Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Douglas, I agree, if I get the white board placed properly, it improves the scene. For me, I find that a short tele at a close distance works better than a long one with a far off subject, so a sneaky blind and an enticement to come close is the approach that I am pursuing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 2/21/2017 7:42 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: > The white certainly cleans up the background and defines the bird > better, Jim. > I hefted out my old Pentacon 300/5.6 M42, fitted it to the Sony A7ii, > and aimed it at the beech hedge where some small garden birds nest. > However, even with 300mm they appeared like specs - and blurry ones at > that. Nothing avian ventures near the house as there's a murderous cat > that considers anything with feathers fair game... > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" > <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera > Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 10:31 PM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: More Experimenting with Bird Images > > >> The birds were not very cooperative today. With white Styrofoam as a >> background, I tried the Leica-R 90 plus 2X Ext on both the X-E1 and >> the E-1. The one image that I got was with the E-1, which has a >> third the pixels of the X-E1 and hence less resolution. The >> Styrofoam works ok, but I need to stay with the better sensor. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170220-P2207022.JPG.html >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >