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Reading poetry

            The smc PENTAX SOFT  1:2.2 85mm can be a tricky, sometimes even disappointing, lens to use, but if you follow the advice of the instruction leaflet, it can produce images like no other! Pentax recommended that it be used for portrait, still-life, and close-up photography, further, with an extender (tele-converter) and/or extension-tubes. I understand that to mean that it is not intended for landscapes, unless an extender is used. For this image I used the Rear Converter-A 1.4-L.
I'm thrilled with the painterly rendering, the extended depth of field (despite an effective focal length of 120mm combined with a medium aperture) and the lovely "sfumato" effect in the corners and on the edges. I was on the point of posting an SOOC jpg in sepia, when I took a look at the RAW image, which had its own appeal in colour - again I was tempted to post it SOOC. A little cropping, some slight adjustments to "exposure" and colour, and some vignetting resulted in this final image.

PENTAX K-1

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Taken on: May 5, 2023

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PENTAX K-1

SMC Pentax 85mm f:2.2 soft

Soft focus lens

soft image

Soft bokeh

mood

atmosphere

thought

reading

contemplation

poetry

sfumato

Pictorialism

Steinhofgründe

VIENNA

Vienna, Austria

Vienna Woods

Painterly

Green

Evening light

Pentax Art

Pentax Life

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-1, f/0, 1/320 sec, 120mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-1
Lens:	SMC Pentax 85mm f:2.2 Soft
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	120mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro 9
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