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Subject: [Leica] IMG: An Experiment
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 13:29:45 -0500
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Hi George,

That was Ted's question, also.  I have done that, and it produces fine 
images.  But, it requires me to either stand, or place my chair right up 
against the fence and lean forward to get the camera in the right spot, 
neither of which is comfortable at my age.  I'm not looking for Sports 
Illustrated winners, just family interest snaps.  If I can do that and 
be comfortable at the same time, so much the better.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/26/2017 1:22 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>> On May 26, 2017, at 11:42 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> It was a late game on a chilly night, but I wanted to try an idea I had 
>> for minimizing the intrusion of the sideline fence while shooting from my 
>> chair near the fence.  By the time this shot was taken, it was almost 
>> 8pm, so the light was getting weak.  It was a rough outing for our boys 
>> in blue and white.  In this shot, the pitcher fooled my gr-grandson as 
>> well as his catcher, because the ball ended up at his feet.
>>
>> I added a B+W 103 ND 0.9 (8X) filter and set the lens at f/2.0, focusing 
>> just short of infinity.  As late as it was, I could have shot without the 
>> filter, but wanted to see how it performed.  I was seated about 3ft from 
>> the fence.  This image is cropped top and bottom, but is uncropped 
>> horizontally.  I was well satisfied with the result, and expect it to do 
>> even better in brighter light.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170525-DSCF2076.JPG.html
>>
>> The image is better seen when viewed LARGE.
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
> Can?t help wondering why you don?t have the lens right up against the fence
> and shoot right through the chain links.
>
> fond regards,
>
> George
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