Just A Weed

[barmstrong]

No bugs this time...:)

This is a weed that seems to be kind of common. It grows in my vegetable garden every year and normally get yanked out. I was chasing a grasshopper when this caught my eye. Let me know what you think and also identify this weed if you can.

BTW, Robert, this was taken with a Lester A. Dine 105mm as were most of my bug shots.:D Rescued that lens from a pawn shop along with the Fuji S1 Pro.

[Photobiologist]

Looks like one of the clovers. If you have some pictures that are "less artistically balanced?" and show more of the plant, shoot them to me via e-mail or something.

Yep, those macros are pretty sharp (especially the older ones).

I like the composition & colors on this one.

[mrsisu]

Can you tell us more about the Lester Dine lenses? I am not familiar with them but they certainly do the job very nicely

[kimberly]

Great detail! I also want to know more about this lense. Nice job.

[barmstrong]

Thanks, Robert. I will try to get a better photo for identification in the spring.

Don, Robert probably knows more about the Lester Dine lenses than I do. All I know is that they were sold as part of a medical/dental photography kit along with the Fuji S1 and a ring flash.

[Photobiologist]

Here is what I think I know about the Lester A. Dine lens:

For current info check out www.dinecorp.com.

I think their current lenses are made by Sigma? Their older lenses were made by Kiron (Kiro Prescision?) in Japan and have somewhat of a cult status. They are big & heavy compared to "modern" macro lenses. They have a 1 3/4 barrel turn manual focus system that takes you from 1:10 to 1:1; it is slow, steady, & SMOOTH. Since a LOT of macro photography is manual focus anyway, it really isn't that much of a hindrance for macro photography. Aperature ranges from f/2.8 to f/32.0. The lense is optically a great lens and is very sharp & produces very nice bokeh.

I've got a buddy who (so far at least) can almost always recognize a shot that I have taken with that lens - whether macro or not.

[rpk717]

Interesting about the lens, from what I've seen "sharp" is a pretty good description. This does look like a clover, just opened some and with less density in the flower part. Nice shot, sharp and the colors pop.