365: Eccentric Strands

Settings: f/2.8, 1/50, ISO 400, 50mm Pentacon M42, 17mm extension, tungsten light. Slight lighting and tone curve adjustments, noise reduction and slight sharpen.

364: Blossoming Lemon

Settings: f/11 (approx,) 1/8, ISO 100, 58mm Helios-44-2 M42, 33mm extension, fluorescent lamp, black velvet, cable release, tripod. Slight tone curve / colour adjustments and crop.

363: Old Metal Parts

Settings: f/8, 1/180, ISO 100, 50mm Pentacon M42, 49mm extension, 1/4 flash (bounced,) white card, tripod. Tone curve adjustment, sharpen, slight rotate and crop.

362: Presenting A Cake

Settings: f/11, 1/180, ISO 100, P-FA 50mm, 1/4 flash (bounced,) white polystyrene, black velvet, tripod. JPEG straight from camera, cropped to 5:4.

361: The Luminous Tree

Settings: f/1.4, 1/1.7, ISO 100, P-FA 50mm.

360: White Evening View

Settings: f/4, 1/6, ISO 400, DA 16-45 (30mm.) White balance and tone curve adjustments.

359: Gold Sparkle

Settings: f/2.8, 1/180, ISO 200, 50mm Pentacon M42, 1mm extension (by adapter,) 1/4 flash (bounced.)

358: Cabbage Leaf Network

Settings: f/2.8, 1/10, ISO 800, 50mm Pentacon M42, 20mm extension. JPEG straight from camera.

357: Old-Fashioned Toast

Settings: f/1.8, 1/30, ISO 800, 50mm Pentacon M42.

356: Fairy-O-Lights

Settings: f/1.8, 1/5, ISO 800, 50mm Pentacon M42, 17mm extension.

355: Domino

Settings: f/1.4, 1/25, ISO 400, P-FA 50mm. Tone curve adjustment, rotated 90° left, slight crop.

354: Frozen Field

Settings: f/8, 1/50, ISO 200, DA 16-45 (16mm.) Tone curves adjustment, slight distortion correction and sharpen.

353: CW-24 Test at f/16

This one is the f/16 version in a series of seven test photos I took for evaluating an old Tamron CW-24 24mm lens.

Settings: f/16, 1/2, ISO 100, 1mm extension (PK adapter,) fluorescent table lamp, black velvet, white card, cable release, tripod. Slight exposure adjustment to even out across the range of photos, sharpening set to 0.

352: Sponge Foam Structure

Settings: f/11, 1/180, ISO 100, 50mm Pentacon M42, 88mm extension, 1/4 flash (bounced,) cable release, tripod. Colour and tone curve adjustments, 100% centre crop.

351: DAIRY

Settings: f/11, 1/4, ISO 100, 50mm Pentacon M42, 19mm extension, LED torch, black velvet, cable release, tripod. Colour and tone curve adjustments, slight crop.

350: Misted Floret

Settings: f/8, 1/180, ISO 100, 50mm Pentacon M42, 51mm extension, 1/4 flash (bounced,) tripod.

349: Rainbow Sprout

Settings: f/11, 1/180, ISO 100, 51mm extension, 1/4 flash, white card, tripod. Colour and tone curve adjustments, slight crop.

348: Hedge Pylon

Settings: f/8, 1/250, ISO 200, DA 16-45 (29mm.) Tone curves adjustment, crop to 4:3.

347: Purple Peel

Close up, banana peel shows some tiny starchy clumps, but without a bit of adjustment it can look very flat and boring. Blue-Purple-Pink really seems to bring out its textures better.

Settings: f/16, 1/180, ISO 100, 58mm Helios-44-2 M42, 76mm extension, 1/4 flash (bounced,) foil reflector, tripod. Colour and tone curve adjustments, crop to square.

346: Sticky Cupcake

Settings: f/8 (approx,) 1/180, ISO 100, 58mm Helios-44-2 M42, 19mm extension, 1/4 flash (bounced,) cardboard, tripod. Tone curve adjustments, crop to 16:9.