Blue Flax-442 Shootout - a photo on Flickriver

Blue Flax-442 Shootout

            "58mmShootOut" 

The Helios 44-2, like the Konica 58 lens has that blooming of the blue colors, but it also has the classic swirls starting to show themselves out in the mild specular highlights.
The area of focus is a bit shallower than either the Minolta or the Konica lenses because the Helios 44 lenses start at f2 where as the other two lenses are f1.4 lenses. So I'm not sure that's a particularly fair comparison. But that's the nature of these lenses. they are what they are.
But I do like the look of this lens. Here its just on the edge of begining the swirl. Had there been more specular highlights in the background (I should have watered this garden before I shot), I'm sure that this image would have been a full 44-2, classic, swirly image. 
But i did get enough of it going on to create some interest in the background. And the subject is pretty sharp as well. So I think this is a success!

   

Taken on: June 5, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS R7, f/0, 1/6400 sec, 0mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R7
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	1/6400 sec
Focal Length:	0mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Luminar Neo
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