Photographing flowers offers endless possibilities. There is an old tree in the yard that blooms in the fall, and this year it has been spectacular. The first set of images was taken with the Nikon FM2 and the 85mm f/2 on a roll of Rollei Superpan 200 that was sitting around. The 85mm f/2 sure is a sweet lens and makes a nice companion to the 50mm f/2 and the 28mm f/2 (which are also great).
In the end, though, do such things even matter? Elliott Erwitt said, “Good photography is not about ‘Zone Printing’ or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It’s just about seeing. You either see, or you don’t see. The rest is academic. Photography is simply a function of noticing things. Nothing more.”
