Tales from the Vienna Woods... [Explore 27-08-22]

            SMC Pentax-FA 85mm f:2.8 Soft

Soft focus lenses rather belong to a by-gone age... and they are far from easy to use - and to use well. Luckily I have found inspiration and tips from a Flickr photo-friend and am beginning to learn... His user-name is Chetworth delGato and if you are interested in soft-focus, or in large-format sheet-film photography, his site is a God-send!

Here a view of the Vienna Woods from the outskirts of the city. Taken in the Pentax Custom Image mode "muted". Further processed and cropped to square-format in the Pentax K-1 using the built-in RAW-converter and the "digital filters" provided in the camera. Some minor touch-ups in my digital darkroom, SilkyPix Developer Studio Pro 9. Note the low contrast and low colour saturation. Again, an attempt to create a painterly image, perhaps remiscent of the pre-WWI Viennese "Atmospheric Impressionists" ("Stimmungsimpressionisten").

Location: taken from the "Steinhofgründe", the former farm of Vienna's Otto Wagner Spital, once a major psychiatric institute.

Taken on: August 26, 2022

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-1, f/0, 1/500 sec, 85mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-1
Lens:	smc PENTAX-FA SOFT 85mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	85mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro 9
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