Two shots from a really ugly lens...

[3stones]

I jost got a really ugly lens. Everytime I look at it and I think of the title picture in Bjorn's lens page (http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2_nPC.html). I think my new lens might have been fallen out of his trunk. :wink:

Looking at these two pictures, the lens seems ok.

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Both were shot with D2H and handheld. Any idea these wild flowers are called? Thanks for reading and viewing.

 

[kramp]

Yes looks like the lens is okay but what lens is it?

Martin

 

[MontyDog]

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[Greg]

the purple may be a blue dogbane. If I could see more of the plant it would help. The second looks a lot like a thimbleweed but if so I think you are on the western edge of it's renage. look these up on the web and see if they are what you saw.

 

[3stones]

the purple may be a blue dogbane. If I could see more of the plant it would help. The second looks a lot like a thimbleweed but if so I think you are on the western edge of it's renage. look these up on the web and see if they are what you saw.

Greg, thanks for ID's. I think this one is blue dogbane,

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The unknown flower is about 8-10 inch tall. Unfortunately, I don't have a whole plant shot. Here is another close-up,

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[3stones]

Paul was correct. The lens used was Nikkor 60mm micro and it's beat-up pretty badly. Fortunately, the glasses look clean.

I got it recently from Keh.com. So be careful when you buy used stuff and you really have no idea what you'll get.