New Year's Bouquet

My girlfriend received a nice bouquet for her birthday and our new home. I got myself a new lens, and a paramender over the holidays.

This will make an excellent 11x11 whenever I can next setup the colour darkroom. The 135mm lens is definitely a good one, despite certain online criticisms, and leaves nothing to be desired.

I'll make a comparison with the 180mm one of these days, but for now I'm happy to have found a lighter one. But I think I prefer the perspective of the 135mm, which allows to give a little more volume than a longer lens.

And Ektar was just made for the rich, saturated colours of flowers. The rendition is gorgeous, even at the pixel-peeping level.