Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Sat Feb 25 09:12:45 2006
References: <C0259EAB.4C4C%telyt@earthlink.net>

Imagine awakening to see that looking at you ...............

B.

On 25-feb-2006, at 14:42, Douglas Herr wrote:

> on 2/25/06 5:32 AM, Don Dory at don.dory@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Doug,
>> Two points or so.  First, this is a wonderful shot at 72dpi.   
>> Second, it is
>> good to know that you are human too and require a tripod with an  
>> 800mm
>> lens.
>
> at 1/15 sec hand-held would be pushing my luck a bit ;-)
>
>>  Third, I suspect with some PS sharpening tricks this could in  
>> fact be
>> made into a reasonably sharp image at 11X14, the feathers and bars  
>> provide
>> edges that can be enhanced pretty easily with any artifacts buried  
>> in the
>> feather detail.
>
> I'd like to see what can be done.  I've uploaded a 100% crop of the  
> owl's
> face to http://www.wildlightphoto.com/temp/leow01crop.jpg.  The  
> file will be
> here for only a few days.  This file is level 10 .jpg, no PS work  
> other than
> color corrections and dust spotting.
>
>>
>>> Without further ado, my Long-eared Owl photo:
>>>
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/strigidae/leow01.html
>>>
>>> Hardware, etc: Leicaflex SL2, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, 1.4x APO- 
>>> Extender-R,
>>> Provia
>>> 400F film.  Exposure was probably 1/15 sec with mirror pre-release.
>>
>
> --
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus))
In reply to: Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ([Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus))