Horse Chestnut leaves unfurling

Canon AE1 + 50mm 1.4 @ f1.4 + extension tube.

Ilford Delta 100 + ID-11 stock, 8min 30sec.

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720nm IR-converted Olympus EM1 + Canon FD 50mm 1.4 @ f1.4

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From the series "Wide Open".
Close up of Cordyline leaf tip.

720nm IR-converted Olympus EM1, M42 Meyer Optik Görlitz Domiplan 50mm, wide open aperture + single extension tube
+ supplementary CU attachment.

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Taken in the early morning following overnight frost, ice crystals had formed on the upper margins of a Hebe leaf.

Olympus Pen-F + Olympus 60mm macro f2.8, wide open at f2.8 to focus attention on leading edges of leaf and throw background out of focus.

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From the "Wide Open" series collection of images taken at wide-open aperture, f2.0 in this case.

720nm IR-converted Olympus EM1 + Lensbaby.

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