Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice Jim, every time your flower pictures are better, on this I appreciate the texture very well, Saludos cordiales Lluis El 08/05/2009, a las 7:11, Jim Nichols escribi?: > With my recent flower photos, I have made an effort to show the > beauty that can be found in common blooms. In looking for an image > for this Friday, I was attracted to the shadows formed by the side- > lighting on this Rhododrendron cluster. I decided to use the unusual > view this Friday, just to illustrate another way of viewing the > flowers. > > In some lens experimentation, I was using the closest example I have > to a "35mm standard" lens to use on the E-510, in this case a > Takumar 1.8/55mm, which becomes the equivalent of a 110mm lens in > terms of a full-frame 35mm system. The longer focal length is much > easier to focus than the Elmarit-R 2.8/28 that I have been using > lately, but the lens is not as sharp as the Leica lens. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shadows+14.tif.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information