[Leica] A couple of Friday Flowers

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

I generally don't post the EXIF info, as I've had people get easily 
hung up on the equipment, and judge a photo based on whether it's 
shot with a Leica or a Panasonic or whatever. I use a very large 
variety of equipment so mostly I pick up what is handy, or what I 
feel is particularly suited to a specific situation. Film goes from 
35mm through every 120/220 size up to 6x12 and 4x5, and digital from 
tiny sensors to FF 24x36 size.

These two were shot with a Canon 5DMkII and a Canon 100/2.8 macro. 
This lens is the one that came out just before the current one with 
IS. It's good, but the new one is definitely better in most regards 
(except size and price). I have other macro lenses that are as good 
or better under some circumstances, but this lens is quite convenient 
and I had to act fast before the light changed and/or the rain 
stopped.

These were both shot at about f/5.6. The hydrangea blossoms are very 
tiny, so the magnification is much higher that that of the iris; 
maybe about 1.5:1. ISO about 400 or 800 (the Canon is quite good at 
either, so it doesn't matter much). The images came through LR with a 
custom calibration that I created with a Colorchecker Passport, which 
BTW is something everyone that is serious enough about shooting 
digital raw should seriously consider getting.


At 3:50 PM -0400 5/21/10, Vince Passaro wrote:
>They are beautiful. Were you using film or you just know how to keep your
>exif data to yourself? I'd love to know camera/lens etc. It helps me learn.
>
>Vince
>
>On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at 
>archiphoto.com>wrote:
>
>>  Thanks everyone for the very nice comments.
>>
>>  I like taking pictures after (or even during a rain, like two days ago 
>> when
>>  I took these), both for the water droplets and the nice soft light. As 
>> long
>>  as you have enough light it usually makes better pictures.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Both very nice.  I especially like the raindrops.
>>>
>>>  Jim Nichols
>>>  Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Wulff" <
>>>  henningw at archiphoto.com>
>>>  To: <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>  Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:56 PM
>>>  Subject: [Leica] A couple of Friday Flowers
>>>
>>>
>>>    An iris:
>>>>   http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/flowers/IMG_9915.jpg.html
>>>>   A climbing hydrangea:
>>>>   http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/flowers/IMG_9928.jpg.html
>>>>   --
>>>>


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