Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/09/18

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Subject: [Leica] Wednesday Weeds
From: amagayneroshak at gmail.com (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:34:48 -0500

On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com>wrote:

>Greetings to all.  I must confess to collecting a largish number of fast
>lenses with serious optical faults specifically to look a bit more
>impressionistic.  This week is all from my front yard when the moisture
>still fell out of the sky.  First we have a rose with an unusual bee for
us:

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/not+your+usual+bee.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/not+your+usual+bee.jpg.html>

>Sometimes the bloom isn't the main course:

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/leaf+takes+the+limelight.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/leaf+takes+the+limelight.jpg.html>

>This rose had seen a bit of wear:

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/Knock+out+rose+with+water+drops.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/Knock+out+rose+with+water+drops.jpg.html>

>A tight view of just a blossom:

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/full+frontal+rose.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/full+frontal+rose.jpg.html>

>Slightly askew view:

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/rose+bud+with+a+better+bad+lens.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/rose+bud+with+a+better+bad+lens.jpg.html>

>A bit of spherical aberration to go:

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/purple+bud+with+spherical+aberation.jpg.html
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Wednesday+Weeds/purple+bud+with+spherical+aberation.jpg.html>

>All the best.

-- 
>Don
==================================================================================================
I love impressionistic flower pictures like these.

-- 
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
amagayneroshak at gmail.com
<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