Fancy new lenses don’t make the image

Do you need a fancy new lens to take interesting pictures? Not if you have any old ones sitting around—take some time to experiment with your “duds”.

Well, there’s no accounting for taste, but I like this image for its color, composition and blur. It was taken with an old Olympus 50mm f/1.2 that I had converted to Nikon mount by S.K. Grimes. Every lens “draws” uniquely, so I periodically cycle through my oddballs in hopes of getting some fresh ideas. The Olympus 50/1.2 looks like it deserves some exploration.

Child’s Play
(Nikon D3 + Olympus 50mm f/1.2 @ f/1.2, ISO 3200)