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Subject: [Leica] IMG: A Different Friday Flower by Jim N.
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 11:49:42 -0500
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Thanks, Lluis.  I just decided to try something different.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lluis Ripoll" <luisripoll at telefonica.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: A Different Friday Flower by Jim N.


> Nice Jim, every time your flower pictures are better, on this I 
> appreciate the texture very well,
>
> Saludos cordiales
> Lluis
>
> El 08/05/2009, a las 7:11, Jim Nichols escribi?:
>
>> With my recent flower photos, I have made an effort to show the  beauty 
>> that can be found in common blooms.  In looking for an image  for this 
>> Friday, I was attracted to the shadows formed by the side- lighting on 
>> this Rhododrendron cluster. I decided to use the unusual  view this 
>> Friday, just to illustrate another way of viewing the  flowers.
>>
>> In some lens experimentation, I was using the closest example I have  to 
>> a "35mm standard" lens to use on the E-510, in this case a  Takumar 
>> 1.8/55mm, which becomes the equivalent of a 110mm lens in  terms of a 
>> full-frame 35mm system. The longer focal length is much  easier to focus 
>> than the Elmarit-R 2.8/28 that I have been using  lately, but the lens is 
>> not as sharp as the Leica lens.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shadows+14.tif.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: A Different Friday Flower by Jim N.)
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