Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]for those of you in and around london, england, this week- end ............ art wolfe is one of the main speakers at a travel writers and photographers convention. see: http:// www.travellerstalesfestival.com/ Bruce. On 18-feb-2009, at 3:54, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I thought so,too - that most were out of focus and mightily > sharpened in > Photoshop. A fast frame rate and subsequent cropping would be my > guess. Try > these galleries (other than Doug!) for great nature/action shots: > > Ron Reznick: http://www.digital-images.net/Gallery/Wildlife/ > wildlife.html > > John Shaw: http://www.johnshawphoto.com/galleries.html > > Wayne Lynch: http://www.waynelynch.ca/owls_gallery.html > > Art Wolfe: > http://www.artwolfe.com/index.php#at=0&s=0&p=1&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&a=2 > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Doug Herr > <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>wrote: > >> Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> >>>>>> >> On Feb 17, 2009, at 2:10 AM, Gary wrote: >> >>> >>> A friend sent this link to me... Comments? >>> >>> >>> http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578 >>> >> >> >> These are FANTASTIC action shots. I find them much more appealing >> than the usual bird photographs where the subjects look like they >> were stuffed and mounted in a museum. They imply that the >> photographer had lightning quick reflexes, a camera with minimum >> shutter lag, great focusing ability with a long telephoto lens, and >> an almost infinite supply of film. Are any technical details >> available for these photos, camera, lens, film or digital, location? >> <<<< >> >> The vast majority of wildlife photographers depend more on fast >> frame rates >> than lightning quick reflexes or minimum shutter lag, keeping a >> cross-type >> AF sensor on the subject and "sharpening" software instead of great >> focussing ability (didja notice the sharp background and blurry >> bird photo, >> and all the sharp tails and "sharpened" osprey heads?) and a fast >> large-capacity memory card instead of film. Go to any internet >> wildlife >> photography forum and it's all about IS or VR, AF speed and the >> aperture the >> lens needs to be to make the AF work acceptably fast, frame rates, >> and high >> ISO. Reflexes are a thing of the past, and the skills required >> now are more >> in programming the camera and lens than in eye/hand coordination. >> I'm not >> intending to grump on anyone's photos, that's just how it is. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Kailua >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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