling melancholy. If I were not a photographer, I should scarcely have registered their existence.

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 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful light and colours.
21 months ago.
 Old Owl
Old Owl club
Your final paragraph reminds me of the reason that I carry a camera: without the camera I ignore many things; with the camera I am provoked to look at everything. I register the world's existence.

I love the shapes and the colour here.
21 months ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
The old lens gave a beautiful image. Re your notes, I agree that being a photographer certainly helps improve our skills of observation.
21 months ago.
 Dutt Changgle
Dutt Changgle
ennui writ large
21 months ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
I really like this. The leaves seem to float against the background are so clearly in focus. Well observed.
20 months ago.

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