Getting this site going has been a fun part of my life.  The site's still new, and and it excites me when folks take the time to visit.   One aspect of this which caused the creation of this site, and which has caused a fundamental change in my feelings over the years towards what tools I choose to use in my photography, specifically textures,  wideopen exposures, the exploration of projection lenses, gun camera lenses, magic lantern optics and the like as taking lenses.......... all the wonderful and offbeat techniques and things that can be had for so little money, and which now make me laugh at my long ago Rollei days when I'd pay a fortune for a lens becuase it was sharp and because of it's specs. 

      A trio of Kollmorgen projection lenses came up for sale on ebay, for $64.00 US, included shipping.  3 Art Deco masterpieces for approx. $21.00 a piece is a gamble I'll take anyday and so I bit.  Two of the lenses turned out not to be suited for my purposes, but are gonna make nice Art Deco style subject matter.  The third lens is a 5inch and very fast F2 optic which was worth the transaction, and what I've gotten from it has been right between the AeroEktar and Jim Galli's fabulous Secret Weapon lens, or at least that's my wishful thinking.

      When I shoot w/this kind of lens, I keep wanting to describe what I see as "Sharp to so out of focus it's surreal', or 'sharp to surreal', where the subject matter shares it's uniqueness w/the transition between it and the background.   It's all about the degree w/which these lenses do this. 

    Jim Galli's SW lens, combined with Jim's skill, gives us a benchmark for how the effects of these lenses can be explored.  I'm just happy I can ride along the same trail and pick up a few nuggets of my own. 

    This is a shot of lightbulb, nothing deep, nothing cerebral, which is geat by me............