Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You should post these on one of the Leica forums where they rave about very expensive lenses and illustrate with very cheap looking photos. You could tell them these were made with a $10,000 Leica lens and everybody would fall all over themselves praising the beautiful bokeh. Then you could explain that you don't need expensive lenses to take gorgeous photos. Tina On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:53 PM, kyle cassidy on the lug < leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: > > Yesterday Jim Nichols issued a challenge -- "But can the iLeica be used to > photograph flowers?!" > > And I can't resist a challenge. So ... > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/ileica-flower1.jpg > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/ileica-flower3.jpg > > The most difficult part was actually finding any live flowers. After a raid > on the gardens of several neighbors it was simple to set up a small studio > with a black cloth background. The designers at Solms made the iLeica > perfectly, it could not be enhanced. Instead of a simple macro mode, the > photographer gets to use a very expensive Peak Loupe, which costs more > than many 35mm lenses, to use for close focusing. In the catalog this part > is referred to as an OOUCKY and it is attached by a series of clamps from > the dollar store. > > I didn't realize how DUSTY flowers are and that next time I endeavor to do > this I'll have someone wash the flowers first. > > I leave y'all to be the final judges, but I think one can say "the iLeica > is well suited for the closeup photography of flowers". > > kc > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com