Cat Tails and Sunflowers

This is a different sort of style for me...at least different from the style I normally bring to this sort of subject. 

I wanted to see how the Mamiya 7 would handle being shot wide open.  These images confirm my guess that the out of focus fall off is not very pronounced unless you are at a minimal focusing distance. Seems the one real weakness of the system is he f4 lens.  Oh well, I have other tools for very narrow depth of field shots.

I like these as they are in any case.

Mamiya 7, FP4, Thornton's 2-bath developer

Comments

[Elaine-]

very pretty pictures, like them in the soft black and white :)

[SteveM]

The softness is part of what is different for me.
Glad you like it.

[Erinn]

Great shots, I like. I've been seeing more stuff from the Mamiya 7, and am intrigued now.