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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Reclusive Monarch
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 08:54:44 -0500
References: <fb46bb20-9f89-d356-d06f-4e68d83c49cf@lighttube.net> <cb14019f-b39d-e0c7-26f8-ed54f48c83fa@summaventures.com>

Thanks, Peter.

On 9/4/21 4:58 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> Really like that sense of movement and the sharpness of the Monarch.
> Great capture (perhaps not the best term for wildlife :-)  )
>
> Peter
>
> On 03/09/2021 21:16, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Thirty years ago, when computers were getting involved in lens design, I
>> was shooting a Pentax Spotmatic.? I visited a consignment shop in Ft.
>> Worth and spotted a Soligor 35/f 2.0 lens in m43 mount, a FL I was
>> missing, so I bought it. I later learned that the C/D inscription meant
>> it was computer-designed. I decided today to take the lens out for a
>> spin.? (Did I mention that this lens focuses down to 1 foot?)? I spotted
>> two butterflies around the Buddleia, so I moved in closer and tried with
>> no success to get some images.? The smart insects managed to keep
>> foliage between themselves and the camera. Finally, I saw the Monarch
>> fly away from the Buddleia and I snapped in that direction.
>>
>> I got a single image of the butterfly.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210903-DSCF2691-Enhanced.JPG.html
>>
>>
>> I know my 50-200 Oly lens would have done a better job, but it wouldn't
>> have been a challenge.
>>
-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Reclusive Monarch)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] IMG: Reclusive Monarch)