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Subject: [Leica] IMG: More Insects, New Approach
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:01:34 +0530
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Jim,
The shot of that bee is really exceptional
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
lighttube.net>wrote:

> Someone recently suggested that longer lenses may be easier to use for some
> insect shots, because one does not spook the critter by getting to close.  
> I
> recalled that I have a pristine late model Super-Multi-Coated Takumar
> 135/3.5 which has seen little use.  Realizing that the minimum focusing
> distance of the lens is around 5 feet, I thought this might be a problem.
>  It turned out that the lens is usable, but getting down to 3 feet would be
> an improvement.
>
> Silver Spotted Skipper in a shadowy spot:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Skipper.jpg.html
>
> Bumble Bee climbing out after finishing his chores inside a bloom:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Climbing+Out.jpg.html
>
> Seeing the quality of the images that this lens produces, I will try to
> improve my technique with it.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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