Lilium martagon, L.

 

Wild flowers collection as seen in nature, close up and macro shots

Revuenon Auto MC 50mm F1.8
Revuenon Auto MC 50mm F1.8

Revuenon Auto MC 50mm F1.8. Next vintage lens coming to test and try in the field

I'm going to buy this vintage lens, it's the clone of the most famous and known, PENTACON 50mm f/1.8. Change only the name brand on the barrel. But it's exactly a PENTACON. It costs a few tens of euros less, it is certainly less resalable in the future. But it is a lens with excellent characteristics, with F1.8 that fascinates and interests me. I'm looking for a good quality piece, we'll see if I get lucky.

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Equisetum telmateia, Ehrh.
Equisetum telmateia, Ehrh.

Plant Curiosity: Horsetail, the oldest plant on Earth

Equisetum telmateia, the great horsetail or northern giant horsetail, is a species of Equisetum (puzzlegrass) with an unusual distribution, with one subspecies native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa, and a second subspecies native to western North America. The North American subspecies is often simply but ambiguously called "giant horsetail"

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