Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The bird photo is the best, but the other two show off the lens performance very well. I am waiting to see what the new 9-18mm does and then get either that or the 7-14 when I come to the US in May. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Apr 19, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Richard Taylor wrote: > The clouds cleared briefly yesterday morning and we got a hint of the > summer on Cape Cod in the clarity of the air, glints on the water, and > strong sun. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010113.jpg.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/y64xgs8 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010121.jpg.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/y3j7tx4 > > Both were taken with the GF-1 and 7-14mm zoom at 7mm. This lens looks > really good a this focal length and shows no tendency to vignette. I > added a bit of vignetting to the first picture in processing. The first > shot is uncropped; the second one slightly cropped. > > You've seen this one-footed gull before. He's quite tame but not quite > tame enough to eat from a hand. This was also taken at 7mm but is a tight > (100%) crop from the center of the frame. I was only about four feet from > the gull. I did not use any sharpening in processing the RAW file. The > clouds were back by this time and I increased contrast a bit to liven the > shot. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010105.jpg.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/y52l6tv > > GF-1, 7-14 zoom at 7mm, ISO 100, f5.6 at 1/250th. > > C&C always welcome. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >