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Garden Cosmos, Heesch, Netherlands
This small little set from the garden is photographed using an unusual lens, a 50mm f/1.2:
https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/50mm-f12.htm
It has been in production since 1978, so longer than me. It's a tiny metal tank with manual aperture and focus. A fun little lens to play around with.
Other than age, the f/1.2 aperture is the really unusual part. Depth of field is extemely shallow, the lens is very fast, and focusing is very hard wide open. It also has a very particular bokeh that is both soft as well as a little chaotic. Parts in focus seem to "glow" a little.
"Cosmos bipinnatus" is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant native to Mexico. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as an ornamental plant in temperate climate gardens. It can also be found in natural areas in much of North America, where it is a garden escape and in some habitats becoming a weed.
