Garden in Otepää
Otepää is small town in southern Estonia. My childhood passed there, nowadays I visit this place every summer.
We have little garden with trees, bushes, flowers and grass - good place to take some images :)
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Some young leaves
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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Red-eyed visitor
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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White peon
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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What plant is this?
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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Sunset
Sigma SD14, 18-200 OS
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Apple bin fire
Sigma SD14, 18-200 OS
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Not an apple yet
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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Lake Pühajärv
Pühajärv is beautiful lake in southern Estonia, near Optepää. To english its name can be translated as "holy lake",
walking at lakeside always creates some almost mystical feeling and relief...
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Lakeside house
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Evening reflections
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Reed
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The lost one
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Negative Fill Light - NFL
Interesting anti-HDR effect, allows sometimes create artistically looking images from boring or flat shots.
So can moderate NFL be used to darken background for portrait and floral images, but you should never apply too much of it.
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Boring evening shot
Sigma SD14, 18-200 OS
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Negative fill light applied
Sigma SD14, 18-200 OS
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Random flowers
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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Same, NFL applied
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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Colors gone too
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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Why not black and white?
And not only black and white, but combined with NFL. Two little steps in SPP and we can cross boundary of realism and art
(like they are separated at all).
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Lens, lens, lens
Michael H. Reichmann: 'Most Lenses are Better Than Most Photographers'.
I do not consider myself a photographer, but this doesn't stop me experiment with older M42
lenses - most of these are for sure better than me :)
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Rock in the grass
Asahi Super Takumar 55/1.8
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Litle cute cones
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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No forest behind the trees
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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Branch of apple tree
Asahi Super Takumar 55/1.8
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Random flowers (NFL)
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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Cloud
Sigma SD14, 105 EX
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Yet another summer is over
There are more to come, no worries :)
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Tallinn, Estonia, EU
This is the city I usually live. There's not much nature found in city (I don't like cityscapes),
but nearby areas are worth roaming with camera in hand.
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Dog rose, full of vitamin C
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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Glimpse of the fall
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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Old stump
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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Forgotten park
Asahi Super Takumar 55/1.8
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Dream stairs (NFL)
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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Oak chestnuts (NFL)
Asahi Super Takumar 55/1.8
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Branches of oak tree
Asahi Super Takumar 55/1.8
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Yet another rock in grass (NFL)
Asahi Super Takumar 55/1.8
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Baltic sea near Tallinn
I do not like sea, it is always too windy at seafront. Neverthless there's always something to take pictures of...
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Seaside grass
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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Rocky seashore
Auto Chinon 55/1.7
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Autumn ash
Sigma SD14, 17-70 DC
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Seriously red
Sigma SD14, 17-70 DC
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Last leaves
Sigma SD14, 17-70 DC
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Birch 'panorama'
Sigma SD14, 17-70 DC, HDR
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Orchid on kitchen table
Sigma SD14, 17-70 DC
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Orchid, unsaturated
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Orchid, closer look
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Orchid, Silkypix rendering
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Winter, snow and Xmas time
We have a bit too much snow here this year.
Of course that doesn't affect holiday season :)
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Fresh cooked, mmm...
Sigma SD14, 17-70 DC
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Fireworks from kitchen window
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More fireworks (cropped)
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