An exhibition devoted to a comparative vision of the work of the painter Georgia O'Keeffe and the photographer Ansel Adams, two of the greatest American artists of the 20th century, opened in 2008. In this post I would like to recommend you the book that accompanied it. ...

En 2008 se inauguró una exposición sobre una visión comparada de la obra de la pintora Georgia O'Keeffe y del fotógrafo Ansel Adams, dos de los más grandes artistas norteamericanos del siglo XX. En esta entrada del blog quiero recomendaros el libro que acompañó a dicha exposición. ...

The Pentacon 135mm f/2.8 lens was produced in East Germany in the 1960s/70s of the last century and as it was usual in that country and at that time, it is a copy of a model from another manufacturer. It is important to know that there were two different versions of this lens: the first, with a 15 blades diaphragm produced a beautiful bokeh, so it is known as "Bokeh monster" (this adjective was also used in a lens from a different brand but with similar characteristics), while the second version has a poorer quality construction and only 6 blades in the diaphragm. ...

El Pentacon 135mm f/2.8 es una lente producida en la Alemania del Este en los años 60/70 del siglo pasado y como era habitual en ese país y en ese momento, surgió como copia de un modelo de otro fabricante. Tenemos que distinguir claramente entre sus dos versiones más conocidas: la primera, con un diafragma compuesto por 15 palas, produce unos espectaculares desenfoques por lo que es conocida como "bokeh monster" (este calificativo fue usado también en otro objetivo de similares características pero de diferente marca), mientras que la segunda versión tiene una construcción más p...

  La fotografía aérea de balsas de residuos mineros no es algo novedoso pero se ha popularizado en los últimos años con la irrupción en el mercado de drones equipados con cámaras fotográficas de calidad a un precio asequible. Muchos fotógrafos de naturaleza nos hemos sentido atraídos por este fascinante mundo de colores, formas y texturas y hemos incorporado este tipo de fotografías a nuestro porfolio. ...

  Aerial photography of mining waste is not something new, but it has become very popular in the last years with the appearance of drones equipped with quality cameras at an affordable price in the market. Many nature photographers have been attracted by this fascinating world of colors, shapes and textures and we have incorporated this type of images into our portfolio. ...

In this post I want to recommend you a small book whose reading has been really inspiring for me. First of all, the book has nothing to do directly with photography, it is simply an essay on the importance of shadows in traditional Japanese culture. The work is  "In praise of shadows" by Junichiro Tanizaki.     The title is descriptive of the content of the book; the plot line is the importance of capturing the beauty of things through the shadows and chiaroscuro that they generate, beauty tha...

En esta entrada os quiero recomendar la lectura de un pequeño librito, solamente referido a su reducido tamaño, cuya lectura me ha resultado realmente inspiradora. Vaya por delante que el libro no tiene nada que ver directamente con la fotografía, es simplemente un ensayo sobre la importancia de las sombras en la cultura tradicional japonesa. La obra se titula "El elogio de la sombra" de  Junichiro Tanizaki.     El título es descriptivo del conteni...

When doing close-up photography, I occasionally use some old manual lens, looking for different results, with a more painterly aspect. Most of these lenses are not "macro", so the approach to the subject is complicated unless we use a specific accessory. To prepare this blog post I have used 4 different analog lenses and a 100mm macro digital lens. In each image I indicate the focal length and aperture used for each shot. First of all I show you 3 photographs taken of the same specimen of Anacamptis papilonacea. ...