[Leica] [OM] IMG: Working on Technique

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Thu Aug 8 08:37:33 PDT 2019


Thanks, Nathan.  I just posted another one.  Sometimes, bees are the 
only subjects I can find close by.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/8/2019 12:35 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Both are nice but the bee beats the butterfly for me.
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>> On 6 Aug 2019, at 21:52, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> I found this young bee giving me the eye from one of my neighbors' nice orange flowers.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190806-P8066905.JPG.html
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>> Then this Common Buckeye showed up.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190806-P8066915.JPG.html
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>> Both shot at ISO 400, 1/1000 at f/3.5.
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>> I'm pleased with the results.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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