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

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Subject: [Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Sat Feb 25 10:04:03 2006
References: <C0259EAB.4C4C%telyt@earthlink.net> <DFDD7064-B36C-41F7-889A-09FEE13DEEC8@ralgo.nl>

It would be like waking up in an old  David Lynch "Twin Peaks"
episode :-)

Scott

bruce wrote:

> 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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In reply to: Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ([Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus))
Message from bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce) ([Leica] Long-eared Owl (Asio otus))