Vintage lenses on DSLR

September 2011. The book is 'Chronicles of a Friendship' by the late Robert Craft. The Friend in question is the composer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) and this dried oak leaf reminded me of Stravinsky's neo-classical music called 'Dumbarton Oakes'. SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 lens on Pentax K10D, raw file processed to jpeg in RawTherapee 4.

September 2011. A salmon-pink rose that becomes pink as it fades. Dark green foliage. Variety unknown. I hope the shallow depth of field reflects the idea of 'fading'. SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 lens on Pentax K10D, raw file processed to jpeg in RawTherapee 4.

October 2011. SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 lens on Pentax K10D DSLR camera.

Poynton Park, Cheshire, late afternoon on January 2021. Pentax A prime lens, 50mm f1.7 on K5.

Ideal indoor plant for the winter months. Native to Madagascar. (Toxic to dogs and cats if eaten - but they would have to be mighty hungry to do so!) Snow covered silver birch tree in the background. SMC Pentax-A 1:1.7 50mm prime lens.

We may need to keep an eye on this part of the garden border. A fungus - Collared Earthstar (Geastrum triplex). SMC Pentax-A 1:1.7 50mm prime lens.

“A spike at the end of Lockdown?” Let's all hope that there isn't one! The twenty seventh and final day of the UK's second period of lockdown in 2020 - 'Lockdown Two'. SMC Pentax-A 1:1.7 50mm prime lens.

“Now, is it better like this – or like this – or like this?” (Distance, VDU, reading.) I am looking forward to the availability of zoom spectacles – except that they could make me look like Mad Eye Moody. The twenty sixth day of the UK's second period of lockdown in 2020 - 'Lockdown Two'.

“Speaker dongle and sundry other computer bits” I've had to almost completely rebuild the home/office/photography computer after persistent problems. Most of my ‘Lockdown too’ pictures have been processed using a 13 year old Dell Dimension PC and the free software that is provided for Pentax/Ricoh cameras. The twenty fifth day of the UK's second period of lockdown in 2020 - 'Lockdown Two'. SMC Pentax-A 1:1.7 50mm prime lens.