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Subject: [Leica] IMG: More Skippers
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:25:55 -0500
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Thanks, Jayanand.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: More Skippers


> Jim,
> Lessons learnt, it would seem. Superb detail - I see no effects of
> diffraction even at f13? I would not dare to use my various digital kits
> over f11 at the best of times, and on the D800E diffraction is apparent at
> anything over f8.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Jim Nichols 
> <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote:
>
>> I received some valuable tips yesterday from Dean Hansen, on using
>> lighting angles to bring out the texture and details of butterfly wings. 
>> I
>> tried to round up some subjects today to put them into practice.
>>
>> Since the sun provides the only light source for my work, it comes down 
>> to
>> insect angles and camera position.  The first was done with the lens at
>> f/13 for details.  The light brought out the texture of the wings, but 
>> the
>> background was not as far OOF as I would have liked.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Skipper+14.jpg.html
>>
>> I opened up to f/5.6 for the second shot, and, although the light angle
>> did not pick up the texture as well, the bokeh is better.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Skipper+26.jpg.html
>>
>> E-1 and Zuiko Digital 35 Macro
>>
>> 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: More Skippers)
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