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1. Ryan – An impromptu portrait on my nephew, Ryan, with the 25mm Biogon. I was very pleased with this shot. By the way, he's drinking Mountain Dew – might actually be worse than beer.

2. Muddy driveway and Felix – The 25mm Biogon – might shoot with the Planar, if I get another chance. The dog is a stray that showed up at the door as a puppy with another stray. The older dog wouldn't leave until the owners took the pup inside. Great dog – a real pack beast. He hates when visitors leave. If you look at the hills above the dog, you can see what appears to be chromatic aberration. I believe that what you see is a product of the scan, because it's not visible in the prints that I received.

3. The hay barn – I dialed in +2/3 compensation when I shot with the 25mm Biogon.

4.-5. Car, hillside and farm equipment – Once again, two takes on the same subject. I believe both are with the 25mm Biogon. I prefer the second shot. You can see some light falloff. I think the light falloff is exacerbated by underexposure of the scene. I like the effect, nonetheless.

6. Mail Pouch tobacco – This is one of two shots I want to reshoot when it's not raining cats and dogs (for those who don't speak English, it means it is raining extremely hard). Shot with the 25mm Biogon and then cropped it. I'd be tempted to try this with a Contax rangefinder with the f/4.0 135mm Sonnar.

7. New Freeport Baptist church – I also want to reshoot when the weather permits. The scanning process has added a noticeable moire to the second-story shutters. This was with the 25mm Biogon, and it's also been cropped. I would love to shoot this with black and white on 4x5.

8. Shed door – Possibly with the 50mm Planar, but I really don't remember, as I was switching lenses frequently. Now that I look at it, could be the 25mm Biogon.

9. Beer – Nothing better than a couple of beers and the 25mm Biogon. Actually, I rarely drink these days and haven't had a beer for about four years. I don't have any "problems" – I just gave it up.

10. Citation – Long story behind this, but it's a citation from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. This is for the guy who owns the property with his brother (name has been altered – only change to the photo). I shot this inside by the light of the room with the 25mm Biogon, wide open at about 1/15 second, if I recall. By the way, the guys were cigar smokers, nothing else.