Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quite the charming fellow, Peter. Were you worried about having a GeeBee moment? The second version (crop) is my favourite for the alert posture and the greater DoF. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] IMG: Portrait of a shameless moocher We were sitting on a mountain rock slide at 8200 feet (2500 m). Look who decided to join us for lunch. I had a 28/3.5 on the M8, but fortunately it crops down well. Here's the context: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003778SquirBoot-w.j pg.html And here's the same shot cropped tighter, without the boot. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003778TightCrop.jpg .html A couple of minutes later, I had the 90/3.5 VC on the camera, and managed to fill the frame with one of his cohorts. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/joseph08/edits/L1003789GndSquirCrop- w.jpg.html These little guys are FAST, but their desire to "have what you're having" gives the photographer a fighting chance. --Peter _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information