090621-Orchid-1771-83-Shd-NikWed10-19

75mm f/1.1 Rodenstock X-Ray Heligon lens. There's no iris in this lens; hence the shot is at f/1.1. The lens is in a jury-rigged mount and has no focus adjustment. Nikon D200. DOF Stacking of four images via Helicon Focus. (Now, you may think that's crazy: f/1.1 lens for blurred background, and focus-stacking to create DOF? In this case, I wanted the main central structures of the orchid blossom to be sharp, and the rest with a dreamy soft look. Focus stacking lets me control the DOF. Google Helicon Focus for info. About this class of lenses, Google Heligon, but at f/1.1 anything off the focus plane is really soft.)