1. I have been waiting for that question. I'm tempted to wait answering, but I'm going away for some days (shooting and listening to folk music). It is the root from a wind fallen spruce-fir tree. The hairy things on top of it, is some moss. For those of you unfamiliar with the term Troll: A troll is a beast, very similar to an orc. I believe Tolkiens orcs are inspired by Norwegian trolls. (What I do know is that parts of his mythological world are inspired by Norwegian and Finnish Myths). A "real" troll would never have been seen in the daylight, they are kind of vampirish, they burst when exposed to light. They are believed to have lived inside mountains. There are tales about how they created parts of our landscape, by throwing stones at each other when they where mad.
2. The same thing has struck me. But they are a lot smaller than the bokeh I'm used to see from mirror lenses. Puzzling yes, but I can assure you. It is shot with this lens and the converter. 3. I've already answered this one, it's an version 3. The first one with auto and f:2,8-4. Manufactured by, Komine. There is a chance I'll have more examples from this lens combo when I'm back from the folk music event. It depends on the mood I'm in, while digging music. Now I am going away within an hour. Have some packing to do. I'll let you know when I'm back Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian.) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -----Original Message----- From: Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 7. juli 2005 03:36 To: Tim Øsleby Subject: Re: "Test shoot" with my new Vivitar Series 1 70-210 & Pentax 1,7x AF-converter Tim, a couple (actually, three) questions: > I had a walk in the mountains with my new lens combo. There I found this, > "a Troll", they are rare. The name of this one is "Naustdalstrollet". > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=183414 1. Just what is the "troll" creature? (I'm assuming that it's some kind of brown-furred animal, but, beyond that, I can't "get a fix" on exactly what I am looking at.) > The picture is shot with *ist Ds at f:5,6, 1/250, at about 100mm x 1,7. > Haven't got a lens hood yet, but I don't really find much flare. The > bokeh is very present, but I like it very much. 2. The bokeh is indeed "very present", but is (to me) a bit puzzling. Looking at the background at the left center, the doughnut-shaped bokeh reminds me of a mirror lens photo. 3. Which VS1 70-210 version is the lens? Fred
