Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: > A tele might've worked by making your shot out of the grass/shrubs upper > right side almost at the edge of the frame against the black bckgrd. > Probably a 400mm or in that range. Or walk closer and use a 200 might be > alright. Or a 400 with a macro adapter...... like wow!!!!!! ;-) > > Sorry mate but that's the way it goes sometimes. > ted > Actually Ted, I was lying flat on my stomach in three degrees of frost :-) The nearest blades of grass were VERY close and were always going to be lost. What I wanted was the frost on the seed heads. It wasn't originally taken as a show shot, I was using it to compare performance with a Digilux. It's an image I have very mixed feelings about; several people have said that they like it a lot, so I thought I would get the LUG's opinions. Once again the mixed response; like you I am not that sure. All the best, Peter PS a 400 on a IIIf??