Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful colours Adam, I agree about the DOF. The colours are beautiful, but because things go out of focus so easily your eye is confused by the fact that there is only one tulip in focus, but several that are almost in focus. thanks for posting, Peter Dzwig Jim Nichols wrote: > Adam, > > I love the colors and tulips in general. In my opinion, the DOF is too > shallow for the subject. I have no fault with the Bokeh, but feel that > the full image would have been better if closed down a stop or two. > Thanks for posting. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 1:22 PM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Stand of Tulips with M8 & 35 Sumicron ASPH > > >> I have a favorite bit of garden down the street from me about a mile. >> The owners of this corner do wonderful things over the course of the >> year some of which I've posted here in the past. >> >> Saturday I had the M8 and my camera bag so I stopped on the way back >> from the grocery store and worked the site. >> >> This one is with a 35mm sumicron, shot wide open. I had this >> impressionistic idea when I sat down, maybe it's that image of poppy >> fields. I also tried a Noctilux but to shoot wide open I'd have had to >> use a neutral density filter and I don't have one to fit the Noct - >> although now I'm going to invest in one! I also shot with a 90mm which >> gave informative results but nothing I wanted to post. Learning to use >> these will be fun. >> >> I bought this lens from a forum member who didn't like the bokah but I >> think it works here... >> >> <http://www.idea-processing.com/Images/L1000671-Edit.jpg> >> >> Processed in the new Lightroom 1.0 and PS3 (although I'm deleting that >> one from my desktop system because it REALLY screws things up and for >> some reason Lightroom won't let me open any other helper application >> for image editing than PS3...shame on that puppy! I'll write a bug >> report to Adobe...yada yada yada). >> >> Anyway - your thoughts would be appreciated. >> >> Adam >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >