[Leica] IMG: Working on Technique

[Don Dory]

Ghost of butterflies and bees.

On Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 12:52 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
>
>
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