Very interesting - good to experiment. I can't profess any special expertise, but I have often been surprised by good results from fairly Heath Robinson set-ups involving desk lamps and the like. (And, as I type, I realise some readers will not understand the reference to "Heath Robinson" - it repays a Google search!).
@jyokota Thank you! The glow is natural sunlight. Late afternoon the shelf is bathed in light from the sun going down. Am now addicted to the Helios lens ...
@jyokota The Helios lens is a vintage lens, Russian, and there's an inbuilt aberration in the glass which gives photographs taken with a shallow dof a really lovely bokeh background whilst the little bit you've focussed on remains tack sharp. I can't remember how old the lenses are (40-50 years old?) but you can pick one up on Ebay for instance for a silly price. I think mine came from the Ukraine and was under £50 including postage. I came across the Helios here on 365 and am so glad I've got one. If you have time, I took a shot called Orange String earlier this week and you will see that the focus on the string itself is pretty sharp and everything else is blurred. It's a big learning curve for me as if you stop it down to f2 you have to compensate for the extra light coming in. Hope this helps, as you may be able to tell, I'm not terribly conversant with my camera settings!
With the light at the end, it feels like they are an apple train heading down the tracks towards an oncoming steam train! Enjoying your experiments with this lens.
the dust could simply be debris from the apple, it doesn't read as dust. The apple is in perfect focus and the depth of field just right. What a stunning apple study.
April 29th, 2019
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