Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, I have done exactly that, and it works well. But, as you will understand, at 87, my legs get tired standing, and I'm not as steady on my feet as I once was. So, I am trying to work out a way to shoot more comfortably. By the way, Happy Birthday tomorrow! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/26/2017 12:07 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi Jim, > While shooting baseball I often put the lens right on the wire fence with > centre of the lens dead centre in the middle of a fence opening and set > shutter wide open. Or not stopped down more than one stop and you never saw > the fence anytime. And all was as sharp as you want! The main thing to be > careful of is the glass isn't riding with fence cross wires toughing the > glass. If you put a filter on then you don't have to worry. > cheers, > ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Jim Nichols > Sent: May-26-17 9:43 AM > To: LUG at Leica-Users.org; Olympus Camera Discussion > Subject: [Leica] IMG: An Experiment > > It was a late game on a chilly night, but I wanted to try an idea I had > for minimizing the intrusion of the sideline fence while shooting from > my chair near the fence. By the time this shot was taken, it was almost > 8pm, so the light was getting weak. It was a rough outing for our boys > in blue and white. In this shot, the pitcher fooled my gr-grandson as > well as his catcher, because the ball ended up at his feet. > > I added a B+W 103 ND 0.9 (8X) filter and set the lens at f/2.0, focusing > just short of infinity. As late as it was, I could have shot without > the filter, but wanted to see how it performed. I was seated about 3ft > from the fence. This image is cropped top and bottom, but is uncropped > horizontally. I was well satisfied with the result, and expect it to do > even better in brighter light. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170525-DSCF2076.JPG.html > > The image is better seen when viewed LARGE. > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >