Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The little fellow is putting on a good show. It's a likable shot. You almost missed the focus. His bottom half is out of focus. It doesn't matter for the shot, but it illustrates how tricky focus can be with the 90mm. Allan On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 12:48 AM, Peter Klein wrote: > This picture is from my recent escape to southern California. I'd been > in bright sunshine, with my camera set appropriately. I sat down in > some very dark shade to rest, when suddenly, I had company. I guessed > exposure, opened my lens wide, slowed my shutter as much as I dared, > focused and took two on-the-fly portraits. This is the better of the > two. > > My subject was rather dark-complexioned, so I could have used a stop > more exposure. But I think I captured his personality. Sorry about > the posterization in the background---it's a combination of scanning > artifact that was made worse by my curve adjustments and worse yet by > JPEG compression. > > http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/grackle.htm > > M4-P, 90/2.8 classic Elmarit, Supra 100, 1/60 @ f/2.8. > > --Peter Klein > Seattle, WA > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html