Mophead Hydrangea, 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.
"Hydrangea macrophylla" is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Japan. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2 m tall by 2.5 m broad with large heads of pink or blue flowers in summer and autumn.
