Hi, I know I'm late with this for your purposes, but figured people might like know. I bought a Zykkor adapter for my trusted old friend, a Minolta 50mm prime MD lens, to work with my Nikon D3100. I'm still a beginner compared to most of you, but I'm happy with the adapter and have some comparisons for you to judge for yourselves.

First Set: The first photo is with a Nikor 105mm macro, aperture priority, f4.5, ISO 400. The next is using the Minolta 50mm prime with the adapter, manual. I believe this is the closest to the original color since the camera did not impose any programming on it at all.

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50mm w/adapter

I's Here! Love all the ibises, irises, ice, the inlet, and all the "I"nventive photos. I'm thinking ice. Here's a scan of a Kodachrome slide from the 1980s, taken in Alaska. I wonder if that glacier is still there? And a couple of snaps from some ice I set up for this topic. I had to add food coloring to it before I could focus on it!

Glacier Ice


Red Ice


Ice Platter

Thanks, Steve. Appreciate the look and comment.

Lol, that's why I almost never do them. Spent so much time with that one, I had to reheat the coffee. ;-)

Thanks to all who welcomed me and said nice things! Everything here is interesting; I love that so many people are able to appreciate photos for themselves as well as source material for even more artistic expression. After all, many painters use photos as sources, so why shouldn't computer imagers? Brent, your photo from under the flowers could be an illustration for Alice in Wonderland; William, "you go hungry" and "the lost grid" are standouts; Clasina, loved what you did with the beautiful marigold photo in Reflections; creativ simon, the daffodils are knockouts; llindstrand, love the kaleidoscope images, and the Balboa Park series, the last set of infrared images look like ice carvings; thewrightthings, so many "right" things! Sorry if I left anyone out, not intentional.

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I bet a lot of patience went into these. Good work!

Another great thread. My "two cents:"

Abandoned Concrete Blocks


Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

Thank you, Cam2000, the memories are better than the coffee. And thank you also, Linda. I love the feedback, I'm here to learn. :) :)

I appreciate your taking the time to post, Doduce, you are absolutely right with your observations. Actually, that was as stopped down as I could go; I was using a telephoto 4.5f 55-300mm so I could get close and still have everything in focus. Maybe I could try the wide angle and crop tight. Below is another view of the same subject I took at the same time with the same lens. I'm afraid the background is still pretty messy though.

AM brew facing out

Yes, please do! Thanks for looking.

Nothing common about this composition. Beautiful!

Just for fun, I had to make a special brew this morning. And then, of course, photograph it. The cup and saucer, etc. are from a set that my grandfather gave to my grandmother back in the 1920s when they lived in Little Italy (lower Manhatten). What are you drinking today?

am brew

What a fun post, so much talent let loose. Loved looking at all 40 pages! Please allow me to contribute some of mine ...

When Worlds Collide (2 flowers and a bud)


Dahlia on Acid


Floater


One more: a down-sized poster grouping

Thanks for the info. Am pleased to see the Essex train ride listed here, since the local photo group, SCLIPs (Suffolk County Long Island Photographers) has scheduled it for next month. Keeping fingers crossed for good weather!