Holiday Selfie (Industar И-61 53mm f2.8 vintage lens) by phil_howcroft

Holiday Selfie (Industar И-61 53mm f2.8 vintage lens)

I took two vintage lenses on holiday, my Industar И-61 53mm f2.8 and my Jupiter 11A 135mm f4 lens

This is shot with the Industar and is the first night of our holiday . I'm stood on the balcony / terrace of our hotel room , behind me is a Pine Tree Forest and if I looked to the left of the frame I would see the the bay of Cala Mesquida, Mallorca.

I couldn't do a sea background shot as the background was too bright and sunny.

The catchlights in my eyes are a reflection of the room patio doors.

The Industar И-61 is a cracking lens , it is nice and light , looks really retro and takes really good portraits.

Nice to see a face I recognise!
June 7th, 2019  
Holidays - no wonder you look so happy !! :)
June 7th, 2019  
Your wide smile indicates your pleasure at being where you are and what you will experience with your camera while on holiday!
June 7th, 2019  
Great one of a happy Phil
June 8th, 2019  
Hello Phil. Happy holidays, lovely selfie :-)
June 8th, 2019  
You look very relaxed on holiday! Like the catchlights. Wonder how many folk had a vintage lens in their luggage on holiday.....
June 8th, 2019  
A shot to be proud of Phil. I don't usually like pics of myself
June 8th, 2019  
And you forgot to say you make a really good subject to photograph. Superb selfie. Enjoy your holiday.
June 8th, 2019  
Agree with Dione... :)
June 8th, 2019  
I can see the pleasure of your holiday to come in your eyes....all that sun _ sand! I bet you didn’t get sand in your lens like I did twice!
June 8th, 2019  
Ah you look so relaxed and happy :)
June 9th, 2019  
@casablanca thank you very much casa' I am always happy :)

@happypat Thanks Pat, I was careful on the beach with my camera Pat, I have a sensor cleaner dust cleaner puffer, that I can blow sand off the camera with :)
June 9th, 2019  
@ivan @sangwann Iavan and Dione, thank you for your lovely comments :)
June 9th, 2019  
@busylady thanks judith , I do the occasional vintage lens selfie , probably because I when I do my strangers I don;t want the extra faffing about with a manual focus lens :)

@quietpurplehaze ha ha haze, jane said the same to me when we were packing :) I put the heavy Jupiter lens in her hand luggage :)

@bizziebeeme many thanks laura , much appreciated :)

@777margo many thanks margo for your kind words :)

@maggiemae maggie your are right with your observations :)

@beryl thabks beryl , always happy :)

@caddick welcome back mike :)
June 9th, 2019  
You look so pleased with life Phil - no wonder with the thought of all that sunshine!
June 10th, 2019  
So you were unable to find a stranger! :-)
June 10th, 2019  
@lostphojo David I got 1 stranger from mallorca 😀

@fbailey thanks felicity , with all the rain we are having , it seems so long ago now . Lol
June 11th, 2019  
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