Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Len, Posy is a rather gorgeous old lady - getting on for 9 years now - very talkative, which isn't supposed to be trait of her breed, Somali cats are supposed to be wonderful climbers too, but Posy gets only about 2 feet up the Cherry tree in the garden, looks embarrassed, falls off and runs into the house to hide. I think I'll have to play around with the 105 , being somewhere between a 90 and a 135 it's not really something I'm used to. Cheers Douglas Leonard Taupier wrote: > Douglas, > > This is a beautiful cat portrait. Posy looks quite content in the > warming sun. A beautiful animal. > > The lens looks sharp enough to me. At that focal length and f stop the > DOF is fairly narrow. But the photo transitions in and out of focus > very gracefully. I think that's what's giving the impression of low > contrast. > > A very nice photo, > Len > > > On Feb 18, 2007, at 9:03 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> Three things came out in the garden today: >> 1) The sun >> 2) Posy the cat, to sniff some fresh air: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Cats/_MG_5448_edited-1.jpg.html >> >> >> 3) Me, first to have a coffee and then spray some house-plants to try >> and get rid of the infinitesimal spider mites that turn up every >> winter when the heating is on, strangely enough only on one plant. >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> Technical stuff: Canon 20D / Rollei QBM 2.8/105mm at f4, ISO 400 >> Still not sure about the lens, I picked it up very reasonably s/h a >> while back. >> It's not much bigger than a 50mm, it seems to be quite sharp in the >> details (whiskers and catch light in Posy's eye), but with an overall >> soft look. Colour rendering is almost perfect as far as I can see, >> but contrast is a little low. Might make a good portrait lens - if I >> ever took portraits. :-) >> >>