Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 6, 2019, at 3:52 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Limited for the moment with the gear at hand, an Oly E-510 with the ZD 50-200 lens at 200 on a Leica-R shoulder stock, I decided to try to improve my technique. I locked the shutter speed at 1/1000 to cut down on movement and force the aperture wide open. I then raised the ISO to 400 to keep the exposure within range, knowing I could lose some sharpness. Then I went looking for victims. > > I found this young bee giving me the eye from one of my neighbors' nice orange flowers. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190806-P8066905.JPG.html > > Then this Common Buckeye showed up. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190806-P8066915.JPG.html > > Both shot at ISO 400, 1/1000 at f/3.5. > > I'm pleased with the results. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA ==================================================================================== Super shots, as usual. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt