Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug -- superb picture and the 100 APO is very impressive. But considering the crop factor of the DMR, I think the 100 APO only qualifies as wide, not ultra-wide. Robert On May 2, 2010, at 11:29 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > This weekend I made a quick trip (for family) to Brookings Oregon, > on the Pacific coast just north of the California/Oregon border. > While there I found a female Ruffed Grouse who was far more > tolerant of a camo-clad photographer than I expected: > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/rugrou00.html > > The background was a bit difficult to work with because of the > clutter of the leaf litter on the forest floor; also the grouse' > preferred habitat is the dense understory of the Pacific > Northwest's temperate rain forest, so getting a clear view of the > bird meant getting really really close with an ultrawide-angle lens > (100mm APO in this case). Now, about the background... I wanted a > darker background behind the bird's head, which in this particular > case was more distant. The best way to get the dark background was > a very low camera angle, which meant on my belly in the rain forest > with huge banana slugs nearby. > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 100mm APO, slight crop, shoulder stock, > heavy fog/light drizzle lighting. All comments welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information