Childhood Idyll (J-8 as nostalgia lens)

[Peter Klein]

There's something about the quality of the Jupiter 8's 1930s Sonnar design that suited this subject.

http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/25RabbitsBoy4.jpg
http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/16RabbitBoy.jpg
http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/23BoyRabbitBlack.jpg
http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/18RabbitMom.jpg

Zorki 4, 50/2 Jupiter-8, 1/60 at about f/4.5, Fuji Reala 400.

--Peter

 

[rover]

It is true, the J8 is known as the best bunny lens going.

 

[peter_n]

Very nice pics Peter! 🙂

 

[Doug]

Both a carrot AND a stick? A hare-raising sequence... 🙂

 

[Peter Klein]

> It is true, the J8 is known as the best bunny lens going.

Well, I was referring to the painterly, impressionistic quality of the optical abberations rendering a dreamlike, nostalgic view of childhood memories. . . Aw, forget it. . . 😉

> Both a carrot AND a stick? A hare-raising sequence...

Uh-huh. . . 😀

Thanks for the comments!

--Peter

 

[reagan]

Great shots Peter. (Opportunities I probably would have missed after laying my camera down to grab a stick and carrots!)

 

[captainslack]

*sigh*

Six comments into this thread and no one has made a Peter Rabbit joke. I'm disappointed. 😀

 

[Peter Klein]

"Not to mention the deeply-rooted pressure exerted on him by his
extreme sibling rivalry with Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail... "

(from the musical, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)

--Peter

 

[fgianni]

I was referring to the painterly, impressionistic quality of the optical abberations rendering a dreamlike, nostalgic view of childhood memories

Try shooting with a SMENA Symbol then you'll see what dreamlike pictures are! 😉

 

[Sonnar Brian]

I'm looking at the pictures, and think of:

"Can we have rabbits at our farm, George"
and
"But it's just a Harmless Little Bunny"

But no Peter Cottontail jokes.

I do like the Jupiter.

And my entry into Kids Feeding Cute Critters taken with J-8's is:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1092&cat=3204&page=4

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1093&cat=3204&page=1

 

[cameosis]

I'm looking at the pictures, and think of:
"But it's just a Harmless Little Bunny"

hehehe ... now, where is my holy handgrenade of antioch? 😀