Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice birdies, Adam, despite the messy background. And the little flower proves once again that the 100mm Apo Macro is the best small-format lens ever made by any company. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Apr 8, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > Along Putah Creek, east of Winters, is a rookery for great blue herons. > This one has been there at least 5 years that I know of. > > Today I took the 560 Telyt, tripod, and the NEX-7 to see what I could make > of it. > > My experience was positive - the lens handles much better with the NEX-7 > than it does with the huge Canon 1Ds MKII attached. But I didn't take my > industrial-strength tripod with me so there was a bit of jiggle in these > images. I got some killer HD video though that I'll share after I edit > down for those who are interested. > > The image of the lone bird on the nest is full-frame. The image of the two > herons working on their nest is somewhat cropped. > > This leads you to the latter image: > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/15932409_sLDV2F#!i=1784315389&k=N6XvG4v> > > I only did a little bit of sharpening to this image. > > I'm guessing that the nest is between 70 and 90 meters from the camera. > More to the long side than the short one, but I'm not great at judging > distances. > > I have included full-resolution images. There appears to be quite a bit of > chromatic aberration which surprises me a bit. Not sure what is going on > there. > > Also, for your viewing pleasure, is this little flower I passed in the > country-side south of town. I had seen it earlier in the day when I was > cycling, and I'd stopped and taken a few photos with the 35mm Summicron I > had on the NEX-7 at the time. But I wanted to explore it a bit closer > because the flower itself is quite small, only a couple of cm or so. > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/22003432_Lz2PWj#!i=1784951420&k=n8nGd9M&lb=1&s=A> > > This is with the 100mm Leica APO-R. I used the new Noviflex mount which > makes for a very stable mount although it presents a few issues with lens > removal but nothing major, just a little to fuss with. > > Again I have put up the full-sized image if you want to peer more deeply > into the image. > > Comments/critique/criticism always appreciated. > > Enjoy! > > Adam Bridge > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >