Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, Too beautiful........... Does anyone on the LUG have children who arrive home with "friends" and say "it just followed me home?" Those were the days for me.....(could be worse - frogs in pockets when sorting the laundry...HA) Karina > Since everyone seems to be posting snaps of their dogs this week I > thought I would throw in a couple of puppy shots: > > http://www.concentric.net/~rbaron/Birdie042702.html > > A few on the LUG know that in addition to being lawyers we've been > breeding and showing Cavalier King Charles Spaniels for the last few > years. Birdie is our latest 'keeper' pup; 'Ruffe' is our kennel name > and her registered name is taken from the Beatles' song, the subtitle of > which is 'This Bird Has Flown'....and her father is named Robin. > > Now for the Leica connection: both these shots were taken with an R8, > 80-200 f4 vario-elmar and a 2x R non-apo extender. I used Kodak Royal > Gold Select print film, had it processed in a one-hour lab in a drug > store and scanned the negatives with my Nikon 4000. > > I'd also observe that I used a Gitzo carbon fibre monopod to hold this > monster of a camera (to me) steady. > > <g> > > Finally, I know the upper of the two shots is more interesting to us > photographers; the lower shot is for our 'doggy friends' to show > Birdie's markings and conformation. > > And yes, like the other Cavaliers in our pack, she is a great snuggle > buddy. > > I think this lens and extender combination is going to produce some very > interesting results for me. > > Regards, > > --Bob > -- > 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