Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good for you Sonny your the nastiest guy in the neighborhood! With more built up nastiness and pure raw stupidity than I've ever seen. On 3/13/13 7:42 PM, "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Nope. You are wrong Mark. > It is about making a pretty picture of flowers. > Screw getting information sharp. > Stupid rules about grain that you set. > Why do my 21 mm lenses not suit you? > If you have some helpful information, share it. > You want us all to lock step and go shoot at night on the West side? > ;-) > > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> I may be you got the green leaf sharp and not so much the purple. >> Regardless I think the shoot wide open ethic is way over used. >> Its an effect which his its very limited usages. The people I knew called >> it >> "a selective focus shot" which is not a good phrase for it as its vague. >> Macro photography is hard. Dying is easy. >> Macro photography is for sure not about shooting wide open. >> Its about stopping down as much as you can with the hope that maybe >> you'll >> get the needed information sharp. >> And sure if you have a fast lens you need to be able to use it wide open >> or >> there's no point. I just don't think macro shots are that point. >> Right now I'd kill for a 50 1.4 I can use. >> 1.8 seems kind of run of the mill. >> >> >> On 3/11/13 1:38 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I recently had to have my Summilux 50 focus recalibrated and I try to >> take >>> opportunities to shoot it in focus critical conditions to confirm that it >>> and I are working well together once more. >>> A breezy day, lens wide open and at minimum focus distance today. I like >> to >>> set myself a challenge ;-) >>> >>> This one and next two >>> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/149147859> >>> >>> Caution: contain bountiful bokeh >>> >>> *If you want to take more interesting pictures, >>> stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/