Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug's birds, as usual, are on a level beyond what most of us can dream of. On a more fallible mortal level, here's my latest foray into the six-legged world. http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/Jaws6233.jpg When this one came up on the screen, I imagined a line that might have come from some 1930s pulp science fiction novel: "His murderous mantibles gaping in anticipation, General Gzalpth loomed above the supine Princess Aurelia. . ." Coolpix 990. The usual 35 Summicron-M-cum-closeup lens replaced by the 28/2.8 Zuiko, which chops off the corners, but magnifies a bit more. Nice bokeh. Total field is 8mm wide. It also clearly shows the contrast limitations of a digicam, and *you* try getting a strand of dust out of a mouth less than 1mm wide! Still, it's fun to photograph things so small you can't see them. - --Peter Klein (trying to be the Bugman of Seattle?) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html